Podcasts about australian poetry

Shout out to Penola! One Art by Elizabeth Bishop Mary Gilmore John Shaw Neilson The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry edited by John Kinsella The Personal Element in Australian Poetry by James McAuley Harold Stewart Christopher Brennan Ep 244. on Charles Harpur Love's Coming by John Shaw Neilson The Hour of Parting by John Shaw … Continue reading "Ep 275. The blue smoke of the mind"

Jennifer Mackenzie is a poet and critic. She has published two books which focus on Indonesia, Borobudur and Navigable Ink (both with Transit Lounge), and is working on a third. She is a member of the management committee of Australian Pacific Writers and Translators (APWT), and is co-editor of the Australian edition of the international, Nepalese-based, Pratik, a magazine of contemporary writing. Jennifer's appearance at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, where the Australian edition of Pratik was launched, was courtesy of Creative Australia and APWT.Here she talks about curating along with her fellow editors Australian poetry for Pratik in conjunction with APWT. The Australian edition of the magazine, Fire and Rain, was launched in Ubud in 2023 and in Melbourne in 2024. The edition includes a collaboration with Red Room Poetry to highlight the work of First Nations authors.The Australian edition of Pratik is available here: https://www.amazon.com/Pratik-Fire-Special-Australian-Issue/dp/B0CK8MSDBN/ref=sr_1_106?crid=S1ZPIKBXO46L&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ITPjoAiRveNdwx52uUDQbdyCFAa1A4TYwfySydUQbIVeHH6e7KEh6bZt-aybCMQQcmhsnbj4rE4D80ZY9pEWTw8ZtGPF9JAIUa7T8iIzjv99pj9yYaZkBwIKGKm49lpQ6eXSIuwtZcB_3F78crdBAj3Z3tN5poitSoOSxT29GBs.QxE7mlnbVjsaDwTP7Z0RyAWZiZGHsHYERYTbf9UvceY&dib_tag=se&keywords=Nirala%20Publications&qid=1719129788&s=books&sprefix=nirala%20publications%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C596&sr=1-106&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR21iPnG0255IPM07kSGn-4_U1f--VTQBCs3UfcynFd9DkwN8YQfccmkgJk_aem_KkwHEbCZOZW6x2S8sOr1tg  Production and Interview: Tina Giannoukos                Photo: Gay LynchProduction and Interview: Tian Giannoukos

This week, writer and one-time Agony Aunt for the podcast, Charlotte Wood, returns to talk about the creative collaboration involved in the new stage adaptation of her novel The Weekend. Also discussed, Charlotte's forthcoming novel Stone Yard Devotional and her advice to Kate on keeping calm during the book tour rollercoaster. Sydneysiders can see The Weekend at Belvoir St Theatre from August 5 to September 3. Tickets and information here. Our Featured Segment in this episode is brought to you by Hachette and Kate speaks to Wergaia and Wemba Wemba writer Susie Anderson about her debut poetry collection the body country. Susie Anderson's poetry and non-fiction writing about art, artists, memory, place and love has been published widely in print and online. In 2018, she was runner-up in the Overland Poetry Prize and awarded the Emerging Writer's Fellowship at State Library Victoria; in 2019, she was awarded a Writer's Victoria Neilma Sidney Grant and was a recipient of the Overland Writers Residency. In 2020, she edited the online journal, Tell Me Like You Mean It Volume 4, for Australian Poetry and Cordite Poetry Review. Anderson was the 2021 black&write fellowship winner.  She grew up in Horsham, Victoria and is currently based on Boon Wurrung land. Check out show notes for this episode on our website www.thefirsttimepodcast.com or get in touch via Twitter (@thefirsttimepod) or Instagram (@thefirsttimepod). You can support us and the making of Season Six via our Patreon page. Thanks for joining us!

Poets include: Natalie Harkin, Colin Kinchela, Tyberius Larking, Luke Patterson, Latoya Aroha Rule and Ellen van Neerven Join Dominic Guerrera and Alison Whittaker as they share everything that queer and trans First Nations poetry has to offer. Local and interstate poets from the NANGAMAY dream MANA gather DJURALI grow anthology will perform and yarn over their explosive and nourishing work. Poets include: Natalie Harkin, Colin Kinchela, Tyberius Larking, Luke Patterson, Latoya Aroha Rule and Ellen van Neerven. Presented by Writers SA in partnership with BLACKBOOKS and Australian Poetry. Event details: Sun 05 Mar, 2:30pm on the North Stage

Ezra Bix reads selections from Best of Australian Poems 2021, published by Australian Poetry. Presented and produced by Di Cousens. 

