Spoken Word

Judith Bishop talks to Di Cousens about her new book, Circadia. Published by the University of Queensland Press.

Tom Petsinis is a novelist, playwright, and poet. He was born in Macedonia, Greece, and immigrated to Australia as a child. He lives in Melbourne and works as a mathematics co-ordinator at Deakin University. He has published several collections of poetry, including Sonnets: Offerings from Mount Athos, My Father’s Tools, Steles, Isolation, and Four Quarters, which won the Wesley Michel Wright Poetr...

In this episode of 3CR's Spoken Word show aired on Thursday 18 July 2024, you will hear an interview with poet, Aloma Davis. Aloma Davis’s poetry is concerned with social justice, beauty and kindness.  Despite her best efforts, birds frequently fly into her poems.  In 2022, she was a national finalist in the Australian Poetry Slam; in 2023, one of her poems was selected to be part of the Internati...

Australian poet, Kevin Brophy, talks to Di Cousens about writing poetry in Melbourne and overseas and his upcoming book, An Inventory of Longing, to be published by Whitmore Press.

Jennifer Mackenzie is a poet and critic. She has published two books which focus on Indonesia, Borobudur and Navigable Ink (both with Transit Lounge), and is working on a third. She is a member of the management committee of Australian Pacific Writers and Translators (APWT), and is co-editor of the Australian edition of the international, Nepalese-based, Pratik, a magazine of contemporary writing....

This is a podcast episode of the 3CR Spoken Word show with host Indrani Perera. In this episode you will hear poets performing their poetry on the open mic at Littlefoot & Company with hosts Eden and Josh Carell. Poems for this show were recorded live at Bunjil Place in Narre Warren on Thursday 16th May 2024. Please note there is a trigger warning for this show for stalking and domestic violence. ...

Podcast episode of the 3CR 2024 RADIOTHON LIVE show.  In this episode, Waffle Irongirl and 3CR Spoken Word’s new host Indrani Perera play listener contributions. YOUR support during Radiothon keeps the station radical and enables us to give voice to hundreds of people and issues for another year. And remember, it’s tax deductible. To contribute in the month of June go to:https://givenow.com.au/cr/...

Finding My Feet is a new anthology from the Melbourne Poets Union. Poetry read by actor and poet, Ezra Bix, and Spoken Word producer, Di Cousens.

Philip Salom began publishing in 1980 and since then has written fifteen books of poetry and six novels. His book Sky Poems won the British Airways Commonwealth Poetry Prize in London for the overall Best Book of Poetry in the British Commonwealth and his first book The Silent Piano won the earlier Commonwealth Poetry Prize for Best First Book. He has published two collections of poetry written th...

Philip Salom began publishing in 1980 and since then has written fifteen books of poetry and six novels. His book Sky Poems won the British Airways Commonwealth Poetry Prize in London for the overall Best Book of Poetry in the British Commonwealth and his first book The Silent Piano won the earlier Commonwealth Poetry Prize for Best First Book. He has published two collections of poetry written th...

Finding My Feet is a new anthology from Melbourne Poets Union. Poetry read by Ezra Bix and Di Cousens. Produced by Di Cousens.

In this episode, Palestinian-Australian activist, musician and intellectual Yousef Alreemawi and Lebanese-Australian writer and poet Farah Beaini have a beautiful dialogue about the poetry and life of famed Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. To learn more about the Averroes Project:https://www.facebook.com/averroesarabcentre

  On this episode, you’ll be listening to an interview with Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon. (D-Napoleon) is a poet, songwriter and educator from Walyalup/Fremantle, Western Australia. ​She is the winner of both the Bruce Dawe National Poetry Prize and Katharine Susannah Prichard Poetry Prize, shortlistee for the Peter Porter Poetry Prize and a two-time finalist for the Penelope Niven Prize in Creati...

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'.