Spoken Word

Hal Simons is our guest in this episode of 3CR Spoken Word, sharing works from his new collection, "The Hapless Mortal". Plus readings from previous works, and wide-ranging discussion. Love, grief, chronic pain, and the joy that community brings!

This episode features Dominique Hecq, who shares with us a snippet of a new work due to be published in early 2024. Now living in Melbourne, Dominique grew up in the French-speaking part of Belgium. She is a novelist, short story writer and poet in multiple languages.In addition to new works, Dominique reads from Endgame with No Ending, winner of the James Tate Prize for Poetry (2022).

Di Cousens talks to haiku poet and editor, Rob Scott, about the new Australian anthology of haiku, Under the Same Moon.

Linda Weste is the author of three books. Her verse novel, Nothing Sacred (2015), won the Wesley Michel Wright Prize. As editor, she has published two non-fiction collections: The Verse Novel: Australian & New Zealand (2021) and Inside the Verse Novel: Writers on Writing (2020); these feature interviews with writers of the genre discussing verse novel poetics. For five years, she held the positions of Editor of Book Reviews and Acting Editor of Articles for TEXT Journal of Writing and Writing Programs. Other professional writing roles include Panel Chair, Poetry Judge, and Book Reviewer. She has a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Melbourne and has taught poetry and poetics to creative writing students.  Nothing Sacred is available here:https://scholarly.info/book/nothing-sacred/The Verse Novel: Australia & New Zealand is available here: https://scholarly.info/book/the-verse-novel-australia-new-zealand/Inside the Verse Novel: Writers on Writing is available here:https://scholarly.info/book/inside-the-verse-novel-writers-on-writing/ Production and Interview: Tina Giannoukos

This week's show features spoken word performances by:Biasino PezzimentiMusetrap And The LairdWill CrawfordAyse BalkosSteven AtkinsonDylan Owen-BuoyPeter Siahna Wadham

This week's show features spoken word performances by:Bend The WestMusetrap And The LairdSangita KansalAyse BalkosSteven AtkinsonDylan Owen-BuoyAlbert Lin

The anthology, Poetry of Encounter, brings together poems from all over Australia on the theme of encounter and it was edited by Anne M. Carson and Rose Lucas. In this program Di Cousens talks to Rose Lucas and the poems are read by Ezra Bix.

In this episode, Waffle Irongirl chats with Farah Beaini, Fleassy Malay, Amanda Santuccione and Katie Lohner about their upcoming Fringe Festival shows.** This episode contains some course language and references to suicide, death and grieving **To find out more about each of the performers' Fringe shows, check out the links below:Fierce-GentleThe Hungry PoetAza: stories of grief in diasporaTwenty Minutes to Nine

Mark Roberts was born on the unceded lands of the Wallumedegal people of the Eroa nation (Ryde, NSW) and currently lives and works on the land of the Darug and Gundungurra people (Blue Mountains, NSW). In 1982, he published the first issue of P76 magazine along with Adam Atiken and set up Rochford Street Press (named after the street in Erskineville he lived in at the time). Early publications were published on a second hand gestetner machine. While not prolific, P76 has published 8 issues in just over 40 years, it has become somewhat iconic. In 2011, along with his wife, Linda Adair, Mark set up the on-line cultural journal Rochford Street Review (https://rochfordstreetreview.com/). The review publishes reviews, launch speeches and creative work, with an emphasis on small presses. It also publishes longer essays and articles from time to time. Mark has also published two books of his own work, the most recent being Concrete Flamingos (Island Press, 2016). His work has also appeared in numerous Australian and international magazines and anthologies. His critical articles have also appeared in numerous journals and newspapers.To purchase Concrete Flamingos (Island Press, 2016):https://rochford-pressbookshop.square.site/product/concrete-flamingos-by-mark-roberts/5?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=falseTo purchase P76 Issue 8:https://rochford-pressbookshop.square.site/product/p76-issue-8-sonic-poetry-festival-special-issue/164?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=falseProduced & Presented by Tina GiannoukosPicture: Brendan Bonsack

A live recording of poet Nadia Rhook and Jag performing at local poetry event, Radio Laria, as part of the Sonic Poetry Festival 2023. Radio Laria is a community collective for poets, writers, and storytellers to gather, be heard and inspire one another.Nadia Rhook is the author of the outstanding poetry collections, Boots and Second Fleet Baby. She has recently returned from Perth to live in Melbourne.Jag is a genre bending spoken word artist, musician, and theatre maker who both channels a variety of characters or, simply performs as herself.