Tarneen Onus-Williams, Hasib Hourani and Muhib Nabulsi will share their personal food related stories for this episode today. The theme for today's episode was first inspired by the piece The Politics and Solidarity of Food which you can find in Overland online here: https://overland.org.au/2021/06/the-politics-and-solidarity-of-food/ Tarneen Onus-Williams is a community organiser for Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance and has worked on Invasion Day, Black Deaths in Custody and Stop the forced closures of Aboriginal Communities in WA. They are a filmmaker and writer and have been published in IndigenousX, NITV and RightNow. Tarneen's day job is supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are victims/survivors and perpetrators of family violence. You can also find Tarneen's great baking account @blakbaker on Instagram. Hasib Hourani is a Lebanese-Palestinian writer, editor, and arts worker living on unceded Wurundjeri Country. Hasib is a 2020 recipient of The Wheeler Centre's Next Chapter Scheme and is currently working on a book of experimental poetry about suffocation and the occupation of Palestine. Hasib writing challenges expectations of land, identity, and the relationship between the two. You can find Hasib's work in Meanjin, Overland, Australian Poetry, and Going Down Swinging, among others. Muhib Nabulsi is a disabled person living with chronic illnesses, an unproductive writer, a novice filmmaker, a 2nd gen diaspora Palestinian (aka a Palestinian), a disorganised community organiser, and a service industry worker. This podcast was audio produced by Joe Buchan. Our theme music was created by Thu Care and the artwork for each episode was created by Molly Hunt. You can find out more about the team behind this podcast and the artists featured in this episode on the EWF website at emergingwritersfestival.org.au. This podcast was produced on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. EWF pays respects to elders past and present and acknowledges sovereignty was never ceded.

KA Rees is a writer of poetry and short fiction. She has been published by Margaret River Press, Cordite, Australian Poetry, Overland, Review of Australian Fiction, Spineless Wonders and Yalobusha Review, among others. She received a Varuna fellowship for her manuscript of short stories, she was shortlisted for the 2016 Judith Wright Poetry Award, was the recipient of the 2017 Barry Hannah Prize in Fiction and runner-up in the 2018 Peter Cowan Short Story Award, and the national winner of the 2019 joanne burns Microlit Award. Her debut poetry collection, Come the Bones was published late last year as a Flying Island Pocket Book, and is the subject of today's conversation. KA reads a number of poems in the collection and talks about how the book came together as a collection, the relationship between the individual poems and the book, her current Sydney Observatory residency and much more. Find out more about KA Rees and connect with her (and message her to get an autographed copy of Come the Bones!) at Twitter: https://twitter.com/perniciouskate and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kateamber01/?hl=en

It's harder to get more Aussie than the poet who created Australia's unofficial 2nd anthem.'Poems Of The Bush' by Banjo Paterson is a picturesque book that combines his descriptive poetry with the colourful plates of Aussie artists. As the name implies, these are 23 of his over 160+ poems that are centred on the Australian outback and its rugged beauty. Two of his most notable works are not included (Waltzing Matilda/The Man From Snowy River) but it does include classics such as Clancy Of The Overflow, With The Cattle and Sunrise On The Coast.I summarised the book as follows. "This is about as Aussie as Aussie can get. It's hard to think of another Australian poet (although that might just be my lack of artistic education showing). It contains a pretty good description of what scenery we have to offer on the inside of our country. I myself don't love this type of nature so struggled to really connect with his poems, but they are decent enough."As always, I hope you have a fantastic day wherever you are in the world. Kyrin out!Timeline:(0:00) - Intro & Synopsis(4:00) - The Bush: A rugged beauty(6:13) - Personal Observations/Takeaways(8:26) - Summary(9:00) - Aussie SlangConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/

On this week's show, Palestinian writer and editor, Lujayn Hourani, shares some of their new work, reflecting on the resistance and resilience of the Palestinian people through generations of colonial violence and oppression.Lujayn is a recipient of The Wheeler Centre's Next Chapter Scheme, and has been published in Meanjin, Overland, Australian Poetry, Going Down Swinging and The Lifted Brow, to name a few.Lujayn is Associate Producer at Next Wave and Online Editor at Voiceworks.This episode features music from Jowan Safadi, Nour Harkati, and Muqata'a.

The award-winning poet Charmaine Papertalk Green on her latest collection dedicated to her mother.

