http://www.milesmerrill.com/project-4 daily 0.75 2014-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5360248be4b0b90ffe1129c6/1398817219986-G8XLN1FGSSOVGVJCR6D9/MMDocs+copy2.jpg Contact - Send me a message miles at wordtravels dot info https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5360248be4b0b90ffe1129c6/1398817219986-G8XLN1FGSSOVGVJCR6D9/MMDocs+copy2.jpg Contact - Send me a message miles at wordtravels dot info http://www.milesmerrill.com/watch daily 0.75 2019-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5360248be4b0b90ffe1129c6/1398818791241-3A2H4MO7RBSB7WYBJQO8/image-asset.jpeg Watch - Miles Merrill Wordsmith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5360248be4b0b90ffe1129c6/1548820751441-0KSERA3PN8A59468H12C/image-asset.jpeg Watch - TEDX Sydney - Poem: Talking with Superwoman about Kryptonite By choosing to create this talk, Miles Merrill faced the tough decision to discuss the n-word and racism with his eight-year old daughter. After an awkward formal chat, he decided the best way to explain would be through a poem where he introduced Superwoman to kryptonite. The first time she heard his poem was through watching this video. Award-winning performing writer Miles Merrill brought poetry slams to https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5360248be4b0b90ffe1129c6/1548821068032-JAN4Q3L8FOSJFRYJW6FM/image-asset.jpeg Watch - Founder of Word Travels Shares His Inspiration Miles Merrill set up Word Travels, a literary arts non-profit in 2010. It now supports his dreams and the dreams of many spoken-word artists across the Australia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5360248be4b0b90ffe1129c6/1398818791241-3A2H4MO7RBSB7WYBJQO8/image-asset.jpeg Watch - Miles Merrill Wordsmith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5360248be4b0b90ffe1129c6/1398819013538-1KJV05MBL2QABMOFUFTJ/image-asset.jpeg Watch - Curly Jones Hits The Streets - Miles Merrill with Morganics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5360248be4b0b90ffe1129c6/1398819536836-BCA6PTKRP274PK17W4C5/image-asset.jpeg Watch - Slam Master Miles Merrill "Monotype" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5360248be4b0b90ffe1129c6/1548820826819-1E4WCHURDOTMC0J18QIY/image-asset.jpeg Watch - Miles Merrill | TEDxSydney 2018 | Ideas of Note Speakers Series http://www.milesmerrill.com/work daily 1.0 2015-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5360248be4b0b90ffe1129c6/1398858270963-9DM1R529PVGVR5CWAMW4/Miles+Merrill.jpg What Miles Does - Creative Director Miles Merrill is the Creative Director of Word Travels, a not for profit literary and literacy arts organisation. Word Travels is based in Sydney but runs programs, projects and events across Australia, in China, Indonesia and New Zealand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5360248be4b0b90ffe1129c6/1398859196918-JRDL3Q8RWNEX1FV65ZDT/Performphoto1.jpg What Miles Does - Performing Writer Miles Merrill writes and performs a mix of poetry, stories, lyrics and monologues. He does this internationally for festivals, private companies, cultural institutions, schools, libraries, theatre and music venues. Miles mainly performs solo but also collaborates with composers, musicians, film makers and visual artists. Make a booking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5360248be4b0b90ffe1129c6/1398859125048-5SLT6E6LDN1E8MF38XUS/MMWebsite-Wordshops.jpg What Miles Does - Wordshops Miles Merrill delivers wordshops for organisations and private companies. Write to Speak This wordshop uses one of the primary characteristics of poetry - say more with less- to assist professionals to write and perform more effectively. In most professional environments, you will have to deliver presentations to a variety of stakeholders. Use storytelling and poetry techniques to get your message across. Explore many aspects of performing from holding a microphone to expressing vulnerability. Tighten up your text and find the right imagery in your writing. 