This program contains various speeches from the protest organised in Naarm/Melbourne on the 6th June 2020, in memory of George Floyd's death at the hands of police in the USA, and the over 432 deaths of Aboriginal people in police custody in Australia since 1991. It also features spoken word and music performances by various local artists. In order of appearance:LaniyukMeriki OnusJustin Grant / JungaraiArij Maxine Beneba ClarkeDbloodDr Ron Baird AllaraTed WilkesSupport Aboriginal People in Victoria through the grassroots Pay the Rent initiative.

Spoken Word - Blak Lives Matter Rally (6 June 2020)

A program dedicated to the eclectic world of poetry and performance. Guests are contemporary poets who read and discuss their works.

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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 Creative Nonfiction. Her debut book of poetry, First Blood, was published by Ginninderra Press in 2019. Today we are speaking to her about her second book of poetry, “ If There is a Butterfly That Drinks Tears”, which is out now via Gazebo Book’s poetry imprint, Life Before Man Books.https://www.nataliedamjanovichnapoleon.net/https://gazebobooks.com.au/product/if-there-is-a-butterfly-that-drinks-tears

Spoken Word - Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon on "If There's a Butterfly that Drinks Tears"

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.

David Brook's Other Side of Daylight

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 Triptych Poets. His verse novel The Barrier Range was adapted for stage and performed as Seeking Fabled Waters at the 2010 Melbourne Writers Festival. In that year he also won the Bruce Dawe National Poetry Prize and was recommended in the Rosemary Dobson Prize. His poetry has appeared in over 100 journals and anthologies in Australia, the US, Canada, the UK, Scotland, Ireland and Spain. See www.poetray.wordpress.com His latest collection, of a sudden, can be purchased here: https://www.ginninderrapress.com.au/store.php?product/page/2829/Ray+Liversidge+%2F+...of+a+sudden Production and Interview: Dr Tina Giannoukos

Ray Liversidge on flash fiction, poetry and inspiration

Yvette Stubbs

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 group here:https://www.facebook.com/groups/160882430777282

Spoken Word - Blak Lives Matter Rally (6 June 2020)

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