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Justicematters podcast – Balund-a 2018 (episode 2)

5th March 2019

For several years now the Red Room Company has brought their Unlocked prison poetry program to Balund-a during NAIDOC week. In 2018 poet Lionel Fogarty and musician, Joe Geia, returned to facilitate the workshops. This episode of justicematters features the NAIDOC concert that formed the high point and culmination of the workshops. 

Justicematters podcast

Kinross Wolaroi School student Maddie Hook wins national award

13th December 2018

Out of more than 2500 entries, a poem from Kinross Wolaroi School year 9 student Maddie Hook has won a coveted prize in Red Room Poetry’s national poetry competition, Poetry Object. 

Central Western Daily

A POEM THAT HEALS THE HEART

8th December 2018

A young girl from war-torn Syria has found her voice as a prize-winning poet. 
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The Daily Telegraph

Refugee Poem

6th December 2018

A former refugee at Wollongong West Public School has won a national poetry competition with her moving verse.
Year three student Jana Karkar's poem, "A picture of my brother" shares the harrowing story of her baby brother's death in a refugee camp.

WIN News Illawarra

Wollongong girl's heartbreaking winning poetry for a brother lost

6th December 2018

HEARTBREAKING WIN: Wollongong West Public School student Jana Karker and her award-winning poem about her brother. Picture: Robert Peet.

HEARTBREAKING WIN: Wollongong West Public School student Jana Karker and her award-winning poem about her brother.

Illawarra Mercury

POETRY OBJECT. WINNERS ANNOUNCED.

6th December 2018

Sydney Arts Guide interviewed Emma Rose Smith to get a little background on Poetry Object 2018.

Sydney Arts Guide

Afternoons with James Valentine - Poetry Object

6th December 2018

 

Emma Rose Smith (Poetry Object Manager) and Kirli Saunders (Poetic Learning Manager) join James Valentine on ABC Radio Sydney to explore the work of Red Room Poetry and the wrap up of Poetry Object 2018.
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ABC Radio Sydney

New Shoots: Kirli Saunders

30th November 2018

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The Planthunter

New Shoots: Carissa Lee

23rd November 2018

Original article

The Planthunter

New Shoots: Nandi Chinna, Poet and Wanderer

16th November 2018

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The Planthunter

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