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 finding our way back home to the guniimara, the mother's hands. She currently lives on and cares for Kabi Kabi/Gubbi Gubbi & Jinibara Country, Sunshine Coast.

Lulu is also one of the inaugural recipients of the Emerging Poets Residency, which is currently open for applications! Here she is reading her poem 'Mangrove Girls'. Read the full poem here:

https://redroompoetry.org/poets/lulu-houdini/mangrove-girls/

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, and spoken word artists. https://redroompoetry.org/projects/poetry-month/

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 finding our way back home to the guniimara, the mother's hands. She currently lives on and cares for Kabi Kabi/Gubbi Gubbi &amp; Jinibara Country, Sunshine Coast.
Lulu is also one of the inaugural recipients of the <a href="https://redroompoetry.org/projects/emerging-poets-residency/">Emerging Poets Residency</a>, which is currently open for applications! Here she is reading her poem 'Mangrove Girls'. Read the full poem here:
<a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/lulu-houdini/mangrove-girls/">https://redroompoetry.org/poets/lulu-houdini/mangrove-girls/</a>
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, and spoken word artists. <a href="https://redroompoetry.org/projects/poetry-month/">https://redroompoetry.org/projects/poetry-month/</a>

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 of the national Poetry Month and beyond.

We’ll be sharing daily 30in30 poetry commissions and writing prompts across August, plus a special series hosted by our Red Room producers including ‘Language, Place, and Sonic Forms’, with Nicole Smede, ‘Write a poem, plant a tree’ with Lorin Reid, ‘Poetic Lifelines’ with David Stavanger and ‘A Line in the Sand’ celebrating the publication of our 20 year anthology’ with Izzy Roberts-Orr.

Tune in to hear from poets, authors, spoken word artists, musicians, playwrights and more. Check out the full poetry month program online at redroompoetry.org/poetry-month

Line Break, a new podcast from Red Room Poetry, brought to you as part of Poetry Month in August, and presented in partnership with the Community Radio Network.

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 of the national Poetry Month and beyond.
We’ll be sharing daily 30in30 poetry commissions and writing prompts across August, plus a special series hosted by our Red Room producers including ‘Language, Place, and Sonic Forms’, with Nicole Smede, ‘Write a poem, plant a tree’ with Lorin Reid, ‘Poetic Lifelines’ with David Stavanger and ‘A Line in the Sand’ celebrating the publication of our 20 year anthology’ with Izzy Roberts-Orr.
Tune in to hear from poets, authors, spoken word artists, musicians, playwrights and more. Check out the full poetry month program online at <a href="https://redroompoetry.org/projects/poetry-month/">redroompoetry.org/poetry-month</a>
Line Break, a new podcast from Red Room Poetry, brought to you as part of Poetry Month in August, and presented in partnership with the Community Radio Network.

Red Room Poetry: Line Break

'Mangrove Girls' by Lulu Houdini | 30in30

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 pulled together a selection of this year’s commissioned works for your listening pleasure.

Find out more about Poetry Month and the artists featured in this episode at redroompoetry.org/poetrymonth

Artist Bios and Poems
Chika Ikogwe artist biography, and poem, 'Let that Black lady breathe! 
Heather Mitchell artist biography, and poem, 'I Fell' 
Lang Leav artist biography, and poem, 'A Letter to My Mother at Immigration'
Mitch McTaggart artist biography, and poem, 'In the event of apocalypse, remember TV'
Kirli Saunders artist biography, and poem, 'Safe Way'
Hasib Hourani artist biography, and poem, 'you can start anywhere, you’ll still hit all the service stations'
Manal Younus artist biography, and poem, 'I Dance'
Dominic Guerrera artist biography, and poem, 'cycle'
Lucy Norton artist biography, and poem, 'a song you can’t unsing'
Jonathan Sriranganathan artist biography, and poem, 'Clipper blades and feather pillows'
Juran Adams artist biography, and work 'Willow'



Explore Poetry Month

August is Poetry Month - a continent-wide celebration of contemporary Australian poetry established by Red Room Poetry to increase access, awareness and visibility of poetry in all its forms and for all audiences.

