[English] A Pod of Poets

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

Fwd: from Nicola Fern, ABC Radio National

I'm not a member of (email list) but thought that this new ABC Radio
National / Australia Council project would be of interest to your members
and wondered if there was any way to highlight it to them?

A Pod of Poets   <http://abc.net.au/rn/poetica>  

. is a unique partnership between ABC Radio National's Poetica program
and the Australia Council for the Arts that brought 11 Australian poets
to the microphone to read and talk about their writing.


The project was inspired by Poetica's audience who consistently request
podcasts of programs, a difficult request to fulfil because of copyright
restrictions.  Each of the forty-minute Pod of Poets episodes is read by
the author and features only rights-free music, enabling the podcasts to
be created.

 
"The Poetica podcast series A Pod of Poets will extend the connection
between poetry lovers, students and some of Australia's leading
contemporary poets," said Poetica presenter Mike Ladd.

 
"The intimacy of hearing the poets read and discuss their works is
enhanced by images and sounds and transcripts of poems and interviews.
This is a way of engaging with poetry in the 21st century and the series
brings good poetry to the ipod generation."

 
The eleven podcasts recorded and produced by Poetica, include
established and emerging poets: Robert Adamson, Les Murray, Joanne
Burns, John Kinsella, Josephine Rowe, Craig Billingham, L.K. Holt, Aidan
Coleman, Jayne Fenton Keane, Martin Harrison, Sam Wagan Watson, Kathryn
Lomer, Esther Ottaway, John Clarke and Jordie Albiston.

 
The A Pod of Poets website (abc.net.au/rn/poetica) includes all
podcasts, transcripts, photographs and biographical information about
each of the poets.

 
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the
Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.


Kind regards,

Nicola

 

Nicola Fern

Marketing Manager

ABC Radio National

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Cheers Nicola
Stephen Loosley
Victoria Australia