Red Room Poetry: Line Break
Red Room Poetry: Line Break
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. Now celebrating our 20th year, we’re exploring our audio archives - including commissioned poems from the first two years…Social links:
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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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'Mangrove Girls' by Lulu Houdini | 30in30
Lulu Houdini is a proud Gamilaraay/Gomeroi woman, writer, artsworker, nurse and birth worker. She creates and explores around connections with poetry of land, sea, sky, story. The main themes she explores are texture, Country, identity, traditional language, kweer nature, sensuality, love and find…
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'A Day at the Beach' by Karen Wyld | 30in30
Today's #30in30 poet is freelance writer and author of Martu descent Karen Wyld! Karen has recently authored the books Where the Fruit Falls (UWA Publishing) and Heroes, Rebels and Innovators: Inspiring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from history (Hachette Australia Books ). She live…
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'Kush Dil' by Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa | 30in30
Poetry Month (1–31 August) is an initiative presented by Red Room Poetry to increase the profile of Australian poetry in all of its forms. Every day across Poetry Month, 30in30 delivers new original poetry, reflections and writing prompts from some of the country’s leading poets, public figures, an…
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Line Break | Poetic Lifelines, hosted by David Stavanger
“Poetry is about freedom and it's survival. Poetry for me was lifesaving.” ~ Mohammad Awad MAD Poetry Producer, and Poetry Month Senior Producer David Stavanger draws out selected poems from the MAD Poetry archives in this episode, plus a range of selected poems previously commissioned as part of …
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'my most-watched YouTube searches of the year (so far)' by Andrew Sutherland | 30in30
Poetry Month (1–31 August) is an initiative presented by Red Room Poetry to increase the profile of Australian poetry in all of its forms. Every day across Poetry Month, 30in30 delivers new original poetry, reflections and writing prompts from some of the country’s leading poets, public figures, an…
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