Spoken Word

In this episode of Spoken Word, we present a live recording of Gemma White's launch of the book Oh My Rapture, captured on 26 November 2022.For more info on Gemma's work, visit www.gemmawhite.com.au. ** Note: this program contains moderate course language

Thuy On talks to Di Cousens about her new book, Decadence. Published by UWA Publishing.

Arnold Zable is an acclaimed writer, novelist, human rights activist, and the recipient of the 2021 Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature. His books include Jewels and Ashes, Wanderers and Dreamers, Café Scheherazade, Scraps of Heaven, Sea of Many Returns, The Fig Tree, Violin Lessons, The Fighter and most recently, The Watermill. Zable has written numerous stories, featur...

In this week's show, we present a continuous stream of performances from poets, Charlotte Sareño, Eleanor Jackson, Allara, Saint Jorge, Ivana Dash, Alice Night, Trixi Rosa and Carmen Main, set to the music of Helen Mountfort, Bonnie Mercer, and Jill Farrar.

A live recording of Misbah Wolf and Ria Kealey, performing live at Radio Laria Poetry on 2 November 2022. Misbah Wolf has had two prose books published by Vagabond press – Rooftops in Karachi and this year Carapace. Their work has been highly commended in poetry awards including the Wesley Michel Wright Prize and the Shapcott. She has been published through Mascara, Peril, Cordite, APJ, Red Room p...

Ezra Bix reads selections from Best of Australian Poems 2021, published by Australian Poetry. Presented and produced by Di Cousens. 

3CR Spoken Word presenter Tina Giannoukos talks with Myron Lysenko about the possibilities of haiku as a poetry of resistance. Myron has been writing haiku against the war in Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion. He shares his haiku on 3CR Spoken Word. Visit Poets Against Putin to read poetry against the war in Ukraine. Produced & Presented by Tina Giannoukos  

In this show, Waffle IronGirl shoots the breeze about poetry and podcasting with Alice Allan, author of The Empty Show and producer of the long-running poetry podcast series, Poetry Says.

This show features a poem contributed and read by Bhikshuni Weisbrot, entitled A Personal History of Guns in 7 Acts, written in  response to the proliferation of shootings in the USA. Bhikshuni resides in Queens, New York, and is a co-editor of Happiness, the Delight-Tree, An Anthology of Contemporary International Poetry, honoring the International Day of Happiness, which brings together poets fr...

In this episode of Spoken Word, Waffle Irongirl interviews David Stavanger on the anthology Admissions: Voices within Mental Health. We also hear poems by Scott-Patrick Mitchell, Tim Heffernan, Holly Isemonger and Helena Fox, read by the authors themselves. 

Janaka Malwatta talks to Di Cousens about his new book, blackbirds don't mate with starlings, published by the University of Queensland Press.

In this episode, Tina Giannoukos speaks with poet and reviewer, Jennifer Mackenzie, about her long-term engagement with Asia and its inspiration for her work. Jennifer Mackenzie has published two collections of poetry, Borobudur (Transit Lounge, 2009), re-published as Borobudur and Other Poems (Lontar, Jakarta, 2012), and Navigable Ink (Transit Lounge, 2020). Produced & Presented by Tina Giannouko...

In this episode of 3CR Spoken Word, Waffle IronGirl speaks with writer, educator and zine maker, Rae White, about zine making, poetry, transgender joy, potted plants, and much more! Rae's newest collection of poetry, Exactly As I Am, was published this year by UQP.

In this week's show, we feature two widely travelled and experienced poets, beginning with a poem contributed by Stephen Oliver, with original music by Matt Ottley. Stephen is author of fourteen poetry collections, seven chapbooks, and one memoir, and has been translated into several languages. Please click here for a more comprehensive literary bio of Stephen. We then join acclaimed poet, Amit Da...

Bob DiNapoli's new book, The Gnostic Hotel, looks at contemporary life with a philosophical perspective informed by gnosticism and anthroposophy. Interviewed by Di Cousens.

In this show, we play a selection of performances by poets from around the country for Red Room Poetry Month. Presented in collaboration with the Community Radio Network and Red Room Poetry. The poets presenting their work are: Maria TumarkinJazz MoneyEloise GrillsElfie ShiosakiDaniel BrowningSandra RenewGavin Yan GaoSisonke MsimangHuda the GoddessMunira Tabassum AhmedEsther OttowayDan HoganSteven...

In this week's show, Waffle IronGirl chats with poet and educator, Claire Gaskin, about her recent books, Eurydice Speaks and Ismene's Survivable Resistance.

This week on 3CR Spoken Word, we play a selection of live performances from the Red Room Poetry Month Gala event at The Wheeler Centre last week. Featuring Laniyuk, Bebe Backhouse, Joelistics, and a special spoken word tribute to the recently passed Archie Roach. 

Max Richter's album Voices sets a spoken word rendition of parts of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to music. In this program extracts from this album are presented by Di Cousens.

In this episode, Spoken Word's newest member, Waffle IronGirl, speaks with poet Anders Villani about his new collection, Totality, published by Recent Work Press. The book is an exploration of childhood trauma, violence and masculinity, compassion and mythology.

Peter Bakowski talks to Di Cousens about his new book, Our Ways On Earth.

In this episode, we present a snippet from the archives with a live performance by Emilie Collyer at Girls on Key, recorded in March 2020.We then chat to the founder of Girls on Key, Anna Forsyth, about the upcoming Girls on Key Poetry Anthology and other projects. We also present a spoken word performance by poet Matcho Cassidy. The Girls on Key poetry anthology, Shoot the Breeze, is seeking subm...

In this week's Spoken Word show, Di Cousens speaks with poet Kevin Brophy about his ninth book of poetry, In This Part of the World. 

In this show, we present an excerpt of an archived recording of the very first 3CR Spoken Word show, recorded in May 2009, with the original team of presenters, Rhonda Jankovic, Santo Cazzati, Peter Goodyear and Gerard Watkins. Also in the programme, we hear some blended music and spoken word pieces from Andrew Harris, Jeltje Fanoy and Changeling and the Ruins. You can listen to the full recording...

Alex Skovron discusses his new book, Letters from the Periphery, with Di Cousens.