Zohab at Sonder

Zohab at Cafe Sonder

Café Sonder accommodated a capacity crowd on Friday evening 21 July when Booranga’s poetry performance event was held there featuring writer-in-residence Zohab Zee khan.

The audience of more than 60 people was firstly entertained by local poet Nutmeg Jacqueline who presented a strong and engaging set of original poems which set the tone for Zohab to take the stage. Performing works from from his current publication, I Write, as well as treating us to a sample of a new work-in-progress, Zohab kept the audience enthralled as he covered ground from love poems to hard-hitting slam poetry.

Zohab Khan and Nutmeg Jazqueline

The timing and venue for Booranga’s July event deviated from the usual format, and our thanks go to the proprietors of Café Sonder, Adil Khan and Tanya Hardwick, for contributing to the enormous success of the evening. We also thank Raw Roar Poetry Slam for the loan of their PA system for the event.

The following afternoon Zohab attracted a gathering of 25 writers when he presented a poetry writing workshop at Booranga Writers’ Centre. He took the participants through some of his approaches to writing poetry and everyone had the opportunity to share their efforts in the writing exercise set by Zohab.

Zohab’s residency also included a performance reading, and open mic for local poets, at Griffith City Library which was well supported by the local community. 
Thanks to Western Riverina Arts for their role in securing the Griffith event.

Booranga workshop with Zohab

Part of the large crowd for Zohab at Sonder

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support received from Create NSW which allows Booranga to continue to run the annual Writer-in-Residence program.

Photos by Booranga