Podcast appearances and mentions of Alison Whittaker

On this week's Moorditj Mag, Jim Morrison catches up with Ernie Dingo and plays an interview between Jayda Corunna with singer Ellie Lovegrove. Jim also shares some First Nations poetry from Fire Front: First Nations Poetry and Power Today, edited by Alison Whittaker. Moorditj Mag airs live every Thursday on RTRFM 92.1 at 11am. You can also catch Moorditj Mag on 100.9fm Noongar Radio and Great Southern FM on Fridays

On this week's Moorditj Mag, Jim Morrison catches up with Ernie Dingo and plays an interview between Jayda Corunna with singer Ellie Lovegrove. Jim also shares some First Nations poetry from Fire Front: First Nations Poetry and Power Today, edited by Alison Whittaker. Moorditj Mag airs live every Thursday on RTRFM 92.1 at 11am. You can also catch Moorditj Mag on 100.9fm Noongar Radio and Great Southern FM on Fridays.

On today's show we seek to continue to uplift the ongoing resistance and interconnectedness of displaced peoples on these lands, in Palestine and occupied territories. Tracing settler colonial roots in so-called Australia, this moment a day after the referendum and links to Palestine.  Content note: some of this episode contains mention of graphic acts of genocide, dispossession and state-sanctioned violence.  Hear from Darumbal and South Sea Islander journalist and co-organiser with ICRR Amy McQuire and Palestinian organiser Amal - they'll speak from their unique perspectives on what solidarity with Palestine looks like and contextualising it this week during the referendum and the siege happening in Palestine. We will also hear from Ramia Sultan, Palestinian organiser with APAN sharing what's happening on the ground in Gaza. Plus, a reading from the Sunday Paper Our Shared Resistance by Amy McQuire read by Gomeroi poet Alison Whittaker.  With gratitude to a chorus of people who instilled us with their trust and energy to make this episode happen: Amy McQuire, Institute of Collabroative Race Research, Ramia Sultan, Australian Palestinian Advocacy Network, Mell Chun, Matt Chun, The Sunday Paper, Amal, Samantha Haran, Alicia Zhao, Toobs Anwar, Shareeka Helaluddin Image credit: @tarabeat.camilleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, stories of justice and power from regional Australia. The case that transformed me In our first story, personal injury lawyer Sally Gearin speaks about seeking justice for a client whose courage to overcome her tragedy inspires Sally to this day. Sally originally shared this tale at SPUN, a live storytelling event from the Northern Territory. SPUN is now held at Browns Mart on Larrakia land. Since 1972, Browns mart has been championing new work and new voices through residencies, creative developments and presentations.  You can find more SPUN stories here. Hum - Bread, leggings, helicopters Then we hear from Gomeroi poet, writer and law academic Alison Whittaker.  This poem was written and read by Alison Whittaker and originally performed for ‘When Breath Meets Air,' an event curated by Tina Huang for the Boundless Festival. You can find Alison on Twitter @AJ_Whittaker. All The Best credits: Production Manager: Phoebe Adler-Ryan Editorial Manager: Mell Chun Episode Mix and Compile: Phoebe Adler-Ryan Host: Madhuraa Prakash Upcoming free audio events! Do you want to meet and get to know fellow emerging audio makers? Join the All The Best team at The Eveleigh Hotel from 6pm on Monday June 26 to network, share ideas and — most importantly — have some fun! If you aren't based in Sydney, you can join us online the following night - Tuesday June 27th, for our winter pitch workshop and seminar on adapting written work to audio.  You'll be hearing from All the Best Editorial Manager, journalist and radio educator Mell Chun as well as award winning poet Tim Loveday. Everyone is welcome! Go to www.allthebestradio.com to find the event details.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Poets include: Natalie Harkin, Colin Kinchela, Tyberius Larking, Luke Patterson, Latoya Aroha Rule and Ellen van Neerven Join Dominic Guerrera and Alison Whittaker as they share everything that queer and trans First Nations poetry has to offer. Local and interstate poets from the NANGAMAY dream MANA gather DJURALI grow anthology will perform and yarn over their explosive and nourishing work. Poets include: Natalie Harkin, Colin Kinchela, Tyberius Larking, Luke Patterson, Latoya Aroha Rule and Ellen van Neerven. Presented by Writers SA in partnership with BLACKBOOKS and Australian Poetry. Event details: Sun 05 Mar, 2:30pm on the North Stage

A collection of First Nations LGBTQIA+ poets, writers and storytellers has been released, edited by  Alison Whittaker and Steven Lindsay Ross.

A collection of First Nations LGBTQIA+ poets, writers and storytellers has been released, edited by  Alison Whittaker and Steven Lindsay Ross.

A collection of First Nations LGBTQIA+ poets, writers and storytellers has been released, edited by  Alison Whittaker and Steven Lindsay Ross.

A collection of First Nations LGBTQIA+ poets, writers and storytellers has been released, edited by  Alison Whittaker and Steven Lindsay Ross.

