Santo Cazzati invites poet/singer/songwriter of Brittle Sun, Viki Mealings back to 3CR Spoken Word for a programme with a social justice slant. Viki is a gritty, honest artist who will not cover over difficult issues with saccharine and fake optimism. And yet, her poetry is indeed cause for optimism precisely because it is real and can thus show the way forward. Viki covers a wide range of subjects. A highlight of the programme is her singing her tribute to Bobby Sands, the IRA hunger striker.

Spoken Word - Viki Mealings

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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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

Spoken Word - Yousef Alreemawi & Farah Beaini speaks on the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish

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

Spoken Word - Viki Mealings

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