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Red Room Poetry

Red Room Poetry

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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. Supporting poets for over 20 years, explore selections from our audio archives - including commissioned poems commissioned for the national Poetry Month and beyond.

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

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  • ‘Bees of the Antipodes’ by Shaine Melrose

    ‘Bees of the Antipodes’ by Shaine Melrose
    Jan 27 2026

    Shaine Melrose reads their poem ‘Bees of the Antipodes’ commissioned as part of the 2025 Red Room Poetry Fellowship.

    Find out more and apply for the 2026 Red Room Poetry Fellowship here.

    Shaine Melrose is a queer writer/poet, retired gardener, living with chronic illness on Kaurna Yerta, in the Adelaide Hills. Shaine's poetry has been widely published and recently her debut collection The Natural World Somersaults was released by Walleah Press.

    Applications for the 2026 Red Room Poetry Fellowship open 9am, Tuesday 2 December 2025 and close 5pm, Tuesday 3 February 2026 (AEDT).

    The Red Room Poetry Fellowship is presented in partnership with Varuna - the National Writers House, and thanks to our generous program supporters Bret Walker AO SC, Tim Game SC and The Adès Family Foundation.

    Support the show: https://redroompoetry.org/donate/

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    6 mins
  • 'Dragon Fruit' by Xiaole Zhan (詹小乐)

    'Dragon Fruit' by Xiaole Zhan (詹小乐)
    Jan 20 2026

    Xiaole Zhan (詹小乐) reads their poem ‘Dragon Fruit’ commissioned as part of the 2025 Red Room Poetry Fellowship.

    Find out more and apply for the 2026 Red Room Poetry Fellowship here.

    Xiaole is a Chinese-Aotearoa writer and composer based in Naarm. They are the 2024 Kat Muscat Fellow, and the winner of the 2023 Kill Your Darlings Non-Fiction Prize.

    Applications for the 2026 Red Room Poetry Fellowship open 9am, Tuesday 2 December 2025 and close 5pm, Tuesday 3 February 2026 (AEDT).

    The Red Room Poetry Fellowship is presented in partnership with Varuna - the National Writers House, and thanks to our generous program supporters Bret Walker AO SC, Tim Game SC and The Adès Family Foundation.

    Support the show: https://redroompoetry.org/donate/

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    7 mins
  • 'There are Rivers Underneath the Sea' by Dženana Vucic

    'There are Rivers Underneath the Sea' by Dženana Vucic
    Jan 13 2026

    Dženana Vucic reads her poem ‘There are Rivers Underneath the Sea’ commissioned as part of the 2025 Red Room Poetry Fellowship.

    Find out more and apply for the 2026 Red Room Poetry Fellowship here.

    Dženana is a Bosnian-Australian writer - her essays and poetry have been published widely, and she is working on a poetry collection and an autotheoretical novel. Her poetry collection after war is forthcoming with UQP in April 2026.

    Applications for the 2026 Red Room Poetry Fellowship open 9am, Tuesday 2 December 2025 and close 5pm, Tuesday 3 February 2026 (AEDT).

    The Red Room Poetry Fellowship is presented in partnership with Varuna - the National Writers House, and thanks to our generous program supporters Bret Walker AO SC, Tim Game SC and The Adès Family Foundation.

    Support the show: https://redroompoetry.org/donate/

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    5 mins
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