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This week's episode features three vocational stories by Brigit Busicchia. These were originally produced for a radio segment called 'What Job is That?' on Brigit's Thursday Drive program on 2SER 107.3FM Sydney. This episode features the voices of Tugboat Master Andy Wilson, Activist Liz Millen, and Philosopher Simon Lumsden.

This is a good one for holiday listening. I'll be back with new conversations in Feb 2025. Take care and dig in to the Wide Open Air Exchange podcast back catalogue in the meantime. Best wishes, Christine Gallagher. This episode was first broadcast on radio 2SER 107.3FM Sydney: A Song for You is a vocal ensemble with a rotation of around 50 members from a community of artists in the Berlin live soulful music scene. Co-founder Dhanesh Jayaselan shares the origins and ethos of the project which serves to elevate the voices and stories of BIPOC artists.

Discussing art, science, and disability advocacy with multidisciplinary artist Magnets aka Dr Siobhan McGinnity. Siobhan is a clinical audiologist with a PhD in Audiology on the prevention of hearing injury in the music industry. This episode was first broadcast on radio 2SER 107.3FM and features music from Magnets' debut album DIPLACUSIS including excerpts of the tracks 'ADHme', 'Anxiety', 'Desire', 'Down', and 'Speak'. The album explores themes of self-acceptance and identity. Diplacusis is a hearing condition that Siobhan has experienced with Meniere's Disease.

Darren Fittler on his life philosophy, the social model of disability, and his interest in stand up comedy. This radio edit of a previous podcast conversation with Darren was broadcast on 2SER 107.3FM ahead of Darren's Sydney Fringe Comedy show.

Anthony Dockrill is a media professional who was most recently Program Director at radio 2SER 107.3FM Sydney for 17 years. Prior to joining the staff at 2SER, Anthony had worked in various roles at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and for Film Australia. This episode features some of the regular themes of the Wide Open Air Exchange about the early interests and experiences that inspire our vocational choices and the personal qualities that make us suited to our professions.

An introduction to the five player positions in basketball with reference to legendary NBA players along with an explanation of the NBA conference and division structures and historical rivalries. William Lyttle is a sports commentary enthusiast with a special interest in basketball. Will presents the Community Armchair sports segment on community radio station 2SER and co-hosts the Jnr & Snr: 2 Views podcast with his father.

Join Annabel Crabb and Artistic Director Ann Mossop as they discuss the 2024 Sydney Writers' Festival program. The pair talk about the 2024 Festival theme, Take Me Away, and how books let us escape into different worlds, live other lives and travel in time and space.  The 2024 Sydney Writers' Festival is out now. Head to our website to explore the program: https://www.swf.org.au/ Tickets on sale Saturday 9 March at 10am.  Thank you to 2SER for facilitating the recording of this podcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2SER's Danny Chifley is a special guest host this week turning the tables to interview me (Christine Gallagher) on my own program. The episode covers the origins of the Wide Open Air Exchange podcast and includes the story of when I visited the home of an Elvis tribute performer in Memphis to record an early episode of the podcast. This conversation comes as I commence in a PhD program doing doctoral research on socioeconomic identification in workplace diversity and inclusion plans.

SOUL OF SYDNEY #405: Sydney Crate Digger, DJ, Radio Host and label don, DJ PARIS GROOVESCOOTER (Groovescooter Records) laying down a heavy dose of DISCO & FUNK goodness at this live mix recorded at SOUL OF SYDNEY NYD 2024. Track List / • Chaka Khan - I Know You, I Live You • The Trammps - Can We Come Together (Dave Lee remix) • Earth Wind & Fire - I've Had Enough • EW&F - Let Your Feelings Show • The Quick - Rhythm of The Jungle (12” Mix) • Fonzi Thornton feat. Chic - I'll Change My Game • Saturday Night Band - Come Dance, Dance • Cheryl Lynn - Got To Be Real • Kinsman Dazz - I Searched Around • The Commodores - Keep On Taking Me Higher • Peabo Bryson - Paradise • Another Taste - Don't Touch It • Chicago - Street Player (Dimitri from Paris remix) • Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - Rhythm Is Gonna Get You • Sunburst Band - Listen Love • Harmony Cats - Ma Ma Ma Mae • The Clark Sisters - Everything Is Gonna Be Alright • Donna Summer - If It Hurts Just A Little About PARIS GROOVESCOOTER Sydney DJ for the last 20 years, regular at parties like Soul of Sydney and also a member of the Afrobrasiliana DJ crew. Record label manager and 20 year radio host/DJ (currently host of 2SER's Jumping The Gap show, formerly on FBi, Eastide FM & SBS Radio Alchemy). Has supported New York's John Morales, The Bamboos and others. Good quality disco, boogie, Afro, Latin, soul, funk, reggae, tropical and discerning '80s and jazz - all mixed for the dancefloor. Loads of 2-hour Radio DJs Mixes here: https://bit.ly/3uGmVnc Links: https://www.facebook.com/GroovescooterAU https://www.groovescooter.com/radio/ https://soundcloud.com/groovescooter/ https://www.instagram.com/groovescooter_threethirtyseven/ https://twitter.com/GroovescooterAU https://muzeek.com/parisgroovescooter ABOUT GROOVE SCOOTER RECORDS Based in Sydney, Australia, Groovescooter is an independent record label, production house, film music supervisory/licensing service, events company and remix team founded by long-time friends/collaborators Georgie Zuzak and Paris Pompor. The two DJs and music collectors had played in various bands together and separately in the '80s/'90s, before setting up the Groovescooter record label and their DIY studio in the late-'90s. In 2019, the label celebrated its 21st birthday with the launch of its vinyl-only 45 imprint, Thr33-Thirty Seven Records co-run with another friend and music fanatic named Nico. The imprint's first two releases were Oyobi's much-loved Gamble & Huff/Jean Carn 7″ remake of Don't Let It Go To Your Head, and a reissue of Aussie jazz-funk rarity Pink Steamroller by The Life Organisation. With one foot in their '80s femo-funk-punk and queer disco pasts, the other in the dancefloor's fluid future, an enduring love of new and vintage soul, funk, jazz, electro, Afro, Latin, reggae and tropical vibes inform most of what they do and love.

