Spoken Word

Poet and past President of the Melbourne Poets Union, Wendy Fleming reads new poems. Wendy is the author of 'Backyard Lemon'.

Renowned Melbourne sound poets, Sjaak de Jong and Shane Van Den Akker, join us in the studio to talk about the Fluxus art movement and its influence in Australia. With live recordings from their recent Fluxus Lives! event at the Melbourne City Library, as well as performances from Ania Walwicz, Eddy Burger, Anna Fern, Razor Hope, Jeltje Fanoy, Sjaak de Jong, Shane Van Den Akker and Peter Murphy. D...

Poet Judith Rodriguez reads new, unpublished poems. Photo by Di Cousens

Australian Poetry Slam Victorian winner, Sharifa A Tartoussi, shares her epic love poem, talks about her recent publication, "ColourBlind", the experience of performing poetry at the Sydney Opera House, convening GriffinSpeak, her childhood and parents, the poets that inspire her, and much more!

Recording of Hamish Danks Brown featuring for Westword at Dancing Dog Cafe, Footscray.

Three of the team of presenters of the Spoken Word programme, Carmen Main, Ela Fornalska and Santo Cazzati, present a freestyle programme in which they read and talk about some of their favourite poems by poets other than themselves.

Grace de las Nieves reads poetry from he debut collection, "La Gracia de las Nieves". The book is published in Spanish, with English translations. Presenter, Brendan Bonsack, reads the English versions. Grace chats about coming to Melbourne from Chile, women's power and poetry as a language of revolution, the translation process, and the untranslatable concept of "saudade". She also discusses the...

This was an outdoor recording in Castlemaine of poets reading the working of refugee poets, most of whom are in detention offshore, on Manus Island and Nauru. The readers of the poems were Andy Jackson, Klare Lanson, Adam Ford, Margot Feast, Ann de Hugard, Catherine Ryan, Paola Bilbrough, Kent McCarter and Janet Galbraith. The reading was an activity of the Free Poetry Project, affiliated to Writi...

Jocelyn Deane and Carmen Main, in coversation regarding all things poetic. BIO Jocelyn Deane was born in London, 1993, before moving to Australia in 2001. They were awarded the 2013 457 visa prize for poetry, as well as being shortlisted for the 2015 Marsden and Hachette prize. They’ve been published in Voiceworks, Australian Poetry and Seizure magazine, among other places. They currently work as...

Bushfires, gardening, masculinity and family violence, dementia and loneliness, being a mother, being a doctor, celestial bodies, love, religion, football, and more! Kim Jeffs is our guest this week, sharing her work and discussing how poetry has helped change her outlook on life.

Tune in to 3CR to hear Mary Stone share her poetry in discussion with Carmen Main. Mary Stone is a poet, singer, song-writer, artist & librarian. She has featured as a spoken word performer in & around Melbourne, including: West Word, House of Bricks, Chamber Poets, Red Lobster & several cafes, galleries & bars. Some of her poetry has also been included as part of broader art installations & exhib...

The many-talented Nadia Rhook is our guest poet this week, sharing some of her poems, local history and world travel tales.

This is a recording of a reading of  the poetry of poets in detention offshore. It was held outside the office of Chris Crewther, Liberal MP for Dunkley, in Frankston, and afterwards the poems and a letter were handed to his office. Includes music by Kavisha Mazzella from her CD, Riturnella. Readers were Anne Elvey, Jennifer Compton, Linda Stevenson, Avril Bradley and producer, Di Cousens.

Winner of 2017 youth slam competition, Grounded, Adelin Zipman, is guest poet on the program. Adelin shares some of her work, and reflects on her time in the Melbourne spoken word community. 

Michael Reynolds in conversation with Carmen Main- discussing all things poetry, photography and live music. Michael reads poetry from his collection "Upon finding a chair in the forest", as well as some of his favourite poems by other Australian poets. Michael shares his uniquely generous and warm style of performance, as well as discussing how he became a pivotal part of the Melbourne Poetry com...

Malaika Gilani, speaks about her poetry book, "Untold Journeys", and a soon-to-launched anthology, "I Bared My Chest".Santo Cazzati introduces a new project by Pope Fred. Performances from Anna Fern and Viki Mealings. Benjamin Solah speaks about the 2017 Melbourne Spoken Word Prize.

Writing on The Wall by Anne M. Carson is a long poem that takes as its starting point the name of freed slaves on a wall in Delphi. This long poem imagines the life of a man whose father was captured in the Persian War and who must navigate freedom for the first time. Read by Anne M. Carson and Di Cousens.

Carmen Main introduces her guest Waffle Irongirl. A conversation on poetry, snacks and Barnsey. This podcast contains ramen.

Carmen Main introduces her guest Waffle Irongirl. A conversation on poetry, snacks and Barnsey. This podcast contains ramen.

3CR Spoken Word presenter Di Cousens features Carolyn Masel and her Book of Hours.

Brendan Bonsack is about to join the team at 3CR Spoken Word and we hear him here reading his own poetry with long time presenter of the programme Santo Cazzati.

Gayelene Carbis is  Melbourne poet who has won many prizes, but up until now she has not published a book. In this program she reads her poems and talks about the poetic process with Di Cousens.

This week we have Helen Child LIVE in the studio with a few surprise guests (hint: there is mention of onion and some explaining... as well as a dead, headless rat)

This show was recorded live after one of the 5 shows in Footscray. Featuring Steve Smart, Loran Steinberg and Jez PA Speelman.

Philton has been a poet and publisher of literature for many years on the Melbourne scene. He has more recently moved to the Mornington Peninsula where, in addition to the foregoing, he has been active in establishing the Rhonda Jankovic Society to encourage the expression of social justice through literature (the late Rhonda Jankovic being the founder of the Spoken Word programme on 3CR and a lon...