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Miles Merrill combines poetry with theatre, experimental audio, hip-hop beats, stand-up and political confrontation; flinging words in a rapid-fire onslaught of versified emotion that hits your gut and palpitates your heart. Merrill is the Creative Director / CEO of the charity Word Travels. Each year Word Travels inspires, trains, hires and empowers thousands of people from diverse communities to share their stories and poems with audiences around the world. Through this role, Merrill has taught educators and leaders of non-profits in places like Namibia, Zimbabwe, India, Indonesia and more to bring more empathy and creativity into their organisations. He is the founder of Australian Poetry Slam (APS), an international performing writers' program, which sees over 1000 writers performing in events across the Asia-Pacific every year. APS culminates annually in October with Story Week: a celebration of stories. Merrill is the co-author of Slam Your Poetry - Write a Revolution. He publishes award-winning poetry in print, audio and video. He is best experienced live. Performing writer, Miles Merrill brought poetry slams to Australia from Chicago. He is the spark for dozens of spoken word programs across the Asia-Pacific region. He has hosted an ABC TV special on poetry slams, released two albums, performed solo at Sydney Opera House and is a lecturer at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) in Sydney. Catch him touring, theatres, galleries, schools and festivals across Australia, Asia, Europe, the UK and North America ... anywhere his word travels. Catch Miles’ TED talk here. Reveiws: “Lots of performers claim to be multicultural but few straddle as many different cultures as gracefully and powerfully as Miles Merrill... hip and hilarious...wild, witty wordplay reminiscent of Gil-Scott Heron, Lenny Bruce, Ken Nordine and Ginsberg.” - Chicago Reader “Miles Merrill is the tour-guide of the human spirit... a remarkably adroit poet.” - DB Magazine “Merrill’s stories, set to a background of music, pack a solid punch. Visit this show to learn what performing is really about.” - Adelaide Advertiser “Passionate, deeply enjoyable and demands attention. More please.” -Sydney Morning Herald https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5360248be4b0b90ffe1129c6/1398816604657-EN3890SA9U95YB0SHB27/Miles-MerrillSWF13.jpg Who is Miles? - Biography Born in Chicago, now living in Sydney, Miles Merrill is the driving force behind spoken-word and performance poetry in Australia. Merrill is the co-author of Slam Your Poetry - Write a Revolution. He performed with Saul Williams, jammed with Shane Koyczan, hosted an ABC TV Special show of Australian Poetry Slam, wrote and directed a show in Sydney Festival, performed a solo show at Sydney Opera House and created the spoken-word festivals – Night Words and Story Week. Merrill is founder of the national performing writers' program: Australian Poetry Slam Internationally, Merrill has performed in such places as Krakow’s Audio Art Festival, festivals in Indonesia, India, Singapore, China, Canada, the US, Europe, Zimbabwe and more. He tours to: music festivals, theatres, galleries, schools and classy joints everywhere - anywhere his words will travel. Merrill is as much a facilitator and organiser of events and workshops as he is an outstanding writer and performer. He is the CEO/Creative Director of the literary arts organisation, Word Travels and has created literary and literacy programs for a variety of public and private organisations. Miles Merrill’s work is available in: CD:What Night Knows and Dirty Curly Online:http://youtu.be/IToRxX5WaAM - http://youtu.be/EujoiPbFG8I Print: Slam Your Poetry-Write a Revolution, The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry and several literary journals and anthologies He is best experienced live. Reviewers have offered the following comments on Merrill’s work: “Lots of performers claim to be multicultural but few straddle as many different cultures as gracefully and powerfully as Miles Merrill… hip and hilarious…wild, witty wordplay