We welcome one of Sydney's Funk heavyweights at this jam.. DJ MEEM the hosted of BACK TO FUNK radio show (2ser 107.3 FM) dropped this dope Funk, Soul, Disco & Heavy tropical latin set to warm up for CUMBIAMUFFIN for our 12th birthday. Check out more from MEEM at https://soundcloud.com/m-104 https://2ser.com/back-to-funk/ https://meem.org/index.php/radio/podcast/item/21-the-history-of-the-back-to-funk-radio-show About MEEM: Meem (Michael Moebus) is a respected and pioneering music producer, DJ and radio host from Sydney, Australia - whose inimitable style of funk, disco, soul, electro-boogie & hip hop has kept dancefloors shaking for over 20 years. In the late 90's Meem began performing live at underground dance parties in Canberra (illegal forest parties, art galleries and aquariums) and soon catapulted from a shy art-school raver to a highly sought after live electronic act – performing at The Big Day Out, Sydney Festival, Peats Ridge Festival, Triple J Groove Train, Parklife, and Field Day. Meem has supported internation heavyweights such as Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, and Jamie Lidell, and he has showcased his live and DJ performances in London, Manchester, island beach parties in Croatia, and summer festivals throughout Eastern Europe. As a sought after DJ, Meem has supported international acts including Thievery Corporation, and Tom Findlay (Groove Armada). Bringing a diverse and expansive music collection to each gig, Meem blends a broad range of styles and genres including funk, soul, disco, hip-hop, reggae, latin, jazz, R&B and boogie. As a weekly testament to his love of funk music (and all its related styles), Meem also hosts the long-running and much-loved radio program Back to Funk, broadcasting every Monday afternoon on 2SER 107.3FM. Meem has also achieved design notoriety by releasing almost every release in limited edition, and often handmade, packaging. Destined to become collector's items, covers have been crafted from wood, cotton, felt and vinyl upholstery. Meem's CD design has been featured in the UK publication ‘CD - Art: Innovation in CD Packaging Design' by Charlotte Rivers, alongside cover art for The Pet Shop Boys and design by Andy Warhol.

Radiothon is your chance to support Final Draft and Sydney stories, ideas and culture. At 2SER we have BIG LOVE for our Subscribers and Donors. They are vital for the station – they help us maintain our independence and provide us with some stability in an ever-shifting cultural and economic environment. If you'd like to support Final Draft and 2ser head over to 2ser.com for all the details.

We discuss chapter 6 of Szu-Yen Lin's impossible-house impossible-crime novel, 'Death in the House of Rain'. Translated by the author himself, the House of Rain is an enormous mansion in the shape of the Chinese character for rain. Device X rears its dubious head as Ruoping Lin has to complete his picture of four horror-movie deaths in eerily similar circumstances. Do they all point to one killer? Did Flex's hail-mary solution actually work? Check out Jim Noy's list of 100 Mysteries at The Invisible Event. Flex is also joined by Lucy Campbell to talk about her debut crime fiction novel, 'Lowbridge', the roles of women, healing from loss, and learning about people indirectly. Thank you to Ultimo Press and Benson PR for providing copies to 2SER.

We're joined by Brad Friedman of 'Ah Sweet Mystery' to discuss chapters 12-14 of Yukito Ayatsuji's second outing in his Mansion Murder series. Two more murders have taken place, and Shimada has to accept his role as detective before more blood is spilled. Brad and Herds unite to burn Felix at the stake for his ridiculous gambit to solve the unsolvable. How does this novel stack up against the iconic 'Decagon House' that preceded it, and where can the series go from here? We also have a conversation between 2SER's own Irene Diakanastasis and Mercedes Mercier about her second Laura Fleming novel 'Black Lies'. Fleming is tasked with convincing confessed murderer, Tomas Kovac, to disclose the location of his victim's body before the secret dies with him, following a terminal cancer diagnosis. Thank you to Harper Collins for providing copies of 'Black Lies' to 2SER.

Welcome back to Book Club on 2SER.  Today, we have "The Bell of the World" by Gregory Day.  Gregory Day is a writer, poet and musician. I loved his last novel A Sand Archive and so am excited to be bringing you Greg's latest, The Bell of the World In The Bell of the World Sarah Hutchison journeys to Ngangahook, a bush property near Geelong. Ngangahook is run by her Uncle Ferny and Sarah is there to rediscover herself after drifting from her days in an English boarding school.  Surrounded by nature, Sarah the world as distinct from the trappings of ‘society'. Ngangahook attracts the unconventional and Sarh begins to infuse her poetry and music with elements plucked from her surroundings. As the coterie of like minded souls at Ngangahook grows, so too does the world surrounding it. How long can Sarah and her uncle hold out against a world that seeks to civilize them and destroy the natural world they protect?  As I delved into the pages of "The Bell of the World," I found myself drawn into the expansive scope of Sarah's journey. The majority of the narrative unfolds during the early years of Australia's Federation but Day's narrative is concerned with the entirety of so-called Australia's history and white Australia's struggles to reconcile itself to the land it overtook.   Gregory Day brings this era to life as a creative era of development, highlighting its significance in shaping the country's identity. Against this we have the destructive impulse of the civilising force represented in the ‘bell' that the townsfolk would have hung in their rural outpost. While the bells toll would bring time and structure into their daily lives it would sound out the natural call of life that has resonated through the region for thousands of years; Sarah's Bell of the World. Building on the themes from his previous work, "A Sand Archive," Day continues to examine the relationship between humanity and nature. In "The Bell of the World," the tension between Ngangahook and the encroaching modern world represents the struggle to preserve and appreciate nature amidst relentless progress and societal pressures. This struggle is not simply anm environmental concern. Rather it represents a severing of our human nature from the world around it. Sarah and Ferny strive to live with the land and move away from a sense of human exceptionalism while the town clings to its separateness as a kind of talisman against what it views as wild and unforgiving. Day's treatment of this tension dives into the human impulse to create art and offers up fascinating ideas of this creative process. Ferny's is shown to be infatuated with Joseph Furphy's novel, "Such is Life." The novel is a talisman for Ferny with its evocative capturing of Australian life, and when it wears out is rebound in a most surprising way that was reminiscent to me of modern sample culture and remixing of ideas and influences. Another fascinating element is Sarah's modification of the piano at Ngangahook, using found natural elements. The resulting songs become a blend of ephemeral sounds and representations of their world. This raises questions about the possibility of creating art that remains wild and natural, or whether our very presence adulterates nature. In the midst of the growing unrest in the region, the bell becomes a focal point of the town's feelings about Sarah, Fernny, and Joe's unconventional living arrangements. There's an undercurrent of cultural clash, that mirrors our modern sense of tension and unease at things we don't want to understand.

We discuss chapters 33-41 of Robert Thorogood's second Marlow Murder Club novel, Death Comes to Marlow. The hunt for our culprit reaches its head, but so does the police department's hunt for itself. Tanika has a pivotal role to play in unraveling this case, but it's going to take guile to get the Marlow Murder Club to their destination. Will Flex accept the answers, and did they make sense? We're also joined by Rae Cairns, speaking with Irene Diakanastasis, to talk about Rae's latest novel 'Dying to Know'. Geneva's sister went missing in terrifying circumstances 12 years ago, but when new evidence renews her hunt for the truth, every step forwards brings her closer to danger. Also, We Wish You Were Here! 2SER's annual April fundraiser is on, with a bunch of great prizes on offer in return for your support of our work and the home it finds itself on. Sign up before April 30th for your chance to win. Thank you to Harper Collins for providing copies of 'Dying to Know' to 2SER.

