Inside.Out Open Mic for Writers

Inside.Out is open mic spoken word plus invited musician guests... Bring your writing - poetry, flash fiction, micro fiction, short story, novel excerpts, performance poetry etc - to share at the open mic (up to 6 mins max), or come as audience to hear what's brand new.To read, just sign up on the open mic list as you arrive.

Guest Musician:
Inside.Out is delighted to guest the elder statesman of roughhouse folk, Bernie Griffen.

"What might be the greatest duet that Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash never got to sing.” Those are the words of Radio New Zealand’s reviewer William Dart, and the song he’s talking about is “Sweet Obsession” from Bernie Griffen’s album Doors Wide Open.

Griffen is a master song smith who writes tunes and words that people don’t forget. His guitar travels a “brooding soundscape” (William Dart, RNZ).

Bernie's songs echo with histories of big lives lived and lyrics full of urgency and edgy presence. He mines a Southern Gothic terrain, which could be described as swamp-folk or psychedelic country. It shows his deep understanding of roots music.

Bernie is the long-standing host of specialist American music show, Border Radio, on Auckland’s alternative station 95 bFM.

The single “My Brain Exploded” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w-ZH8a6lz0
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/berniegriffenmusic/
Website: http://berniegriffen.com/

.Five Word Challenge: Employ the five words - brooding - together - cash - door - pulse in a short piece of writing < 50 words all up and place in the Red Box of Mystery for randomly-awarded book prizes & chocolate bars. Plus, scoop up fliers on lit events & competitions.

Inside.out thanks Chris Priestley and the team at Cafe One2One, and the fine people at the NZ Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa Auckland Branch, for their support of this open mic literary & music event in Tamaki Makaurau .https://authors.org.nz/

Bring koha for our hard-working musician/s please! With your emcee Anita Arlov. ph/txt 021 100 40 77.

See you there!