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Ben Adams
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Research Fellow exploring digital pathways to violent extremism in young Australians. Poet & arts reviewer. PhD on Charles Bukowski & postmodern humanism. Publications on ideology, masculinity, radicalization, restorative practices | linktr.ee/bts.adams
The second part of my interview with Kate Cooper will be playing today at 4pm on Vision Australia Radio Adelaide, 1197 AM.

You can then hear it at the Emerging Writers podcast archive with, I believe, an extra bonus reading that didn't fit in the broadcast version!

Live: player.listenlive.co/65731
Vision Australia Radio Adelaide
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November 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Part one of an interview I had with Kate Cooper will be broadcast on Vision Australia Radio today at 4pm. Tune in to the broadcast at 1197 AM or stream it online at the link.

It will then be on the Emerging Writers podcast archive for later listening.

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Emerging Writers | Vision Australia Radio
Conversations on the work and experiences of emerging writers from a diversity of creative contexts, with reflections from other producers and distributors of new Australian writing. Listen to the pod...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Looking forward to attending the AVERT Research Network 2025 Symposium later this month on this year's theme of 'Signal or noise? Navigating the changing nature of violent extremism online'

You can peruse the full program via AVERT's symposium page: www.avert.net.au/2025-symposium
2025 Symposium — AVERT Research Network
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November 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
As part of the Archē exhibition at Coral Street Art Space in Victor Harbor, I'm looking forward to sharing the bill with three outstanding South Australian poets:

Steve Brock,
Olivia De Zilva
& Tyler Jackson

Saturday NOV 15 from 5:30pm for 'Slow Lane'

Tix $5 at the link: square.link/u/OSXrT1RC
October 21, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Fun to spend Saturday afternoon w/ Spoken Word SA hearing excellent variations on nature #poetry this past weekend. Chuffed that my tangential take on 'human nature' landed well! Thanks Pam for hosting, Shaine for a great feature set & Ian for his excellent pics.

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October 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Another month of Wednesday #poetry readings at Ern Malley bar, #Adelaide

Both Chelsea Avard and myself will be on the bill October 8th.

Come along — 6:30 for 7pm in Stepney, 137 Magill Road.

Not a hoax!
October 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Reposted by Ben Adams
Submission Open

15th September to 15th of October 2025

Submissions are now open for issue 28 of The Manchester Review. The Editors are looking forward to reading the best of your poetry, fiction, and non fiction.
September 16, 2025 at 8:10 AM
My effort for #PoemsAbout #NeverAgain

Cheers to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk for curating these prompts.
September 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Our state poetry slam final falls on the same Saturday as Australia's national football code season climax...
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#PoemsAbout #NeverAgain

climax park

i have no desire
to be
a sole survivor

alone at the end
on cold
concrete steps

at the suburban ground
in slanting rain

the game lost.

no desire to know
anyone who does
September 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The Australian Poetry Slam 2025 – SA State Final put on by the folks at @spokenwordsa.bsky.social is coming up on Saturday 27 September at 7:30pm. I'll be competing alongside some truly excellent local poets and performers so come along!

More info and tix below:

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Australian Poetry Slam 2025 – SA State Final: Here is the full line-up and guest performer! – Spoken Word SA
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September 17, 2025 at 7:25 AM
As part of Adelaide Uni's 2025 Summer Research Scholarships, @natemanning.bsky.social & I have two related projects open for applications: "Digital Pathways to Gendered & Misogynistic Extremism in Young Australians" & "Current Trends of Digitally Circulated Right-Wing Extremism in Australian Youth."
September 4, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Loved the light touch on this one.
How everything—Dad’s hoard of motor oil
and Windex, the address book by Mom’s chair,
even the chip-clips and pens in the junk drawer—
somehow seemed mysterious and fraught.