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.
<a href="https://redroompoetry.org/projects/poetry-month/30in30/">​​30in30</a> provides a snapshot of some of the best of contemporary Australian poetry - and in this episode, we’ve pulled together a selection of this year’s commissioned works for your listening pleasure.
Find out more about Poetry Month and the artists featured in this episode at redroompoetry.org/poetrymonth
Artist Bios and Poems
<ol>
<li aria-level="1">Chika Ikogwe <a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/chika-ikogwe/">artist biography</a>, and poem, '<a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/chika-ikogwe/let-that-black-lady-breathe/">Let that Black lady breathe! </a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Heather Mitchell <a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/heather-mitchell/">artist biography</a>, and poem, '<a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/heather-mitchell/i-fell/">I Fell</a>' </li>
<li aria-level="1">Lang Leav <a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/lang-leav/">artist biography</a>, and poem, '<a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/lang-leav/a-letter-to-my-mother-at-immigration/">A Letter to My Mother at Immigration'</a> </li>
<li aria-level="1">Mitch McTaggart <a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/mitch-mctaggart/">artist biography</a>, and poem, '<a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/mitch-mctaggart/in-the-event-of-apocalypse-remember-tv/">In the event of apocalypse, remember TV</a>'</li>
<li aria-level="1">Kirli Saunders <a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/kirli-saunders/">artist biography</a>, and poem, '<a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/kirli-saunders/safe-way/">Safe Way</a>'</li>
<li aria-level="1">Hasib Hourani <a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/hasib-hourani/">artist biography</a>, and poem, '<a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/hasib-hourani/you-can-start-anywhere/">you can start anywhere, you’ll still hit all the service stations</a>'</li>
<li aria-level="1">Manal Younus <a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/manal-younus/">artist biography</a>, and poem, '<a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/manal-younus/i-dance/">I Dance</a>'</li>
<li aria-level="1">Dominic Guerrera <a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/dominic-guerrera/">artist biography</a>, and poem, '<a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/dominic-guerrera/cycle/">cycle</a>'</li>
<li aria-level="1">Lucy Norton <a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/lucy-norton/">artist biography</a>, and poem, '<a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/lucy-norton/a-song-you-cant-unsing/">a song you can’t unsing</a>'</li>
<li aria-level="1">Jonathan Sriranganathan <a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/jonathan-sriranganathan/">artist biography</a>, and poem, '<a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/jonathan-sriranganathan/clipper-blades-and-feather-pillows/">Clipper blades and feather pillows</a>'</li>
<li aria-level="1">Juran Adams <a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/juran-adams/">artist biography</a>, and work '<a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/juran-adams/willow/">Willow</a>'</li>
</ol>
 
Explore Poetry Month
August is <a href="https://link.sbstck.com/redirect/fff4f22e-7666-41f9-9697-ba6c733234ae?j=eyJ1IjoiaGF0dyJ9.MuPdyjXBWzCaPa9OIGO5LJHsnk6AwV-UUeKF2lR81IM" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://link.sbstck.com/redirect/fff4f22e-7666-41f9-9697-ba6c733234ae?j%3DeyJ1IjoiaGF0dyJ9.MuPdyjXBWzCaPa9OIGO5LJHsnk6AwV-UUeKF2lR81IM&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1723014945306000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1X0znGQtpHzx_pM9L2x0zm">Poetry Month</a> - a continent-wide celebration of contemporary Australian poetry established by Red Room Poetry to increase access, awareness and visibility of poetry in all its forms and for all audiences.

30in30: A poem for every day in August

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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.

Red Room Poetry Creative Producer and Line Break host Izzy Roberts-Orr spoke with Brendan about his poem, ‘Boyd Cordner’, commissioned for Poetry Month 2021 and published in Red Room Poetry’s 20 year anthology A Line in the Sand, as well as art vs sport, the place of poetry and how he feeds his creativity. Keep an ear out for a cameo from Brendan’s Mum Yvonne as well.

Please note: This episode contains coarse language.



Explore Poetry Month

August is Poetry Month - a continent-wide celebration of contemporary Australian poetry established by Red Room Poetry to increase access, awareness and visibility of poetry in all its forms and for all audiences.

Explore the full program at https://poetrymonth.org.au/

This year, as part of Poetry Month, we're bringing the UK's Biggest Poetry and Performance Festival Down Under. The UK’s biggest poetry and performance festival BBC's Contains Strong Language comes to Sydney 28-31 August.

Check out the full program here

https://redroompoetry.org/projects/poetry-month/contains-strong-language/

What do art and sport have in common, and how do you feed your creativity?
<a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/brendan-cowell/">Brendan Cowell</a> 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.
Red Room Poetry Creative Producer and Line Break host Izzy Roberts-Orr spoke with Brendan about his poem, ‘Boyd Cordner’, commissioned for Poetry Month 2021 and published in Red Room Poetry’s 20 year anthology A Line in the Sand, as well as art vs sport, the place of poetry and how he feeds his creativity. Keep an ear out for a cameo from Brendan’s Mum Yvonne as well.
Please note: This episode contains coarse language.
 