‘Abolition Futures' is a standalone podcast episode made by Andrew Brooks, Liam Grealy, and Astrid Lorange, co-facilitators of the Infrastructural Inequalities research network. Infrastructural Inequalities examines the unjust distribution of resources, amenities, and opportunities that shape our society and asks how we might intervene in the reproduction of inequality. Together, we produce exhibitions, public programs, workshops, and edit the Infrastructural Inequalities journal. In 2021, the journal published a special issue called ‘Policing, Crisis, Abolition', which sought to investigate how crisis, policing, and infrastructure are bound to one another: the essays and interviews collectively ask how an abolitionist approach to infrastructure might move us toward a world where the needs of all are met. Following the publication of the special issue, Infrastructural Inequalities presented a live, online public program – Resistant Media and Abolitionist Futures – co-hosted by the Media Futures Hub at UNSW in May 2021. This podcast draws from the program's discussions, and features Tabitha Lean, Renee “Rocket” Bretherton, Debbie Kilroy, Dr Amanda Porter, and Alison Whittaker. It was edited and mixed by Andrew Brooks. Original music by Motion and Té. Writing and other resources on abolition, including by our guests, are available at Infrastructural Inequalities: https://infrastructuralinequalities.net. A transcript of the podcast can be accessed here: https://tinyurl.com/yckj8h3v Further Resources: Bird's Eye View Podcast: https://www.birdseyeviewpodcast.net/about Rocket Bretherton, ‘If I Were You', Australian Poetry Journal, 9:1: pp. 26–27: https://www.australianpoetry.org/australian-poetry-journal/ Tabitha Lean, ‘Why I Am An Abolitionist', Overland, June 2021: https://overland.org.au/2021/06/why-i-am-an-abolitionist/ Tabitha Lean, ‘More Black Than Blue: A Confession', Sydney Review of Books, June 2022: https://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/review/gorrie-black-and-blue/ Debbie Kilroy, ‘Imaging Abolition: Thinking outside the prison bars', Griffith Review 60, April 2018: https://www.griffithreview.com/articles/imagining-abolition-sisters-inside-debbie-kilroy/ Natalie Ironfield, Tabitha Lean, Alison Whittaker, Latoya Aroha Rule, Amanda Porter, ‘Abolition on Indigenous Land', 2021 John Barry Memorial Lecture, Melbourne University, March 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peA6_WdIbtE&ab_channel=ArtsUnimelb Amanda Porter, ‘Not criminals or passive victims: media need to reframe their representation of Aboriginal deaths in custody', The Conversation, April 2021: https://theconversation.com/not-criminals-or-passive-victims-media-need-to-reframe-their-representation-of-aboriginal-deaths-in-custody-158561 Paul Gregoire, ‘The Inherent Racism of Australian Police: An Interview With Policing Academic Amanda Porter', Sydney Criminal Lawyers, June 2020: https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/the-inherent-racism-of-australian-police-an-interview-with-policing-academic-amanda-porter/ Alison Whittaker, ‘No news is no news: COVID-19 and the opacity of Australian prisons', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 33 (2021): pp. 111-119: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10345329.2020.1859964

Hear from a panel of First Nations critics, reviewers and essayists as they discuss the importance of Blak critique and peer review in a predominantly white review culture that continues to sideline or superficially engage with Indigenous stories. The event’s programmer, Jingili Mudburra writer and editor Bridget Caldwell-Bright, chats with critic, essayist and descendant of the Yorta Yorta Declan Fry; critic, researcher and a descendant of Numbulwar Tristen Harwood; and Gomeroi poet and legal researcher Alison Whittaker. Recorded for MWF in 2021. Supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural FundSupport MWF: https://mwf.com.au/donate/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, we're excited to be bringing you a collection of stories, poems and songs performed live at Boundless Festival of Indigenous and Culturally Diverse writers.  Boundless is presented by Writing NSW and Bankstown Arts Centre and is made possible with the support of Create NSW, the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund and the Australia Council for the Arts. For more information about Boundless Festival, you can click here. In this episode we're sharing sharing three beautiful performances from the Boundless Program. The first two come from 'When Breath Meets Air,' a performance event curated by Tina Huang which aims to showcase the power of the spoken word and to highlight why– as Eileen Myles writes, we should “believe in sound.” Why we should believe in the tiniest shakings, in the smells dispersing, in the tingling moments between breath and between air. First we hear from Gomeroi poet, essayist and law academic Alison Whittaker. You can find Alison on Twitter @AJ_Whittaker. Next we hear from human rights activist, poet and writer Sara Saleh. Sara is the daughter of migrants from Palestine, Egypt and Lebanon and is currently living on Gadigal Land. Her work has been published in English and Arabic in various national and international outlets and anthologies. Sara was the first poet to win the Peter Porter Poetry Prize and the Judith Wright Poetry Prize, she is currently developing her first novel. You can find her @SaraSalehOz on Twitter and @instasaraade on Instagram.  To close our episode, we have a poem performed by Nicole Smede as part of 'Empty City, Lonely Girl,' also curated by Tina Huang this performance event featured stories of loneliness and connection. Nicole is a multi-disciplinary artist of Worimi and European descent and uses language, song and poetry as a form of connection. Her voice can be heard on award-winning film scores, and poetry in visual and sound works, and publications including Guwayu: for all times, and 20x20x12 Sensing Place. You can find her @nicolesmede on Twitter and @nicole.smede on Instagram.  All The Best credits Production Manager: Danni Stewart Editorial Manager: Mell Chun Host: Helenna Barone-Peters  Episode Mix and Compile: Danni Stewart Social Media Producers:  Emma Pham  Community and Events Coordinator: Lidiya Josifova  SYN Mentee Producer: Wing Kuang  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

