Podcast appearances and mentions of alice bishop

We're thrilled to bring you this special podcast episode celebrating the publication of our third print anthology, New Australian Fiction 2021. New Australian Fiction 2021 collects a number of brilliant short stories from authors from around the country, and in this episode you'll hear excerpts from some of them. Tune in to hear Mykaela Saunders, Scott Limbrick, Emily O'Grady, Daley Rangi and Alice Bishop read from their work, and don't forget to pick up a copy of the anthology to read these brilliant stories in their entirety. You can purchase a copy from our online shop. Want to be a part of New Australian Fiction 2022? Story submissions for the anthology will open in January next year. Our theme song is Broke for Free's ‘Something Elated'. (more…)

The guest is Alice Bishop, author of the short story collection A Constant Hum. Alice lost her family home in the Black Saturday bush fires in Australia and the stories of Hum are all linked to those fires in which 173 people died. Alice writes with sensitivity, capturing the details so perfectly to show the lives and experiences of those affected. In this interview she speaks with emotional honesty about the process of writing and researching Hum, and what we learnt, or perhaps didn't learn from the last catastrophic bush fires. Given the scale and devastation of the 2019/2020 fires it's a book everyone should read.

One of my goals at Final Draft is to present Australian writing and Australian writers in a way that might intrigue and captivate, perhaps challenge but never judge. Having the extraordinary opportunity to meet and discuss with so many literary minds I’d prefer if they hold the stage so that you, the listener can get more of the books you love.I don’t always love every book that I read, but I also understand that many of these books will have readers that love them. I also understand that these books are not written exclusively for my personal edification and so I try to approach them with an open heart.It’s quite difficult then for me to collate a list of the best or select from a certain period books that are more worthy than others. I have huge respect for those who can and I eagerly devour awards list and wrap ups, but I guess I’ve always been a little reluctant. I mean, I read a lot, but nothing close to every single Australian release in a given period so I won’t even pretend to in the entire scope of Aussie writing.This then is a list of books that have personally impacted me this year. They’re all 2019 releases and all Australian; which meant a few books from writers working in Australia missed out because I wanted the list to reflect stories being told about Australia. I’ve also left off some hugely entertaining books because they didn’t move me in the same way as these works haveIt’s a highly unsatisfactory process and I thank you for sticking with me this far! I guess if I could tell you what to read I would say read these works from 2019. They all have something important to say about our world, our country, our lives and our future. They have challenged me and given me tears and troubled sleep, but have also left me with the feeling that reading and being part of a literary community is a very fine thing to be!Alison Whittaker’s BlakworkBlakwork is a collection of Alison Whittaker’s poetry and essay covering personal and social biography, satire and critique. It explores Alison’s life as a First Nations woman, and her experiences as a poet and a lawyer.Alison’s collection and my time speaking with her for Final Draft helped crystallise for me threads of thoughts about the ways in which I read and the impact of that reading. At the beginning of the year I undertook to review the ways Final Draft represented voices in our community. It was important to me that voices of First Nations people as well as queer and other non-white, non-dominant culture writing was featured on the show.In Blakwork and through Alison’s writing I discovered that just having that representation is only a first step. That we read writers from a variety of cultural or otherwise perspectives means nothing if we fail to challenge the dominant colonial lens through which we read. Now maybe what I’m saying doesn’t resonate with you, maybe it makes you feel uncomfortable, maybe you feel like being told how to read is a betrayal of why you engage with literary discussion.For me, I discovered a challenge to decolonise my reading and approach the literature I consume in new ways.Alice Bishop’s A Constant HumA Constant Hum presents a collection of stories exploring the aftermath of bushfire. Across nearly fifty stories the collection looks at the many ways we try to understand and move forward when catastrophic events occur.At the time of A Constant Hum’s release I spoke with Alice and reviewed A Constant Hum I wrote that “The stories are visceral and sensory, opening up a world that the average reader may never experience…” Now mere months later and across the country Australian’s are getting a first hand understanding of fire and its seemingly new place in our summer life.Still many of us will live our city lives without confronting a wall of flames, but none of us are unaffected anymore. Alison’s stories open up a space where stories can be shared and these stories help us begin to make senseChristos Tsiolkas’ DamascusDamascus tells the story of Saul of Tarsus. Saul was a Greek speaking Jew, a tent-maker who some two thousand years ago was met on the road to Damascus by a blinding light and was convinced that he must bring the teachings of the Jewish prophet Jesus to the world.This is a story perhaps well known to many, while others may have little understanding of the tent-maker whose letters came to spread Christianity to the world. In Damascus Christos Tsiolkas takes the story of Saul the man and explores his life and the origins of the early church.Christos’ book was a challenge to me in so many ways.Raised a Catholic, my initial reaction was ‘do I really need to go into these stories that I’d been subject to as part of my youth?’ It is also a departure from the stories of contemporary Australia that many of Tsiolkas’ readers are familiar with; the sort of stories we typically explore on Final Draft. So I resisted initially and squirmed through my early readings…There’s something about Christos’ writing though; visceral and charged, he brought me into a world where religion and social life was fractured and people sought truth amidst falsehood.The book didn’t seek my conversion and there was no road to Damascus moment, but in elucidating an historical moment and revealing characters from their dogmatic caricatures I was able to engage with these stories in a way that showed me more of a world I had long dismissed as irrelevant.Tara June Winch’s The YieldThe Yield is a story of Australia told across three distinct narratives; Albert Gondiwindi is writing a dictionary that he hopes will help revive his language and culture for his family when he dies. August, his granddaughter, is returning to Prosperous House to farewell her grandfather, just as the miners arrive to plunder the land for tin. While through the letters of Reverend Ferdinand Greenleaf we are taken back to the founding of Prosperous House and see exposed the racism and discrimination at the heart of these relations a century earlier.The Yield is quite simply an extraordinary literary work that I wish everyone could read for its style, its linguistic dexterity, its remarkable story and so many more small features that go into holding us as readers transfixed between the pages.It is one of many books that found me this year and challenged my thinking about the ways I read and try to understand my world and place in Australia. I’ve already mentioned Alison Whittaker’s Blakwork and the challenge of decolonising my reading. I’ll also mention here Bruce Pascoe’s Dark Emu and Tyson Yunkporta’s Sand Talk. Amongst these works The Yield stands up as a narrative that engages with the ways we read and understand history and culture and the reckoning that must be had between our colonial invader history and the history and culture of first nations people that was so brutally damaged but not destroyed.Mandaangguwu is the Wiradjuri word for thank you and I’ll say Mandaangguwu again to Tara and all these writers I mentioned (though not all Wiradjuri people).

