Bring on the Poets

Reading with a chance of tacos

English - June 04, 2024 03:47 - 43 minutes - 20 MB
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Joel McKerrow

On Today's show, we’re slamming some poetry your way. We’ve got one of the country’s best and most sought-after poets who is showing our kids how cool this genre is. Plus, we chat about an awesome graphic novel born from brush of this amazing poet.

Today's guest is an award-winning writer, keynote speaker, creativity specialist, children's author, educator and, having performed for hundreds of thousands of people throughout the world, is one of Australia’s most successful performance poets. He’s represented Australia in the World of Slam Poetry, which we’ll hear more about shortly, along with his new graphic novel series, please welcome the mind-blowingly brilliant, Joel McKerrow.