The award-winning poet Charmaine Papertalk Green on her latest collection dedicated to her mother.

Charmaine Papertalk Green reads from her award-winning collection Nganajungu Yagu — based on letters she sent and received forty years ago.

Join Evelyn Araluen, Toby Fitch, Ursula Robinson-Shaw and Darlene Silva Soberano for poetic performances responding to the increasingly precarious state of the world, and a tribute to the late, radical poet, Sean Bonney (1969–2019), whose final book Our Death is a work of radiant fury, lament and refusal.Recorded at MWF Digital in 2020.In partnership with Australian Poetry

Australian poetry at your doorstep

You are in for a treat – two poems in one day. Enjoy!

Two poems this week and a bit of a discussion – enjoy

The City of Sydney recently donated one million dollars to OzHarvest for its new supermarket in Waterloo. David Barr talks to Richard Watson, New South Wales State Manager at OzHarvest about the valuable work they do to help to feed people who are suffering in these difficult times.  

Poet and satirist Tug Dumbly performs his poem “The Legend of Lasseter’s Reefer” live on Monday Drive

Spencer Zifcak Professor of law at the Australian Catholic University talks to David Barr about the legal outrage of the prosecution of witness K and his lawyer Bernard Collaery.

Former Liberal Party leader and professor at the ANU John Hewson talks to Drive Tuesday about what needs to change after Corona virus.

What does it mean to be a poet? We reckon it’s something like having a voice that’s full of attitude, wit and sincerity, a voice that’s continually re-imagining what it means to be contemporary. Three poets present their unpublished works in progress in an audio project in collaboration with Cordite and Australian Poetry. With Laniyuk, Dom Symes and Lucy Van Presented in partnership with Australian Poetry and the Cultural Fund.

What does it mean to be a poet? We reckon it’s something like having a voice that’s full of attitude, wit and sincerity, a voice that’s continually re-imagining what it means to be contemporary. Three poets present their unpublished works in progress in an audio project in collaboration with Cordite and Australian Poetry. With Laniyuk, Dom Symes and Lucy Van Presented in partnership with Australian Poetry and the Cultural Fund.

What does it mean to be a poet? We reckon it’s something like having a voice that’s full of attitude, wit and sincerity, a voice that’s continually re-imagining what it means to be contemporary. Three poets present their unpublished works in progress in an audio project in collaboration with Cordite and Australian Poetry. With Laniyuk, Dom Symes and Lucy Van Presented in partnership with Australian Poetry and the Cultural Fund.

Acknowledgement of country News headlines with Cait Kelly Max speaks with Tanya Talaga, Anishinaabe journalist and author, about her recent book All Our Relations: Indigenous trauma in the shadow of colonialism. We will hear a number of poems by Darlene Silva Soberano. Darlene is a poet whose work has appeared in Mascara Literary Review, Australian Poetry, Cordite Poetry Review, Peril Magazine, Going Down Swinging, and elsewhere. Darlene currently serves as a poetry editor for Voiceworks Magazine, and is a recipient of a Hot Desk Fellowship from The Wheeler Centre in 2020. Deakin University students that participated in last year's Global Journalism Exchange program to Morocco present part one of a three part podcast. In a series of interviews with the creative minds behind Think Tanger co-founder Amina Mourid and communications manager Youssef el Idrissi, the topics covered include urbanisation in Tanger and the region, creative spaces and art as a tool to build stronger solidarity between communities through artistic mediums and research.Priya speaks with Jordy Silverstein, a historian and casual academic working at Macquarie University in Sydney, and Deakin, Monash, Latrobe Universities in Melbourne, about the impacts of COVID-19 on higher education in so-called Australia, and the way that the pandemic has exacerbated pre-existing issues in the sector. We discuss the actions of universities, the National Tertiary Education Union or NTEU's Jobs Protection Framework, and resistance from casual university workers.