7:07AM - News headlines - Queensland lockdown, NSW Year 12 students protesting the reopening of schools, Simone Biles withdrawing from the Olympics, wildfires in Turkey, Greece and Italy7.22AM: Audio from Women on the Line:  Ayan spoke to Gomeroi poet and law scholar, Alison Whittaker. In this segment, Alison talks us through the institutional violence that First Nations families may face during coronial inquests as well as the many ways that these processes can be reformed. Alison's article for The Conversation: Indigenous deaths in custody: inquests can be sites of justice or administrative violence // https://www.3cr.org.au/womenontheline.7.42AM: Audio from In Ya Face: Monash University Associate Law Lecturer and Victorian Pride Lobby board member Liam Elphick discusses the Lobby's campaigns, anti-discrimination law in Victoria and the federal Religious Discrimination Bill. He also reflects on Tom Daley's Olympic gold medal and its personal impacts. http://www.vicpridelobby.org/ // https://www.3cr.org.au/inyaface 8:00AM: Phuong speaks to Dr Fiona Longmuir who is a Lecturer in Educational Leadership in the Faculty of Education at Monash University. Fiona's current research investigates interactions of school and system leadership with student engagement and agency. She joined us to discuss her latest article, Leading schools in lockdown: Compassion, community and communication, which was published late last month.8.20AM: Short snippet from  the "Radical Futures Roundtable: Young climate feminists in Conversation" The forum was organised by the international advocacy group WEDO and aired on 3CR's Earth Matters program. We heard from Andrea Vega Troncoso beginning with envisioning a radical future and Maria Alejandra Escalante rounding out the conversation, discussing how we can build and imagine transformative worlds that centre care, hope community and liberation. To hear the full conversation visit http://3cr.org.au/earthmattersSONGS:Motorcycle - June JonesHim - Ngaiire  Nobody - Mitski

This week we hear from two women holding state institutions accountable and using their platforms to bring issues such as structural racism and state violence to the forefront.Alison Whittaker looks at coronial inquests and whether they can be sites of justice, and Abiola Ajetomobi discusses her migration story, support networks and how to be a better ally.GuestsAbiola Ajetomobi is the director of Innovation Hub at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre and Alison Whittaker is a Gomeroi poet and law scholar.Our interview with Alison was inspired by her article Indigenous deaths in custody: inquests can be sites of justice or administrative violence.

As India's COVID-19 crisis continues, we look at what's holding back the country's vaccination rollout and how a shift in distribution and pricing strategy is causing concern. And we speak to a researcher who went hunting for fungi in the world's largest seed bank. Listen to episode 15 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.The Conversation is a non-profit organisation. If you're able to support what we do, please consider donating here. Thank you.India's catastrophic COVID-19 crisis shows little sign of improving. By early May, just over 2% of India's population had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In this episode, we look at why it's currently so hard to get a vaccine in India and speak to three experts about the situation. Rajib Dasgupta, professor and chairperson at the Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, tells us that the decision to open up vaccine eligibility to all adults from May 1 had been held back by a shortage of supply. R Ramakumar, professor of economics at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai, raises concerns about a shift in pricing and distribution that happened at the same time. And Gagandeep Kang, professor of microbiology at the Christian Medical College in Vellore, explains what we know so far about the vaccines and the variants currently circulating in the country. In our second story, Rowena Hill, a PhD candidate at Kew Gardens and Queen Mary University of London, explains how she found a hidden world of microscopic fungi living inside the seeds of the world's largest seed bank.And Carissa Lee, Indigenous and public policy editor at The Conversation in Australia gives some recommended reading on a recent series marking 30 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. The Conversation Weekly is produced by Mend Mariwany and Gemma Ware, with sound design by Eloise Stevens. Special thanks for this episode go to Namita Kohli in New Delhi. Our theme music is by Neeta Sarl. If you'd like to sign up for The Conversation's free daily newsletter, please subscribe here. To get in touch, find us on Twitter @TC_Audio or on Instagram at theconversationdotcom. Or you can email us on podcast@theconversation.com. Full credits for this episode can be found here. And a transcript is available here.Further reading:Why variants are most likely to blame for India's COVID surge, by Rajib Dasgupta, Jawaharlal Nehru University Charging Indians for COVID vaccines is bad, letting vaccine producers charge what they like is unconscionable, by R. Ramakumar, Tata Institute of Social SciencesIndia: election loss in West Bengal may be start of a backlash against Modi's handling of COVID crisis, by Saba Hussain, Coventry UniversityCOVID in India: the deep-rooted issues behind the current crisis, by Vageesh Jain, UCL‘Each burning pyre is an unspeakable, screeching horror' – one researcher on the frontline of India's COVID crisis. by Vyoma Dhar Sharma, University of OxfordCOVID in India: a tragedy with its roots in Narendra Modi's leadership style, by Nitasha Kaul, University of WestminsterHow we discovered a hidden world of fungi inside the world's biggest seed bank, by Rowena Hill, Queen Mary University of LondonNot criminals or passive victims: media need to reframe their representation of Aboriginal deaths in custody, by Amanda Porter and Eddie Cubillo, The University of MelbourneIndigenous deaths in custody: inquests can be sites of justice or administrative violence, by Alison Whittaker, University of Technology Sydney See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“There’s nothing holy about Australian history – it’s all just haunted” – Evelyn Araluen The Kill Your Darlings First Book Club celebrates debut Australian authors every month. In March, we partnered with them to bring you Evelyn Araluen discussing her debut collection of essay, poetry and prose; Dropbear. With Brunswick Bound’s Ellen Cregan, Evelyn discusses family, rage, May Gibbs and turning one poem into a book. You can find out about the next Kill Your Darlings First Book Club book, as well as more great Australian writing, on the Kill Your Darlings website. You can find Dropbear at Yarra Libraries, on Cloud Library, and at local bookstores like Brunswick Bound. Yarra Libraries Recommends Dropbear – Evelyn Araluen (also available on Cloud Library) New Australian Fiction 2020 – Rebecca Starford (ed.) Blakwork – Alison Whittaker Fire front : First Nations poetry and power today (ed. Alison Whittaker, also available on Cloud Library) Born Into This – Adam Thompson (also available on Cloud Library) A History of My Brief Body - Billy-Ray Belcourt Slowlier - Ella O’Keefe Admit the Joyous Passion of Revolt - Elena Gomez Our theme is Add And by Broke for Free

Set across the far-flung reaches of the universe, The Old Lie, by Stella Prize–shortlisted novelist Claire G. Coleman, examines Australia’s treatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander soldiers after World War II. Hailed by Gomeroi poet Alison Whittaker as “a hoot [and] a rollick through both sci-fi and speculative fiction”, The Old Lie takes us to a futuristic yet familiar world to ask what we have learned from the past. It holds a mirror up to colonialism and the erasure of Indigenous peoples’ stories from history. Claire speaks with Declan Fry about her ambitious follow-up to the prize-winning Terra Nullius. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the final episode for this season, we speak with not one but three incredible guests to discuss Fire Front: First Nations Poetry and Power Today. Steph is joined by Fire Front editor and contributor Alison Whittaker, editorial assistant and contributor Meleika Gesa-Fatafehi, and contributor Laniyuk.