Explore Poetry Month
August is <a href="https://link.sbstck.com/redirect/fff4f22e-7666-41f9-9697-ba6c733234ae?j=eyJ1IjoiaGF0dyJ9.MuPdyjXBWzCaPa9OIGO5LJHsnk6AwV-UUeKF2lR81IM" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://link.sbstck.com/redirect/fff4f22e-7666-41f9-9697-ba6c733234ae?j%3DeyJ1IjoiaGF0dyJ9.MuPdyjXBWzCaPa9OIGO5LJHsnk6AwV-UUeKF2lR81IM&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1723014945306000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1X0znGQtpHzx_pM9L2x0zm">Poetry Month</a> - a continent-wide celebration of contemporary Australian poetry established by Red Room Poetry to increase access, awareness and visibility of poetry in all its forms and for all audiences.
Explore the full program at <a href="https://poetrymonth.org.au/">https://poetrymonth.org.au/</a>
This year, as part of Poetry Month, we're bringing the UK's Biggest Poetry and Performance Festival Down Under. The UK’s biggest poetry and performance festival BBC's Contains Strong Language comes to Sydney 28-31 August.
Check out the full program here<a href="https://redroompoetry.org/projects/poetry-month/contains-strong-language/"></a>
<a href="https://redroompoetry.org/projects/poetry-month/contains-strong-language/">https://redroompoetry.org/projects/poetry-month/contains-strong-language/</a>

Comparison is the thief of creativity: Brendan Cowell on art vs sport and 'Boyd Cordner'

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 Producer and Line Break host Izzy Roberts-Orr spoke with Nam about breaking the form of the book apart, poetry’s ability as a form to reach through language toward the incommunicable, and his poem, ‘Quilting the Armour’ commissioned as part of 30in30 for Poetry Month in partnership with the NGA.

‘Quilting the Armour’ is an ekphrastic poem responding to Sidney Nolan’s 1947 painting of the same name, which depicts Maggie Skillion lining the inside of Ned Kelly’s helmet.



Explore Poetry Month

August is Poetry Month - a continent-wide celebration of contemporary Australian poetry established by Red Room Poetry to increase access, awareness and visibility of poetry in all its forms and for all audiences.

Explore the full program at https://poetrymonth.org.au/

This year, as part of Poetry Month, we're bringing the UK's Biggest Poetry and Performance Festival Down Under. The UK’s biggest poetry and performance festival BBC's Contains Strong Language comes to Sydney 28-31 August.

Check out the full program here https://redroompoetry.org/projects/poetry-month/contains-strong-language/

What does poetry mean to you? And what if you could put a book on shuffle?
<a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/nam-le/">Nam Le</a>’s work encompasses fiction, non-fiction, poetry and screen. His debut poetry collection <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/36-Ways-of-Writing-a-Vietnamese-Poem/Nam-Le/9781761423369">36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem</a> was published in March 2024 in Australia, the U.S. and U.K.
Red Room Poetry Creative Producer and Line Break host Izzy Roberts-Orr spoke with Nam about breaking the form of the book apart, poetry’s ability as a form to reach through language toward the incommunicable, and his poem, ‘<a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/nam-le/quilting-the-armour/">Quilting the Armour</a>’ commissioned as part of 30in30 for Poetry Month in partnership with the NGA.
‘Quilting the Armour’ is an ekphrastic poem responding to Sidney Nolan’s 1947 painting of the same name, which depicts Maggie Skillion lining the inside of Ned Kelly’s helmet.
 
Explore Poetry Month
August is <a href="https://link.sbstck.com/redirect/fff4f22e-7666-41f9-9697-ba6c733234ae?j=eyJ1IjoiaGF0dyJ9.MuPdyjXBWzCaPa9OIGO5LJHsnk6AwV-UUeKF2lR81IM" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://link.sbstck.com/redirect/fff4f22e-7666-41f9-9697-ba6c733234ae?j%3DeyJ1IjoiaGF0dyJ9.MuPdyjXBWzCaPa9OIGO5LJHsnk6AwV-UUeKF2lR81IM&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1723014945306000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1X0znGQtpHzx_pM9L2x0zm">Poetry Month</a> - a continent-wide celebration of contemporary Australian poetry established by Red Room Poetry to increase access, awareness and visibility of poetry in all its forms and for all audiences.
Explore the full program at <a href="https://poetrymonth.org.au/">https://poetrymonth.org.au/</a>
This year, as part of Poetry Month, we're bringing the UK's Biggest Poetry and Performance Festival Down Under. The UK’s biggest poetry and performance festival BBC's Contains Strong Language comes to Sydney 28-31 August.
Check out the full program here <a href="https://redroompoetry.org/projects/poetry-month/contains-strong-language/">https://redroompoetry.org/projects/poetry-month/contains-strong-language/</a>

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