not in Aus, matebad things don't happen hereour beaches are openthey are not places where bloodied mattresses burn Ellen van Neerven writes fiction, poetry, plays and non-fiction. An award-winning Mununjali Yugambeh writer and editor, their highly celebrated books include the experimental fiction collection, Heat and Light, and a book of poems, Comfort Food. This month, they released their second poetry collection, Throat, which explores love, language and land, and interrogates the colonial impulse. Maxine Beneba Clarke, left, and Ellen van Neerven Maxine Beneba Clarke is also a critically acclaimed writer and poet, whose work – including her award-winning 2016 poetry collection, Carrying the World – is known for its intensity and inventiveness, and for speaking truth to power. Both writers bring humour and heart to critical questions of who we are, where we come from and the burden of Australia's unreconciled history. Speaking from their respective homes during the COVID-19 restrictions of May 2020, these two poetic powerhouses discuss their shared passion for the form, and consider ways in which poetry can help us process what's happening in the world today. Introduced with a Welcome to Country from Parbin-Ata Carolyn Briggs. Presented in partnership with Australian Poetry with the support of the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund. Support the Wheeler Centre: https://www.wheelercentre.com/support-us/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The explosive second poetry collection from acclaimed Mununjali Yugambeh writer Ellen van Neerven, Throat, explores love, language and land. The winner of the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards Indigenous Writers’ Prize, Ellen has been described by Maxine Beneba Clarke (The Hate Race) as a young writer who “best represents all that Australian literature was, is, and will surely be, in the decades to come”. Hear Ellen talk with Tessa Rose about their irreverent and powerful anthology, which casts a light on our country’s unreconciled past and precarious present. Supported by Australian Poetry.

Australia's storyteller in song on poems he's loved since childhood, and how reading and learning great poetry has changed his song writing (R)

Australia's storyteller in song on poems he's loved since childhood, and how reading and learning great poetry has changed his song writing (R)

Charmaine Papertalk Green reads from her award-winning collection Nganajungu Yagu - based on letters she sent and received forty years ago.

Charmaine Papertalk Green reads from her award-winning poetry collection Nganajungu Yagu and shares what she regards as some of the greatest lines ever written. Also we hear about a new series of coronavirus podcasts in Yolngu Matha and health researcher Joel Liddle brings us The Word from Alice Springs.

Nita Novianti, a lecturer of English and Indonesian as a Foreign Language, current PhD student at the University of Tasmania and winner of the 2019 National Australia Indonesia Language Awards (NAILA) in the Wildcard category, talks about translating and declaiming in Indonesian, Dorothy Mackellar’s “My Country,” as her entry. - Nita Novianti, dosen Bahasa Inggris yang saat ini menyelesaikan studi PhD nya di Universitas Tasmania dan pemenang NAILA 2019 untuk kategori ‘Wildcard’, berbicara tentang penerjemahan serta deklamasinya dalam Bahasa Indonesia puisi ‘My Country’, karya penyair Australia Dorothy Mackellar, yang dijadikannya sebagai bahan untuk mengikuti sayembara NAILA 2019.

Ep. 3 of the WESTRN BOYS Podcast. We are joined by our good friend Pola Fanous, a well regarded poet within the Australian Poetry community. On this episode we speak on the benefits of being an outcast from the social norm, social media and things we have seen throughout the week and year, we are also lucky enough to experience a cypher from Pola himself. We also touched on Pola’s journey as a respected poet in Australia. You can purchase his book ‘STRONGSOFT’ from polafanous.com You know the vibes! Social Media instagram.com/westrnboyspod facebook.com /westrnboys linktr.ee.com/westrnboys -- Hosts (Instagram) @oldmateforty @nichalosradosevic @daehuta @deadlydave_ @bvrlyhills @97ilginn

Anne-Marie Heath is the director of The Art House, a beautiful theatre in Wyong committed to developing the capacity of the Central Coast in the area of arts and culture.She is also a visionary and I have always loved hearing her speak about the future she sees for this place she has found herself.We sat in the green room at The Arts House and Anne-Marie shared her story with me. We spoke about travel, leadership and the power of the arts. Then I wrote a poem about Anne-Marie.Join me in creating Poetic Beings by becoming a Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/willsmallCheck out my other work at willsmall.com.au or leadbystory.com.au

George O'Hara presents a live recording of Jocelyn Deane at The Night Heron, Footscray.Jocelyn was born in London and now lives in Melbourne. They have been published in Voiceworks, Australian Poetry, Seizure, and were shortlisted for the 2015 Marsden and Hachette prize for poetry.

