Speaking with Steve Smart
Oct 7, 2026 · 29 min · 10 segments
Seve Smart talks about his early days in the poetry scene as well as what he's doing now. Interview by Michael Reynolds.
Oct 7, 2026 · 29 min · 10 segments
Seve Smart talks about his early days in the poetry scene as well as what he's doing now. Interview by Michael Reynolds.
Yeah, I feel like we need some sort of substantial home for poets, like the Poets Club or whatever that thing was that Eddie Dalton used to threaten us with, that he was going to put a lot of money into a warehouse or some sort of building where we could all run workshops, do gigs, have a publishing house.
Or I mean even a little bit like what Ken Smeaton had in the 70s when he had the printing press that was donated and they could run off posters and books and all sorts of stuff
there was a space for poets like the Bowery Poetry Club in New York or you know I was going to say any number of places but really there's only a few in the world that are specifically kind of homes for poetry but it would be nice to see somewhere in Melbourne that was That was like a comedy club where any night you could go if you were looking for a workshop or whatever it was, because it is getting harder, I think.
In some ways it's getting easier to find a venue for, say, like a monthly weeknight.
What we've found is finding somewhere, because the Saturday readings have been traditionally every Saturday afternoon, That's become very difficult for anyone to kind of guarantee you a space.
every Saturday afternoon if they get a booking, if there's football finals or whatever.
Yeah, I feel like we need some sort of substantial home for poets, like the Poets Club or whatever that thing was that Eddie Dalton used to threaten us with, that he was going to put a lot of money into a warehouse or some sort of building where we could all run workshops, do gigs, have a publishing house.
Or I mean even a little bit like what Ken Smeaton had in the 70s when he had the printing press that was donated and they could run off posters and books and all sorts of stuff
there was a space for poets like the Bowery Poetry Club in New York or you know I was going to say any number of places but really there's only a few in the world that are specifically kind of homes for poetry but it would be nice to see somewhere in Melbourne that was That was like a comedy club where any night you could go if you were looking for a workshop or whatever it was, because it is getting harder, I think.
In some ways it's getting easier to find a venue for, say, like a monthly weeknight.
What we've found is finding somewhere, because the Saturday readings have been traditionally every Saturday afternoon, That's become very difficult for anyone to kind of guarantee you a space.
every Saturday afternoon if they get a booking, if there's football finals or whatever.
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