Summer Reading: It's time for poetry

Why aren't you reading more poetry? Perhaps you don't know where to begin — in which case, listen here, for a guide. Join Kate Evans, as she is joined by acclaimed author and poet Maxine Beneba Clarke, Stella Prize-winning poet and academic Sarah Holland-Batt, much-loved broadcaster and author Daniel Browning, and best-selling author and journalist Julia Baird to discuss and read some of the poems that have shone brightest for each of them this century, as well as how the art-form has evolved. This event was presented at the State Library of NSW in partnership with Red Room Poetry. This event was first broadcast on 3 October 2025 POETS AND POETRY MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE • Warsan Shire, Home • Adam Zagajewski, Try to Praise the Mutilated World • Graeme Dixon, Six Feet of Land Rights • Gwen Harwood, In the Park • Anonymous Rose, Broken World • Zora Howard and Joshya Bennett, Still Life with Police Sirens • Ali Cobby Eckermann, works • Simon Armitage, The Shout • Evelyn Araluen, decolonial poetics (avant gubba) • Candy Royale, works • Max Porter, works CREDITS Presenter, Kate Evans Producer, Kate Evans, Lisa Needham Sound engineer, Ann Marie Debettencor + Harvey O'Sullivan Executive producer, Rhiannon Brown

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