Poets Michael Farrell, Lian Low and Harry Reid held Carlton Library captive this February in a reading event organized in partnership with Australian Poetry. Jacinta Le Plastier introduced the poets, who previously read as part of The Big Bent: a poetic exploration of gender and queerness at Melbourne Writers Festival 2018. Their work ranges from first dates to kick flips and everywhere in-between. This is an edited recording. There are a few swears and some adult themes. Michael Farrell is a poet whose books include A Lyrebird: Selected Poems (BlazeVOX [books]), I Love Poetry (Giramondo) and Writing Australian Unsettlement: Modes of Poetic Invention 1796–1945 (Palgrave Macmillan). You can find his poetry at Yarra Libraries (and anywhere else you source your reading material). Harry Reid is poet from Melbourne. They co-host Sick Leave, a monthly reading series at the Gasometer Hotel. Their work can be found in Overland, Australian Poetry Journal, Cordite Poetry Review and elsewhere. Lian Low is a writer and recipient of The Wheeler Centre's inaugural Next Chapter scheme. She is currently working on a young adult speculative fiction novel. If you liked this reading you might enjoy the Australian Poetry Soundcloud page. Have a look for more recordings of Australian poetry read aloud. Yarra Libraries recommends from our collection: A Lyrebird : selected poems of Michael Farrell – Michael Farrell Out of the box : contemporary Australian gay and lesbian poets – Michael Farrell I Love Poetry – Michael Farrell Cocky’s Joy – Michael Farrell

If your anxiety was an animal, what would it be? Ali and Emma sit down over a coffee and ponder this after listening to Brenda Saunders' microlit 'Birding' narrated by Anna Finisterer. Join the conversation over at the Coffee Pod|cast Facebook page. About the author BRENDA SAUNDERS is a Wiradjuri artist and writer living in Sydney. Her third collection Looking for Bullin Bullin won the 2014 Scanlon Prize, the Woollahra Literary Prize and was short listed for the David Unaipon Award. Her work appears in many selected anthologies and poetry journals such as Australian Poetry, Southerly, Overland and VerityLa. Credits Presenters: Ali Morris and Emma Walsh Producer: Bronwyn Mehan Theme music: James Seymour Coffee Pod|cast has been produced with the support of the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body and we wish to also acknowledge the support of Little Fictions by the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund and the City of Sydney Matching Grants program.  

Bella Li is an award winning Australian poet. Her work is surreal and ambitious, assembling poetry, collage and photography. Her books are simply beautiful. We talk about ruptured achilles tendons, research for poetry, and attempt to answer what good poetry is.

Jocelyn Deane and Carmen Main, in coversation regarding all things poetic.BIO Jocelyn Deane was born in London, 1993, before moving to Australia in 2001. They were awarded the 2013 457 visa prize for poetry, as well as being shortlisted for the 2015 Marsden and Hachette prize. They’ve been published in Voiceworks, Australian Poetry and Seizure magazine, among other places. They currently work as a freelance web-designer, tutor and translator and are studying at the University of Melbourne.

Voices of Trees is a special project produced in partnership with Australian Poetry and Red Room for the 2017 Digital Writers Festival. We commissioned three poets - Bert Spinks, Steven Finch, and Mindy Gill - to create a new work of poetry in response to trees unique to the landscape surrounding them. Sound producer Britta Jorgensen then turned their poems into three unique creative audio pieces. Our theme music is 'Please' by Huntly.

