Spoken Word

In this week's show, we feature two widely travelled and experienced poets, beginning with a poem contributed by Stephen Oliver, with original music by Matt Ottley. Stephen is author of fourteen poetry collections, seven chapbooks, and one memoir, and has been translated into several languages. Please click here for a more comprehensive literary bio of Stephen. We then join acclaimed poet, Amit Da...

Bob DiNapoli's new book, The Gnostic Hotel, looks at contemporary life with a philosophical perspective informed by gnosticism and anthroposophy. Interviewed by Di Cousens.

In this show, we play a selection of performances by poets from around the country for Red Room Poetry Month. Presented in collaboration with the Community Radio Network and Red Room Poetry. The poets presenting their work are: Maria TumarkinJazz MoneyEloise GrillsElfie ShiosakiDaniel BrowningSandra RenewGavin Yan GaoSisonke MsimangHuda the GoddessMunira Tabassum AhmedEsther OttowayDan HoganSteven...

In this week's show, Waffle IronGirl chats with poet and educator, Claire Gaskin, about her recent books, Eurydice Speaks and Ismene's Survivable Resistance.

This week on 3CR Spoken Word, we play a selection of live performances from the Red Room Poetry Month Gala event at The Wheeler Centre last week. Featuring Laniyuk, Bebe Backhouse, Joelistics, and a special spoken word tribute to the recently passed Archie Roach. 

Max Richter's album Voices sets a spoken word rendition of parts of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to music. In this program extracts from this album are presented by Di Cousens.

In this episode, Spoken Word's newest member, Waffle IronGirl, speaks with poet Anders Villani about his new collection, Totality, published by Recent Work Press. The book is an exploration of childhood trauma, violence and masculinity, compassion and mythology.

Peter Bakowski talks to Di Cousens about his new book, Our Ways On Earth.

In this episode, we present a snippet from the archives with a live performance by Emilie Collyer at Girls on Key, recorded in March 2020.We then chat to the founder of Girls on Key, Anna Forsyth, about the upcoming Girls on Key Poetry Anthology and other projects. We also present a spoken word performance by poet Matcho Cassidy. The Girls on Key poetry anthology, Shoot the Breeze, is seeking subm...

In this week's Spoken Word show, Di Cousens speaks with poet Kevin Brophy about his ninth book of poetry, In This Part of the World. 

In this show, we present an excerpt of an archived recording of the very first 3CR Spoken Word show, recorded in May 2009, with the original team of presenters, Rhonda Jankovic, Santo Cazzati, Peter Goodyear and Gerard Watkins. Also in the programme, we hear some blended music and spoken word pieces from Andrew Harris, Jeltje Fanoy and Changeling and the Ruins. You can listen to the full recording...

Alex Skovron discusses his new book, Letters from the Periphery, with Di Cousens.

The live Radiothon show for 2022, with presenters, Brendan Bonsack and Es Foong. Featuring poetry Dominique Hecq, Tim Loveday, Kathryn Ross, and Phu-Linh Tran. 

A live recording of Jennifer Compton, feature poet at Cherry Poets, The Cherry Tree Hotel, Cremorne. The event was held on 7th May 2022. Jennifer's eleventh book of poetry, the moment, taken, is available from Recent Works Press.

In this week's show we chat to poet Nicholas Powell about his new collection, Trap Landscape, soon to be launched in Melbourne. Powell is winner of the 2011 Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize. His latest work is described as "Word play and vernacular colliding to re-imagine language in a dreamscape".Also in the show we hear a poem by Andy Jackson, and part one of a live recording of Jennifer Compton at...

Di's poetry crosses a range of forms and is always evolving.

A few weeks ago we put a call out online for artists to contribute a poem or story on the theme of motherhood. Thank you to everyone who sent in their work! There were too many contributions to fit into one Spoken Word show, so it was split into two episodes. This second episode features readings by Amy Bodossian, Ela Fornalska, Simone King, Vasilka Pateras, Chae Paterson, Scott-Patrick Mitchell,...

Alex Skovron reads from and discusses his new book of poetry, Letters from the Periphery, with Di Cousens. Photo by Di Cousens.

Last week we put a call out online for artists to contribute a poem or story on the theme of motherhood. Thank you to everyone who sent in their work! There were too many contributions to fit into one Spoken Word show, so it's been split into two episodes. This first episode features readings by Astrid/Brownsugababe, Caddy Callaghan, Rebecca Louise Clarke, Jeltje Fanoy, Ela Fornalska, Allana Kelsa...

This show plays extracts from the CD, Voices, where German born, British composer Max Richter combines a spoken word rendition of parts of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with his own musical composition. Produced by Di Cousens.

This episode features performances by Claire Gaskin, Kim Jeffs, Blayke, Eleanor Jackson, Viki Mealings, Saint Jorge, Thabani Tshuma and Fleassy Malay. With music by Claire Cross, Juliet Vrakas, Rachel Dease and Monique DiMattina. 

Poet and publisher Susan Hawthorne reflects on her life in poetry and Spinifex Publishing. This is part two of two programs.

A live recording of the inaugural Radio Laria gig at Open Studio on 6 April 2022. Featuring Laura Brinson, Mary Chydiriotis and Vasilka Pateras, reading from their book, Thread, as well as new works. Radio Laria is a community collective that runs monthly events where poets, writers and storytellers can gather together to share their expressions. Originally part of Girls on Key, Radio Laria priori...

Susan Hawthorne talks to Di Cousens about her new work of poetry, The Sacking of the Muses. Photo by Susan Kelly.

Poet Judith Rodriguez talks about the poetry of the Aboriginal community which was originally an oral tradition but which was written down in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.