In light of Black Lives Matter rallies throughout 2020, a panel of justice advocates takes an in-depth look at the issues of police accountability and the idea of the rule of law in Australia.

In light of Black Lives Matter rallies throughout 2020, a panel of justice advocates takes an in-depth look at the issues of police accountability and the idea of the rule of law in Australia.

In light of Black Lives Matter rallies throughout 2020, a panel of justice advocates takes an in-depth look at the issues of police accountability and the idea of the rule of law in Australia.

Listen to CEO Danielle Wood, in discussion with renowned journalist and broadcaster Geraldine Doogue, as we reveal our top six thought-provoking, diverse, and relevant books and articles from 2020. It’s been an extraordinary year, and these are extraordinary reads – not only for the Prime Minister, but for all Australians interested in public policy. Featuring an introduction by CEO of State Library Victoria, Kate Torney, and interviews with four of the featured authors, Alex Miller, Clare Wright, Evelyn Araluen, and Marian Wilkinson. Grattan’s 2020 list is: The Carbon Club, Marian Wilkinson, Allen & Unwin Fire Front: First Nations poetry and power today, edited by Alison Whittaker, UQP Good Economics for Hard Times, Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo, Public Affairs How the dark gets in, Clare Wright, Meanjin Max, Alex Miller, Allen & Unwin Men at Work: Australia’s Parenthood Trap, Annabel Crabb, Black Inc. You can read more about our list here: https://grattan.edu.au/news/announcing-grattan-institutes-annual-summer-recommended-reading-list-for-the-prime-minister/

Six of Australia’s most clear-eyed, insightful writers—2020 Stella Prize–winner Jess Hill; actor and screenwriter Michelle Law; writer and founding editor of Liminal magazine Leah Jing McIntosh; award-winning novelist Favel Parrett; Queensland Literary Award–winning poet Ellen van Neerven; and award-winning poet and scholar Alison Whittaker—deliver addresses that explore, interrogate and challenge what holds our attention, what fails to, and why. Join us for an unmissable gala event hosted by Jamila Rizvi. Funded by the Victorian Government through Women Victoria Content Warning: Contains discussions about family violence. Recorded for MWF Digital in 2020. Support MWF: https://mwf.com.au/donate/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode Teela Reid and Merinda Dutton, the co-founders of Blackfulla Bookclub, talk about the online community they’ve built around First Nations storytelling and discuss their experiences of reading Fire Front, an anthology of poetry and essays curated by Alison Whittaker. It’s about seeing, and hearing, and reading the world through powerful First Nations perspectives. Listen up. * Please note that this episode contains names and references to deceased persons* - - - - You can find Blackfulla Bookclub on Instagram @blackfulla_bookclub Merinda Dutton is on Twitter and Instagram @min_dutton Teela Reid is on Twitter and Instagram @teelareid Fire Front: First Nations poetry And Power Today was curated by Alison Whittaker and published by UQP. Visit sydneyreviewofbooks.com/podcast for show notes. - - - - Our website is sydneyreviewofbooks.com Sign up to our weekly newsletter Find us on Twitter and Instagram @SydReviewBooks Follow us on Facebook - - - - We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands on which we work, the Burramattagal people of the Darug nation and the Gadigal people of the Eora nation We pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded, and the struggles for justice are ongoing. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands this digital platform reaches.Support the SRB: https://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/donate/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we reflect on the theme for NAIDOC week 2020, Always Was Always Will Be, by highlighting works by First Nations authors.  Tim spoke with writer, editor, teacher and proud Wuilli Wuilli woman Lisa Fuller about her award winning YA novel Ghost Bird . Sam recommends Gomeroi woman Alison Whittaker's collection Blakwork . We keep you up at night with the haunting YA mystery novel Catching Teller Crow by Palyku authors Ambelin Kwaymullina and Ezekiel Kwaymullina. We include Daniel's reflection on the Miles Franklin award winning work by Tara June Winch, The Yield  and we follow the career of Miranda Tapsell in her biography Top End Girl.

Alison talks about how Christian music became the first impact in her life as a child. She also discusses how important song lyrics are to her! Alison has created a playlist of the very songs that have impacted her life. If you are interested in listening, go to soundtrack.fireside.fm, click on Soundtrack Playlist, and it will take you straight to their soundtrack on Spotify!

Early this year the world was screaming Black Livers Matter … Continued

Anahera Gildea reviews Fire Front: First Nations poetry and power today edited by Alison Whittaker. Published by University of Queensland Press. Curated and introduced by Alison Whittaker, this is a ground-breaking anthology of First Nations poetry showcasing some of the brightest new stars, as well as leading Aboriginal writers and poets including Bruce Pascoe, Ali Cobby Eckermann and Tony Birch.

Anahera Gildea reviews Fire Front: First Nations poetry and power today edited by Alison Whittaker. Published by University of Queensland Press. Curated and introduced by Alison Whittaker, this is a ground-breaking anthology of First Nations poetry showcasing some of the brightest new stars, as well as leading Aboriginal writers and poets including Bruce Pascoe, Ali Cobby Eckermann and Tony Birch.