We discuss chapters 15-32 of Robert Thorogood's second Marlow Murder Club novel, Death Comes to Marlow. If you thought Judith, Suzie and Becks weren't going to be able to keep up with young modern crime protagonists, you'll be pleased to discover that this sequence includes car chases, technological espionage, high-value financial crime, climate protests, tense pub showdowns, and somehow they all still fit. Our mysterious boot-printer is identified, and our two lead suspects continue to trade insults. We're also joined by Alex Pavesi, on the tail of featuring his novel 'Eight Detectives'. We talk about the motivations behind the story, the benefits of melding short with long-form story in one tale, and the scam of fair play murder mystery. Also, We Wish You Were Here! 2SER's annual April fundraiser is on, with a bunch of great prizes on offer in return for your support of our work and the home it finds itself on. Sign up before April 30th for your chance to win.

We discuss chapters 1-14 of Robert Thorogood's second Marlow Murder Club novel, Death Comes to Marlow. Judith and her unlikely friends are back in action solving crime in their quaint hometown. Sir Peter Bailey, perhaps the biggest name in Marlow, calls Judith to ask for her insights on his impending wedding, as he fears for his life. Perplexed by the request, Judith gathers Suzie (because Becks will, of course, already be there), and makes her way to the party. Soon after arriving, a loud thud signals that the case is on, as Sir Bailey is crushed below his enormous bookshelf, legs sticking out like the Wicked Witch of the East. Flex is challenged with beating the lively cast of this novel to the solution as this crossword puzzle takes to the page. Also, We Wish You Were Here! 2SER's annual April fundraiser is on, with a bunch of great prizes on offer in return for your support of our work and the home it finds itself on. Sign up before April 30th for your chance to win.

"…it's also a question of thinking about what lies ahead and what is the history behind it." Ann Mossop, Artistic Director of Sydney Writers' Festival Join Annabel Crabb and Artistic Director Ann Mossop as they discuss the 2023 Sydney Writers' Festival program. The pair talk about the 2023 Festival theme, Stories For The Future, and its underlying call to action to think about how we understand the past, how we live in the present and how our words, our imaginations and our actions shape the future. Thank you to 2SER for facilitating the recording of this podcast. The 2023 Sydney Writers' Festival is now on sale. Head to our website to explore the program and book your tickets: https://www.swf.org.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A guest episode where 2SER's Irene Diakanastasis is joined in conversation by debut novelist Kerryn Mayne to talk about her new book 'Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder'. Lenny Marks is woman whose life was shaped by a trauma she can't remember. What happens when it all comes back to her, and how does she deal with the unavoidable encroachment of her past? Bridging an uplifting tale with the unsettling world of a child having to live in the shadow of being told 'you did this'. From a brilliant new voice in Australian fiction, Mayne hooks readers into Lenny's touching quest for belonging and self-discovery. Thank you to Penguin Australia for providing copies of 'Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder' to 2SER, and Irene for producing this discussion.

A guest episode where 2SER's Irene Diakanastasis is joined in conversation by Dinuka McKenzie to talk about her latest novel 'Taken'. A brilliant follow-up to her debut novel ‘The Torrent', Detective Sergeant Kate Miles is back from maternity leave and faced with a whole new set of challenges. Torn between her own spiraling personal life and taking charge of a child abduction case, this novel is a thrilling, action-packed and touching read that will have you hooked from the start. They talk her upcoming novel and its dynamic female lead, where she explores the novel's central themes on the unrealistic (even contradictory) expectations of women returning to work after having a child and the flaws in police culture. Thank you to Harper Collins AU for providing copies of 'Taken' to 2SER, and Irene for producing this discussion.

Dr Rachel Yuen-Collingridge shares insights from her studies of papyrology including ideas about cultural receptions to new forms of knowledge communication technology in antiquity and thoughts on ethical approaches to studying Ancient History. This is the radio version broadcast on 2SER 107.3FM. An extended podcast version of this conversation (which is twice as long) is available by subscribing for free to the Wide Open Air Exchange podcast. After you subscribe, look in your podcast library for the episode titled: “Papyrology, Dr Rachel Yuen-Collingridge". Rachel was a guest on the Wide Open Air Exchange in early September 2022 and this radio version is being shared as part of a short holiday series while the podcast is on hiatus.

Dr Rachel Yuen-Collingridge shares insights from her studies of papyrology including ideas about cultural receptions to new forms of knowledge communication technology in antiquity and thoughts on ethical approaches to studying Ancient History. This is the radio version broadcast on 2SER 107.3FM. An extended podcast version of this conversation (which is twice as long) is available by subscribing for free to the Wide Open Air Exchange podcast. After you subscribe, look in your podcast library for the episode titled: “Papyrology, Dr Rachel Yuen-Collingridge". Rachel was a guest on the Wide Open Air Exchange in early September 2022 and this radio version is being shared as part of a short holiday series while the podcast is on hiatus.

Revisiting part of a conversation with historian Catherine Freyne about her doctoral project which situates her own family experience of her father being secretly homosexually active with a wife and kids in an historical context. The extended podcast version of this conversation (which is more than twice as long) is available by subscribing for free to the Wide Open Air Exchange podcast and searching in your podcast library for the episode titled: "Sexuality, History, and Family Memoir". Catherine was a guest on the Wide Open Air Exchange in July 2022 whilst a doctoral researcher at UTS nearing completion of a thesis titled, “The Family as Closet: Gay/Bisexual married men and their families in Sydney, 1970-2000″. Some of the primary sources that Catherine had been studying were her father's personal correspondence and writings which document his experiences of having secret relationships with men and his reflections after leaving a 30 year marriage and claiming a homosexual identity. This is the radio version that was broadcast on 2SER 107.3FM Sydney.

Revisiting part of a conversation with historian Catherine Freyne about her doctoral project which situates her own family experience of her father being secretly homosexually active with a wife and kids in an historical context. The extended podcast version of this conversation (which is more than twice as long) is available by subscribing for free to the Wide Open Air Exchange podcast and searching in your podcast library for the episode titled: "Sexuality, History, and Family Memoir". Catherine was a guest on the Wide Open Air Exchange in July 2022 whilst a doctoral researcher at UTS nearing completion of a thesis titled, “The Family as Closet: Gay/Bisexual married men and their families in Sydney, 1970-2000″. Some of the primary sources that Catherine had been studying were her father's personal correspondence and writings which document his experiences of having secret relationships with men and his reflections after leaving a 30 year marriage and claiming a homosexual identity. This is the radio version that was broadcast on 2SER 107.3FM Sydney.

