South Coast Poets Out Loud
Fresh new poetry and writing brought to you by the South Coast Writers Centre.
Season 9 features live readings from the launch of Elizabeth Walton's new book How to Read a City, Your Place of Last Resort - published by 5islands press.
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
133 episodes
Nigel Featherstone reads live at Four Winds Theatre, Barragga Bay NSW
Nigel Featherstone reads his poetry live at Four Winds, Barragga Bay NSW."In this moment I am neither" shortlisted for the 2025 ACU Prize for Poetry and first published in the accompanying anthology "How to make a scen...
Peter Frankis reads "Eight Ways to Look at an Octopus"
Peter Frankis reads his poem "Eight Ways to Look at an Octopus" live at Four Winds, Barragga Bay NSW. Peter was guest poet at the launch of Elizabeth Walton's new book, How to Read a City, Your Place of Last Resort available from
Di Dibley reads live at Four Winds, Barragga Bay NSW
Di Dibley reads two poems live at Four Winds, Barragga Bay NSWThe Natural Order and Note, Note Up, Note Down, Note Music composed by Elizabeth Walton & Richard Lawson and performed by the Acacia Quartet....
Kate Liston-Mills reads at Four Winds, Barragga Bay, NSW
Kate Liston-Mills reads her poetry at Four Winds Theatre at Barragga Bay, NSW. Kate readEmpire (Scene Three of Script) from Dear Ibis (2021), and the final section of Part III in the pull-out manif...
Jen Webb reads poetry live at Four Winds, Barragga Bay NSW.
Jen Webb reads live at Four Winds Barragga Bay NSW. Fishing, from Ten Cities, Shane Strange and Paul Hetherington (eds) (Recent Work Press, 2017)Minjerribah, from Five Tastes (Authorised Theft,...
Sandra Renew reads poetry at Four Winds, Barragga Bay
Sandra Renew reads her poetry live at Four Winds, Barragga Bay NSW.passing Gulaga, published in Limestone tanka poets anthology, 2016Munga Thirri, It's the sugar, Sugar, Recent Work Press, 2021Mun...
Elizabeth Walton reads poetry from "How to Read a City, Your Place of Last Resort"
Elizabeth Walton reads poems from her new book How to Read a City, Your Place of Last Resort including: "Invocation to a Delicious Dish," 'How to Read a City, Last Drinks at the Helensburg Hotel" and "On Love Lost Days."
Sarah Nicholson and poets Anne Casey and Anne Walsh Miller at the launch of Witchcraft
Anne Casey and Anne Walsh Miller perform poems from WITCHCRAFT — the latest volume in the Heroines anthology series, edited by festival director Sarah Nicholson.
Jonathan Cant reads at the South Coast Readers and Writers Festival
Jonathan Cant reads poetry from his new book Finding Pan published by 5 Islands PressJonathan was introduced by Linda Godfrey and read before ...
Ed Southorn reads from Sea Lake Mountain
Poet Ed Southorn reads from his new book - Sea Lake Mountain - published by Walleah Press. This interview and reading was recorded on Wadi Wadi la...
Finding Pan by Jonathan Cant
Jonathan Cant reads his poem Finding Pan from his new book of the same title published by 5islands press.Finding Pan is available from 5islands press 5islandspress.com
Jonathan Cant reads 'Go Go'
Jonathan Cant reads his poem 'Go Go' from Finding PanJonathan Cant's new book Finding Pan is published by 5 islands press5islandspress.com Music: "Matt's Blues" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)CC 4...
Linda Mcquarrie-Bowerman reads two poems
Recorded live, Linda Mcquarrie-Bowerman reads her poem "A Poet Confesses while seeking Metaphors for Wishful Thinking" from the Shape Shifters AnthologyAnd 'How a Bat can Heave your Heart into your Mouth' which wa...
Wollongong Launch of Shapeshifters the South Coast Writers Centre Anthology
Recorded at the launch of Shapeshifters, the South Coast Writers Centre Anthology of Writing, featuring Dr Sarah Nicholson - and poetry readings by Ronald Atilano and Brittany Riley.Ronald Araña Atilano's first collection of poe...
Judge's comments - South Coast Writers Centre Poetry Awards 2026
Comments by Julie Janson, the judge for the South Coast Writers Centre Poetry Awards, on the entries, shortlist and winners of the competition. Recorded live at the Wollongong Art Gallery on 27 June 2026.
Hemat Malak reads 'Old Circus in the Mist"
Hemat Malak reads her poem "Old Circus in the Mist" from her new book Shelf LifeShelf Life is published by 5 islands press5islandspress.comMusic: Schubert - Serenade / Schwanengesang - D. 957 - Arranged fo...
Linda Godfrey reads "Ithaca"
Linda Godfrey reads "Ithaca" a poem from her new book Tannic Skin and Sweet Flesh, published by 5 islands press 5islandspress.comMusic by rebetiko with thanks. https://freesound.org/s/813936/ -- License: ...
Linda Godfrey reads "Summer in Lesbos"
Linda Godfrey reads "Summer in Lesbos" from her new book Tannic Skin & Sweet Flesh, published by 5islands press (www.5islandspress.com). Guitar played by rebetiko, recorded in studio by efahlqvist -- https://frees...
Jonathan Cant reads "Kirra Sunset"
Jonathan Cant reads his poem "Kirra Sunset" from Finding PanJonathan's new book Finding Pan is published by 5 Islands Press5islandspress.com.Music by Matt LeGroux on Freesound.org - CC 4.0 - wit...
Jonathan Cant reads "Bright"
Jonathan Cant reads his poem - "Bright" Jonathan's new book "Finding Pan" is published by 5 Islands Press5islandspress.com.
Hemat Malak reads "Shelf Life"
Hemat Malak reads her poem 'Shelf Life'. Hemat's new book "Shelf Life" is available from 5 islands Press www.5islandspress.comMusic by logicmoon on freesound.org - CC v. 4.0 - with thanks
Linda Godfrey reads "Train to Homebake"
Linda Godfrey reads "Train to Homebake" from her new book "Tannic Skin & Sweet Flesh" - from 5 islands press. (www.5islandspress.com).Guitar loop: "mellow but hopeful" by Johnmode on freesound.org - Creative Commons - with thanks.&nb...
Linda Albertson reads "Safe"
Linda Albertson reads her poem "Safe"This poem was shortlisted in the South Coast Writers Centre Poetry Competition 2026.
