Thursday 04 December 2025 | 06:00 PM
Join them for a night of open mic poetry at Mint Art House with powerful performance by feature poet Author Justin Geange, Australian Slam Poetry state finalist 2026. Audience members are invited to drop their name into a hat and share words in the first half of the session, with the night cap-stoned with their feature. Prebooking tickets is requested to ensure all are accommodated. Author Justin Geange works as a support worker for the charity Mates in Construction. Diagnosed with bipolar type 2 in 2012 Justin has shared his living experience of suicide and mental illness around Australia and NZ over the last 12 years. He is a plumber by trade and has a patient wife of 31 years and two daughters through IVF. In 2019 he won the National Communities Matter award at the Suicide Prevention Australia award ceremony and was also the Winner of the 2021 RUOK Barbara Hocking Conversation Champion Award, He is also won multiple awards for his Bush Poetry and Slam Poetry, and has just released his second book of poetry "Holding Hope for my Mates".
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Feature Poet Justin Geange
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Mint Art House, 87 West Burleigh Road, 5, Burleigh Heads, 4220, View Map
87 West Burleigh Road, 5 , Burleigh Heads 4220