Is Bob Katter in parliament illegally? You be the judge! In a Chaser Report first we have actual reporting to do.Lachlan has a spicy scoop after he had a phone call with the Member for Kennedy who made a (potentially incriminating) revelation about his legitimacy as a member. We checked with our lawyer, Michael Bradley, to confirm it's cooked.Lachlan and Jono are hosting 2SER on November 1st to complete the assessment this was all supposed to be for. Check it out here. You can lose the ads and get more content! Become a Chaser Report VIP member at http://apple.co/thechaser OR https://plus.acast.com/s/the-chaser-report. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Final Draft Great Conversations podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. For nearly thirty years Final Draft has found its home at 2ser 107.3. 2ser is a Community Radio Station broadcasting from Sydney, Australia. 2ser was born in October 1979 as a community voice and disruptor of the dominate voices in the Sydney media scene. For more than forty years 2ser has been a voice for Sydney, representing the many communities who don't always get to hear themselves in the mainstream. Every October 2ser celebrates its birthday with Radiothon, an opportunity to thank our listeners and invite them to become a part of our family. Today's special bonus episode is a little look at the history of 2ser and a big Happy Birthday for Radiothon. Research and references from today's episode come from 2ser's 46 Boxes of Stuff - An Incomplete History of Community Radio from Liz Giuffre and Demetrius Romeo. Final Draft is produced and presented by Andrew Pople Want more great conversations with Australian authors? Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week from 2ser. Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you're reading! Twitter - https://twitter.com/finaldraft2ser  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/  Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/ 

The Final Draft Great Conversations podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love.These are the stories that make us who we are.Georgina Young's debut novel Loner won the Text Prize for Young Adult novels, was commended by the CBCA as a notable book for older readers, and was shortlisted for a Prime Minister's Literary Award.Now Georgina is back with her new novel Bootstrap and she's joining us today on the podcast.Ginsborough's famous for its chicken and leek pies and not much else. Down the road in Koornang all they've got is Al's Takeaway and Jackson Sweeney is doing his best to sour that reputation.Sweeney's not languishing in Koornang per se. Languishing sounds way more active than what Sweeney is doing. With nothing but Hooley Dooley's on a Friday to look forward to (and Sweeney's pashed most of the available blokes there) life is looking dire.That is until a tall, dark and very out of place bloke named Bootstrap splits into Sweeney's life saying he's come to see the night that Sweeney becomes a hero!Join me as we discover Georgina Young's Bootstrap...Final Draft is produced and presented by Andrew PopleWant more great conversations with Australian authors?Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week from 2ser.Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you're reading!Twitter - https://twitter.com/finaldraft2serInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/

James O'Loghlin is a comedian, television and radio host. You might know him from shows such as The New Inventors but James is also the author of ten books, including six novels for children.James was also a lawyer in a former life and his segued that experience into his new novel, our book club for this week, Criminals.It seems like just another ordinary day...Sarah is doing bar work at the club. A nice normal job while she's on stress leaving from her job as a cop. She's tending bar when a man walks into the club with a shotgun.Mary is just trying to enjoy a quiet drink. She's always enjoying a quiet drink and doesn't appreciate the loud man in the balaklava interrupting her reverie. Daydrinking isn't exactly a long term plan and so Mary decides to do something foolish.And poor Dean. He can't understand why everybody won't just get down on the ground and give him the money. He needs this and one big score could set him up for a while.In one brief flurry of activity Criminals throws Sarah, Dean and Mary's lives together and sets them on a path to explore what it means to be a criminal and how life is more than simply a matter of Black and White.Through each of his main characters James O'Loghlin explores some fundamental ideas about crime and criminality.Sarah has always wanted to be a cop. Her single dad is her idol. A lifetime police officer she has looked up to him and all he represents. But Sarah's also been disillusioned by her time on the force and is starting to wonder if following the letter of the law is the best way to understand people.Dean went to school with Sarah. It's an uncomfortable fact as he holds a shotgun in her direction but it also gets him thinking; he wasn't always a junkie burglar waiting to graduate to armed robbery.At school Dean was a footy star, but he relied on making it to first grade and when that didn't happen he was lost. Drugs and petty crime helped Dean escape until they became the thing he has to escape from. Is it possible though that there is more to his life, and can he choose a different path before it's too late.Mary seems to have it all a middle class suburban life can offer. So why does she stand in front of the shotgun, daring the man in front of her. Mary's struggling to make sense of her life and is starting to think that these men robbing the club with such abandon know more about how to live and maybe she could borrow a leaf from their book.Criminals follows this small ensemble cast through the aftermath of the robbery and into their lives, such as they are. Questions of right and wrong loom large in each of their pasts and O'Loghlin challenges us to sort through our ideas of crime and criminality to understand how we live when these categories are not so clear cut.The novel explores mental health and the ways it can shape, even steer lives and the consequences of not getting help. It's a surprisingly nuanced look at a heavily scrutinized area and while no one book could pretend to have an answer, Criminals shows us that the conversation is essential and one we all must have.Criminals is pacy and finds a balance between its action and the introspection of its protagonists. While each are, perhaps miles from the lived experience of the reader, the novel brings us into their lives and makes us appreciate they are more than their apparent stereotype might reveal.Book Club is produced and presented by Andrew PopleWant more great conversations with Australian authors?Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week from 2ser.Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you're reading!Twitter - https://twitter.com/finaldraft2serInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/

The Final Draft Great Conversations podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love.These are the stories that make us who we are.Claire G. Coleman is a Noongar writer, from Western Australia, now based in Naarm. Claire's debut novel is the award winning Terra Nullius. She is the author of the novel The Old Lie and Lies Damned Lies, an historical and cultural exploration of the ongoing impact of colonial invasion. Claire's third novel, is Enclave.Enclave takes us to the community of Safetown. There residents live a comfortable life, secure in the knowledge they are protected by ‘the wall'. Within that concrete edifice security patrol their streets and drones surveil the airway to ensure even the smallest transgression is met with swift consequences.Christine has spent her entire life basking in the comfort her fathers wealth and Safetown's security provide the daughter of an influential family. Sure her father is a distant figure, her mother a high functioning alcoholic, but they've just bought her an apartment and extended her a line of seeming unlimited credit.Safetown was built to protect families like Christine and she should be happy with this safety. Except her best friend Jack is missing and Christine has begun to notice her servants, people who don't look quite like her…Join as we discover Claire G Coleman's Enclave.Final Draft is produced and presented by Andrew PopleWant more great conversations with Australian authors?Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week from 2ser.Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you're reading!Twitter - https://twitter.com/finaldraft2serInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/