Carly speaks with Thursday Breakfast’s own Scheherazade Bloul about Omar Radi, a Moroccan journalist who has recently been jailed on a series of charges including espionage. Omar is an award-winning investigative journalist and human rights activist who frequently publishes articles about land grabs by speculators and the corruption within Moroccan officials. Omar's imprisonment comes after an investigation by Amnesty International which found that his phone was infected with NSO Pegasus software - Israeli spyware that last year was used illegally against journalists, dissidents and campaigners around the world.  We return to Thursday Breakfast's poetry and writing segment. This week we have readings by two poets. First we hear a poem by Jeanine Leane called The Colour of Massacre then we hear Boy Dentata by Vincent Silk. Jeanine Leane is a Wiradjuri writer, poet and academic from south-west New South Wales. This poem was published as part of Fire Front: First Nations poetry and power today, edited by Alison Whittaker.  Vincent is a writer, poet and community organiser. His work has been published in the UTS Writers' Anthology, Voiceworks, Going Down Swinging, Archer and Seizure, among other places. Earlier in the year Carly from 3CR Thursday Breakfast spoke with Vincent about his first novel, Sisters of No Mercy.  Dani Cotton, a casual tutor and PhD student at the University of Sydney and member of the Usyd Casuals Network, speaks with Priya about the recent protests against course and staff cuts and fee hikes at USYD, and the NSW Police response. Kristin O'Connell, the Australian Unemployed Workers Union Acting Communications Coordinator, joins us to speak about the Australian Government's recent cuts to Jobseeker payments and the Union's concerns about changes to mutual obligations for income support recipients.  Robyn Oxley, a Tharawal and Yorta Yorta woman and criminologist and lecturer at Western Sydney University, speaks with Priya about the recent practice direction issued by the Victorian state coroner regarding Indigenous deaths in custody.

In light of the recent Black Lives Matter rallies, a panel of justice advocates takes an in-depth look at the issues of police accountability and the idea of the rule of law in Australia.

In light of the recent Black Lives Matter rallies, a panel of justice advocates takes an in-depth look at the issues of police accountability and the idea of the rule of law in Australia.

Acknowledgement of country News headlines with Cait Kelly We hear part of a webinar discussion hosted by Melbourne Law School - Black Lives Matter. The discussion is facilitated by Larissa Behrendt and features Alison Whittaker, Eddie Cubillo Amy McQuire and George Newhouse speaking about campaigns to stop Aboriginal deaths in custody, the media's role in supporting the Blak Lives Matter movement and reflections on the legal profession's role in changing the criminal justice system Max speaks with journalist Royce Kurmelovs on the flaws and dangers of the Australian Government's COVIDSafe contact tracing app.  We hear a recording by Samad Abdul from the Manus Recording Project Collective's new project 'Where are you today?' Every day for a month, beginning on 1 August, subscribers will receive a text message with a new ten-minute audio recording from Farhad Bandesh, Farhad Rahmati, Samad Abdul, Shamindan Kanapathi, Thanush Selvraj or Yasin Abdallah. These men, seeking asylum by boat, were forcibly transferred to Manus Island by the Australian government nearly seven years ago. Now, they are held in hotels or detention centres in Port Moresby, Melbourne or Brisbane. You can subscribe to the project by texting "Hello" to 0488 845 951 We hear audio from a Free Palestine Melbourne forum on the Palestinian Struggle in the Era of Annexation that took place on July 22nd. We'll listen to excerpts from analyst and former legal advisor Diana Buttu; writer and academic-activist Dr Yara Hawari both live from Palestine, as well as Melbourne or Narrm based journalist Maher Mughrabi.SongsJessB - Shut up!Kee’ahn - Better Things 

Join NITV Online's Take It Blak hosts Jack Latimore and Keira Jenkins as we talk poetry and protest with guests Evelyn Araluen Corr and Ellen Van Neervan. We examine the newly released poetry anthology from UQP titled, Fire Front; Desert Pea Media's anthology, Homeland Calling; Evelyn's own soon-to-be-released collection, Dropbear; Ellen's already released (and increasingly celebrated) collection, Throat; plus we hear from Fire Front editor Alison Whittaker, and Raelee Lancaster reads Haunted House. There's also the street demonstrations, systemic racism and crows (like actual crows talking on the podcast. Yup). All that and more on episode 9 of Take It Blak.

Sales is cross at one of the characters in the wildly-popular Normal People while Crabb has been deep inside an alternate reality where Hillary Rodham never married Bill Clinton.(1.30) Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld(6.40) The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West(6.50) Lindy West is Preaching to the Choir Interview by Sara Fredman | Longreads.com(11.30) Anatomy of a Fake News Scandal by Amanda Robb | Rolling Stone(12.40) Mrs America TV Series | Trailer. Stream on YouTube | Google Play | Foxtel(14.10) The Last Dance - Netflix(20.40) Sacred Hoops by Phil Jackson(20.50) When The Game Was Ours by Larry Bird, Earvin Johnson, Jackie Macmullan(21.00) In the Woods by Tana French(21.20) Normal People by Sally Rooney | Series on Stan | Trailer(22.50) The Marvellous Mrs Maisel | Series on Amazon Prime | Best stand up from the series (24.25) Parisian Lives by Deirdre Bair(25.40) Blakwork by Alison Whittaker(27.00) Alison Whittaker's Opening Address at the Sydney Writers Festival (27.10) Fire Front by Alison Whittaker

Alison Whittaker reviewed the deaths in custody of 134 Aboriginal people while studying for her Masters at Harvard in 2017. In a long paper, she asked if custody is a de facto death penalty.