Content note: This podcast episode contains some strong language, and mentions violence and child sexual abuse. As the decade turns, The Show of the Year marks 2019 in style – with host Casey Bennetto and a glittering line-up of writers, comedians and musicians. Paul Kelly, Nath Valvo, Alice Bishop, Sista Zai Zanda, Margot Morales Tanjutco, Laura Jean, Alice Gorman, Evelyn Araluen, The Merindas, Brodie Lancaster, Louise Milligan and Bill Shorten share their thoughts on subjects as various as the decommissioning of the Opportunity Rover on Mars, the Tigers' premiership run, the death of Toni Morrison, The Masked Singer and the closure of Uluru to tourists. Select an image to view in detail Select an image to view in detail What a year. Protests shook Hong Kong, the Amazon caught fire and children led a worldwide climate strike. Boris Johnson picked up the prime ministerial ball as it came loose from the back of the scrum, Scott Morrison baseball-capped his way back into government, and Trump impeachment talk turned to (some) action. We said goodbye to towering figures in literature and politics, including Toni Morrison, Bob Hawke, Les Murray, Clive James and Mary Oliver. And we farewelled meowing figures of the internet. (R.I.P. Grumpy Cat.) There were the mandatory Big Cultural Moments, too: someone (no spoilers) finally won the Game of Thrones, Fleabag stormed the Emmys, and a Sydney real estate video went viral. Beyoncé came home, Fyre Festival blew up (again) and Lil Nas X shot to stardom via TikTok. Ah yes, how could we forget: TikTok. Goodbye 2019 … we hardly knew ye! Support the Wheeler Centre: https://www.wheelercentre.com/support-us/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're currently in the midst of what's being called the most dangerous bushfire week in Australian history.  Fires are burning right up the Eastern seaboard...but firefighters are particularly concerned for the Greater Sydney, Greater Hunter and Illawarra Shoalhaven areas, where a catastrophic fire danger rating is in place. In today's episode of The Quicky, we'll take at look at how fire affected communities rebuild after events like these by speaking with two incredible women that lost their homes in the 2009 Black Saturday Fires.  CREDITS  Host/Producer: Gemma Bath  Executive Producer: Elle Beattie  Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  A very big thanks to our two guests who kindly shared their personal stories with us. Melanie Harris-Brady, and Alice Bishop (check out Alice's book by clicking here: https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/a-constant-hum )  To listen to The Quicky episode that takes you Inside The Mind Of Someone Who Starts AS Bushfire, click here: https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts/the-quicky/inside-the-minds-of-people-who-start-bushfires/  To help those affected by the fires, head to www.redcross.org.au or you can donate to this campaign https://www.gofundme.com/f/time-to-give-back-to-our-heros?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&fbclid=IwAR0O5QpWNODdPXte2GhJFz1LyTrJYveD9px-MjRRhpFtrdElVH4X_BlvuZc  The Quicky is the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day. And it's delivered straight to your ears in a daily podcast so you can listen whenever you want, wherever you are...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. The Quicky. Getting you up to speed. Daily. Want The Quicky in your ears every day? Subscribe at mamamia.com.au/the-quicky or in your favourite podcast app. Love the show? Send us an email thequicky@mamamia.com.au or call the podphone 02 8999 9386. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After losing her family home in the Black Saturday bushfires, Alice Bishop was compelled to write about the many ways people were impacted by the event.

