South Coast Poets Out Loud

Melanie Jansen reads her poem "Love Alone" from her new book All That Could Be Lost. published by 5 Islands Press . Advisory: This poem contains a description of grief and bereavement. Melanie Jansen lives, writes, and practices medicine on Yagerra and Turrbal land in Meanjin/Brisbane.   Her book All That Could Be Lost   is available from 5Islands Press  Fresh words brought to you by the...

Melanie Jansen reads her poem "Breaking Bad News" - from her new book All That Could Be Lost , published by 5 Islands Press -   Advisory: This poem contains a discussion of death and grief and bereavement. Melanie Jansen lives, writes, and practices medicine on Yagerra and Turrbal land in Meanjin/Brisbane.   Her book All That Could Be Lost   is available from 5Islands Press  Fresh words...

Melanie Jansen reads her poem "I think the world might break from the weight of my love for you" from her new book All That Could Be Lost published by 5 Islands Press.  Melanie Jansen lives, writes, and practices medicine on Yagerra and Turrbal land.  Her book All That Could Be Lost   is available from 5Islands Press  Fresh words brought to you by the South Coast Writers Centre

Linda Godfrey reads Chapter 2 of her book Tannic Skin and Sweet Flesh - "it's a gaussian blur, change the blend mode to soft light" Lizard Collision prussian blue chromium yellow The Brooch torta di cioccolato Bambi Lili Lulu Linda Godfrey's new book - Tannic Skin & Sweet Flesh is proudly published by 5islands press Chapter 3 is coming next ... Fresh words brought to you by...

Linda Godfrey reads Chapter 1 from her new book - Tannic Skin & Sweet Flesh -  Back Story Ferry to Knossos  Summer in Lesbos  Ithaca  Night Flight to Vienna  Bangkok  Train to Homebake   Linda Godfrey's new book - Tannic Skin & Sweet Flesh is proudly published by 5islands press Chapter 2 is coming next ... Fresh words brought to you by the South Coast Writers Centre

Meanjin poet Maree Reedman reads her poem "The Geckos, Exploding" from her new book Clear Air Turbulence .  Music: Out into the World performed by Maree.  Maree Reedman's new book Clear Air Turbulence is published by 5 islands press Fresh words brought to you by the South Coast Writers Centre

Meanjin poet Maree Reedman reads "The Trouble with my Pens" from her new book Clear-Air Turbulence .  Music: Out into the World performed by Maree.  Maree Reedman's new book Clear-Air Turbulence is published by 5 islands press Fresh words brought to you by the South Coast Writers Centre

Meanjin poet Maree Reedman reads "Clear Air Turbulence", the title poem from her new book published by 5 islands press. Music: Out into the World performed by Maree.  Maree Reedman's new book Clear Air Turbulence is published by 5 islands press Fresh words brought to you by the South Coast Writers Centre

Nigel Featherstone reads his poetry live at Four Winds, Barragga Bay NSW. "In this moment I am neither" shortlisted for the 2025 ACU Prize for Poetry and first published in the accompanying anthology  "How to make a scene" first published in Meanjin "Witness" first published in Locative Magazine, and "Inconvenience" shortlisted for the 2025 Newcastle Poetry...

Peter Frankis reads his poem "Eight Ways to Look at an Octopus" live at Four Winds, Barragga Bay NSW.  Peter was guest poet at the launch of Elizabeth Walton's new book, How to Read a City, Your Place of Last Resort available from 5islands press  Music composed by Elizabeth Walton & Richard Lawson and performed by the Acacia Quartet. Live musicians: Elizabeth Walton, Richard Law...

Di Dibley reads two poems live at Four Winds, Barragga Bay NSW The Natural Order and Note, Note Up, Note Down, Note  Music composed by Elizabeth Walton & Richard Lawson and performed by the Acacia Quartet. Live musicians: Elizabeth Walton, Richard Lawson and Davey Hilder.  Fresh words brought to you by the South Coast Writers Centre

Kate Liston-Mills reads her poetry at Four Winds Theatre at Barragga Bay, NSW.  Kate read Empire (Scene Three of Script) from Dear Ibis (2021), and  the final section of Part III in the pull-out manifesto  WAKE, (For You) - After Howl by Allen Ginsberg, from To Heal a Lyrebird (2025).   Dear Ibis can be purchased here: https://shortaustralianstories.com.au/product/dear-ibis/ To Heal a Lyrebird can...