Acknowledgement of Country  News headlines with Cait Kelly  Carly mixes a music selection of local artists.  We listen to part 2 of a three part podcast presented by Deakin University students that participated in last year's Global Journalism Exchange program to Morocco. The idea is to understand how Think Tanger work with different comunities to carve out a creative space in a rapidly expanding city that with high infrastructure changes bring urban/social challenges. In conversation with the creative minds behind Think Tanger co-founder Amina Mourid and communications manager Youssef el Idrissi, part 2 looks at how artistic projects can form solidarity networks beyond class boundaries. We hear readings by Sam Petersen, Emily Johnson and Alison Whittaker recorded as part of the online launch of un Magazine 14.1 on Care. The launch took place earlier in May. We hear part of an interview from Marisa Sposaro from the Doin' Time show who speaks with Palm Island man Lex Wotton about Channel 9's racist reporting on the way Palm Island compensation recipients have spent their money. SongsKee'ahn - Better Things Alice Skye - Grand Ideas Miiesha - Broken Tounges The Merindas - I Feel It Kobie Dee - Still Standing feat. Liyah Knight Jimblah - Black Life Matters feat. Ellie May    

Fire Front is a new anthology of First Nations poetry, edited by Gomeroi poet, essayist and legal academic Alison Whittaker. Featuring both established and emerging poets, it showcases the breadth of First Nations poetic voices, alongside essays from leading Aboriginal writers and thinkers who offer their own reflections on the power of the form. Charmaine Papertalk Green, in a still image from this event, performing a reading on Country In this special showcase of Fire Front contributors, hosted by Whittaker, you'll hear a Welcome to Country from Parbin-Ata Carolyn Briggs, followed by readings from Tony Birch, Charmaine Papertalk Green, Ali Cobby Eckermann, Meleika Gesa-Fatafehi, Jeanine Leane, Natalie Harkin, Lorna Munro, Raelee Lancaster, Luke Patterson and Evelyn Araluen. Then, Araluen will speak with Whittaker about how this landmark collection came together. Alison Whittaker and Evelyn Araluen in conversation Support the Wheeler Centre: https://www.wheelercentre.com/support-us/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the second part of our special on the blak poetry renaissance we feature the work of Evelyn Araluen, Joel Davison, Lorna Munro, Kirli Saunders and Elizabeth Walker from the new anthology Fire Front, curated by Alison Whittaker.

In the second part of our special on the blak poetry renaissance we feature the work of Evelyn Araluen, Joel Davison, Lorna Munro, Kirli Saunders and Elizabeth Walker from the new anthology Fire Front, curated by Alison Whittaker.

‘If this book can be a memory for us, then I would consider it successful.' So says Alison Whittaker of the new anthology Fire Front: First Nations poetry and power today, just out from UQP. In this episode, Alison and I talk about everything that went into creating this new collection and why it was … Continue reading "Ep 118. Alison Whittaker on First Nations poetry and unanswerable questions"

‘If this book can be a memory for us, then I would consider it successful.’ So says Alison Whittaker of the new anthology Fire Front: First Nations poetry and power today, just out from UQP. In this episode, Alison and I talk about everything that went into creating this new collection and why it was … Continue reading "Ep 118. Alison Whittaker on First Nations poetry and unanswerable questions"

Gomeroi poet, essayist and legal scholar Alison Whittaker takes us through the work of First Nations writers who would have joined us this week as she addresses the 2020 Sydney Writers’ Festival theme, Almost Midnight. She considers our fates – both personal and collective – in a world that feels like it's ending. She looks to the role of hope in our eleventh hour, discussing how storytelling charts triumphs and tragedies while the clock ticks on.

A new anthology edited by Alison Whittaker captures the spirit of the renaissance in Blak poetry - led by some of the most articulate public voices in the country.

A new anthology captures the spirit and creativity that's firing the renaissance in First Nations poetry right now. Edited by Alison Whittaker, Fire Front features some of the most articulate voices in the country. And we get The Word from Townsville with ABC features reporter Dwayne Wyles.

A new anthology captures the spirit and creativity that's firing the renaissance in First Nations poetry right now. Edited by Alison Whittaker, Fire Front features some of the most articulate voices in the country. And we get The Word from Townsville with ABC features reporter Dwayne Wyles.

White fragility refers to the discomfort that white people feel when confronted by their own white privilege and inherent racism. Gomeroi poet and essayist Alison Whittaker explains her concerns about the concept and how it can be misused as a stepping stone to white innocence.

Bruce Shapiro on the latest policy by Twitter, what role does gender play in COVID-19 and Alison Whittaker discusses white fragility.

Join celebrated First Nations Writers as theydiscuss the importance of speaking their truth to honour identity, culture, language and country in our literary landscape and broader society. FEATURING: KIRLI SAUNDERS, TONY BIRCH AND ALISON WHITTAKER SHOWNOTES: Writes4Festivalshttp://www.writes4women.com/writes4festivals/Facebook - @Writes4FestivalsTwitter / Instagram - @w4wpodcast Wollongong Writer's Festivalhttps://wollongongwritersfestival.comFacebook @wollongongwritersfestival/Twitter @WGongWritFest Kirli Saundershttps://kirlisaunders.wordpress.comTwitter @SaundersKirli Tony Birchhttps://arts.unimelb.edu.au/articulation/editions/2017-editions/june-2017/meet-professor-tony- Alison Whittakerhttps://www.uts.edu.au/staff/alison.whittakerTwitter @AJ_Whittaker Pamela Cookwww.pamelacook.com.auFacebook - @pamelacookauthorTwitter - @PamelaCookAU Listen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler)www.listenuppodcasting.com.auFacebook / Twitter - @kelbutler @listenuppodcasting

In this episode, leading  academics and artists reflect on the importance of diversity in the creative and cultural industries. 

In this episode, leading  academics and artists reflect on the importance of diversity in the creative and cultural industries. 

