Michael Reynolds ran the spoken word gig, Passionate Tongues for 25 years. He reflects back on the history of the gig, poetry in Brunswick and the many poets who were a part of the scene. Interviewed by Di Cousens. Part 2 of two parts.

Michael Reynolds ran the spoken word gig, Passionate Tongues for 25 years. He reflects back on the history of the gig, poetry in Brunswick and the many poets who were a part of the scene. Interviewed by Di Cousens. Part 1 of two parts.

Michael Reynolds has run the Passionate Tongues spoken word poetry gig for 25 years. Now, as he winds up the gig, he reflects on the highlights of this very long run. Interviewed by Di Cousens. Part 1.

Alicia Sometimes is a poet and broadcaster passionate about art and science. She has performed her poetry at many venues, festivals and events around the world. Her poems have been in Best Australian Science Writing, Best Australian Poems, Meanjin, Westerly and many more. Alicia is director/co-writer of the art/science planetarium shows, Elemental and Particle/Wave. In 2023 she received ANAT’s Synapse Artist Residency and co-created an art installation for Science Gallery Melbourne’s exhibition, Dark Matters. Her new poetry book, Stellar Atmospheres, is out via Cordite Books. She is passionate about art-science projects.www.aliciasometimes.com(link is external) Production and Interview: Tina Giannoukos

‘Let me burrow through the earth and come back with a diamond’- from a prayer to the teachings by AJ D’Costa In this episode of 3CR's Spoken Word show which aired on Thursday 19th December 2024, you will hear poet AJ D’Costa talk about separateness, belonging, the sacred ordinary and the diaspora. AJ D'Costa is a poet, artist & mental health practitioner of Goan-Indian heritage. She works at the intersection of creativity and contemplative practice, performing spoken word, leading community poetry bushwalks and running a private counselling practice. AJ has been part of the Brown Women Poetry showcase in Melbourne, Sonic Poetry Festival and Red Room Poetry’s Poetry Month 2024 calendar. Her work has been published by the Australian Poetry Journal, Tree Paper Gallery, We Are Explorers & New Internationalist, and she talks about creative process on the Spotify podcast Beneath The Words. She currently works from the unceeded lands of the Kulin nation. Find her @ajdcosta.creative. Poems written and performed by AJ D'Costa in this episode:subterranean riversthese are the storms that we knowa prayer to the teachingserasure NoteSpoken word and poetry come from the heart and touch on all the topics peculiar to the human condition. As such there may be content in this show that could cause distress. Please practice self-care when listening and seek help if you need it. CreditsRecorded and produced by Indrani Perera.Thank you to AJ D’Costa for sharing her poetry and to you for listening! 

Poet Robyn Rowland talks to Di Cousens about her new book, Steep Curve.

Stuart Barnes is the author of Like to the Lark (Upswell Publishing, 2023), awarded the 2023 Wesley Michel Wright Prize in Poetry, shortlisted for the 2024 ALS Gold Medal and highly commended in the 2024 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, and of Glasshouses (UQP, 2016), awarded the 2015 Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize, commended in the 2016 Anne Elder Award and shortlisted for the 2017 Mary Gilmore Award. Stuart, Nigel Featherstone, Melinda Smith and CJ Bowerbird are Hell Herons, a spokenword+music collective whose debut album, The Wreck Event, is out now at Bandcamp and on all major streaming platforms. www.stuartabarnes.com www.hellherons.com  Like to the Lark is available here: https://upswellpublishing.com/product/like-to-the-larkGlasshouses is available here: https://www.uqp.com.au/books/glasshouses    Production and Interview: Tina Giannoukos

‘My inner child is playing with matches and I’ve brought marshmallows’- from An Ode to my Little Firebrand by Anke In this episode of 3CR's Spoken Word show aired on Thursday 21 November 2024, you will hear Anke talk about righteous anger, injustice and the need for a new kind of superhero. If you are unsure how to pronounce Anke's name, it rhymes with the German word for thank you – ‘Danke’. Born in Germany and raised in Adelaide Australia, anke illustrates stories, poems, and events using sand and an ‘old-school’ overhead projector. She also writes poetry and song lyrics for her garage folk band Awkward Strangers. She has worked throughout Australia as a performer, facilitator and artist, including with the award-winning multi-arts company Crossroad Arts, in Mackay, Queensland. Her sand work has illustrated spoken word poetry events in Melbourne, a 24-hour Speak Out event in Federation Square, and she runs Perc.U.lations, a monthly poetry event in Dandenong. This year two of her pieces featured in the Emerging Writers Festival 2024 Wall of Echo. Poems written and performed by Anke in this episode:Captain KindnessAn Ode to my Little FirebrandLines and Bridles NoteSpoken word and poetry come from the heart and touch on all the topics peculiar to the human condition. As such there may be content in this show that could cause distress. Please practice self-care when listening and seek help if you need it. CreditsRecorded and produced by Indrani Perera.Picture: Brendan Bonsack.Thank you to Anke for sharing her poetry and to you for listening! 

Madeleine Dale talks to Di Cousens about her new book of poetry, Portraits of Drowning, published by the University of Queensland Press.

Kent MacCarter is a poet and editor. His publishing career began at University of Chicago Press in 2000; since then, he has worked with educational publishers. He is  the managing editor of Cordite Poetry Review and publisher of Cordite Books. His writing has been published widely and includes four poetry collections: In the Hungry Middle of Here (Transit Lounge, 2009), Sputnik’s Cousin (Transit Lounge, 2014), California Sweet (Five Islands Press, 2018) and Fat Chance: Journalism Poems (Upswell, 2024).Sputnik's Cousin can be purchased here: https://transitlounge.com.au/shop/sputniks-cousin/Fat Chance: Journalism Poems can be purchased here: https://upswellpublishing.com/product/fat-chance Picture: Tim GreyProduction and Interview: Tina Giannoukos

In this episode of 3CR's Spoken Word show aired on Thursday 17th October, you will hear Vasilka Pateras talk about ideas of home, the intricacies of language and the experience of being a migrant daughter.Vasilka Pateras lives in Naarm/Melbourne, and is an Australian-Macedonian writer whose poetry, reviews and articles have been published both nationally and internationally including Cordite, Mascara Literary Review, and Hecate. She has co-authored Thread - a chapbook of poems (self-published 2021).Poems written and performed by Vasilka Pateras in this episode:PrazninaOn the shoulders of grandmothersGoot Tranink NoteSpoken word and poetry come from the heart and touch on all the topics peculiar to the human condition. As such there may be content in this show that could cause distress. Please practice self-care when listening and seek help if you need it. CreditsRecorded and prodcued by Indrani Perera.Thank you to Vasilka Pateras for sharing her poetry and to you for listening!