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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>

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.

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