Podcasts about Griffith Review

On Saturday 21 June, ChangeMakers Host Amanda Tattersall is speaking at the Winter Solstice Event in Albury organised by the Survivors of Suicide & Friends. There she will share some of her experiences of living with bipolar and what reflecting on those experiences have brought to her work as a change maker.You can find out more and tune into the event online at survivorsofsuicide.org.au.This event is an extraordinary event to mark the longest and coldest night of the year and commemorate those who have died by suicide and those who live with mental illness. Amanda is truly honoured to be invited, and to mark this important event, we are re-releasing a podcast memoir written and recorded a couple of years about Amanda's journey with bipolar, co-founding GetUp and creating the Sydney Alliance.=====How can we hold together big ambition for social change on issues like climate alongside the small work required to build powerful connections across our diversity and difference? This piece explores the tensions of scale between big and small, fast and slow through stories and reflections across a life of organising. Our host Amanda Tattersall reads a memoir that she wrote for the Griffith Review in their August edition entitled Hey Utopia.You can find the Griffith Review here: www.griffithreview.com/editions/hey-utopia/. and it is also here not behind a paywall.You can download this episode on Apple, Spotify, LiSTNR, Stitcher, and all your other favourite podcast apps.For more on ChangeMakers check us out:Via our Website - https://changemakerspodcast.org (where you can also sign up to our email list!)On Facebook, Instagram, Threads - https://www.facebook.com/ChangeMakersPodcast/Blue Sky Social - changemakerspod.bsky.aocial & amandatattersall.bsky.socialOn X/Twitter - @changemakers99 or @amandatattsOn LinkedIn - Amanda.Tattersall Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘to write of skin is to discredit the self'- from Home's Duplex by Lesh Karan In this episode of 3CR's Spoken Word show which aired on Thursday 17 April 2025, you will hear poet Lesh Karan talk about studying poetry, assemblage, movement and lineages.Lesh Karan is an emerging poet of Indo-Fijian descent based in Naarm/Melbourne. Her work has been published in Meanjin, Overland, Griffith Review, Cordite, Island, Rabbit, Strange Horizons (USA), and Best of Australian Poems (2022, 2023). She won the 2023 Liquid Amber Poetry Prize, was shortlisted for the Judith Wright and South Coast Writers Centre poetry prizes, and received an honourable mention in the 2024 Red Room Emerging Poets in Residence program. Lesh holds a Master of Creative Writing, Publishing and Editing from the University of Melbourne.Poems written and performed by Lesh Karan in this episode:Twenty-one+ answers to your questionHome's DuplexRed Writing Hood NoteSpoken word and poetry come from the heart and touch on all the topics peculiar to the human condition. As such there may be content in this show that could cause distress. Please practice self-care when listening and seek help if you need it. CreditsRecorded, produced and edited by Indrani Perera.Thank you to Lesh Karan for sharing her poetry and to you for listening! 

Katherine Collette is a writing coach and mentor who helps writers who want to get published, and writers who are about to be published, know what to do, what to expect and how to think, to give their work (and themselves) the best possible chance of success.She is basically the person she wishes she'd had when she was first trying to get published!In this episode, Katherine has given us a mini-coaching session so we can level up our writing for 2025. She shares great advice and so many fantastic tips:The four phases writers go through on their way to being published, and how to short circuit some of themThe benefits and pitfalls of writing courses and writing groupsHow she built a profile as a debut author (it didn't involve social media!) and how she'd build a profile if she was starting again nowThe difference between verbal and written pitches and her unusual but effective approach to pitchingWhat writers can do to increase their chances of publication The top three mistakes unpublished authors makeHow to get unstuck when you're ‘looping' in your writing (are you stuck, moving the commas around?!)Getting that first draft doneABOUT KATHERINE COLLETTEKatherine Collette is the author of two novels for adults, The Helpline and The Competition. The Helpline was published in Australia, the UK, the US, Italy and Germany and long listed for the Indie Book award for debut fiction. Katherine co-hosts popular writing podcast The First Time and its recent spin-off The Next Step. She coaches writers and authors on writing and publishing, and her cartoons have appeared in Griffith Review.The Too-Tall Tales of Alma T. Best are her first middle-grade books.Website: https://katherinecollette.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katherinecollettewriter/Buy The Too-Tall Tales of Alma T. Best by Katherine Collette here.REFERENCES MENTIONED BY KATHERINE COLLETTEGET PUBLISHED! group coaching course with Katherine ColletteThe Artist's Way by Julia CameronReasons Not to Worry by Brigid DelaneyWatch Katherine's video pitch (it got her a two book deal!)The 90-Day Novel: Unlock the Story Within by Alan WattMichael Hauge Story StructureTo Be Magnetic (manifestation course)BUILD AN AUTHOR WEBSITE COURSETo receive notifications about course dates, the free author website workshop and early bird discounts, sign up here - https://www.freshwebdesign.com.au/course This podcast is recorded on the beautiful, unceded lands of the Garigal people of the Eora nation.Full show notes available at writersbookclubpodcast.com

Julianne Schultz joins Democracy Sausage to talk about understanding ourselves, wrestling with the past and creating a more inclusive future. What's behind the silence and lack of post-Voice analysis? How can Australia confront its true history? And how can we modernise our democracy and constitutional processes? On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Professor Emerita Julianne Schultz joins Professor Mark Kenny to talk about the Voice and what Australia could be.Julianne Schultz is Emeritus Professor of Media and Culture at Griffith University and columnist for The Guardian. She was the publisher and founding editor of Griffith Review. Her most recent book is The Idea of Australia: A search for the soul of the nation.Mark Kenny is the Director of the ANU Australian Studies Institute. He came to the University after a high-profile journalistic career including six years as chief political correspondent and national affairs editor for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Canberra Times. Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. We'd love to hear your feedback on this series, so send in your questions, comments or suggestions for future episodes to democracysausage@anu.edu.au. This podcast is produced by The Australian National University. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Michelle as she talks with prize-winning author Katerina Gibson about her new novel The Temperature. Katerina Gibson (1994) is a writer and bookseller living in Naarm. Her debut collection Women I Know won the 2023 Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, the Steele Rudd Award, and was shortlisted for the Glenda Adams Prize for New Writing. Her stories have appeared in HEAT, Granta, Overland, The Griffith Review, the Lifted Brow, Meanjin, and New Australian Fiction, among other places. Her story ‘Fertile Soil' was the Pacific region winner of the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, and was later translated into Italian. Katerina was named SMH 2023 Best Young Australian Novelist. Her debut novel The Temperature is forthcoming with Scribner in September 2024. Katerina is represented by Caitlan Cooper-Trent at Curtis Brown: caitlan@curtisbrown.com.au https://www.katerinagibson.com/

