Solid Air

Over the past decade, Spoken Word has established itself as a central part of contemporary Australian & New Zealand poetry. For the first-time ever, these voices are transported from the stage to the page, captured in print so that the spoken-word experience can be shared with a new and broader audience.

Solid Air showcases the work of more than 100 performance poets - combining elements of slam, hip-hop and experimental performance poetry - to deliver an unforgettable reading experience that is both literary and loud. Poems capture themes of modern culture, identity and resistance. Contributors include- Ali Cobby Eckermann, Hera Lindsay Bird, Claire G. Taika Waititi, Courtney Barnett, Michelle Law, Luka Lesson and many, many more.

About the Authors

David Stavanger is an award-winning poet, performer, editor and cultural producer. He is the author of the The Special (UQP, 2014), which won the 2015 Wesley Michel Wright Poetry Prize, and co-directed the Queensland Poetry Festival from 2015 to 2017. He has been at the forefront of establishing poetry slam and spoken word in Australia.

Anne-Marie Te Whiu is a cultural producer who co-directed the Queensland Poetry Festival from 2015 to 2017 and is currently an Editor at Verity La. Born in Australia, she is a proud descendant of the Te Rarawa tribe on her father's side.