Miles Merrill

Miles Merrill is the Creative Director - CEO of Word Travels. Each year Word Travelsinspires, trains, hires, and empowers thousands of people from diverse communities to share their stories and poems with audiences around the world.

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 writers performing in events across the Asia-Pacific every year. APS culminates annually in October with Story Week.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 lecturer at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) in Sydney.Merrill is the co-author of Slam Your Poetry - How to Write a Revolution. He publishes award-winning poetry in print, audio, and video but he is best experienced live.

Catch him touring, theatres, galleries, schools and festivals; like Krakow’s Audio Art Festival and writers’ festivals in Singapore, Hong Kong, India...anywhere his word travels.