The Poetry Kit

This section includes radio stations (including community, digital and internet radio) worldwide with poetry programs which can be accessed through the internet. If you know of any please let us have details - info@poetrykit.org

Audio Archives
American Oral	USA	magazine format for audio files
BBC Radio Berkshire	UK	work from 31 poets, compiled by Paul Walter.
Citizen32	UK	Citizen 32 magazine audio archive.
The Cortland Review	USA	contains links to Cortland authors and to other audio-poetry site.
Electronic Poetry Center	USA	listing of poetry audio links
Granta	USA	Interviews, readings, and more audio content.
Listening Booth	USA	The Academy of American Poets
Mehfil-e-Mushaira	India	audio clips of Urdu poetry in poets' own voices.
Selwyn Pritchard	AUS	audio anthology
Spoken Word Antics	UK	Spoken Word Antics in Sheffield - sound archive recordings of writers from Sheffield.
THE POETRY ARCHIVE	UK	Historic and modern recordings of poets reading their own work.
UBUWEB	USA	largely experimental, some Beat
Web of Poets	AUS	Australian Society of Authors site
symposium - avant-garde poetry	USA	hosted and moderated by Al Filreis with Shawn Walker live from the Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk, at the University of Pennsylvania
TV, Radio and Internet radio - Available Through the Internet
Art Of Words	UK	ART OF WORDS POETS RADIO SHOW - info; iyabopoetess@yahoo.co.uk Listen out for the Art Of Words Poets Radio Show on www.SolarRadio.com and Sky Channel 0129 (UK and Ireland only) - a monthly mixture of cutting edge lyrical soul, jazz, world music, interviews, literature, poetry, community figures and lively debate.a Airing the last Monday of the month at 2am GMT on www.solarradio.com. The show will be broadcast simultaneously on Sky Channel 0129.
BBC	UK	BBC Poetry Pages - BBC - What's on?
erbacce	UK	RADIO PIRATE ERBACCE webpage at erbacce; and click on the Radio Link - broadcast most weekdays at 5.0pm UK time and at 11.00pm weekends. - some adult content (27114)
JCom Radio	UK	Have I Got A Poem For You! It's on every other Monday at 9.00 pm UK time. It's a mixture of a poet's biography and work, a workshop, listeners' poetry and always a competition. I try to have classic work as well as humorous poetry. I've interviewed Dannie Abse and Elaine Feinstein and the programmes can be accessed onto mp3 players via the Listen Again facility.
Leisure Talk	USA	has a number of interview subjects who are writers and poets. Well worth looking through their listings.
Literary Spot	UK	General literary site, with radio feature.
Not your Mother's Poetry	CAN	Not Your Mother's Poetry on www.ckxu.com Saturday 3 pm.
Penned in the Margins	UK	live poetry, music and chat - Sunday at 1.30pm RESONANCE 104.4 FM
The Poetry Cafe	USA	poetry radio station in Southern California
The Red Room	AUS	creates, produces and distributes poetry inspired projects, by new and emerging Australian writers, for the public, in unusual ways. Artistic Director Johanna Featherstone. Red Room Radio broadcasts nationally through community radio. For more details contact johanna@redroomorganisation.org
The Writer's Almanac	USA	a daily program of poetry and history hosted by Garrison Keillor, can be heard each day on public radio stations throughout the USA. Each day's program is about five minutes long. The archive of almanac entries stretches back to 2001. http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/
Podcasts
Cloudy Day Art	USA	Cloudy Day Art is a weekly podcast which features poetry, interviews with poets, and commentary on the world of poetry. From Washington, D.C., USA. (14306)
ESC Magazine	USA	Monthly Podcast for writers and the Small Press community featuring readings of poetry, short fiction, interviews and reviews.
It's a Frogs Life	UK	Graham Holland's podcast from Liverpool.
Muddy Bank	USA	podcasts of poets reading their own work.
`Ottawa Poetry`	CAN	`The Ottawa Poetry Podcast`
Rattapallax Podcast	USA	Free podcast featuring some of the best poets, writers, translators, and performers in international literature. New updates every week. To connect your iTunes to Rattapallax's podcast, copy the RSS feed: http://rd.bcentral.com/?ID=3255572&s=118583586
UK Poetry	UK	A weekly poetry podcast, usually a twenty or thirty minute show, with interviews and performances from poets, promoters and publishers. http://www.ukpoetrypodcast.com
White House Poets	IRE	Edited version of the White House Poetry Revival recorded at the White House Pub, Limerick, Ireland. Open floor followed by guest poet. Regular updates.
Other
Penny Comics	USA	Comic strip by Rubin
Video
A Quiet Life...		'I'm leading a quiet life on Alan Road' poem by Rupert Mallin video by Mark Sargeant
The Door		By Lawrence James Bailey based on the Poem DOOR by Patrick McManus.

Broadcast and Audio Files of Poetry

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