KCR Book Space: Ep 17 (22 May 2026)

About this episode

Neil and Di discuss holiday reads and interview poet Adara Enthaler about slam poetry.

Host Neil and Di talk about recent and favourite holiday reads, including books by Sally Helpworth, and Elif Shafak, and Neil reports back from the Sydney Writers Festival after hearing AC Grayling and Yann Martel speak. In the second half, Neil and Di speak to spoken word poet, Adara Enthaler, who talks about the history of slam poetry, and about winning the 2026 Grand Slam of the Bankstown Poetry slam, at the Sydney Opera House, with her team In Other Words. KCR: live streaming at kcr...

People in this episode

Hosts: Neil, Di

Guest: Adara Enthaler

Topics covered

• holiday reads
• slam poetry
• Sydney Writers Festival
• poetry slam
• book recommendations

Keywords

• holiday reads
• slam poetry
• Sydney Writers Festival
• Adara Enthaler
• poetry slam
• Sally Helpworth
• Elif Shafak

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kiama Community Radio, KCR

Places: Sydney Opera House

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