This week, we're bringing you stories from stellar wordsmiths at the Sydney Final of the Australian Poetry Slam Competition 2023 - hosted by Word Travels.

Through months of heats – Mt Druitt to Double Bay, Northern Beaches to Newtown – these lyricists gathered at Customs House to compete for the crown of Sydney Slam Champion.

We’ve selected some of the highlight performances from the evening for your enjoyment.

You'll hear performances by Andrew Cox, Maddy Godfrey, Lily, JMO and E3. And music by John Maddox.

Content warning: The stories include references to struggling with mental health, self harm and suicidal ideation. 



Credits

Produced by Phoebe Adler-Ryan.

Compiled and mixed by Darcy Allen.

The recordist was Stewart Geddes.

A special thanks to the Word Travels team for making this episode possible.

You can find out more about Story Week and the Australian Poetry Slam Championship at: www.wordtravels.info

This week, we're bringing you stories from stellar wordsmiths at the Sydney Final of the Australian Poetry Slam Competition 2023 - hosted by Word Travels.
Through months of heats – Mt Druitt to Double Bay, Northern Beaches to Newtown – these lyricists gathered at Customs House to compete for the crown of Sydney Slam Champion.
We’ve selected some of the highlight performances from the evening for your enjoyment.
You'll hear performances by Andrew Cox, Maddy Godfrey, Lily, JMO and E3. And music by John Maddox.
Content warning: The stories include references to struggling with mental health, self harm and suicidal ideation. 
 
Credits
Produced by Phoebe Adler-Ryan.
Compiled and mixed by Darcy Allen.
The recordist was Stewart Geddes.
A special thanks to the Word Travels team for making this episode possible.
You can find out more about Story Week and the Australian Poetry Slam Championship at: <a href="http://www.wordtravels.info">www.wordtravels.info</a>

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We're a weekly radio show and podcast produced at FBi Radio in Sydney in association with SYN and Triple R in Melbourne, and broadcast nationally via the Community Radio Network. We’ve been telling stories in a variety of forms since 2011, picking a theme each week and using short form documentary, personal narrative, interviews, and spoken word to bring you the best from across Australia.

All The Best is for new Australian storytelling. Hear from a Melbourne-based cannibal, how the Australian Wallabies used theatre workshops to improve their game, anxiety attacks in a Tantric sex class, and what the shopping centre Santa Claus is really thinking, all on All The Best. 
 
We're a weekly radio show and podcast produced at FBi Radio in Sydney in association with SYN and Triple R in Melbourne, and broadcast nationally via the Community Radio Network. We’ve been telling stories in a variety of forms since 2011, picking a theme each week and using short form documentary, personal narrative, interviews, and spoken word to bring you the best from across Australia.

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