—Carrie Shipers
Things I Found While Cleaning Out My Parents’ House by Carrie Shipers - Rattle: Poetry
Black bugs in the baking cupboard. My dad’s surprising but completely legal porn. A dented popcorn tin containing blueprints,   […]
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August 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
A replay of my interview from earlier this year (discussing both #poetry & countering violent extremism research, especially regarding men & masculinity) on this week's Poet's Playlist

Thursday June 19th at 8:30pm on Radio Adelaide 101.5 FM or listen online: www.radioadelaide.org.au/shows/poets-...
Poet's Playlist - Radio Adelaide
Poet's Playlist is a show inspired by poetry. Join us for interviews with local poets and more Thursdays from 8:30pm
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June 17, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Reposted by Ben Adams
I'm excited to be curator for next month's NO WAVE #poetry reading at The Wheatsheaf Hotel, bringing together four excellent and generation-spanning Adelaide poets:

Geoff Goodfellow
Mei Szetu
Chelsea Avard
and Erica Jolly

38 George Street Thebarton

Wednesday June 4th, 2025
7 for a 7:30pm start
May 6, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Recently uploaded — my performance at the South Australian Poetry Slam final in September last year.

As it happens, this #poem is about to see publication in Meniscus journal, so keep an eye out for that sometime this month.

#poetry #slampoetry
SA Poetry Slam 2024 Finalist Ben Adams
YouTube video by Spoken Word SA
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April 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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The Shore IS OPEN FOR SUBS! 🌊

Submission guidelines can be found on our website: www.theshorepoetry.org
April 1, 2025 at 10:13 AM
From Israeli newspaper @haaretzcom.bsky.social, which publishes a range of left and liberal (inc. anti-Zionist) perspectives from within Israel.

𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 "𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥" 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴? 𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴?
The response to the Gaza aid workers massacre shows Israel has undergone brutalization | Opinion
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April 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
My final review of the 2025 #AdelaideFringe season covered local folk artist Loren Kate bringing a golden voice, beautiful range and faithful yet fresh arrangements to her renditions of primarily early-period Leonard Cohen favourites.

@adlfrin.ge

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Fringe review: So Long Marianne - InReview | InDaily, Inside South Australia
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March 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
More #AdelaideFringe coverage from me at InReview.

Cal Williams Jr delivers an exquisite experience in this hour devoted to the haunting, resonant, deeply affecting work of cult English folk singer #NickDrake

@adlfrin.ge #adlfringe

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Fringe review: A History of Nick Drake - InReview | InDaily, Inside South Australia
Cal Williams Jr delivers an exquisite experience in this hour devoted to the haunting, resonant, deeply affecting work of cult English folk singer Nick Drake. ★★★★★
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March 3, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Tracey O'Callaghan delivers a perfectly executed hour of charged, comedic, crowd-pleasing poetry in her debut #AdelaideFringe performance @adlfrin.ge. My review at The Clothesline - Digital Arts Magazine.

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March 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The World After Gaza

Pankaj Mishra discusses how his own views on Israel/Palestine shifted after witnessing first hand the everyday structural violence imposed on the occupied territories—much like Ta-Nehisi Coates. In conversation w/ Michelle de Kretser #adlww
February 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Watching 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬 remains something of a formative comedic memory for me, so it was a pleasure @adlfrin.ge to see Paul McDermott sail into poetic waters. It pays off, with moments by turn funny, whimsical, dark, and poignant.

For InReview #AdelaideFringe

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Fringe review: Paul McDermott - POEMS - InReview | InDaily, Inside South Australia
Paul McDermott’s solo foray into publicly uncharted poetic waters pays off, with moments by turn hysterically funny, satirically whimsical, darkly fantastical, and movingly poignant.
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February 27, 2025 at 1:33 AM
My first review @adlfrin.ge this season.
#adlfringe #AdelaideFringe

Nick Robertson delivers a warm, conversational, and 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 reflection on share housing: what it means to feel at home in the stories that shape and stay with us, even after they seem to end.

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Fringe review: Nick Robertson - Everything That Happened At Number 68 - InReview | InDaily, Inside South Australia
A warm, conversational, and writerly reflection on what it means to feel at home in the stories that shape and stay with us, even after they seem to end. ★★★★
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February 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
A #binchicken (Australian white ibis) contemplating fine art, music and culture outside The University of Adelaide and Art Gallery of South Australia

The most appropriate recent photo in my phone gallery to farewell #davidlynch in all his wonderfully earnest, absurd weirdness
January 22, 2025 at 2:33 AM