Spoken Word

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 Herrick

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 submissions until the end of July. Submission Details:Closing Date 31st July 2022Poets must have read their work at a Girls on Key eventPoets should be women or non-binaryUp to 3 poems in a word document. Poems must be less than 50 lines.Theme: FriendshipClick here to submit your work to the anthology.

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 of the very first Spoken Word Show here.

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