reminiscent of Gil-Scott Heron, Lenny Bruce, Ken Nordine, Ginsberg and a tincture of Robin Williams.” Chicago Reader “Miles Merrill is the tour-guide of the human spirit…a remarkably adroit poet.” DB Magazine “Merrill’s stories, set to a background of music, pack a solid punch. Visit this show to learn what performing is really about.” Adelaide Advertiser “Passionate, deeply enjoyable and demands attention. More please.” Sydney Morning Herald “He was on fire! Each piece was a wild, tongue twisting, spit-laden adventure.” Songpod https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5360248be4b0b90ffe1129c6/1748824792632-5Z69V0W9VXKIFOQYWC3H/Miles-MerrillSWF13.jpg Who is Miles? - WHO IS MILES MERRILL? Miles Merrill combines poetry with theatre, experimental audio, hip-hop beats, stand-up and political confrontation; flinging words in a rapid-fire onslaught of versified emotion that hits your gut and palpitates your heart. Merrill is the Creative Director / CEO of the charity Word Travels. Each year Word Travels inspires, trains, hires and empowers thousands of people from diverse communities to share their stories and poems with audiences around the world. Through this role, Merrill has taught educators and leaders of non-profits in places like Namibia, Zimbabwe, India, Indonesia and more to bring more empathy and creativity into their organisations. He is the founder of Australian Poetry Slam (APS), an international performing writers' program, which sees over 1000 writers performing in events across the Asia-Pacific every year. APS culminates annually in October with Story Week: a celebration of stories. Merrill is the co-author of Slam Your Poetry - Write a Revolution. He publishes award-winning poetry in print, audio and video. He is best experienced live. Performing writer, Miles Merrill brought poetry slams to Australia from Chicago. He is the spark for dozens of spoken word programs across the Asia-Pacific region. He has hosted an ABC TV special on poetry slams, released two albums, performed solo at Sydney Opera House and is a lecturer at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) in Sydney. Catch him touring, theatres, galleries, schools and festivals across Australia, Asia, Europe, the UK and North America ... anywhere his word travels. Catch Miles’ TED talk here. Reveiws: “Lots of performers claim to be multicultural but few straddle as many different cultures as gracefully and powerfully as Miles Merrill... hip and hilarious...wild, witty wordplay reminiscent of Gil-Scott Heron, Lenny Bruce, Ken Nordine and Ginsberg.” - Chicago Reader “Miles Merrill is the tour-guide of the human spirit... a remarkably adroit poet.” - DB Magazine “Merrill’s stories, set to a background of music, pack a solid punch. Visit this show to learn what performing is really about.” - Adelaide Advertiser “Passionate, deeply enjoyable and demands attention. More please.” -Sydney Morning Herald https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5360248be4b0b90ffe1129c6/1399948516593-09AWQC0VZJH6F849PPL7/Miles+Merrill+promo+photo+red.jpg Who is Miles? - STUFF MILES DOES SELCETED HIGHLIGHTS: Present Australian Poetry Slam - National performing writers' program Director/Founder (since 2005) Word Travels - International Performing Writers Association - Creative Director (since 2007) 2010 to Present - International Touring - Publishing - Film Production - Podcast Producing - Live Performances - Festival Directing - Curating - Creating mini-revolutions. 