Jen Webb reads live at Four Winds Barragga Bay NSW.   Fishing, from Ten Cities, Shane Strange and Paul Hetherington (eds) (Recent Work Press, 2017) Minjerribah, from Five Tastes  (Authorised Theft, 2022) Preparing the Terrain 1 and 2, in Grief: Five Sequences   (Authorised Theft, 2025) Report from the Lab; Harmonices Mundi, from The Daily News (Recent Work Press, 2024) Music composed by Elizabeth...

Sandra Renew reads her poetry live at Four Winds, Barragga Bay NSW. passing Gulaga, published in Limestone tanka poets anthology , 2016 Munga Thirri, It's the sugar, Sugar, Recent Work Press, 2021 Mungo, It’s the sugar, Sugar , Recent Work Press, 2021 Sandra was a featured poet at the launch of Elizabeth Walton's new book How to Read a City, Your Place of Last Resort , published by 5isla...

Elizabeth Walton reads poems from her new book How to Read a City, Your Place of Last Resort   including: "Invocation to a Delicious Dish," 'How to Read a City, Last Drinks at the Helensburg Hotel" and "On Love Lost Days."  Elizabeth's reading is accompanied by music written by Richard Lawson and performed by the Acacia Quartet. This recording was made on Yuin Co...

Anne Casey and Anne Walsh Miller perform poems from WITCHCRAFT — the latest volume in the Heroines anthology series, edited by festival director Sarah Nicholson.  Witchcraft   is available at all good bookstores and online.  This recording was made on 26 July 2026 at the South Coast Readers and Writers Festival.  Fresh words brought to you by the South Coast Writers Centre

Jonathan Cant reads poetry from his new book Finding Pan published by 5 Islands Press Jonathan was introduced by Linda Godfrey and read before a live audience at the South Coast Readers and Writers Festival on Sunday 26 July 2026. Poems  include: Finding Pan, Subtropical Deluge Blues, Audible Lines and Sydney's Inner Nature.  Fresh words brought to you by the South Coast Writers Centre

Poet Ed Southorn reads from his new book - Sea Lake Mountain - published by Walleah Press .  This interview and reading was recorded on Wadi Wadi land at the South Coast Readers and Writers Festival on Sunday 26 July 2026. This podcast is brought to you by the South Coast Writers Centre.  Fresh words brought to you by the South Coast Writers Centre

Jonathan Cant reads his poem Finding Pan from his new book of the same title published by 5islands press. Finding Pan is available from 5islands press  5islandspress.com Fresh words brought to you by the South Coast Writers Centre

Jonathan Cant reads his poem 'Go Go' from Finding Pan Jonathan Cant's new book Finding Pan is published by 5 islands press 5islandspress.com  Music: "Matt's Blues" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) CC 4.0 with thanks.  Fresh words brought to you by the South Coast Writers Centre

Recorded live, Linda Mcquarrie-Bowerman reads her poem "A Poet Confesses while seeking Metaphors for Wishful Thinking " from the Shape Shifters   Anthology And 'How a Bat can Heave your Heart into your Mouth' which was shortlisted for the South Coast Writers Centre Poetry Award 2026 Shapeshifters is available from the South Coast Writers Centre   This event was recorded at the...

Recorded at the launch of Shapeshifters , the South Coast Writers Centre Anthology of Writing, featuring Dr Sarah Nicholson - and poetry readings by Ronald Atilano and Brittany Riley. Ronald Araña Atilano's first collection of poetry New Ordinance for the Dead , is published by Flying Islands Poetry Brittany Riley is at www.brittanyrileyauthor.com and @ladybrittanyauthor Shapeshifters is avai...

Comments by Julie Janson, the judge for the South Coast Writers Centre Poetry Awards, on the entries, shortlist and winners of the competition. Recorded live at the Wollongong Art Gallery on 27 June 2026.  https://southcoastwriters.org/scwc-poetry-award-2026 Fresh words brought to you by the South Coast Writers Centre

Hemat Malak reads her poem "Old Circus in the Mist" from her new book Shelf Life Shelf Life is published by 5 islands press 5islandspress.com Music: Schubert - Serenade / Schwanengesang - D. 957 - Arranged for Music Box by GregorQuendel -- https://freesound.org/s/722866/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 - with thanks  Fresh words brought to you by the South Coast Writers Centre

Linda Godfrey reads "Summer in Lesbos" from her new book Tannic Skin & Sweet Flesh, published by 5islands press (www.5islandspress.com).  Guitar played by rebetiko, recorded in studio by efahlqvist --  https://freesound.org/s/813936/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 - used with thanks.   Fresh words brought to you by the South Coast Writers Centre