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Middle of the Air: Music and Lyrics 

Riding the airwaves between poetry and song

Leah Senior (Photo credit Jamie Wdziekonski)
Ziggy Ramo (Photo credit Vanessa Swederus)
Andrew Ford (Photo credit Peter Hislop)
Thursday 21 May 2026
7-7.55pm
Event Code: 40
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Red Room Poetry’s Middle of the Air project celebrates poetry beyond the page by uniting poetry and song in new ways and drawing on the shared history between these forms.

In this live recording of ABC Radio National’s The Music Show, two of Australia's leading contemporary songwriters Ziggy Ramo and Leah Senior, discuss the relationship between words and music and their favourite lyricists. This special event also includes performances from the songwriters.

Join Ziggy and Leah as they consider their songwriting processes with host of ABC Radio National’s The Music Show Andrew Ford.

Unfortunately, DOBBY is unable to attend Sydney Writers' Festival and will no longer be appearing at this event.

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