This week we get a little personal and our host shares some of her experiences about making change.How can we hold together big ambition for social change on issues like climate alongside the small work required to build powerful connections across our diversity and difference? This piece explores the tensions of scale between big and small, fast and slow through stories and reflections across a life of organising. Our host Amanda Tattersall reads a memoir that she wrote for the Griffith Review in their August 2021 edition entitled Hey Utopia.You can find the Griffith Review here: www.griffithreview.com/editions/hey-utopia/ (and read the excerpt here as well).For more on ChangeMakers check us out:Via our Website – changemakerspodcast.orgOn Facebook – www.facebook.com/ChangeMakersPodcast/On Twitter – @changemakers99 or @amandatatts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we get a little personal and our host shares some of her experiences about making change.How can we hold together big ambition for social change on issues like climate alongside the small work required to build powerful connections across our diversity and difference? This piece explores the tensions of scale between big and small, fast and slow through stories and reflections across a life of organising. Our host Amanda Tattersall reads a memoir that she wrote for the Griffith Review in their August 2021 edition entitled Hey Utopia.You can find the Griffith Review here: www.griffithreview.com/editions/hey-utopia/ (and read the excerpt here as well).For more on ChangeMakers check us out:Via our Website – changemakerspodcast.orgOn Facebook – www.facebook.com/ChangeMakersPodcast/On Twitter – @changemakers99 or @amandatatts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Sam Elkin chats with Ernest Price. Chat highlights include: • Path to publication and the reaction from their communities • Ethics of writing about people you know • Pyramid schemes and LGBTQIA+ community work Ernest Price is a transgender man working as a secondary English teacher in Naarm/ Melbourne. His writing has been published by Queerstories and Overland. The Pyramid of Needs is his debut novel. Sam Elkin is a writer, event producer and co-editor of Nothing to Hide: Voices Of Trans And Gender Diverse Australia (Allen & Unwin). Born in England and raised on Noongar land, Sam now lives on unceded Wurundjeri land. Sam's essays have been published in the Griffith Review, Australian Book Review, Sydney Review of Books and Kill Your Darlings. He hosts the 3RRR radio show Queer View Mirror and is a Tilde Film Festival board member. His debut book Detachable Penis: A Queer Legal Saga was released by Upswell in May 2024. Queer Writes Session (QWS) Podcast, a Words & Nerds spin off series hosted by Rob aka R.W.R. McDonald and Jonathan Butler, in partnership with Blarney Books & Art in Port Fairy. Books mentioned and reviews can be found on QUEER WRITES SESSIONS | Blarney Books and Art

Sam Elkin's debut memoir is Detachable Penis: A Queer Legal Saga. Sam's essays have been published in the Griffith Review, Australian Book Review, Sydney Review of Books and Kill Your Darlings. He co-edited Nothing to Hide: Voices of Trans and Gender Diverse Australia . He hosts the 3rrr radio show Queer View Mirror and is a Tilde Film Festival board member.  About The Garret Follow The Garret: Writing and Publishing and our host Astrid Edwards on Instagram. Explore our back catalogue (and transcripts) at thegarretpodcast.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Journalist Lech Blaine joins us to talk Peter Dutton's Coalition, moving working class voters, and his new essay, Bad Cop. How did Peter Dutton's experiences growing up in Queensland influence his politics and his conservatism? How successful will he be in his strategy to win outer-suburban and regional seats from Labor? And does he have the political judgement needed to pull the strategy off? On this episode of Democracy Sausage, recorded live, journalist Lech Blaine discusses what makes Peter Dutton and his new Quarterly Essay Bad Cop: Peter Dutton's Strongman Politics. This episode was recorded as part of the ANU/Canberra Times Meet the Author series. Lech Blaine is an award-winning writer and journalist from Queensland. He was the 2023 Charles Perkins Centre writer in residence. His writing has appeared in Good Weekend, Griffith Review, The Guardian and The Monthly. Mark Kenny is a Professor at the ANU Australian Studies Institute. He came to the University after a high-profile journalistic career including six years as chief political correspondent and national affairs editor for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Canberra Times. Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. We'd love to hear your feedback on this series, so send in your questions, comments or suggestions for future episodes to democracysausage@anu.edu.au. This podcast is produced by The Australian National University. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amanda Anastasi is a Melbourne poet whose work has been published as locally as the Artist's Lane walls in Windsor to The Massachusetts Review in the US. Her latest collection is The Inheritors (Black Pepper, 2021). Amanda's work is  published in Best Australian Science Writing 2021 and 2022, Australian Poetry Journal, Griffith Review, Cordite Poetry Review, FourW, Short and Twisted, and Right Now. She is a two-time winner of the Ada Cambridge Poetry Prize and was  Poet in Residence at the Monash Climate Change Communications Research Hub, where she wrote poetry to raise awareness about ecological issues and the climate crisis. She is also the convenor of La Mama Poetica.Her poetry can be found on her website: https://www.amandaanastasipoetry.com/Her poetry collection The Inheritors can be purchased here: https://blackpepperpublishing.com/anastasiTI.htmlHer YouTube channel can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4CXosMpl_5a_rcs-d--e  Picture: Nicholas Walton-HealeyProduction and Interview: Tina Giannoukos

'I kept this condition very, very secret from everybody.' Adele Dumont's remarkable new memoir, The Pulling, details her life with trichotillomania — a mental health condition that, at times, has consumed her life. In this episode, she discusses the unique writing process that enabled her to put long-held secrets first on the page and then into the public sphere. She also describes the impact of revealing her illness through her memoir, especially to family and friends who knew nothing about her condition. We discuss the shame linked to trichotillomania and whether sharing her story has shifted this feeling. Adele Dumont is an Australian writer and critic. Her work has appeared in Griffith Review, Meanjin, Southerly, ABR, and Sydney Review of Books. Adele's first book, No Man Is an Island, is an account of her experiences teaching English to asylum seekers in detention. Adele lives in Sydney, where she works as an English language teacher and examiner.  'Get your copy of The Pulling from Booktopia or your local bookshop.' Books and authors discussed in this episode: Lee Kofman (from episode 76); Helen Garner; Adele's Guardian article; Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid; The Wolves of Eternity by Karl Ove Knausgård; Unfinished Business by Shankari Chandran (from episode 48) Upcoming events  Ashley is teaching Online Feedback: Manuscript Development for Writing NSW starting 4 March 2024 As part of Seniors Week, Ashley is teaching memoir writing at Glen Street & Warringah Mall Library, on 15 and 19 March Ashley is teaching Writing Crime Fiction, a six-week online course with Faber starting 15 May 2024  Learn more about Ashley's psychological thriller Dark Mode and get your copy here or from your local bookshop.  Learn more about James' award-winning novel Denizen and get your copy here or from your local bookshop. Get in touch! ashleykalagianblunt.com jamesmckenziewatson.com Instagram: @akalagianblunt + @jamesmcwatson

    About our guest Adele Dumont is an Australian writer and critic. Her work has appeared in Griffith Review, Meanjin, Southerly, ABR, and Sydney Review of Books. Adele's first book, No Man is an Island, is an account of her experiences teaching English to asylum seekers in detention. Her second book, The Pulling, is a work of memoir charting her experience of trichotillomania. Adele's Twitter Adele's website   Representations  Bezoar by Guadalupe Nettel, translated by Rahul Bery   Resources TrichStop website TLC Foundation for Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors website   How to find us  Join our private Facebook community Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Twitter Check out our website Shoot us an email to differentlybrainedpodcast@gmail.com Follow our personal stuff - @jacintadietrich & @ruthooftheloch   About the podcast Differently Brained shares the opinions of individuals and does not consider your personal circumstances. Differently Brained exists purely for information purposes and should not be relied on as health or medical advice. Because no brain is the same, please consult your healthcare professional for your personal medical needs. The Differently Brained team acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands on which we record, edit and stream this podcast. We pay our respects to all First Nations peoples and their Elders part, present and emerging. We extend that respect to all First Nations cultures and their ongoing connection to the lands, waterways and communities.  