Hello poets and readers, “The logics of law and poetry boil meaning and power down to their barest components.” We’re delighted to be able to bring you an interview with Alison Whittaker, a Gomeroi poet and author of the collections Lemons in the Chicken Wire and Blakwork, shortlisted in the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for…Read more →

The annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras serves as a reminder as to how far we’ve come in terms of celebrating diversity and inclusion, but for First Nations members of the Rainbow community, the challenges of overcoming stigmas and stereotypes remain.

The annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras serves as a reminder as to how far we’ve come in terms of celebrating diversity and inclusion, but for First Nations members of the Rainbow community, the challenges of overcoming stigmas and stereotypes remain.

Welcome to 2020! We get stuck into our first #litfestbookclub reviews of the year, having read the recommended January readings in the 2020 Australian Literary Journal - Taboo by Kim Scott and Blakwork by Alison Whittaker. Hear Amy read a stunner poem, Caroline cringe over the buzzword "trauma" and also we discuss the upcoming events in the Literary landscape for February! Be sure to watch out for our companion interview with Sisonke Msimang, Curator of the Literature and Ideas Program of the Perth Festival kicking off this week! Shout out to the Poetry Unbound podcast that is on heavy rotation at Amy's house and please let us know if you're planning any live readings Alison Whittaker - we want in!

Alison Whittaker pens a queer Aboriginal love letter to Barnaby Joyce and long-standing Gunnedah haven, the Chip Inn. Alison Whittaker is a Gomeroi writer and lawyer born and raised in Gunnedah. She is Senior Researcher at the Jumbunna Institute. From 2017-18, she was a Fulbright recipient at Harvard Law, where she was Dean’s Scholar in Race, Gender and Criminal Law. Alison’s latest book, BLAKWORK (Magabala 2018), was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards and the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, and received the Queensland Literary Award for Poetry. @AJ_Whittaker Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For Queerstories event dates, visit www.maevemarsden.com, and follow Queerstories on Facebook. The Queerstories book is published by Hachette Australia, and can be purchased on Booktopia. To support Queerstories, become a patron at www.patreon.com/ladysingsitbetter And for gay stuff and insomnia rants follow me - Maeve Marsden - on Twitter and Instagram.

This panel explores the intersectional discrimination that Indigenous, refugee,Muslim and women of colour experience when speaking their truth, with a focus on women writers who experience backlash as a result of speaking out against injustice. Featuring: Michele Seminara, Saba Vasefi, Ruby Hamad, Alison Whittaker SHOWNOTES: Writes4Festivalshttp://www.writes4women.com/writes4festivals/Facebook - @Writes4FestivalsTwitter / Instagram - @w4wpodcast Wollongong Writer's Festivalhttps://wollongongwritersfestival.comFacebook @wollongongwritersfestival/Twitter @WGongWritFest Michele Seminarahttps://micheleseminara.wordpress.comFacebook @mishele.seminaraTwitter @SeminaraMicheleF Saba VasefiFacebook @saba.vasefiTwitter @SabaVasefi Ruby HamadFacebook @RubyHamadWriter/ Alison WhittakerTwitter @AJ_Whittaker Pamela Cookwww.pamelacook.com.auFacebook - @pamelacookauthorTwitter - @PamelaCookAU Listen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler)www.listenuppodcasting.com.auFacebook / Twitter - @kelbutler @listenuppodcasting

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).

Alison Whittaker is an intellectual powerhouse — just don't call her writing "important".

Recorded live at the Sydney Writers Festival, Alison speaks about her second collection Blakwork — a book that slips from verse to prose.

NAIDOC 2019: Truth - For Indigenous Australians truth-telling is an important component of the reconciliation process, with the need to acknowledge the ongoing impact of past injustices on our communities.

NAIDOC 2019: Truth - For Indigenous Australians truth-telling is an important component of the reconciliation process, with the need to acknowledge the ongoing impact of past injustices on our communities.

From Elena Ferrante to Roxane Gay, in this episode Chloe and Emma talk about the many women who inspire them … and a few who enrage them. They take a historical tour of feminism from the first wave to the second, through the 1980s when feminism became *very comfortable with capitalism*, and up to the present day of #MeToo. After talking about feminist heroes of old, they ask: who should we be reading and listening to, to understand what feminism means today? (hint: it’s not Julie Bishop).[Note: Emma was pregnant at the time of recording ... but we are now delighted to welcome the newest, littlest feminist, and the reason for any future delays in releasing episodes, Baby Viv

Representation or exploitation? Natives Go Wild is the new theatrical performance exploring the history of First Nations people in cabaret, circus and vaudeville.

Representation or exploitation? Natives Go Wild is the new theatrical performance exploring the history of First Nations people in cabaret, circus and vaudeville.

Gomeroi writer and Fulbright scholar Alison Whittaker melds memoir, reportage, fiction, satire and critique in her fearless collection Blakwork, which was shortlisted for a Victorian Premier’s Literary Award. She speaks with ABC RN’s Daniel Browning about her collection, which touches on urgent topics including social justice, feminism, class, incarceration and the erasure of Aboriginal peoples in settler history and policy. It also contains poignant and humorous recollections of her childhood in Sydney and rural Australia.

Tuesday Breakfast 23 July 20197.00am Acknowledgement of Country7:30 am Azra from IRL Info Shop discusses the Soli(darity) Brunch for Sisters Inside campaign7.45am We play a snippet of Alison Whittaker's The F Word Address 8.00am Gemma from Save Footscray  Park shares tips for saving Footscray park + rally details8:10am  Peter Sutton from OHS Reps shares the latest in OHS news8.30am EndSongssong: Tempoartist: Lizzo feat. Missy Elliotsong: Queen with Colourartist: P-UniQuesong: Black and Deadlyartist: The Last Kinection Black & Deadlysong: Big Yellow Taxiartist: Counting Crows feat. Vanessa Carltonsong: Miss Shineyartist: Kaiitsong: Kutjeri Ladyartist: Ruby Hunter song: Aboriginal Landartist: Nadeena Dixonsong: Work Thatartist : Yung Warriors (formerly known as D-Boy and Tjimba)

Our expert panel explore the importance of truth-telling in the development of our national identity, and the need for an honest and open dialogue about our shared histories.

