Spoken Word

On this week's Spoken Word show, we air the brand new 7" vinyl single from Drmngnow, Australia Does Not Exist, which was released at Northside Records ahead of NAIDOC Week 2019.We speak with poet, Laniyuk, about truth-telling, treaty, funding and accessibility in the arts, and the great value of spoken word for people often marginalised from traditional publishing media. The page/stage dichotomy....

Sydney poet, Omar Sakr, reads from his new book, The Lost Arabs and reflects on life and identity in contemporary Australia. Interviewed by Di Cousens.

George presents the final episode of Spoken Word's live Radiothon show at Bar 303 this year, with performers Michael Reynolds and Sigrun Mikula.

In this week's show, we talk with two of the poets featuring in the 2019 Melbourne Spoken Word & Poetry Festival, Arielle Cottingham and Tariro Mavondo.00:00 - Arielle Cottingham21:20 - Tariro MavondoTexas-born Afro-Latina artist, Arielle Cottingham, is now living in Tasmania and joins us on the phone to talk about the body and performance, microphone and stagecraft, differences in the US and Aust...

The 2019 Radiothon Show, featuring poetry by various artists, and thank yous to all the listeners who phoned in or donated online!

George O'Hara presents the second of a series of recordings from the 2019 Radiothon Fundraiser live gig in May this year. This episode features Alan Pentland and Michael Reynolds. 

George O'Hara presents the first of a series of recordings from the 2019 Radiothon Fundraiser live gig in May this year. This episode features Claire Gaskin and Alan Pentland.

George O'Hara presents a live recording of Michael Reynolds, featuring at The Dan O'Connell Hotel.

Awale Ahmed is our guest this week, fresh from his stint as resident poet and storyteller in Queenscliff! Awale shares some brand new poems, and some old favourites, and speaks about his childhood journey from Somalia to Saudi Arabia, and eventually to Australia, where he discovered and fell in love with the vibrant spoken word scene. He talks about casual and systemic racism, his favourite poetry...

A special Mother's Day edition of Spoken Word, featuring poetry on the theme of motherhood, from:Rania AhmedArielle CottinghamZaynab FarahGabriela GeorgesRhiann IsaacsTariro MavondoKrish Prasad** This program contains themes of family violence, self-harm, racial abuse and miscarriage. It also contains course language. Listener discretion is advised. **

This is a reading of poetry at a protest in Castlemaine. The poetry is by refugee poets in Australia's offshore detention centres working with Writing Through Fences and Janet Galbraith. Recorded in December 2017.

George O'Hara presents a live recording of Jocelyn Deane at The Night Heron, Footscray. Jocelyn was born in London and now lives in Melbourne. They have been published in Voiceworks, Australian Poetry, Seizure, and were shortlisted for the 2015 Marsden and Hachette prize for poetry.

Tim Evans in conversation with Carmen MainTim Evans is recovering from being English and, since 2015, has been working through this by performing his poems at strangers. His hobbies include anxiety, depression, jokes, and trying to do all of them at the same time. He’s been published in the audio journal Audacious Vol. 4, in Australian Poetry Journal and in the upcoming anthology Solid Air from Un...

A cup of tea and chat with acclaimed artist, Amy Bodossian. Love, sex and meditation. What it means to be vulnerable in the eyes of a crowd. And the importance of water. If ever wonder about these and many other things, don't worry, Amy has it covered.www. AmyBodossian.com** This program contains some course language **

Chris Wallace-Crabbe talks about his life in poetry and reads from his new book, Rondo.

David Stavanger phone Interview

John Englezos is a freelance photographer, a spoken word poet and Melbourne’s 2015 Poetry Slam Champion. He was part of the first Australian team representing at the National Poetry Slam Finals in Denver Colorado, 2017.His first book "If The World Were Upside Down" centres around notions of Hope, Identity and Wonder. He has mentored and run workshops for creative people in the fields of live perfo...

Rhiann Isaacs is an Afro-Guyanese poet whose pieces centre around identity, Pan-African issues and mental health. Rhiann joined us in the studio ahead of her appearance at the Feminist Climate Justice Poetry Night at Open Studio on 14th March, an event held in solidarity with the March 15th Golbal Climate Action strike and to celebrate feminism and climate justice. Rhiann shares some of her powerf...

Anne M Carson reads from her new book, Two Green Parrots. To be launched in April. Interview by Di Cousens.

Live recordings of Paul Škec at The Night Heron (Part II), and Tariro Mavondo at The Sloth Bar. Recorded and presented by George O'Hara. Photograph of Paul by Michael Reynolds.

Tune in to 3CR 855AM Thursday morning 9am to hear Koraly Dimitriadis in conversation with Carmen Main. Koraly will be reading from and discussing her latest book of poetry, "Just give me the pills", and delving into topics such as feminism, family and self belief. It was a joy to have her in the studio- a real treat awaits- her poetry and words simply need to be heard. To find out more about Koral...

It's Valentine's Day, so what better excuse to listen to some love poetry and shoot the breeze about romance? This week's guest is Blayke Percival, winner of the 2018 Sydney Road Writer's Cup. Blayke shares some fiery love poetry and ruminations about that ultimate human mystery!

Amanda Anastasi reviews two new books of poetry - The Open Book by David Malouf and Milk Teeth by Rae White. Interviewed by Di Cousens.

This programme features the poetry of long time 3CR stalwart, the late Lisa Bellear. Jen Jewel Brown has recently edited a beautiful anthology of Lisa's poetry for University of Western Australia Publishing. For twenty years, Lisa presented Not Another Koori Show on 3CR before her untimely death. She was not only a poet and broadcaster, but also an academic, social worker, photographer, theatre pr...

Jeltje Fanoy and Paul Skec live at the Night Heron