Writing in response to climate change and the Black Saturday bushfires respectively, Alice Robinson and Alice Bishop emotionally connect their readers with disaster to brilliant, devastating effect. They both joined Mel Cranenburgh (3RRR presenter of Back Story) at Carlton Library to discuss their novels. In Alice Robinson’s ‘The Glad Shout’ (Affirm Press), we follow a young mother and her child in Melbourne as they struggle through the aftermath of an unprecedented storm. In Alice Bishop’s ‘A Constant Hum’ (Text Publishing) individual experience following a devastating bushfire is explored in a series of short stories. Together, they explore the impact of climate-change fueled environmental events, response to loss, breaking down our ability to disconnect from disaster and the route they took to writing and structuring their stories. This is an edited recording. Thanks to Alice Bishop, Alice Robinson, Mel Cranenburgh, Text Publishing and Affirm Press. Our theme song is Add And by Broke For Free. Yarra Libraries Recommends The Glad Shout – Alice Robinson A Constant Hum – Alice Bishop Anchor Point – Alice Robinson The Trespassers - Meg Mundell Dyschronia – Jennifer Mills The Arsonist – Chloe Hooper (also available on Borrowbox and Cloud Library) Things We Didn’t See Coming – Steven Amsterdam City of Trees – Sophie Cunningham

Alice Bishop chats with Readings bookseller David Little about her debut work of fiction, A Constant Hum.

TW: In this episode we discuss eating disorders and also discuss the Black Saturday bushfires. This week we talk confidence. How do you foster it? And if you don't have it, how can you write like you do? Then Kate speaks with writer Alice Bishop about her debut collection A CONSTANT HUM, writing through trauma and the writers who inspire her.Check out show notes for this episode on our website www.thefirsttimepodcast.com or get in touch via Twitter or Instagram @thefirsttimepod.Don't forget you can support us and the making of Season Two via our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/user/overview?u=14470635! Thanks for joining us!

Alice Bishop is a short story writer. A Constant Hum - about the Black Saturday Fires - is her debut collection. The work was nominated for the 2019 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction, and the origins of the work were commended in the 2015 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript, as well as the inaugural Richell Prize and the 2017 Kill Your Darlings Unpublished Manuscript Award. Her essay 'Coppering' was shortlisted in the 2017 Horne Prize. Alice's other pieces have been published by Meanjin, Overland, Australian Book Review, Seizure, Voiceworks and Lip Magazine. About The Garret You can read the transcript of this interview at thegarretpodcast.com. You can also follow The Garret on Twitter and Facebook, or follow our host Astrid Edwards on Twitter or Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A young man fresh out of prison, ready for payback, returns to his grandmother’s country; a community devastated by fire tries to grapple with profound loss. These writers reflect on regrowth, renewal and carrying on, in response to the festival theme – lyapirtneme | returning. In the face of destruction, loss and despair, what sustains us? Alice Bishop, Paul Collis Facilitator: Rachel Neary This panel took place as part of the 2019 NT Writers' Festival--Alice Springs, Lyapirtneme | Return, brought to you by the NT Writers' Centre.

Alice Bishop’s debut collection is A Constant Hum. Across nearly fifty stories Bishop explores responses from communities and individuals in times of bushfire. The collection is in many ways a response to the Black Saturday bushfires that devastated Victoria in February 2009. The collection in A Constant Hum is not simply a retelling though, or even a linear account of the events of those fires. Within the stories Bishop explores the myriad lives that were impacted and gives the reader an opportunity to sit beside and perhaps feel and understand some of the terrible and incredible events.

Mel chats with Alice Bishop, author of A Constant Hum, a moving collection of vignettes that grapples with the aftermath of the Black Saturday bushfires. As one critic notes, some of the vignettes ‘cut to the bone; others are empathetic tales of survival, even hope’. Lee Kofman and Romana Koval then join Mel to chat about their new anthology, Split, a collection about loss, leaving and new beginnings.

Angela Savage takes us on an intriquing journey into the financial and ethical issues associated with fertitlity in her novel, 'Mother of Pearl'.Black Saturday was a firestorm situation happening 10 years ago. Alice Bishop has written about love, grief and recovery in 'The Constant Hum', over 40 tenderly written portraits of heartache.