*WARNING SPOILERS*This part of our conversation with Claire contains spoilers for Enclave. Definitely don't tune in until you've read Enclave!What are you waiting for? Go get a copy now!Claire G. Coleman is a Noongar writer, from Western Australia, now based in Naarm. Claire's debut novel is the award winning Terra Nullius. She is the author of the novel The Old Lie and Lies Damned Lies, an historical and cultural exploration of the ongoing impact of colonial invasion. Claire's third novel, is Enclave.In this special bonus of outtakes from the Enclave interview Claire talks about inspirations for the story, famous fans and the potential for her work to be adapted.Final Draft is produced and presented by Andrew PopleWant more great conversations with Australian authors?Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week from 2ser.Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you're reading!Twitter - https://twitter.com/finaldraft2serInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/

Today I wanted to indulge us with some fun, thoughtful, edge of your seat, literary sci-fi. Now that may seem like I've just thrown a whole lot of adjectives at the wall to see what sticks (and in a way I have) but stay with me, I think I'm justified…Georgina Young's debut novel Loner won the Text Prize for Young Adult novel, was commended by the CBCA as a notable book for older readers, and was shortlisted for a Prime Minister's Literary Award.Now Georgina is back with her new novel Bootstrap and it is all the adjectives I mentioned above and more.Ginsborough's famous for its chicken and leek pies and not much else. Down the road in Koornang all they've got is Al's Takeaway and Jackson Sweeney is doing his best to sour that reputation.Sweeney's not languishing in Koornang per se. Languishing sounds way more active than what Sweeney is doing. With nothing but Hooley Dooley's on a Friday to look forward to (and Sweeney's pashed most of the available blokes there) life is looking dire.That is until a tall, dark and very out of place bloke named Bootstrap splits into Sweeney's life saying he's come to see the night that Sweeney becomes a hero!Now I could tell you that Bootstrap is full of the most outlandish cast of characters you've met in a long time…I could tell you that the book has more twists than the highway out of Ginsborough…I could mention that this is a refreshing take on the sci-fi staple of messing with your own timeline…All of that would be true but it still wouldn't capture the enormous heart that Georgina Young has infused into the most unlikable, lovable rogue that is Sweeney and the strange and beguiling figure of Bootstrap.Sweeney feels trapped in Koornang and that's the central dramatic tension of the novel. He feels like nothing will ever happen to him and little changes when the entirety of the space time continuum seems to come crashing onto his doorstep.In a lot of ways Sweeney is all of us when we are feeling the FOMO and getting down on our lives. In a much more real way he is a young gay man who is languishing in a town that doesn't have enough to offer him and is actively trying to such the life out of him.The arrival of his best friend Marnie and the enigmatic Bootstrap are still not enough to shake Sweeney's stupor. He sees one as an excuse to get drunk and the other as a quick pash when he gets there. Marnie's on her own journey into the doldrums and can't quite seem to shake her own tendency to plant her food in her mouth. These are not the heroes we need but then again Bootstrap may not deserve saving…I loved Bootstrap as much for its high octane adventuring as for its parodying small town charm (or was it desperation? Sweeney is really unsure about his nostalgia) In highlighting that regional Australia is a tough place to grow up it also shows us a world where every corner holds a memory. It's all in stark contrast to the figure of Bootstrap who is a fugitive from his own past.There's an incredibly clever and thoughtful crop of mind bending speculative and science fiction popping up in Australia lately and I am here for it. Georgina Young's Bootstrap is so grounded as to defy the notion that it literally opens up a whole new world of timey wimey adventuring for readers…Book Club is produced and presented by Andrew PopleWant more great conversations with Australian authors?Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week from 2ser.Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you're reading!Twitter - https://twitter.com/finaldraft2serInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/

Jeremy Ray is a video game critic aka "Junglist" and content strategist for the blockchain tech company Enjin.  You'll hear about Jeremy's aptitude for problem solving and his interest in systems exploration which are qualities that have informed some of his vocational choices. We also discuss Jeremy's use of the Zettlekasten system of note taking and his research interest in the relationship between wait time and toxicity in gaming. Jeremy has been a guest on the Wide Open Air Exchange a few times and most of his episodes were archived along with the first few years of the program when the Wide Open Air Exchange found a radio home at 2SER 107.3FM in 2022. This conversation introduces Jeremy to new listeners who have recently found the program and covers new topics as well.

Jeremy Ray is a video game critic aka "Junglist" and content strategist for the blockchain tech company Enjin.  You'll hear about Jeremy's aptitude for problem solving and his interest in systems exploration which are qualities that have informed some of his vocational choices. We also discuss Jeremy's use of the Zettlekasten system of note taking and his research interest in the relationship between wait time and toxicity in gaming. Jeremy has been a guest on the Wide Open Air Exchange a few times and most of his episodes were archived along with the first few years of the program when the Wide Open Air Exchange found a radio home at 2SER 107.3FM in 2022. This conversation introduces Jeremy to new listeners who have recently found the program and covers new topics as well.

We discuss chapters 1-12 of Tara Moss' new Billie Walker novel, 'The Ghosts of Paris'. After her last showdown in 'The War Widow', Billie Walker has made quite the name for herself as a private inquiry agent in Sydney, with a unique clientele as the only woman in the country doing her line of work. One client leads to the next, until one Vera Montgomery comes with a blank cheque to find her missing husband. If Billie can prove he's dead, she is free to live her own life. Issues don't always disappear with their times, this intelligent, socially conscious novel sets an intriguing opening as we take to the skies on our way to explore the human stories often swept up in the theatre of war. Solving this one is 2SER's Sponsorship manager Dom Romeo, and if you want our help promoting your business, Dom tells us you should get in touch with him!We're also joined by Tara herself to talk about the all-seeing eye of a noir detective, the way we portray ourselves through fashion, and the heroics in the little things. Thank you to Harper Collins for copies of the book, and arranging our time with Tara.