2011-12 Sydney Writers Festival- Program Consultant/Panel Chair /Host Macquarie University - Macquarie Poetry Slam - Director (Since 2009) 2010 Sydney Writer’s Festival – Program Consultant/Panel Chair/Host Brisbane Writers Festival- Program Consultant/ Writer/Panel Chair Show Me The Way- Indigenous Mentoring Program- Facilitator Going Down Swinging– audio poem published: Terra-ism – Sofie Loizu, Producer Metro Magazine - Special Features - Contributor Margaret River Writers Festival- Program Consultant /Facilitator/Panelist/Writer Play Now - Act Now Festival – Official Judge Chicago - Green Mill, Performance Venue – Guest Writer 2009 Children’s Book Council of Australia - Indigenous Youth - Facilitator Sydney Writer’s Festival – Panelist/Facilitator/Writer The Mint - Historic Houses Trust – Performed chapters of forthcoming book, Hits Trips and Scraps, with Synergy Percussion The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry – poem published: Night's Knows National Wakakirri School Story Festival – Official Judge ABC2 TV- Host of the Australian Poetry Slam with Andrew Daddo. Brett Whiteley Gallery - Dirty Curly CD poetry launch 2008 DIRTY CURLY 13 track CD published - Morganics, producer Canada – Calgary Wordfest - Writer/Performer Canada – Vancouver Writers Festival - Writer/Performer Northern Territory- Australian Theatre for Young People- indigenous workshop facilitator– Tenant Creek, Bookworm International Literary Festival- Writer/Performer in Beijing, Chengdu and Suzhou Night Words Festival - Creator and Director of Australia’s first Spoken- word festival at the Sydney Opera House Perth Writers Festival- Writer/Performer 2007 Bali- Ubud International Writers Festival - Writer/Performer The Reel, DVD published - writer/performer - Denson Baker, producer The Asia Literary Review - poem, Rain Song, published Byron Bay Writers Festival - guest Writer/Performer Krakow - Audio Art Festival - guest Writer/Performer - Art Gallery of NSW - Writer/Performer for Art After Hours QLD- Woodford Folk Festival - Featured writer/performer 2006 Sydney Opera House-The Studio- “Lamp Post Incantations” Solo Show with UK DJ Billy Bizniz Speak Up! - A CD-rom- three poetry performances-commissioned by the Labour Party - Northern Territory -Wordstorm Festival – Writer/Facilitator/Panellist FBI RADIO (1.5 years)- presenter and producer of segments and shows Museum of Contemporary Art - poet commissioned to respond to the Edward and Nancy Keinholz Exhibition 2005 Tour of Regional NSW - including, schools, festivals, libraries with wordshops and performances Croc Festival - Wordshop Facilitator- Kempsey, NSW Queensland Poetry Festival - Featured performer and wordshop facilitator The Sydney Festival - writer, performer and assistant director of Slamming a poetry-theatre-music show Cockatoo Island Festival - Spoken-Word Curator/Feature performer on the Cabaret Stage – Sydney 2004 Poet's on Wheels Tour - Performed and ran wordshops in schools-regional NSW Randai Circus - Indonesian theatre show- Story developer - Newcastle The Program - Australia Council's youth arts website - contracted arts journalist for 1.5 years Leichhardt Poetry Slam Series - 7 spoken word events over two months-Co-ordinator/publicist/performer - Sydney, Newcastle, Thirroul Australian National University - Discarded, A Multimedia Installation - Writer/Performer -Canberra University of Technology Sydney - Guest lecturer - Poetry and Graphic Design Publications 2010 - Going Down Swinging Literary Journal – Audio poem: Terra-ism Sofie Loizu, music producer. 2009 - The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry – poem: Night's Knows 2008 - DIRTY CURLY CD - writer/performer – Morganics music producer, Publisher: Invisible Forces 2007 - The Reel DVD - writer/performer - Denson Baker, producer Publisher: Word Travels - The Asia Literary Review - poem, Rain Song 2001- What Night Knows CD - writer/performer - Publisher: Hunters and Gatherers AWARDS Sydney Writer's Festival - Winner - Poetry Sprint - Performer/Writer Chicago Reader - Critic's Choice Award - One-man Show: Burning Down Under State Library of NSW - Poetry Olympics - Winner - best written/performed one minute poem Kurrajong Poetry Award - Winner - best written/performed poem NSW Young Film makers Award - Short listed - Mind Plummet - Screenwriter National Media Award - Nominated - Movers and Shakers - Article on the Paralympic Arts festival Pseudonym Spoken Word Show - Best New Show - Melbourne Fringe http://www.milesmerrill.com/booking daily 0.75 2014-05-13 http://www.milesmerrill.com/watch-1 daily 0.75 2019-09-03 http://www.milesmerrill.com/store daily 0.75 2025-06-02