With the rapid rise of generative AI, what does this mean for the human side of creativity, art and culture?In this episode, David Karsten is joined by Rachel Robertson and Susanna Castleden explore the intersection between generative AI and human creativity, and discuss the ways in which innovative projects can act to showcase the creative work of our human artists and writers.Learn moreBook Mentioned:Here Be Monsters: Is Technology Reducing Our Humanity? by Richard King (Monash University Publishing, 2023).Article Reference:Richard King's article 'The Defence' in Griffith Review, issue 81, 2023, pp20-28.AI Carbon Footprint:We're getting a better idea of AI's true carbon footprint, MIT Technology Review, 2022.Human Rights Issues in AI Industry:Open AI Used Kenyan Workers ... To Make ChatGPT Less Toxic, TIME, 2023.Writers Response Project Anthologies:Where the Ink Falls, edited by Rachel Robertson, published by John Curtin Gallery, 2022.25 for 25: Curtin Writers Respond, edited by Rachel Robertson, published by John Curtin Gallery, 2023. Available in hard copy at the John Curtin Gallery, and available soon on Issuu.Podcast Links:Explore more episodes on creativity and generative AI: Word & Image Podcast.Connect with our guestsRachel RobertsonAssociate Professor, Curtin School of Media, Creative Arts and Social InquiryStaff profileWebsiteAssociate Professor Rachel Robertson teaches and supervises in Professional Writing and Publishing and Creative Writing in the School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry at Curtin University. She has a BA (Honours) and MPhil from UWA and a PhD from Curtin University. Her memoir, Reaching One Thousand: a story of love, motherhood and autism, was published by Black Inc in 2012 and re-issued in 2018. She is editor or co-editor of seven other scholarly or creative books including recent titles Where the Ink Falls (2022) and 25 for 25 (2023). Her creative nonfiction and essays have been published in outlets such as Griffith Review, Island, Best Australian Essays, Australian Book Review and Westerly.Susanna CastledenAssociate Professor in the School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry; Dean of Research in the Faculty of HumanitiesAs Dean of Research in the Faculty of Humanities at Curtin University, Susanna is responsible for supporting and promoting researchers in the School of Education, the School of Media Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, and the School of Design and Built Environment. Susanna is a multi-award-winning artist and educator and has exhibited continuously throughout her career. She has participated over 30 solo and group exhibitions, and her artworks are held in more than 20 major collections across Australia, including the National Gallery of Australia and The Art Gallery of WA.  Susanna's creative practice, predominantly in printmaking and drawing, includes large-scale projects that bring together ideas of mobility and proximity, often seeking to reveal alternate ways of encountering and understanding movement. LinkedInStaff profileWebsiteJoin Curtin UniversityThis podcast is brought to you by Curtin University. Curtin is a global university known for its commitment to making positive change happen through high-impact research, strong industry partnerships and practical teaching.Work with usStudy a research degreeStart postgraduate educationGot any questions, or suggestions for future topics?Email thefutureof@curtin.edu.auSocial mediaX (Twitter)FacebookInstagramYouTubeLinkedInTranscriptRead the transcript Behind the scenesHost: David KarstenContent creator: Yvette TullochProducer and Recordist: Emilia JolakoskaSocial Media: Amy HoskingExecutive Producers: Anita Shore and Matthew SykesFirst Nations AcknowledgementCurtin University acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which Curtin Perth is located, the Whadjuk people of the Nyungar Nation, and on Curtin Kalgoorlie, the Wongutha people of the North-Eastern Goldfields; and the First Nations peoples on all Curtin locations.MusicOKAY by 13ounce Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 Music promoted by Audio Library.Curtin University supports academic freedom of speech. The views expressed in The Future Of podcast may not reflect those of Curtin University.

Jo Bolam chats with Gabbie Stroud, a freelance writer, novelist and former teacher who lives in Merrimbula, on the NSW South Coast.  Gabbie has been writing about the issues facing teachers  in our schools for some time and her 2016 essay, Teaching Australia in the Griffith Review was shortlisted for a Walkley Award. Her latest work is a novel about a school, its teachers, students and families called: The Things That Matter Most .

To open the Wheeler Centre's 2023 Spring Fling series, six Australian cultural icons took to the stage at Melbourne Town Hall for an intimate evening of storytelling, reflecting on the moments that shaped them and called upon them to–go above and beyond in their careers, personal lives and creative endeavours. Hosted by Patricia Karvelas, the line-up of special guests included writer and disability activist Hannah Diviney, tennis champion Jelena Dokic, award-winning author Melissa Lucashenko, prominent campaigner for the Voice to Parliament Thomas Mayo, and Zimbabwean-Australian singer, actor and writer Rufaro Zimbudzi, followed by a very special musical performance by celebrated singer-songwriter Emma Donovan. The following reflection on the theme Above and Beyond was shared on Opening Night by proud Kaurareg Aboriginal and Kalkalgal, Erubamle Torres Strait Islander man, Thomas Mayo. Thomas is the National Indigenous Officer of the MUA. He is a signatory of the Uluru Statement from the Heart and has been a leading advocate since its inception in May 2017. He is the Chairperson of the Northern Territory Indigenous Labor Network, advises the Diversity Council of Australia and the From the Heart campaign, and is an executive member of the Northern Territory Trades and Labour Council. Thomas has previously written five books published by Hardie Grant, and has articles and essays published in The Guardian, Griffith Review and Sydney Morning Herald. This event was recorded on Wednesday 4 October 2023 at Melbourne Town Hall. Featured music is Different Days by Chill Cole.Spring Fling is proudly supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, and is supported through the Melbourne City Revitalisation Fund. Special thanks to official bookseller Readings and accommodation partner The Sofitel.  Support the Wheeler Centre: https://www.wheelercentre.com/support-us/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Jacinta and Lachlan chat with author and podcaster Ashley Kalagian Blunt. The trio chat about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, co-occurring mental health challenges and the lengths Ashley has reached to avoid going outside in the dark.    About our guest Ashley Kalagian Blunt is the bestselling author of Dark Mode, a psychological thriller. Her previous books are How to Be Australian (2020), a memoir, and My Name Is Revenge (2019), a thriller novella and collected essays. My Name is Revenge was shortlisted for the 2019 Woollahra Digital Literary Awards and was a finalist in the 2018 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award. Her writing appears in Griffith Review, Sydney Review of Books, Overland, Australian Book Review, The Sydney Morning Herald, Openbook, Kill Your Darlings, and more.  Ashley is an award-winning speaker and has appeared at Sydney Writers' Festival, Brisbane Writers' Festival, Story Club and more, and is a Moth StorySLAM winner. She is the co-host of James and Ashley Stay at Home, a podcast about writing, creativity and health, and was a judge in the 2020 Writing NSW Varuna Fellowship. She also teaches a range of creative writing courses and mentors emerging writers. She has a decade of experience in teaching and curriculum design, working with children and adults, and has a Master of Research in creative writing. Before moving to Australia, Ashley lived and worked in Canada, South Korea, Peru and Mexico. In 2022, Ashley was an artist in residence at Bundanon, and on fellowship at KSP Writers' Centre. Her Armenian travel memoir was shortlisted for the 2018 Impress Prize for New Writers and the 2017 Kill Your Darlings Unpublished Manuscript Award, and received a 2015 Varuna PIP residency.   Episode partner     Representations & resources   You can purchase all of these book titles and more from your local independent bookseller or Booktopia. Please note by purchasing through these Booktopia partner links we are provided a small commission which allows us to continue to provide the podcast at no cost to our audience.    About the podcast Differently Brained shares the opinions of individuals and does not consider your personal circumstances. Differently Brained exists purely for information purposes and should not be relied on as health or medical advice. Because no brain is the same, please consult your healthcare professional for your personal medical needs. The Differently Brained team acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands on which we record, edit and stream this podcast. We pay our respects to all First Nations peoples and their Elders part, present and emerging. We extend that respect to all First Nations cultures and their ongoing connection to the lands, waterways and communities.

