Spoken Word

David Brooks talks to Di Cousens about his 50 years in poetry and his new book, The Other Side of Daylight. Published by University of Queensland Press.

Ray Liversidge’s latest book is …of a sudden published in 2023 by Ginninderra Press. His other books are: Oradour-sur-Glane published in 2017 by Littlefox Press. A French/English version of the book was published in 2019. no suspicious circumstances: portraits of poets (dead); The Barrier Range; The Divorce Papers; and Obeying the Call. He also appeared with two other poets in the first issue of T...

In today's show, we play a recording of Castlemaine poet, Rachael Wenona Guy reading live at Chamber Poets on 9 March . At the very end, there may be a special treat by the resident band Black Forest Smoke. To purchase Rachael's collection "The Hungry Air" go to: https://walleahpress.com.au/bookshop/product/guy-rachael-poetry-the-hungry-air/To find out more about Chamber Poets, find their facebook...

Di Cousens talks to Wiradjuri poet, Jeanine Leane, about her new book, Gawimarra Gathering. This is the second part in a two part series.

Di Cousens talks to Wiradjuri poet, Jeanine Leane, about her new book, Gawimarra Gathering. This is part one in a two part series. 

Amanda Anastasi is a Melbourne poet whose work has been published as locally as the Artist's Lane walls in Windsor to The Massachusetts Review in the US. Her latest collection is The Inheritors (Black Pepper, 2021). Amanda's work is  published in Best Australian Science Writing 2021 and 2022, Australian Poetry Journal, Griffith Review, Cordite Poetry Review, FourW, Short and Twisted, and Right Now...

Anne Elvey talks to Di Cousens about her new book of eco-poetics, Leaf.

berni m janssen, a text artist, performer, Creative Director, and facilitator, works solo and with artists (musicians, performers, writers, composers, visual artists) from diverse communities to make art for over 40 years. She has been an artsworker, artist in residence, workshop facilitator, mentor. Her work appears in books, anthologies, magazines and online. She lives in Dja Dja Wurrung Country...

Today’s show is a recording of a live reading by beloved poet, legendary convenor and photographer Michael Reynolds. In this recording, he is performing at the Cherry Poets in Cremorne on the 13th of January 2024. This recording includes a reading of "Snake" by DH Lawrence

This is the second interview with Australian poet of Palestinian, Lebanese and Egyptian heritage, Sara M. Saleh, about her new book, The Flirtation of Girls. She reflects on her experience in the Palestinian diaspora and on current events and 'brings the politics of the occupied homelands into sharp, unapologetic focus'.

The Flirtation of Girls is the first full length poetry collection by Australian poet, Sara M. Saleh. She brings to her poetry the experience of her Palestinian, Egyption and Lebanese heritage, with much that, to quote the back cover, "brings the politics of occupied homelands into sharp, unapologetic focus".

Amelia Walker is a poet who lives and works on Kaurna Yerta, also known as Adelaide, South Australia. She has published four poetry collections and three books of poetry writing activities for educational and community settings, based on her extensive work as a poet in schools and with arts-health projects. Alogopoiesis (Gazebo Books, 2023) is her fifth poetry collection. She lectures in courses o...

Carolyn (Caz) Masel's new book is entitled, Singing In Each Cell. Caz talks to Di about writing the poems and reads from the book. Photo: Di Cousens

In this episode of Spoken Word, Nikki Viveca performs her poem, "Welcome to Womanhood" (aka the "Thou shalt..." poem!) and chats about her art and memories in Melbourne, before heading up to Sydney to perform at the famous Griffin Theatre. We also hear her collaborative work with musicians Meta Cohen, Coady Green, and the Divisi Chamber Singers.

Christos N. Fifis was born in Greece in 1940. He migrated to Australia in 1965. He studied Economics and History at La Trobe University in Melbourne and Modern Greek Literature at the universities of New England (Armidale) and Melbourne. He was a member of the founding staff of the Interpreter and Translator Program at RMIT and VICTORIA COLLEGE, Melbourne between 1975 and 1986. In 1987, he was app...

Hal Simons is our guest in this episode of 3CR Spoken Word, sharing works from his new collection, "The Hapless Mortal". Plus readings from previous works, and wide-ranging discussion. Love, grief, chronic pain, and the joy that community brings! 

This episode features Dominique Hecq, who shares with us a snippet of a new work due to be published in early 2024. Now living in Melbourne, Dominique grew up in the French-speaking part of Belgium. She is a novelist, short story writer and poet in multiple languages. In addition to new works, Dominique reads from Endgame with No Ending, winner of the James Tate Prize for Poetry (2022). 

Di Cousens talks to haiku poet and editor, Rob Scott, about the new Australian anthology of haiku, Under the Same Moon.

Linda Weste is the author of three books. Her verse novel, Nothing Sacred (2015), won the Wesley Michel Wright Prize. As editor, she has published two non-fiction collections: The Verse Novel: Australian & New Zealand (2021) and Inside the Verse Novel: Writers on Writing (2020); these feature interviews with writers of the genre discussing verse novel poetics. For five years, she held the position...

This week's show features spoken word performances by:Biasino PezzimentiMusetrap And The LairdWill CrawfordAyse BalkosSteven AtkinsonDylan Owen-BuoyPeter Siahna Wadham  

This week's show features spoken word performances by:Bend The WestMusetrap And The LairdSangita KansalAyse BalkosSteven AtkinsonDylan Owen-BuoyAlbert Lin  

The anthology, Poetry of Encounter, brings together poems from all over Australia on the theme of encounter and it was edited by Anne M. Carson and Rose Lucas. In this program Di Cousens talks to Rose Lucas and the poems are read by Ezra Bix.

In this episode, Waffle Irongirl chats with Farah Beaini, Fleassy Malay, Amanda Santuccione and Katie Lohner about their upcoming Fringe Festival shows.** This episode contains some course language and references to suicide, death and grieving **To find out more about each of the performers' Fringe shows, check out the links below:Fierce-GentleThe Hungry PoetAza: stories of grief in diasporaTwenty...