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'Bush Slam: three days, two poets, one town... Finding the heartbeat of the nation in verse.
'Bush Slam puts poets and poetry in motion across Australia to discover the true spirit of the country.
'Our host H.G. Nelson (Greig Pickhaver) is at the wheel of the Bush Slam bus, each week taking two very different poets to explore a rural community and meet its people. Each is given just three days to capture the heart of the town in verse - and then the tricky bit, to perform their work before the locals in a live head-to-head poetry slam for a thumbs-up or a thumbs-down!
'Bush Slam features Australia's leading poets and songwriters, including John Kinsella, Geoff Goodfellow, Sam Wagan Watson, Emily Ballou, Joel Ma, Melinda Schneider and James Blundell.
'Together, their writing covers a vast spectrum of styles, from bush poetry, to country, to hip hop.'
Source: ABC1 website, http://www.abc.net.au/tv/bushslam/
Sighted: 04/01/2010
Production Details
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Broadcast on ABC1 in six episodes from 29 December 2009 to 2 February 2010.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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It Pays to Advertise
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9-10 January 2010; (p. 19-20)
— Review of Bush Slam 2009 series - publisher film/TV -
First Things Verse
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 December 2009; (p. 3)
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It Pays to Advertise
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9-10 January 2010; (p. 19-20)
— Review of Bush Slam 2009 series - publisher film/TV -
First Things Verse
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 December 2009; (p. 3)
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