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2016 Australian Poetry Slam: Victorian winner & runner-up

Watch the winning poems by Arielle Cottingham and William Beale, contestants in the 2016 Australian Poetry Slam state finals.

23 Dec 2016 Duration: 03:50

2015 Australian Poetry Slam state final

See spoken word poets Abe Nouk and Ed Carlyon in action at the 2015 Australian Poetry Slam Victorian final.

11 Sep 2015 Duration: 04:03

Brendan Reed Dennis: Poetry Slam 2014 Victorian winner

Watch contestant Brendan Reed Dennis perform his winning poem, 'Peter Piper', in the Victorian final of the 2014 Poetry Slam.

19 Sep 2014 Duration: 2:14

Charles Melville on the ‘arts of the book’ and diffusion of Persian culture

Join Professor Charles Melville on a magic carpet ride into the exquisite world of Persian manuscripts.

3 Jul 2012 Duration: 48:59

Audio: Goethe's West-eastern Divan

Listen as actor Helen Morse reads an excerpt from Goethe’s West-eastern Divan, translated from the German by Edward Dowden.

9 Mar 2012 Duration: 01:40

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