Red Room Poetry
Red Room Poetry
If a poem was a room you could walk into, whose voices might you hear? Red Room Poetry, Australia's leading organisation for commissioning, creating, publishing and promoting poetry in meaningful ways, grew from a community radio show focused on the voices of Australian poets. Supporting poets for over 20 years, explore selections from our audio archives - including commissioned poems commissione…Social links:
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'Dragon Fruit' by Xiaole Zhan (詹小乐)
Xiaole Zhan (詹小乐) reads their poem ‘Dragon Fruit’ commissioned as part of the 2025 Red Room Poetry Fellowship. Find out more and apply for the 2026 Red Room Poetry Fellowshiphere. Xiaole is a Chinese-Aotearoa writer and composer based in Naarm. They are the 2024 Kat Muscat Fellow, and the winner…
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'There are Rivers Underneath the Sea' by Dženana Vucic
Dženana Vucic reads her poem ‘There are Rivers Underneath the Sea’ commissioned as part of the 2025 Red Room Poetry Fellowship. Find out more and apply for the 2026 Red Room Poetry Fellowshiphere. Dženana is a Bosnian-Australian writer - her essays and poetry have been published widely, and she …
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‘Born to Fight’ by Kaitlen Wellington
Kaitlen Wellington reads her poem ‘Born to Fight’ commissioned as part of the 2025 Red Room Poetry Fellowship. Find out more and apply for the 2026 Red Room Poetry Fellowshiphere. Kaitlen Wellington is a Yuin woman who is an emerging writer, with poems published in the Australian Poetry Journal …
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‘Vroom Vroom Plays In The Background’ by Madison Godfrey
Madison Godfrey reads their poem ‘Vroom Vroom Plays In The Background’ commissioned as part of the 2025 Red Room Poetry Fellowship. Find out more and apply for the 2026 Red Room Poetry Fellowshiphere. Madison is a writer, editor, educator and the author of Dress Rehearsals (Allen & Unwin: JOAN, …
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'Richmond' by Nam Le
Nam Le reads his poem ‘Richmond’ commissioned as part of the 2025 Red Room Poetry Fellowship program. Find out more and apply for the 2026 Red Room Poetry Fellowship here. Nam’s work encompasses fiction, non-fiction, poetry and screen and has been translated into over fourteen languages. Receivin…
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30in30: A poem for every day in August
Every day across Poetry Month in August, 30in30 delivers new original poetry, reflections and writing prompts from some of the country’s leading poets, authors, and spoken word artists. 30in30 provides a snapshot of some of the best of contemporary Australian poetry - and in this episode, we’ve …
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Comparison is the thief of creativity: Brendan Cowell on art vs sport and 'Boyd Cordner'
What do art and sport have in common, and how do you feed your creativity? Brendan Cowell is an award-winning writer, actor and director for television, theatre and film. He is currently in production on a six-part adaptation of his novel Plum with ABC and Screen Australia, starring Asher Keddie. …
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Mucking around with the material: Nam Le on art, poetry and 'Quilting the Armour'
What does poetry mean to you? And what if you could put a book on shuffle? Nam Le’s work encompasses fiction, non-fiction, poetry and screen. His debut poetry collection 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem was published in March 2024 in Australia, the U.S. and U.K. Red Room Poetry Creative Produ…
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A poem made entirely of questions: Jazz Money on 'Border control: mediations' by Sara M Saleh
What can poetry do to change the world? Earlier this year, we met up with poet and artist Jazz Money in a half-renovated room at Carriageworks during the Sydney Writers’ Festival. Scooched into the corner sitting cross-legged on the floor, Red Room Poetry Creative Producer Izzy Roberts-Orr spoke w…
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'ኪዳን / Covenant' by Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes
Yirga is a writer, researcher and poet from Lalibela, Ethiopia. He currently lives in Whadjuk Noongar Boodja (Perth, Western Australia), where he is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Human Rights Education, Curtin University. His Amharic poetry was published in a solo collection, የተራሮች ጩኸት (The …
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