Briohny Doyle writes extraordinary fiction. Echolalia was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award in 2021, and in 2023 she released Why We Are Here. Briohny is a lecturer in creative writing at The University of Sydney and a former Fulbright scholar, and her writing also appears in The Monthly, The Guardian, Meanjin, The Griffith Review, and The Age. Read the transcript for this interview here.  About The Garret: Writers and the publishing industry Follow The Garret on Twitter and Instagram, or follow our host Astrid Edwards on Twitter or Instagram.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Travel back to February 2023 for this interview with Henry and Carody Culver, the editor of Griffith Review. Carody was a contributing editor for Peppermint magazine and has written for publications including Kill Your Darlings, The Lifted Brow and Books+Publishing. This conversation was originally broadcast on 97.7FM Casey Radio in February 2023. Produced by Rob Kelly.

Robyn Archer AO FAHA is a singer, writer, artistic director and public advocate for the arts. Winner of the Helpmann Award for Best Cabaret Performer 2013 and named Cabaret Icon at the 2016 Adelaide Cabaret Festival, she currently performs highly acclaimed recitals of French (Que Reste-t'Il) , German (Dancing on the Volcano) and American (The Other Great American Songbook) song, wrote and directed The Sound of Falling Stars (2017/18) and released her album Classic Cabaret Rarities in 2019.  In July 2022 Robyn premiered Robyn Archer: an Australian Songbook with a two-week season for Queensland Theatre. Working with long term accordionist George Butrumlis, actor and guitarist Cameron Goodall and pianist Enio Pozzebon the show was an audience and critical success and will tour in 2023. Robyn is recognised internationally for her expertise in the repertoire of the Weimar Republic (Brecht and his musical collaborators and others from 1920s and 30s Germany) which she has been performing through Australia and worldwide since the 1970s, including at the National Theatre, London in 1977, in Hong Kong, Honolulu, and at the Brecht Festival in Augsburg.  Her many other stage successes include The Seven Deadly Sins which opened the Space in 1974, and one-woman shows A Star is Torn (through Australia and at Wyndham's in London's West End for a year) and Tonight Lola Blau both at the Adelaide Festival Centre. She has written and had produced, plays including Il Magnifico, Poor Joanna (with poet Judith Rodriguez), and Architektin; plays with music including Songs from Sideshow Alley, Café Fledermaus and The Bridge; and devised cabarets featuring her own songs and writing such as The Pack of Women, Scandals and Cut and Thrust.  Robyn has published numerous books from The Robyn Archer Songbook to Mrs Bottle's Burp and Detritus (a collection of her public speeches) as well as writing for the Griffith Review and the Australian Book Review. Among her many awards, including the ABR Laureate, the Dame Elisabeth Murdoch Cultural Leadership Award, the SA Premier's Lifetime Achievement Award, the International Society for Performing Arts' International Achievement Award and an ARIA Award for Best Soundtrack (The Pack of Women), the 2018 Adelaide Festival of Ideas Dedication recognised Robyn for her contribution to the world of ideas and public life. In the same year she also received the JC Williamson Centenary Lifetime Achievement Award. Robyn is an Officer of the Order of Australia, Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France), Officer of the Crown (Belgium), Honorary Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and has Honorary Doctorates from the Universities of Sydney and Adelaide as well as Flinders, Canberra and Griffith Universities and the University of South Australia.  Robyn Archer - An Australian Songbook - commences a National Tour - kicking off in Melbourne tonight playing …. June 12th & 13th - Victorian Arts CentreAdelaide Cabaret Festival - June 17th and 18thCanberra - July 7th and 8th - Canberra Arts CentreDarwin - August 19th and 20th - Darwin Entertainment CentreSydney - October 18 to 29 - Belvoir TheatreHobart - November 3rd and 4th - Theatre RoyalA journey through Australian music that spans 150 years, from convict lament to Kate Miller Heidke and First Nations songwriters, Robyn explores the unique sound of our country with a repertoire full of passion, politics, landscape and laughter. The STAGES podcast is available to access and subscribe from Spotify and Apple podcasts. Or from wherever you access your favourite podcasts. A conversation with creatives about craft and career. Follow socials on instagram (stagespodcast) and facebook (Stages).www.stagespodcast.com.au