This special episode is a wave from across time and space, featuring a range of selected Digital Writers’ Festival artists who have sent through an audio postcard from a place that’s meaningful to them and their work. Extra music is Quizitive by Lee Rosevere. We’re super stoked to say that we’ve just launched the program for the Digital Writers’ Festival! You can view it here: http://2017.digitalwritersfestival.com/ Gail Ingram is a writer from New Zealand, featuring in our Online Lit Collectives event Monday 30 October 7pm. Gail’s representing Sponge, an online journal for science fiction and speculative fiction, based in the post-apocalyptic city of Christchurch. http://2017.digitalwritersfestival.com/event/late-night-lit-journals/ Aimee Knight is a cultural critic and writer of creative non-fiction from Adelaide, who describes herself as a poptimist. She’s featuring in Editor and Author: Live Editing at 12:30pm lunchtime on Friday 27 October. http://2017.digitalwritersfestival.com/event/in-convo-live-editing/ Jesse Oliver is an emerging trans slam poet from Perth who enjoys rapping Shakespeare, practising his articulation and writing about social justice, aliens and star-crossed love. He’s the WA Slam Champion, and he’s appearing in our closing festival event Manifest at 7pm on Friday 3 November. http://2017.digitalwritersfestival.com/event/manifest/ Mindy Gill is a poet and editor-in-chief of Peril Magazine, working on one of our festival projects, Voices of Trees, in partnership with Australian Poetry and Red Room, which will be published on the DWF website when the festival begins on Tuesday 24 October. http://2017.digitalwritersfestival.com/event/voices-of-trees/ Winnie Dunn is a Tongan-Australian writer from Mt Druitt. She is a manager and editor at Sweatshop: Western Sydney Literacy Movement. She's appearing in our closing festival event Manifest at 7pm on Friday 3 November. http://2017.digitalwritersfestival.com/event/manifest/ Misty McPhail is our Sydney-based Creative Producer, as well as the Volunteers Manager for the Sydney Writers’ Festival, and a current PhD candidate at Western Sydney University, researching online literary festivals. Misty has programmed and produced Writing Web Series: Serial Showcase on Thursday 2 November, 7pm, as well as helping out with West Meets West, our collaborative event between Sweatshop in Sydney and West Writers Group in Melbourne, Tuesday 31 October 7pm. http://2017.digitalwritersfestival.com/event/writing-web-series-serial-showcase/ http://2017.digitalwritersfestival.com/event/west-meets-west-sweatshop-westwriters/ Samantha Glennie is our Sunshine Coast-based Creative Producer, as well as a poet and writing student from Queensland with a cosmic perspective on life. Sam has programmed and produced two events on Friday 3 November - the Digital Tour of Fanfiction Spaces at 12:30pm and Representation in Fanfic at 3pm. http://2017.digitalwritersfestival.com/event/digital-tour-fan-fiction-spaces/ http://2017.digitalwritersfestival.com/event/representation-in-fan-fic/ Steven Finch is our Perth-based Creative Producer, and he’s passionate about sustainability, Earth’s future and Australia’s literary community. Steven has programmed and produced Mapping Ecologies of the Digital, to be held in Perth on Saturday 28 October, 6pm local Perth time, and live-streamed to the rest of the world at 9pm AEDT. http://2017.digitalwritersfestival.com/event/perth-event/

Gabrielle completed a PhD in creative writing at The University of Western Australia. While finishing, she completed her second book o poetry, Les Belles Lettres. Her first collection is called Don Juanita and the love of boys. She has been published in numerous anthologies, including The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry. She has performed her work at the Big Day Out and Overload Festival, among other places. She has also performed at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

In 1943, fed up with modernist poetry, two Australian servicemen invented a fake poet and submitted a collection of deliberately senseless verses to a Melbourne arts magazine. To their delight, they were accepted and their author hailed as "one of the most remarkable and important poetic figures of this country." In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll tell the story of the Ern Malley hoax, its perpetrators, and its surprising legacy in Australian literature. We'll also hear a mechanized Radiohead and puzzle over a railroad standstill. Intro: In 1896 an English statistician decided that "brass instruments have a fatal influence on the growth of the hair." The Lincoln Electric Company presented a check made of steel to each winner of a 1932 essay contest. Sources for our feature on Ern Malley: Michael Heyward, The Ern Malley Affair, 1993. Brian Lloyd, "Ern Malley and His Rivals," Australian Literary Studies 20:1 (May 2001) 20. Philip Mead, "1944, Melbourne and Adelaide: The Ern Malley Hoax," in Brian McHale and Randall Stevenson, eds., The Edinburgh Companion to Twentieth-Century Literatures in English, 2006. The Ern Malley website contains the complete story and poems. In June 2002 Jacket Magazine ran a special "hoax" issue, with much background and commentary on the Malley story. Listener mail: Radiohead's "Nude" played by a Sinclair ZX Spectrum, an Epson LX-81 dot matrix printer, an HP Scanjet 3c, and an array of hard drives. Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" via Super Mario World. "Logická Hádanka" by Horkýže Slíže -- a Slovak punk band sings a lateral thinking puzzle (translation and solution in video description). Guy Clifton and Emerson Marcus, "A Tale of the '70s: When D.B. Cooper's Plane Landed in Reno," Reno Gazette-Journal, July 13, 2016. Ralph P. Himmelsbach and Thomas K. Worcester, Norjak: The Investigation of D.B. Cooper, 1986. This week's lateral thinking puzzle was devised by Greg, who collected these corroborating links (warning -- these spoil the puzzle). You can listen using the player above, download this episode directly, or subscribe on iTunes or Google Play Music or via the RSS feed at

Australian Poetry member Maxine Beneba Clarke is having a banner year, experiencing the kind of overnight success that really only comes after a decade of hard yards. Her debut short story collection, Foreign Soil, won the2013 Premier’s Award for an Unpublished Manuscript, and landed her a book deal with Hachette.