South Coast Poets Out Loud
Fresh new poetry and writing brought to you by the South Coast Writers Centre.
Season 6 features poems from 34-37 Degrees South Poetry Anthology for 2025 on the theme 'Words / No Words'.
Season 5 features poems shortlisted in the 2025 South Coast Writers Centre Awards as well as readings from Temple - the 2024 anthology of writing.
Season 3 features poets from the anthology 34-37 Degrees South - Signs 2024. Season 2 features poets shortlisted for the South Coast Writers Centre Poetry Awards 2024. Season 1 features poets from the anthology - 34-37 Degrees South - Country 2023.
All these works are brought to you by the South Coast Writers Centre celebrating 30 years of great writing in 2025 - southcoastwriters.org
Episodes
102 episodes
Hemat Malak reads poems 'From These Empty Shelves' live at Port Kembla NSW.
NSW poet Hemat Malak in conversation with Paris Rosemont about her poetry, inspiration and her recent stellar successes. She also reads from her book From These Empty Shelves forthcoming from 5 Islands Press. This episode a...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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34:29
Ray Liversidge reads from Riverside - Live at Port Kembla NSW.
Melbourne Poet Ray Liversidge talks with Peter Frankis and reads from his new book 'Riverside'. Recorded live at Port Kembla NSW on 21 February 2026. Ray's new book Riverside, New and Selected Work 2003-2025 is available from Intera...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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33:49
Julie Smythe reads 'Two White Lighthouses' and 'Floodplain Forest'
Julie Smythe reads 'Two White Lighthouses' and 'Floodplain Forest'. This reading was recorded live at the Thirroul Community Centre on 7 February 2026. Julie's poem 'Two White Lighthouses' is published in 34-37 Degrees South 2025 - ...
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Season 6
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Episode 31
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4:22
Kathleen Bleakley reads from 'Toupie'
Kathleen Bleakley reads a selection of poems and micro-fiction from her book Toupie.Toupie is published by Spineless Wonders and is available to purchase h...
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Season 6
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Episode 30
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11:11
Kai Jensen reads from The Zebra Path of Tree Light
Kai Jensen reads from his book - The Zebra Path of Tree Light - including: Black Pawn; Sighting, Feed the Mannequins, After the Singer, Silence and Sunset Creek.Introduced by Linda Godfrey, this podcast was recorded live at Well-Thumbed ...
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Season 6
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Episode 29
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16:55
'Words were different now' by Tim Heffernan
Tim Heffernan reads his poem 'Words were different now'This poem appears in 34-37 Degrees South 2025 - An Anthology of Poetry from members of the South Coast Writers Centre. Piano loop by josefpres -- https://freesound.org/s/...
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Season 6
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Episode 28
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1:22
Koel by Elias McKinley
Elias McKinley reads his poem 'Koel' Wavedrum Rhythm by bangcorrupt on freesound.org. Pacific Koel (Eudynamys orientalis) courtesy of Jim Gordon on xeno-canto.orgThis poem appears in 34-37 Degrees South 2025 - An Ant...
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Season 6
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Episode 25
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2:52
Ranginui's Tears by Grahame Gee
Grahame Gee reads 'Ranginui's Tears' Ranginui within the Māori creation story, is the male god of the sky who was separated from Papatuanuku (the earth mother) by their children who, due to their parents embrace, lived in darkness. ...
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Season 6
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Episode 23
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2:18
'Foundations' by Kate Shelley Gilbert
Kate Shelley Gilbert reads her poem 'Foundations' This poem appears in 34-37 Degrees South 2025 - An Anthology of Poetry from members of the South Coast Writers Centre.
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Season 6
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Episode 20
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2:00
Blow out the Birthday Candles by Elizabeth Walton
Elizabeth Walton reads her poem 'Blow out the Birthday Candles, old flame now flares with Parkinson’s' Music composed and performed by Elizabeth Walton This poem appears in 34-37 Degrees South 2025 - An Antholog...
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Season 6
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Episode 27
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3:12
SHE - when a beloved granddaughter became a pronoun - by Jeanne Shaw
Jeanne Shaw reads her poem 'SHE - when a beloved granddaughter became a pronoun' This poem appears in 34-37 Degrees South 2025 - An Anthology of Poetry from members of the South Coast Writers Centre. Piano: 'Improm...
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Season 6
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Episode 21
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2:50
'Meaning' by Krishna Sadhana
Krishna Sadhana reads her poem 'Meaning'This poem appears in 34-37 Degrees South 2025 - An Anthology of Poetry from members of the South Coast Writers Centre.
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Season 6
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Episode 26
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1:40
Breathe—A Broken Sonnet by Lynne Cook
Lynne Cook reads her poem 'Breathe—A Broken Sonnet'Music courtesy of Logicmoon on freesound.orgThis poem appears in 34-37 Degrees South 2025 - An Anthology of Poetry from members of the South Coast Writers Centre. ...
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Season 6
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Episode 24
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1:59
A list of lists by Steve Meyrick
Steve Meyrick reads his poem 'A list of lists'This poem appears in 34-37 Degrees South 2025 - An Anthology of Poetry from members of the South Coast Writers Centre.
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Season 6
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Episode 22
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2:23
Two White Lighthouses by Julie Smythe
Julie Smythe reads her poem 'Two White Lighthouses'This poem appears in 34-37 Degrees South 2025 - An Anthology of Poetry from members of the South Coast Writers Centre.
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Season 6
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Episode 17
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2:49
The Muses by Brid Morahan
Brid Morahan reads her poem 'The Muses' This poem appears in 34-37 Degrees South 2025 - An Anthology of Poetry from members of the South Coast Writers Centre.
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Season 6
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Episode 18
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1:54
Tantrum by Sandra Renew
Sandra Renew reads her poem 'Tantrum'This poem appears in 34-37 Degrees South 2025 - An Anthology of Poetry from members of the South Coast Writers Centre.
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Season 6
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Episode 16
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1:28
Questions for the Chair by Sandra Renew
Sandra Renew reads her poem 'Questions for the Chair' This poem appears in 34-37 Degrees South 2025 - An Anthology of Poetry from members of the South Coast Writers Centre.
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Season 6
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Episode 15
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1:33
Traveller Story by Moira Kirkwood
Moira Kirkwood reads her poem 'Traveller Story'This poem appears in 34-37 Degrees South 2025 - An Anthology of Poetry from members of the South Coast Writers Centre.
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Season 6
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Episode 14
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1:41
Elanna Herbert reads 'Crow'
Elanna Herbert reads her poem 'Crow'Australian ravens courtesy of https://xeno-canto.org/species/Corvus-coronoidesThis poem appears in 34-37 Degrees South 2025 - ...
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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4:04
A Baby is Not a Sestina by Myf Walker
Myf Walker reads her poem 'A Baby is not a Sestina'This poem appears in 34-37 Degrees South 2025 - An Anthology of Poetry from members of the South Coast Writers Centre.
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Season 6
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Episode 12
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1:47
The Ghazal of No by Megan Cartwright
Megan Cartwright reads her poem 'The Ghazal of No' This poem appears in 34-37 Degrees South 2025 - An Anthology of Poetry from members of the South Coast Writers Centre.
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Season 6
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Episode 13
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1:18
Jodi Lamanna reads 'Alexithymia'
Jodi Lamanna reads her poem 'Alexithymia'This poem appears in 34-37 Degrees South 2025 - An Anthology of Poetry from members of the South Coast Writers Centre.
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Season 6
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Episode 11
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