After last episode's recording fail, there's a lot to discuss! Kate's dipping her toe into TIKTOK, Katherine's reading a LOT of uplifting fiction/non-fiction, plus the hosts talk debut author experiences -- have things changed since their books came out?  This episode the featured book is brought to you by BFredericksPR and Gregory Ladner.  Gregory Ladner is one of Australia's most enduring fashion designers, with a career spanning over four decades across Australia, Europe, and Asia. From humble beginnings designing outfits and dressing his teddy, to studying fashion at university, Gregory has worked as an Australian couturier, for legendary Melbourne institute Le Louvre and as an international designer who once worked in Hong Kong. Gregory was the creator and designer of the hugely successful fashion accessory company, Gregory Ladner, which is still available in major department stores around the country. We're delighted to talk to Gregory about his memoir A Boy and his Bear.  Gregory has a number of events coming up including:  BRISBANE WRITERS FESTIVAL: May 10th, panel event called Best Dressed, with Deni Todorovic (Love This for You) moderated by Carody Culver of the Griffith Review. Book here.  May 11th, panel even called Funny About That with Sita Walker (The God of No Good) Siang Lu (The Whitewash)and Alexandra Collier (Inconceivable) moderator Jonaton O'Brien. Book here. BOOK LAUNCH & SOLO EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS BY FASHION DESIGNER GREGOR LADNER  Friday 12 May, 6 – 8pm GalleryOne93, 93 Poinciana Ave, Tewantin, Queensland More information here (GalleryOne93)  More information here (Annie's Books) Fundraising event in support of The Children's Hospital Foundation, Queensland. Things the hosts discuss:   Kate's experiments with TIKTOK. Listeners! Tell us about your TIKTOK experiences!  Bookpeople gift card via article from Books and Publishing   Avid Reader book subscriptions  Molly's Cottage book boxes (see Insta)  The Little Book Room bookclubs for children  (they also do subscriptions)  'When do I earn out?' (Publishing calculator) - developed by Hana Lee via article by Australian Society for Authors (ASA)  Inconceivable by Ally Collier   'Bookseller Survey Finds Debut Authors Struggle with Lack of Support' (article)   2022 National Book Survey of Australian Authors Amie Kaufman's brand new YA fantasy Isle of the Gods! Amie's excellent substack and podcast. Royals by Tegan Bennett Daylight.  Michelle Prak's The Rush  Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld  Prettier if She Smiled More by Toni Jordan  Pardon my French by Rachel Mogan McIntosh The Dressmakersof Yarrandarrah Prison by Meredith Jaffe   This interview with Anna Kendrick on Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard (you can only listen on Spotify)  Beef Dance moms Check out show notes for this episode on our website www.thefirsttimepodcast.com or get in touch via Twitter (@thefirsttimepod) or Instagram (@thefirsttimepod). You can support us and the making of Season Six via our Patreon page. Thanks for joining us!

ASHLEY KALAGIAN BLUNT chats to Paul Burke about her latest novel DARK MODE, the Armenian Genocide, screaming plants, the dark web, stalking and living in Australia.DARK MODE A riveting psychological thriller drawn from true events, Dark Mode delves into the terrifying reality of the dark web, and the price we pay for surrendering our privacy one click at a time.Is it paranoia – or is someone watching? For years, Reagan Carsen has kept her life offline. No socials. No internet presence. No photos. Safe. Until the day she stumbles on a shocking murder in a Sydney laneway. The victim looks just like her.Coincidence? As more murders shake the city and she's increasingly drawn out from hiding, Reagan is forced to confront her greatest fear.She's been found.Ashley Kalagian Blunt is the author of How to Be Australian and My Name Is Revenge, which was shortlisted for the 2019 Woollahra Digital Literary Awards and was a finalist in the 2018 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award. Her writing appears in the Sydney Morning Herald, Overland, Griffith Review, Sydney Review of Books, Australian Book Review, Kill Your Darlings and more. Ashley teaches creative writing and co-hosts James and Ashley Stay at Home, a podcast about writing, creativity and health. Originally from Canada, she has lived and worked in South Korea, Peru and Mexico. RecommendationsLaura Bates Men Who Hate Women Juan Gómez-Jurado Red QueenProduced by Junkyard DogMusic courtesy of Southgate and LeighCrime TimePaul Burke writes for Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network. He is also a CWA Historical Dagger Judge 2022 .Produced by Junkyard DogMusic courtesy of Southgate and LeighCrime TimeCrime Time FM is the official podcast ofGwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023CrimeFest 2023&CWA Daggers 2023

Edwina Preston is a Melbourne-based writer and musician. Preston is the author of a biography of Australian artist Howard Arkley, Not Just a Suburban Boy (2002), the novel The Inheritance of Ivorie Hammer (2012), and the novel Bad Art Mother (2022). Her writing and reviews have appeared in The Age, The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, Heat, Island, Griffith Review and The Conversation. Read the transcript for this interview here.

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In this second conversation of Series Thirteen, we talk with Thomas Mayo, National Indigenous Officer of the MUA, a lead campaigner for the Uluru Statement proposal for a constitutionally enshrined First Nations Voice, and the author of Dear Son – Letters and Reflections from First Nations Fathers and Sons. Thomas Mayo is a Kaurareg Aboriginal and Kalkalgal, Erubamle Torres Strait Islander man. Thomas is a signatory of the Uluru Statement from the Heart and has been a leading advocate since its inception in May 2017. He is the Chairperson of the Northern Territory Indigenous Labor Network, advises the Diversity Council of Australia and the From the Heart campaign, and is an executive member of the Northern Territory Trades and Labour Council. Thomas is the author of four books, and has articles and essays published in The Guardian, Griffith Review and Sydney Morning Herald. The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions, supported by a School for tomorrow (aschoolfortomorrow.com), and powered by CIRCLE. The podcast is hosted on SoundCloud and distributed through Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Apple Podcasts. Please subscribe and tell your friends you like what you are hearing. You can contact us at learn@circle.education, on Twitter and Instagram via @GameChangersPC, and you can also connect with Phil and Adriano via LinkedIn and Twitter. Let's go!

The Final Draft 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. Shirley Le is a Vietnamese-Australian writer from Yagoona. She is a Creative Producer at Sweatshop: Western Sydney Literacy Movement. Shirley's writing has been published in Kill Your Darlings, The Griffith Review, Meanjin and several Sweatshop anthologies. My old bio used to say (Shirley is currently working on her debut novel with Affirm Press.) but now it's out and we are talking about Funny Ethnics Sylvia has just dropped a bombshell on her parents; she's dropping law to focus on her writing. It's a blow few parents are equipped to take and Sylvia's parents are only too quick to remind her of their struggles fleeing Vietnam for a better life in Australia. As Sylvia's father points out the perilous future awaiting artists (he's not quite so polite in his phrasing) Syliva takes us on a trip through her life and the perennial clash between her dreams and the expectations of her family and community. 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/ 