The Final Draft Great Conversations podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love.These are the stories that make us who we are.Lauren Draper is a writer and marketing professional from Melbourne, her writing has appeared in publications such as Kill Your Darlings and Dumbo Feather.Lauren joins Andrew on the show with her debut young adult novel, The Museum of Broken Things.Reece is in limbo, and as far as it goes there are worse places to be stuck than the beachside town of Hamilton. But it's not just the place Reece is stuck in her memories. Memories of The Terrible Thing Happened and the way it has basically put her life on hold.Maybe she can ride out the last year of school, but fate and a resident shark named Bruce are determined to throw her in the way of Gideon and there's a whole other set of secrets.Join me as we discover Lauren Draper's The Museum of Broken Things...Final Draft is produced and presented by Andrew PopleWant more great conversations with Australian authors?Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week from 2ser.Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you're reading!Twitter - https://twitter.com/finaldraft2serInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/Find Lauren Draper at laurendraperauthor.com

Welcome to your Murder Mystery Detour! Once a whenever-we-can, Flex and Herds go live (or undead, as the case may be), to talk about their latest fixations in the crime fiction world, and we hear from you about yours! With Herds unfortunately unwell at the last hour, 2SER's own Sponsorship Manager Dom Romeo stepped in ahead of his trial-by-fire for Tara Moss' The Ghosts of Paris. This iteration, we spoke about:Murder Party - Directed by Nicolas PleskofDark Deeds Down Under - Edited by Craig Sisterson, Published by Clan Destine PressPeril at the Exposition - Nev MarchThe Lost Man of Bombay (Out August 2022) - Vaseem KhanDenizen - James McKenzie WatsonEveryone In My Family Has Killed Someone - Benjamin StevensonThe Files of Young Kindaichi (2022) - Directed by Hisashi KimuraWe also listened to 'Watching the Detectives' by Elvis Costello, but that's been excised for the podcast! Check out the YouTube page for live chat and a bonus discussion about 'The Quarry'.

The Final Draft Great Conversations podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love.These are the stories that make us who we are.Frank Moorhouse was an author, journalist and essayist. He is best known for his Edith Trilogy chronicling the life of Edith Campbell Berry and her time as a diplomat around the formation of the League of Nations. Frank was a terrific chronicler and interrogator of Australia and our way of life.Frank died last week at the age of 83. This episode features a conversation with Frank from 2017 where he discussed his essay on the writers life.Final Draft is produced and presented by Andrew PopleWant more great conversations with Australian authors?Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week from 2ser.Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you're reading!Twitter - https://twitter.com/finaldraft2serInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/

Matthew Ryan Davies is the author of the young adult novel This Thing of Darkness, which was highly commended in the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. Today I've brought in his debut adult novel Things We Bury.Transporting us to the town of Pent, Matt offers up a portrait of life in a regional town through his central family, the Hardings.It's a sad fact that tragedy brings us together.Dane, Jac, and Josh don't get together as much as they should. Spread out across the country; Jac in Sydney, Josh all over the country as his TV work takes him and Dane, who never left Pent. It just never seems like there's enough time.Now the siblings must converge on their hometown after their father is in a car accident that leaves him in a coma.It's not just the accident. Each of the siblings has their own drama eating away at their peace. The reunion isn't destined to go smoothly. Pent is no longer the same town they grew up in, but the ghosts of the past still rest there.While their father remains in a coma, questions emerge that have them wondering if there is more to his accident that they first assumed. What had been happening in their dad's life that could lead him to do something desperate?Things We Bury blends suspense and mystery with character driven storytelling.It's instantly relatable because no matter how wonderful or fraught your own family relationships we have all of us had to negotiate family dynamics that seem to shift underneath us as we grow.Josh's return to Pent is wrapped in scandal. He left the town and changed his name to become someone in entertainment. Now having realized his dream he is dogged by an incident that has blown up on social media and left him hiding his face beneath a baseball cap.Jac has returned with a surprise. She's engaged, but doubting herself, and the person she'd most like to tell is lying in a coma. Jac was always their father's favourite, which makes it harder to deal with the possibility he did this to himself.Dean has had to step up in his dad's absence and is questioning more than ever the path he chose. Can he really ignore his own dreams any longer to run their father's company.In each of the siblings stories and in the hovering questions around their father's crash we have the specter of mental health that too often gets ignored, especially amongst men.The title Things We Bury hints at secrets and these drive the narrative forward but also remind us of the difficulties we can face when we feel like we have to go it alone.Through the shifting perspectives, as each chapter moves through a different character point of view, we see the siblings' struggles and also hear as they question what might have been on their father's mind. Together they question how he was feeling and come up against the usual suspects of stoicism and a fear of seeming weak in front of others.While the central mystery of why drives the siblings to try and uncover their father's state of mind we are also offered parallel narratives of their own struggles. It's an effective and expansive look at the fact that mental health is a concern we all share and that we deal with it best when we deal with it together.Things We Bury is a page turner that offers us valuable insights. I went in looking at the mystery and found I was most gripped by the personal stories of each of the Harding family…7Book Club is produced and presented by Andrew PopleWant more great conversations with Australian authors?Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week from 2ser.Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you're reading!Twitter - https://twitter.com/finaldraft2serInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/

The Final Draft Great Conversations podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love.These are the stories that make us who we are.In the next instalment of our irregular, ongoing series featuring incredible book podcasts Andrew is joined by Kate Mildenhall & Katherine Collette from The First Time.The First Time is a podcast about publishing a book for the first time. Kate and Katherine describe The First Time as one part reality show, one part writers' master class, featuring Australian writers and industry insiders, exploring the logistics of publishing a debut.Final Draft is produced and presented by Andrew PopleWant more great conversations with Australian authors?Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week from 2ser.Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you're reading!Twitter - https://twitter.com/finaldraft2serInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/

The Final Draft Great Conversations podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love.These are the stories that make us who we are.Brendan Colley is a Hobert based writer. He won the University of Tasmania Prize for an Unpublished Work in 2019. Brendan is joining me today with his debut novel, The Signal Line.Geo has returned to Tasmania following the death of his father to sell the family home. The triggers a reunion with his brother Wes who has followed in their father's footsteps becoming a cop. Wes is not having any of Geo's talk about selling, the house contains too many memories.Geo needs the money to fund his auditions and fulfill his dream of joining a Symphony Orchestra. That dream is Geo's true a north, a journey that has taken him far from Tasmania.Geo's arrival sets the stage for an untimely family conflict, one of supernatural proportions.Join me as we discover Brendan Colley's The Signal Line...Final Draft is produced and presented by Andrew PopleWant more great conversations with Australian authors?Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week from 2ser.Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you're reading!Twitter - https://twitter.com/finaldraft2serInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/