Great Conversations features interviews with authors and writers, exploring books, writing and literary culture from Australia and the world.Today's episode features Alice Bishop.A Constant Hum is a collection of stories exploring the aftermath of bushfire. Across nearly fifty stories the collection looks at the many ways we try to understand and move forward when catastrophic events occur.The stories are visceral and sensory, opening up a world that the average reader may never experience but one that is at the heart of sense of community and humanity.

We lost our Movie Pass sponsorship (I don't think those guys paid their internet or ANY bill this week) so it's another trip into host Mike's hard drive. And with that type of passionate setup, he finds a recording with returning guest ALICE BISHOP on one of their favorite films of LAST year in A GHOST STORY. This inspires a conversation with co-host CHRIS MAYNARD on films where men take a long and complicated journey of their own making to return to places they don't recognize in THE SWIMMER and THE PASSENGER. Come for the podcast talk and leave with an idea to google search Mr. Lancaster in a speedo. Also follow the links below (sorry, no Lancaster speedo with these clicks): Support what we do with bonus content and early episodes on Patreon   Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @warmachinehorse

On this episode film critic Alice Bishop joins us at the lovely Civil War era bed and breakfast as found in the 1971 and 2017 film version of THE BEGUILED. We discuss the differences in seeing Colin Farrell and action and western icon Clint Eastwood in a state of vulnerability and how one increases the horror of the situation in these similarly plotted films. The accusation of whitewashing in the new Sofia Coppola version is discussed as is the different interests between her and the original's director Don Siegel. All in all its a lovely time where we exchange mushroom recipes. ALSO: Our friendship survives a minor disagreement on the merits of Blake Lively in shark flicks. Twitter/Instagram: @originalremake Email: originalremakepod@gmail.com Hosts: @Podstalgic and @warmachinehorse Guest: @alicebishop28

We get back behind the podcast wheel for the much anticipated BABY DRIVER, Edgar Wright's latest dork-fest which takes a look at the much used trope of the stoic getaway driver. To celebrate its release we look back at other films using a character's experience or lack thereof against veteran criminals in the two action films classics SPEED and THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS. For that conversation we welcome one of our earliest podcast supporters in Jeremy from the Movie Madness Podcast, but first we consult on the perfect driving playlist with returning guest and fellow hater, Alice Bishop. ALSO, a shoutout to Emilie Zarnow for the kick in the podcast ass!   Twitter/Instagram/Letterboxd: @warmachinehorse   You can also support this show with a donation on Patreon to get extra episodes or to program an episode with a film of your choosing.

On this episode we celebrate (?) the old fashioned format of video for the video release of RINGS which came out earlier this year... not that anyone noticed. But guest Alice Bishop did! And we discuss this reboot of the original remake THE RING from 2002, which carries on the tradition of this franchise always being slightly behind the times from a technology standpoint and better uses of the idea such as 2015's IT FOLLOWS. This episode may sound pretty negative but it includes one of my favorite live cover performance, so there's that.

On this episode we celebrate (?) the release of T2: TRAINSPOTTING by traveling across the Atlantic to take a tour of Danny Boyle and Ewan McGregor's collaboration of crime in cinema. As our tour guide we have a local in Alice Bishop take this podcast through Boyle and McGregor's first work together in 1994's SHALLOW GRAVE up to these filmmakers attempt to go Hollywood in 1997's A LIFE LESS ORDINARY. Are we Americans to blame? Or did Danny Boyle and Ewan McGregor just get old? Tune in and find out the only Cameron Diaz role we approve of, and also how distasteful we find Heaven's policies to be when it comes to playing Cupid. Twitter/Instagram/Letterboxd: @warmachinehorse You can also support this show with a donation on Patreon to get extra episodes or to program an episode with a film of your choosing.

Guests include Melinda Martin, Michael Kluge, Alice Bishop, Ben Schuman and Gareth Hart

We have decided to split the Next Best Picture Podcast into two separate shows a week. One will focus on the main film review of the week while the other will focus on the Oscar Season. With that said, this episode focuses on Peter Berg's latest film "Deepwater Horizon" with a contribution from this week's guest Alice Bishop of ViewerReviews.com. We also discuss our top 3 favorite disaster films based on real events. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/negsbestfilmpodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 "Deepwater Horizon" Review - 1:24 Top 3 Disaster Films Based On True Events - 24:42

Liv and I are back in one of No Cartridge's most ambitious series, as we cover Campo Santo's classic Firewatch and put it in conversation with the absolutely gorgeous and moving A Constant Hum, the debut novel/collection by Australian author Alice Bishop! Learn about the history of Australian bush fire, find out if the book is more somber than the game or vice versa, and enter a wonderful discussion that -- I think -- elevates both pieces. Thanks again to Julian for the production work!!!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donationsWant to advertise on this podcast? Go to https://redcircle.com/brands and sign up.