Today I've got a terrific Sydney novel… Shirley Le is a Vietnamese-Australian writer from Yagoona. She is a Creative Producer at Sweatshop: Western Sydney Literacy Movement. Shirley's writing has been published in Kill Your Darlings, The Griffith Review, Meanjin and several Sweatshop anthologies. My old bio used to say (Shirley is currently working on her debut novel with Affirm Press.) but now it's out and we are talking about Funny Ethnics Funny Ethnics opens with Sylvia Nguyen dropping a bombshell on her parents; she's dropping out of law school to focus on her writing. It's a blow few parents are equipped to take and Sylvia's parents are no exception. Sylvia has prepared a speech in English and Vietnamese to reassure them she is not turning her back on her culture, but they are prepared to point out her mistakes bilingually. Sylvia's dilemma is one faced by many second generation children of migrants. Somehow though, knowing that she is well supported amongst the diaspora populations of Western Sydney is small consolation as Sylvia tries to live with her feet in both worlds. When I spoke with Shirley about Funny Ethnics she described Sylvia's story as occupying the hyphen between Vietnamese and Australian. While Sylvia's parents are only too quick to remind her of their struggles fleeing Vietnam for a better life in Australia, Sylvia can only fight against her own struggles. And that means facing the stifling boredom that comes with academic excellence whilst leaning towards her creative impulses. Sylvia's father is quick to point out the perilous future awaiting artists and Le shows us a world where a creative young person might win literary awards or stand on stage performing self loathing comedy. The novel shifts us back and forth throughout Sylvia's young life. We travel from public school to private high school. From bizarre tutoring experiences to the kaleidoscopic reality of university cliques. Through Sylvia, Le shows us the wildly discordant reality of Sydney with its Fried Chicken Line seemingly splitting the city. While Sylvia knows where she comes from she also understands that everyone she meets will see that place with different eyes. The racism that isn't supposed to exist dogs Sylvia's growth as she struggles with location, body image and culture. All are battlegrounds between the identity her family has raised her in and the world where she is growing up. This is a world of bricks wrapped in PAuline Hanson headlines hurled through windows and people nominally paying lip service to cultural diversity as they window shop at the buffet of cultural appropriation. Through all this we see Sylvia finding her voice and noting that amongst the fraught is the bizarre, and the injustice sometimes comes with a side of the sardonic.  I got a lot out of Funny Ethnics because it showed me the familiar through new eyes and allowed me to rediscover Sydney in ways I probably should have been paying attention to before now Funny Ethnics - Event Launch  09 Mar, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm (with Benjamin Law) Better Read Than Dead, 265 King St, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia Loved this review? You can get more books, writing and literary culture every week on the Final Draft Great Conversations podcast. Hear interviews with authors and discover your next favourite read! Book Club 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/ 

Join Henry and Carody Culver, the editor of Griffith Review. This conversation was originally broadcast on 97.7FM Casey Radio in February 2023. Executive Producer: Rob Kelly.

Guest host Meredith Jaffé chats to Kylie Ladd about her new novel I'll Leave You With This. Kyle is the author of seven novels, a psychologist and freelance writer. Her novels have been published in Australia and overseas, and The Way Back, has been optioned for film. She has also co-edited and co-authored two non-fiction books, and her essays and articles have been published in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, Griffith Review, Meanjin, O Magazine, Good Medicine, Kill Your Darlings and Reader's Digest, amongst others. Kylie holds a PhD in neuropsychology and lives in Melbourne with her husband and two children. Meredith Jaffé is the author of four novels for adults— The Tricky Art of Forgiveness (2022), The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison (2021), The Making of Christina (2017) and The Fence (2016.) Her bestselling novel, The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison, was voted in the 2021 Booktopia Favourite Australian Book Award Top 50 and the 2022 Better Reading Top 100. She also writes for children. She regularly facilitates at writers' festivals and other author events. Previously, she wrote the weekly literary column for the online women's magazine The Hoopla. Her feature articles, reviews, and opinion pieces have also appeared in the Guardian Australia, The Huffington Post, and Mamamia. Grab your favourite beverage and join Meredith and Kylie on the Writes4women Convo Couch.   SHOW NOTES: Writes4Women www.writes4women.com Facebook @writes4women Twitter / Instagram @w4wpodcast   W4W Patreon https://www.writes4women.com/support-us-on-patreon   Kylie Ladd Website : click here Facebook: click here Instagram: click here Buy Ill Leave You with this here   Meredith Jaffé Website : click here Facebook: click here Instagram: click here Storyfest: click here   Pamela Cook www.pamelacook.com.au Facebook: click here Twitter: click here  Instagram: click here     This episode produced by Pamela Cook for Writes4Women.        Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/writes4women?fan_landing=trueSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, this conversation is a snippet of a larger discussion that I had with Gabbie Stroud. Gabbie is a former teacher and now spends time writing books about teaching and education. Some of her works include Teacher, Dear Parents and an article in the Griffith Review titled “Fixing the System.” In this discussion, we talked about the power of little, moments with students and what really matters.  The link to the whole episode is here: https://apple.co/3WpUW8v The Art of Teaching Podcast resources:  Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/artofteaching Here is the link to the show notes: https://theartofteachingpodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theartofteachingpodcast/

In this episode, Main Bhi Muslim's producer and host, Mariyam Haider, speaks with journalist, playwright and award-winning author, Annie Zaidi. Annie has written several books including: City of Incident; Prelude to a Riot; and Bread, Cement, Cactus: A Memoir of Belonging and Dislocation. She is also the editor of Unbound: 2000 Years of Indian Women's Writing.In this episode, we discuss Bread, Cement, Cactus which is her journey to answering questions around her identity and belonging to her home country, the name she carries and the life she has lived. She investigates the vestiges of memories that have shaped her life in India, the homes she's lived in, her relationships with certain family members, friends and those she interacted with and observed over the course of living with this question. She makes acute observations about how the Indian state influences who belongs where depending on their status and location in the society. Chapter by chapter, Annie invokes the idea of belonging, displacement, migration and movement not just for herself, but millions of Indians, especially those on the margins or living as minorities. Bread, Cement, Cactus is a formidable read and asks deeper questions with eloquence, leading to some answers for the readers themselves. Episode Notes* Selected books written by Annie Zaidi* Bread, Cement, Cactus: A memoir of belonging and dislocation* Prelude To A Riot * City of Incident: A Novel in Twelve Parts* Srikrishna Commission* Annie Zaidi's Blog More about Annie Zaidi (republished with permission by the author): Annie's other published works include the novella Gulab; a collection of short stories Love Stories # 1 to 14; and a collection of essays Known Turf: Bantering with Bandits and Other True Tales. She is the co-author of The Good Indian Girl (with Smriti Ravindra) and a short book of illustrated poems Crush (with Gynelle Alves).Annie received the Tata Literature Live Award for fiction (2020) for Prelude to a Riot, which was also shortlisted for the JCB prize the same year, and the Nine Dots Prize (2019) for her essay Bread, Cement, Cactus. She won The Hindu Playwright Award (2018) for her script Untitled 1 and her radio script ‘Jam' was named regional (South Asia) winner for the BBC's International Playwriting Competition (2011). Her work has appeared in several anthologies and literary journals including The Griffith Review, The Aleph Review, The Massachusetts Review, The Charles River Journal, The Missing Slate and Out of Print. She has also written and directed several short films and the documentary film, In her words: The journey of Indian women.Visual identity design by Sunakshi Nigam || Music by Jupneet SinghThanks for listening to Main Bhi Muslim. Do subscribe for free to receive new episodes and support this work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mainbhimuslim.com