Our expert panel explore the importance of truth-telling in the development of our national identity, and the need for an honest and open dialogue about our shared histories.

Clementine Ford, Kate Lilley and Alison Whittaker talk to Trisha Pender about the importance of women's stories. This session was recorded at the 2019 Newcastle Writers Festival.

Great Conversations features interviews with authors and writers, exploring books, writing and literary culture from Australia and the world.Today's episode features Gomeroi poet Alison Whittaker discussing her new collection Blakwork.Blakwork collects Alison’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.

Leading Indigenous artists and thinkers discuss the resilience of First Nations communities in the wake of trauma and tragedy, and explore the role of art in the healing process

Leading Indigenous artists and thinkers discuss the resilience of First Nations communities in the wake of trauma and tragedy, and explore the role of art in the healing process

With Laura Murphy-Oates, Nardi Simpson, Alison Whittaker and chair Brooke Boney.Indigenous storytelling has a long, rich and varied tradition that has been overshadowed by colonial narratives and appropriated by white settler representations of Aboriginal experience. As Indigenous writers are rewriting their stories, our guests reveal how their writing and speaking matters to them as individuals,  and the impact it has on changing the Australian lit-scape. #FWF18 #w4wpodcast #writes4festivals #writing #festivals #feminism #indigenouswriting #indigenous #firstnation #journalism #activism #poetry #music #storytelling #dreamtimeSHOWNOTES:Writes4Festivals and Writes4WomenWeb - www.writes4women.comFacebook - @writes4womenTwitter / Instagram - @w4wpodcastFeminist Writers FestivalWeb - www.feministwritersfestival.comFacebook / Twitter - @feministwritersfest 

In episode 19, we discuss Alison Whittaker’s Blakwork.A mix of memoir, reportage, fiction, satire, and critique, Alison Whittaker’s Blakwork is an original and unapologetic collection from which two things emerge; an incomprehensible loss, and the poet’s fearless examination of the present.Whittaker, a Gomeroi multitasker from the floodplains of Gunnedah in NSW, has been published in the Sydney Review of Books, Seizure, Overland, Westerly, Griffith Review, the Lifted Brow, Meanjin and Archer, was the co-winner of the Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize in 2017 for her poem, 'Many Girls White Linen' and most recently, she was the Australian Indigenous Poet-In-Residence for the 2018 Queensland Poetry Festival.Show Notes:Book Review / Blakwork by Alison Whittaker: https://writingnsw.org.au/blakwork-by-alison-whittaker/Blakwork (Alison Wittaker, Magabala): https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2018/07/26/112124/blakwork-alison-wittaker-magabala/Heart is full and burstin’ blak: https://nit.com.au/heart-is-full-and-burstin-blak/Confronting Multiplicity: An interview with Alison Whittaker: https://www.killyourdarlings.com.au/2016/03/confronting-multiplicity/Feminist Writers Festival Q&A: Alison Whittaker: https://feministwritersfestival.com/fwf-qa-alison-whittaker/'Dragged like a dead kangaroo': why language matters for deaths in custody: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/07/dragged-like-a-dead-kangaroo-why-language-matters-for-deaths-in-custodyRecommendations:Fi:‘Where It Hurts’ by Sarah de de Leeuw‘Birds Art Life Death: A Field Guide to the Small and Significant’ by Kyo Maclear‘Half a Life’ by Darin StraussKirby:‘Daughters of Passion’ by Julia O’Faolain‘The Fish Girl’ by Mirandi Riwoe‘Little Fires Everywhere’ Celeste NgNeve:Doctor Who, Season 11, Episode 3Charmed, 2018 Contact Us:Twitter: @litcanonballInstagram: @literarycanonballFind us on Facebook at Literary Canon BallEmail: literarycanonball@gmail.com

Cultivating an Indigenous voice, Indigenous women speak out about breaking down structural and cultural barriers to the construction of identity.

Cultivating an Indigenous voice, Indigenous women speak out about breaking down structural and cultural barriers to the construction of identity.

New research has highlighted why language matters in Deaths in Custody cases.

The deaths of two teenagers in Perth following a police pursuit has exposed a widespread fear of law enforcement within Aboriginal communities.

New research has highlighted why language matters in Deaths in Custody cases.

Tuesday Breakfast August 14th7.00 am  Acknowledgement of Country7.05 am  News headlines  7.20 am   Hannah Viney joins us in the studio to discuss the Australian Women's History Network Symposium that was held in July and the theme of bridging academia and activism.   7.40 am   Dr Nicole Kalms joins us to talk about the work of XYX Lab, and how city planning through a feminist lens and co-design with women can make cities safer for women and girls.  8.00 am  Alison Whittaker, Gomeroi poet, life writer and essayist from Gunnedah and Tamworth, and a 2017 Fulbright Indigenous Postgraduate Scholarship recipient, joins us in the studio to talk about her upcoming book Blakwork (from Magabala Books), legal scholarship and activism through words, and to read her poem MANY GIRLS WHITE LINEN. 8.20 am  Alternative news: The team discusses the #MeToo Movement in China amidst government crackdowns, internet censorship, and cultural factors.Songsartist: Joyce Wricesong: Good Morningartist: Empress Of song: Woman Is A Wordartist: DRMNGNOW  song: Indigenous Land artist: Beyonce  song: Formation

It's Samira's last show! She's reading poetry collection Lemons in the Chicken Wire, by Alison Whittaker, with Holly Isemonger and Justin Wolfers.