Claire G. Coleman is a Noongar writer, from Western Australia, now based in Naarm. Claire's debut novel is the award winning Terra Nullius as well as the author of The Old Lie and the acclaimed non-fiction book, Lies Damned Lies. Calire's third novel, the one I want to talk about today is Enclave.In the community of Safetown residents live a comfortable life, secure in the knowledge they are protected by the wall. Within that concrete edifice security patrol their streets and drones surveil the airway to ensure even the smallest transgression is met with swift consequences.Christine has spent her entire life basking in the comfort her fathers wealth and Safetown's security provide the daughter of an influential family. Sure her father is a distant figure, her mother a high functioning alcoholic, but they've just bought her an apartment and extended her a line of seeming unlimited credit.Safetown was built to protect families like Christine and she should be happy with this safety. Except her best friend Jack is missing and Christine has begun to notice her servants, people who don't look quite like her…I think the potency of Enclave will hit readers in different ways.On a first pass, Enclave seems to have taken the worst of the days headlines: Trump's wall, fake islands in the South China Sea, almost sentient algorithms watching our online behaviors. Enclave has taken these ideas and extended them to their horrific conclusion. This can seem like a grossly distended version of reality and may strike some as Escher-like, while to others it's a kind of dystopian porn.Coleman sets us up in Safetown, allowing us to walk alongside Christine, but it is not with the sort of familiarity or sympathy we might expect from an anointed heroine/protagonist.When we finally meet some of Christine's house staff, and I mean really meet them as something other than background to Christine's perpetual catastrophic personal life, we realize they are exclusively people of colour. Again this is not subtle, not eased on to the reader. Safetown is a kind of twisted white-supremacy fantasy and it bears an awful similarity to multi-million dollar neighborhoods across the country.At this point it would be easy to see Enclave as commentary on the wrong turn society took too-long ago and Christine as an exemplar of our own generation coming to the realisation we are on the wrong side of history.But this is Claire G Coleman and just as the reader starts to feel safe that they know where Christine's story is heading she pulls back the proverbial curtain.Fans of Claire's first novel Terra Nullius will know her ability to stage an about face that changes everything you thought you know about the story.Enclave is a dark tale of excess and the absolutely destructive path of privilege. It exposes racism by showing the absolute mundanity of the everyday actions that reinforce power. There were times as I read that I thought the book was moving too slow, not showing me anything I needed to see. But that was Claire lulling a reader like me, someone who's lived close enough to privilege to not see it, into believing that this world could exist.The horror she paints of a segregated society and rampant excess doesn't look terribly different to a real housewives episode and therein lies the power.Enclave is an absolute recommendation from me but beware. It's a story that has your expectations in its sights and knows that we don't change anything by maintaining the status quo…Book Club is produced and presented by Andrew PopleWant more great conversations with Australian authors?Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week from 2ser.Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you're reading!Twitter - https://twitter.com/finaldraft2serInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/

Today I have brought in for you a book that I have been reading over the long weekend. Yassmin Abdel-Magied's latest book it's a collection of essays called Talking About a Revolution. Now before I tell you about the book I want to introduce Yassmin Abdel Magied…In her own words Yassmin is a Sudanese Australian writer, recovering mechanical engineer and award-winning social advocate. Yassmin was born in Khartoum, Sudan and her parents moved the family to Australia when Yassmin was a baby. Yassmin is a mechanical engineer who left her dream of working with formula one and worked on oil and gas rigs.Yassmin turned the story of her early life into the successful book Yassmin's Story, and in some ways Talking About a Revolution is a successor of that book. Yassmin has also penned a middle grade series beginning with You Must Be Layla, which is being optioned for the screen.Yassmin is a talented writer whose career and life experience have been broad. Which is all important to begin with because she has also been, in her words, the most hated Muslim in Australia.Yassmin Abdel Magied is based in London these days after a social media post five years ago went viral for all the wrong reasons, leading to her receiving death threats and having to move house. Never mind the fact that she was raising an important social justice issue.Talking About a Revolution collects essays written around that time as well as across the intervening years, as well as original essays for the collections. I won't try to take in the length and breadth of the collection because it's just not possible in our limited time together.I will highlight the opening sortie from the book ‘Words Means Things' where Yassmin takes on Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Language to ask the question; if words gain meaning through usage then who gets to make the rules about the ways we use language. What follows is an exploration of the ways cultural usage can be approved or derided, rejected or appropriated.The essay explores how media is able to sway, not just our take on the news but how we perceive events as right or wrong, worthy or distractions. We are asked about who controls the ideas that are broadcast out into the world and in turn who gets to decide what words mean what and in whose mouths we will accept the truth.It's a great discussion because in exploring ‘words' it not only acknowledges the sometimes tenuous link between signifier and signified, it also reminds us that meaning is created through action as well as sounds. Silently taking the knee speaks volumes, as does silently walking past racism whether it be on the street or in the administration.I'm still working my way through this collection and its array of ideas. I'm hoping to have Yassmin join me again on Final Draft so keep an ear out for that.Book Club is produced and presented by Andrew PopleWant more great conversations with Australian authors?Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week from 2ser.Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you're reading!Twitter - https://twitter.com/finaldraft2serInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/

The Final Draft Great Conversations podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love.These are the stories that make us who we are.On today's show Andrew is joined by Jane Rawson with her new novel A History of DreamsAdelaide in the 1930's. Margaret, Esther and Phyllis are studying to be witches under the guidance of their friend Audrey. The friends have founded the Semaphore Supper Club with the dream of changing people's minds and helping men and women dream of a more equal world.As the group finish school and enter the so-called ‘real world' they find that society doesn't want female adventurers and university graduates. It would rather see women at home; married and pregnant.The friends believe they can change their corner of the world, but they are not the only force that wants to manipulate the country's dreams. As a conservative force rises across Australia the people in power turn their attention to women's place in the world. And these men have very dark dreams indeed about where women fit in.Final Draft is produced and presented by Andrew PopleWant more great conversations with Australian authors?Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week from 2ser.Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you're reading!Twitter - https://twitter.com/finaldraft2serInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/

The Final Draft Great Conversations podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love.These are the stories that make us who we are.Today Andrew is joined by Ben McKenzie & Elizabeth Flux the hosts of Pratchathttps://pratchatpodcast.com/Final Draft is produced and presented by Andrew PopleWant more great conversations with Australian authors?Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week from 2ser.Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you're reading!Twitter - https://twitter.com/finaldraft2serInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/

The Final Draft Great Conversations podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love.These are the stories that make us who we are.Steve Tolz is a novelist and screenwriter. His first novel, A Fraction of the Whole, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Guardian First Book Award. His second novel Quicksand won the 2017 Russell Prize for Humour.Steve is joining me with his latest Here Goes NothingAngus Mooney is dead. He's not that happy about the fact and is even less impressed about what comes next…Waking in some sort of afterlife Angus finds things are a little strained. He's not sure if this is heaven or hell and he never expected either. Wherever he is is busy. There's an influx of guests and the powers that be are struggling to manage the crowd.Moving between Angus's new afterlife and his final days Here Goes Nothing takes the reader on a bizarre, acerbic, and laugh out loud funny journey through the big questions as asked by a guy who is pretty sure he won't understand the answer.Final Draft is produced and presented by Andrew PopleWant more great conversations with Australian authors?Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week from 2ser.Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you're reading!Twitter - https://twitter.com/finaldraft2serInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/