Nicole talks to the new editor of Griffith Review, Dr Carody Culver about Griffith Review 78,  A Matter of Taste, which provides a feast of essays, memoir, reportage and fiction about what we eat and why. They discuss brilliant pieces by food writer Kate Gibbs (grand-daughter of Margaret Fulton) on the joys and future of cookbooks, historian Yves Rees on the milk wars and their origin, writer Laura Elvery on what happens when a food name is no longer appropriate and the backlash a name change can provoke (think Coon cheese) and the passion of Nornie Bero, First Nations owner of renowned Melbourne Mabu Mabu restaurant , for native produce and how it can connect us to our land. SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicoleabadee Griffith Review Issue # 78 "A Matter of Taste" Website: https://www.griffithreview.com Facebook: @griffithreview Twitter: @GriffithReview Instagram: @griffithreviewSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If we are what we eat, then who are we in the twenty-first century? Whether in our home kitchens, at the hottest new restaurant, in a bestselling cookbook, or on a fast-paced reality TV show, the ways we consume food and the narratives surrounding cuisine are inextricably linked to our cultural histories and personal identities. Over a seasonal shared lunch prepared with Indigenous Australian ingredients, a panel of culinary superstars met at Big Esso to discuss their approaches to cooking and sharing food, and the intersections and impact of multiculturalism, immigration and First Nations cuisine on Australian food culture. Inspired by Griffith Review 78: A Matter of Taste, the event featured Mabu Mabu owner and head chef Nornie Bero and award-winning author and broadcaster Alice Zaslavsky with host Jaclyn Crupi. This event was recorded on Friday 4 Nov 2022 as part of the Wheeler Centre's Spring Fling: A Short Series of Big Ideas program. Presented in partnership with Griffith Review and Blak & Bright. Featured music is In a Little While by Lofive.Support the Wheeler Centre: https://www.wheelercentre.com/support-us/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kate is home and insufferably glowy after her residency, handing in her MS and the fabulous Verb Wellington festival. Katherine is 'very happy for her.' Lots of mentions this ep, including:  Verb Wellington Bad Diaries Salon Meeting Behrouz Boochani - author of No Friend but the Mountains and his new book Freedom, Only Freedom Esther Perel in Where Should We Begin. Heather Rose - Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here Nagi Maehashi - RecipeTin Eats Dinner Allen C Jones - Her Death Was Also Water Coco Solid - How to Loiter in a Turf War Dr Hinemoa Elder - Wawata, Moon Dreaming Kate de Goldi - Eddy, Eddy The Mysterious Bendict Society Katherine is speaking with Allen C Jones at Eltham Bookshop, Nov Thursday 17th. 6.30pm about his new novel Her Death Was Also Water. Kate will be in Sydney for Writing NSW Talking the Talk Wed 23rd November. 6.30pm. Bookings here. This episode our featured book segment is brought to you by Harlequin and we are delighted to be talking to Anna Snoekstra about her new novel OUT OF BREATH.  Anna Snoekstra is an award-winning author and screenwriter who lives in Naarm/Melbourne. She is the author of Only Daughter, Little Secrets and The Spite Game. Her novels have been published in over twenty countries and sixteen languages. She has written for The Guardian, Meanjin and LitHub and had short fiction published in The Saturday Paper and The Griffith Review. Her new novel Out of Breath is out now. Her first audio drama, This Isn't Happening, is out with Audible early 2023. Check out show notes for this episode on our website www.thefirsttimepodcast.com or get in touch via Twitter (@thefirsttimepod) or Instagram (@thefirsttimepod). Don't forget you can support us and the making of Season Five via our Patreon page. Thanks for joining us!

In this edition of Griffith Review, which is produced in partnership with the Australian Antarctic Division, Ashley and Nicole discuss all things Antarctic –Australia's role there, the fascinating million-year ice core project, the terrifying impact of climate change on the fragile Antarctic eco-systems and the melting of the ice sheets. SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicoleabadee Griffith Review Issue # 75 "Learning Curves" Website: https://www.griffithreview.com/editions/escape-routes/ Facebook: @griffithreview Twitter: @GriffithReview Instagram: @griffithreviewSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

‘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

What might a reckoning between Black and white Australia look like? Many of the brilliant contributors to Griffith Review 76, “Acts of Reckoning”, such as Professor Megan Davis, leading scholar Teela Reid and Senator Patrick Dodson, argue that it starts with all of us embracing the generous invitation from Indigenous people in the Uluru Statement From the Heart to walk together towards a better future, one that begins with a constitutionally enshrined Voice to Parliament, then moves towards Treaty and Truth-telling. Others write powerfully about the need for fundamental changes to the criminal justice system which incarcerates so many young Indigenous people, and the importance of owning our violent past. In this conversation  Ashley Hay speaks with power and conviction of what we can all do to make change happen. SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicoleabadee Griffith Review Issue # 75 "Learning Curves" Website: https://www.griffithreview.com/editions/escape-routes/ Facebook: @griffithreview Twitter: @GriffithReview Instagram: @griffithreviewSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Winnie Dunn is the editor of and Amani Haydar is a contributor to 'Another Australia'. Winnie is the General Manager of Western Sydney based literacy movement, Sweatshop. She is a writer of Tongan descent from Mount Druitt, and her work has been published in the Sydney Review of Books, Griffith Review, Meanjin, SBS Voices, The Guardian, Huffington Post, Southerly and Cordite.  Amani is an artist, lawyer, and advocate for women's health and safety based in Western Sydney. Her memoir, The Mother Wound, received theVictorian Premier's Literary Award for Non-fiction and the Matt Richell Award for new Writer of the Year, among many other short- and long-listings. Amani's writing and illustrations have been published in ABC News Online and SBS Life and her self-portrait Insert Headline Here was a finalist in the 2018 Archibald Prize. Winnie previously appeared on The Garret in late 2021, as did Amani in mid 2021.  About The Garret Read the transcript of this interview at thegarretpodcast.com. You can also follow The Garret on Twitter and Instagram, or follow our host Astrid Edwards on Twitter or Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Henry talks with the editor of Griffith Review 76: Acts of Reckoning, Ashley Hay. This conversation was originally broadcast on 3SER's 97.7FM Casey Radio in May, 2022. It was produced by Rob Kelly.

Julianne Schultz is a journalist and the author of several books,including The Idea of Australia, Reviving the Fourth Estate and Steel City Blues. She is the Chair of The Conversation and Professor Emeritus of Media and Culture at Griffith's Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research. Julianne was the publisher and founding editor of Griffith Review. She has served on the board of directors of the ABC, Grattan Institute and Copyright Agency, and chaired the Australian Film TV and Radio School, Queensland Design Council and National Cultural Policy Reference Group. About The Garret Read the transcript of this interview at thegarretpodcast.com. You can also follow The Garret on Twitter and Instagram, or follow our host Astrid Edwards on Twitter or Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ten years have passed since the landmark Gonski Review found the performance of Australian students had declined, across the board, compared to international benchmarks. What has happened since Gonski? What makes for a good & equitable education system? Why are so many teachers demoralised and leaving the profession? Paul Barclay spoke to a Finnish education expert, and a former primary school teacher.

Ten years have passed since the landmark Gonski Review found the performance of Australian students had declined, across the board, compared to international benchmarks. What has happened since Gonski? What makes for a good & equitable education system? Why are so many teachers demoralised and leaving the profession? Paul Barclay spoke to a Finnish education expert, and a former primary school teacher.

Academic, writer, journalist and editor Julianne Schultz's book The Idea of Australia takes looks at what her country represents. She asks some critical questions including : What defines the soul of the nation? Is it an egalitarian, generous, outward-looking country? Or is Australia a nation that has retreated into silence and denial about the past and become selfish, greedy, and insular? Julianne Schultz is an emeritus professor of media and culture from Queensland's Griffith University , and the publisher and founding editor of the Griffith Review.