Brendan Colley is a Hobert based writer. In 2019 Brendan won the University of Tasmania Prize for an Unpublished Work. This came after decades of writing and has delivered us, the readers, The Signal Line, his first novel.Geo has returned to Tasmania following the death of his father. Geo's back to sell the family home, little realizing that his brother Wes is living there while his marriage breaks down.Wes followed in their father's footsteps becoming a cop. He's more like their father than Geo is comfortable with and he's not having any of Geo's talk about selling.Geo needs the money to fund his auditions and fulfill his dream of joining a Symphony Orchestra. Their whole family have musical talent but Geo is the one trying to realize his. Geo feels no attachment to Hobart and wants to be rid of the ghosts of his father and the way he treated him.Geo's arrival sets the stage for an ultimately family conflict… and then a ghost train appears followed closely by an eccentric ghost train hunter.What is Geo to make of the increasingly eclectic cast of characters appearing in his life and why does he feel so at home with them all?The Signal Line is about the things that get us out of bed in the morning and equally keep us up at night.Geo and Wes are each other's foils; Wes had the talent to make it, Geo the drive. Their father's descent following a shooting has left them estranged, Geo feels like he was raised by a different man.Without the money from the sale Geo can't fund his dream of becoming a concert violist and lately he's come to question that dream.When ghost hunter Sten arrives in Hobart Geo sees in him someone who has unflinchingly followed an impossible dream; to board the ghost train. Can Geo find the same kind of certainty in his dream and is he ready to do what it takes to make it come true.Let's start by addressing the elephant (or ghost train) in the room. Yes this book has at its core a big whack of the supernatural including a spectral train driving through its core. The supernatural in The Signal Line is handled with a dab hand such that while it literally possesses a ouija board and a lamp it never tips the story into the ridiculous.Instead we have a story that speaks to the reader about longing and purpose. Wes and Geo are perfectly, albeit violently poised in a tense equilibrium. Both have a restless energy that has prevented them finding peace and driven them back together.While the brother's relationship is at the heart of The Signal Line, the book contains an irrepressible cast of strange and wonderful characters.And of course there's a freakin ghost train. I cannot overstate how exciting the presence of the train is and yet it fades (pun intended) as we lose ourselves in the book's relationships. There's absolutely something about a story that constantly surprises you with elements that you are coming.The Signal Line is a definite candidate for fave read so far this year.Book Club is produced and presented by Andrew PopleWant more great conversations with Australian authors?Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week from 2ser.Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you're reading!Twitter - https://twitter.com/finaldraft2serInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/

Michelle Cahill is a poet, author and essayist. Her short story collection Letter to Pessoa (Giramondo) won the NSW Premier's Literary Award for New Writing and Michelle has a slew of awards and nominations. Michelle's latest novel is Daisy and Woolf.Daisy & Woolf works itself into the spaces between the seminal Virginia Woolf novel Mrs Dalloway.Woolf's novel expands across a single day in London society. Clarissa Dalloway embarks to order the flowers. She will host a party that night and she must be prepared. Across the city characters intersect and nearly miss each other in a web of events and reminiscences.One character, remarked upon but who never speaks in Daisy Simmons. It is Daisy who Michelle Cahill rescues from her literary silence to explore her lot and inner world. In doing so Cahill is opening up her novel to the silenced voices of Anglo Indian character who very much occupied Woolf's mind but failed to feature in her novel.1924 - Daisy Simmons works to arrange passage from Calcutta to London. She must leave her family, desperate to be reunited with her lover Peter Walsh. It is a journey that demands much from her and will extract a price. What can she expect on the other side of the world and is it worth her exercising this reckless freedom?2017 - Mina is a writer trying to pull together the threads of Virginia Woolf's work into a unique novel. Mina wants to restore agency and voice to Daisy, giving her the story Woolf glossed over.As Mina works to free Daisy from her fictional invisibility she must also reconcile herself to the bonds of her own world; career, family and duty all pulling on her. These are the so-called responsibilities a woman must meet and in shucking them off to write in London Mina must learn to make peace with the costs a writer must pay in bringing a life onto the page…I found Daisy & Woolf a delightfully literary novel. In writing into the cannon of modernist literature Cahill is challenging us to understand what the cannon means to us (and by way of clarification - by cannon I mean the books that are prescribed on syllabus, you know the ones you're told you simply have to read)With great affection for Woolf, Cahill also challenges the narrowness of the voices she presents to us. Daisy's world is rich and varied but also beset by its own power dynamics.It seems that in any story some voices will invariably be privileged over others. Just as Woolf failed to give us a whisper of Daisy, in turn Cahill must struggle with the story of Rhadhika. This is not a fault of the book, rather it challenges us as the reader to understand the limitations of storytelling (and I think in turn challenges us to read widely and of many authors with unique perspectives).The stories of Daisy & Woolf intersect to show us the ways that women are hemmed into ways of living and prescribed modes of being. Both Daisy and Mina struggle with their role as mother and the expectations that their own lives should be secondary to their child.Both Daisy and Mina adventure, but with consequence as the novel travels the reader across the globe.Daisy & Woolf is a lush and beautifully realized exploration of life as told through literature. It's both an homage and a challenge to the literary lives many of us love to get lost in and it left me with a fresh perspective on how I read a novel.Final Draft is produced and presented by Andrew PopleWant more great conversations with Australian authors?Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week from 2ser.Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you're reading!Twitter - https://twitter.com/finaldraft2serInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/

"If I go on believing I might be able to have my mind changed then the possibilities are endless." Michael Williams, Artistic Director of Sydney Writers' Festival  Join Annabel Crabb and Artistic Director Michael Williams as they unveil the 2022 Festival program. The pair discuss the 2022 Festival theme, Change My Mind – an invitation, a challenge, and a promise of intent – and the litany of impressive local authors as well as writers from further afield joining us this year, ready to inspire conversation, spark new ideas and start robust debates about the world and our place in it. Thank you to 2SER for facilitating the recording of this podcast. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week I replay a bunch of my “Week in Headlines” segments that got played on Sydney's 2SER 107.3 FM between September and November 2021.Support Community Radio and 2SER at 2ser.comNews Fighters is a comedic look at Australian news, media and political hypocrisy, hosted by ex-Tonightly and Chaser editor Dylan Behan.Buy me a coffee: http://www.buymeacoffee.com/newsfightersSupport me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/newsfightersI don't advertise on Facebook so subscribe to our free newsletter: http://newsfighters.comSubscribe to our Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/newsfightersFollow News Fighters on Twitter: http://twitter.com/NewsfightersPodFollow Dylan on Twitter: http://twitter.com/DylabolicalFollow News Fighters on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/newsfighterspod/Email: podcast@newsfighters.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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