Nicole talks to Griffith Review Editor, Ashley Hay, about he incredible works and writers in Griffith Review issue #75 - Learning Curves, all about education. "From preschool to postgrad, from private to public, and from sandstone to the school of life, what do the parameters of our educational experiences add up to? What does a good education look like in a country with an increasingly segregated school system, public funding for private institutions, and a tertiary sector that’s facing an uncertain financial and philosophical future?" Featuring new work by Raewyn Connell, Bri Lee, Andrew Leigh, Melanie Myers, Pasi Sahlberg, Gabbie Stroudand Miriam Sved, among many others. SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicoleabadee Griffith Review Issue # 75 "Learning Curves" Website: https://www.griffithreview.com/editions/escape-routes/ Facebook: @griffithreview Twitter: @GriffithReview Instagram: @griffithreviewSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lech Blaine is the author of the memoir 'Car Crash' and the Quarterly Essay ‘Top Blokes'. Here, he speaks to James and Ashley about the challenge of writing and releasing these two publications back to back during the pandemic, and the burnout that followed. He also discusses the epiphanies that writing a memoir can bring and the emotional toll of sharing so much vulnerability with readers.  His writing has appeared in The Monthly, Guardian Australia, The Best Australian Essays, Griffith Review, Kill Your Darlings and Meanjin. He was an inaugural recipient of a Griffith Review Queensland Writing Fellowship.  Learn more about Lech on his website, and buy a copy of 'Car Crash' and 'Top Blokes' from your local bookshop, Booktopia or wherever else books are sold.  Books and authors discussed in this episode: Cloudstreet by Tim Winton; Timeline by Michael Crichton; Sphere by Michael Crichton; Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton; State of Fear by Michael Crichton; Lee Child; John Grisham; Know My Name: A Memoir by Channel Miller Specky Magee by Felice Arena and Garry Lyon; Harry Potter by JK Rowling; Glory Gardens by Bob Cattell The Joy of Creative Writing – lunchtime workshop with Ashley: Tuesday 8 March, 12:15-1:15 pm AEDT, online via Zoom, tix $9-14 Whether you haven't written creatively since high school or you're the author of 12 books, this fun class will help you get your creativity flowing. Wherever you're at, this is the class for you. Through a series of short, timed writing exercises, we'll explore different ways to access the creative recesses of our minds and surprise ourselves! Get your ticket here. Get in touch! Ashley's website: ashleykalagianblunt.com Ashley's Twitter: @AKalagianBlunt Ashley's Instagram: @akalagianblunt James' website: jamesmckenziewatson.com James' Twitter: @JamesMcWatson James' Instagram: @jamesmcwatson

collected essays. My Name is Revenge was longlisted for 2020 Davitt Awards, shortlisted for the 2019 Woollahra Digital Literary Awards, and a finalist in the 2018 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award.Ashley's writing appears in Griffith Review, Sydney Review of Books, Overland, Australian Book Review, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian, the Big Issue, Openbook, Westerly, Kill Your Darlings, the Canberra Times, and more.She is the co-host of James and Ashley Stay at Home, a podcast about writing, creativity and health, and was a judge in the 2020 Writing NSW Varuna Fellowship.Her Armenian travel memoir was shortlisted for the 2018 Impress Prize for New Writers and the 2017 Kill Your Darlings Unpublished Manuscript Award, and received a 2015 Varuna PIP residency.Ashley is an award-winning speaker. She's appeared at Sydney Writers' Festival, Story Club and the National Young Writers' Festival, and is a Moth StorySLAM winner.She also teaches a range of creative writing courses and mentors emerging writers. She has a decade of experience in teaching and curriculum design, working with children and adults, and has a Master of Research in creative writing.Before moving to Australia, Ashley lived and worked in Canada, South Korea, Peru and Mexico.Find Ashley online at her Website or on Instagram and Twitter.Find Ashley's upcoming writing classes here.StoryGrid articleSpecial thanks to Petronella McGovern and Jen Pritchard for your questions this week.You can sign up for my newsletter at michellebarraclough.comThis podcast is recorded on the beautiful, unceded lands of the Garigal people of the Eora nation.Full show notes available at writersbookclubpodcast.com

Ashley Hay talks to Nicole about the incredible fiction and non-fiction pieces contained within Griffith Review Issue #74 "Escape Routes" SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicoleabadee Griffith Review Issue # 74 "Escape Routes" Website: https://www.griffithreview.com/editions/escape-routes/ Facebook: @griffithreview Twitter: @GriffithReview Instagram: @griffithreviewSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Griffith Review Episode 2: Ashley Hay on Griffith Review 73: Hey, Utopia! Ashley discusses the power of imagination to transform the world we live in - through art, a reckoning with Australia's colonial history, a meaningful response to climate change and a different approach to eradicating poverty - just to name a few ideas ...featuring talented writers such as Ellen Van Neerven, Nayuka Gorrie, Fiona Foley, Sarah Sentilles, Jane Gleeson-White, Hugh Possingham, Sally Breen and many, many more. SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast and @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Griffith Review Website: https://www.griffithreview.com Facebook: @griffithreview Twitter: @GriffithReview Instagram: @griffithreview See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ashley Hay discusses edition 72 of the Griffith Review, States of Mind. Ashley Hay’s aim with States of Mind was to give people different ways to have their own conversations about states of mind, stimulated by brilliant, thought-provoking essays, memoir and fiction. Edition 72 tackles subjects including the chronic neglect of mental healthcare in Australia, from the perspectives of both practitioners and patients, incorporating Indigenous learning into mainstream Australian psychology, the intersection between race and mental illness and the human rights of the mentally ill. This edition will enrich and confront, and provoke some important conversations around mental health in Australia. SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast and @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Griffith Review Website: https://www.griffithreview.com Facebook: @griffithreview Twitter: @GriffithReview Instagram: @griffithreview See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An introduction to the Books, Books, Books Griffith Review Series with Nicole Abadee and Dr Ashley Hay, editor of the Griffith Review. SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast and @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Griffith Review Website: https://www.griffithreview.com Facebook: @griffithreview Twitter: @GriffithReview Instagram: @griffithreviewSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week's episode is another very special chat with a passionate and inspiring educator, Gabbie Stroud. Gabbie is a former teacher and currently spends her time writing books about teaching and education. Some of her works include Teacher, Dear Parents and an article in the Griffith Review titled “Fixing the System.” In this wide-ranging discussion, we talk about the challenges that many teachers face, her decision to leave the profession and her advice to new teachers. She is honest, raw and hilarious. I hope that you enjoy this latest episode.   Gabbie: Twitter: @GJ_Stroud Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gabbiestroud/ Website: https://gabbiestroud.com   The Art of Teaching Podcast resources:  Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/artofteaching Here is the link to the show notes: https://theartofteachingpodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theartofteachingpodcast/   New Teacher Resources:  Website: https://imanewteacher.com/ Twitter: @Imanewteacher Instagram: @Imanewteacher