Podcasts about liminal magazine

Comedian Richard McKenzie returns to get a bit gothic as he, Liz and Ben head to Überwald to discuss The Fifth Elephant in the room...by which we mean the twenty-fourth Discworld novel, published in 1999. As Ankh-Morpork and its neighbours embrace modern semaphore technology, trouble is brewing among the dwarfs. A new Low King is soon to be crowned in Überwald - and not everyone is happy with the choice. The Patrician selects just the right "diplomat" for the job: the Duke of Ankh, Sir Samuel Vimes. He reluctantly agrees to face vampires, werewolves, Igors and dwarf politics in a place where his Watch badge holds no sway. He's not going alone - though Sergeant Detritus (a troll) and Corporal Cheery Littlebottom (the first openly female dwarf) are not likely to be popular with the traditional dwarfs of Überwald. Luckily he also has diplomatic attaché Inigo Skimmer, and his strongest ally: his wife, the Lady Sybil Ramkin... After exploring one vampire family from Überwald in Carpe Jugulum, Pratchett takes Sam Vimes out of his comfort zone and into the lands of the fabled fifth elephant, while making far fewer references to the Luc Besson film than you'd expect. With Carrot and Angua off on a B-plot, and Colon, Nobby and the rest of the Watch left behind in the C-plot, it's also a chance for background characters Detritus, Cheery and Lady Sybil to shine. The novel also expands on the culture of vampires, werewolves, Igors and especially dwarfs, building the foundations for many future novels. It's a great read for a Discworld fan - but would The Fifth Elephant make a confusing introduction to the series? Was this Sybil's finest hour, or were you left wanting more of her? Does a beloved character do a murder? If so, is it okay? And did Carrot really need to be there, or was he just a Gaspode enabling device? Tell us by using the hashtag #Pratchat40 on social media to join the conversation! Returning guest Richard McKenzie is hopefully back to hosting trivia twice a week, on Thursdays and Sundays, at the Cornish Arms on Sydney Road in Brunswick, Melbourne. He and Ben devised the Dungeons & Dragons themed impro comedy show Dungeon Crawl, which now usually appears at Melbourne games expo PAX Aus. He also appears in the lineup of ensemble comedy shows The Anarchist Guild Social Committee and Secondhand Cinema Club. A a quick reminder that you can order Collisions, the short story anthology from Liminal Magazine, from your local bookshop! It includes Liz's story "The Voyeur" and fifteen others. The link also has some online sources if you need 'em. Next time we're reading something very different: Pratchett's standalone, non-Discworld young adult novel from 2008, Nation! We'll be joined by educator Charlotte Pezaro. Send us your questions using the hashtag #Pratchat41, or get them in via email: chat@pratchatpodcast.com You'll find the full notes and errata for this episode on our web site.

Queerstories 2020 is a special series of the Queerstories podcast recorded during the lockdown months of 2020, featuring LGBTQI+ storytellers reflecting on the events of the year. As if the internet wasn’t already awash with enough flat earthers and people who think they’re aliens, 2020 brought us a whole new onslaught of religious fervour. These next two writers were inspired, this year, to delve into their own cult-ish connections. Michael Sun is the Culture Editor at Netflix ANZ via Junkee. This year, he is the Kill Your Darlings New Critic, where he writes a regular column blending memoir and criticism of queer work, and his freelance writing has appeared in The Guardian, The Monthly, Vice, ABC Arts, Overland, Liminal Magazine, and more. In his spare time, he’s a freelance graphic designer, he co-hosts the Saturday Lunch show on FBi Radio, and he’s a Board Member of Firstdraft Gallery. Ernest Price is a writer and former teacher. He works as the Education Officer at  the Victorian Association for the Teaching of English, with a focus on supporting the teaching of texts by diverse voices. His writing has been published in Overland. Ernest lives and works on the lands of the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin nation. Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For Queerstories event dates, follow Queerstories on Facebook. The Queerstories book is published by Hachette Australia, and can be purchased from your favourite independent bookseller or 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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Author Will Kostakis returns to face time travel, unexploded bombs and a tangle of timelines in the final Johnny Maxwell book, 1996's Johnny and the Bomb! When Johnny and his misfit friends look after homeless eccentric Mrs Tachyon's shopping trolley, they soon discover she has a complicated relationship with time. Johnny, Yo-less, Wobbler, Bigmac and Kirsty travel back to World War II, on the eve of the "Blackbury Blitz". Johnny knows bombs are meant to destroy Paradise Street - but can he and his friends do anything about it? Do they even have the right? And how will they get back ho- hang on. Where's Wobbler? Pratchett's first book focussing on time travel also touches on the worries of teenagers, local history, racism, sexism and the nature of fate and destiny. It might seem weighty for a children's book, but children think about this stuff all the time! Did you follow all the time travel shenanigans? How do you think Pratchett's handling of these issues compares to modern middle grade fiction - or even his own previous Johnny books? And if you could go back in time, would you try and change things for the better? Join the discussion using the hashtag #Pratchat37. Returning guest Will Kostakis is a writer and award-winning author. Since we last saw him in #Pratchat18, "Sundog Gazillionaire", he's published his first fantasy YA novel, Monuments, and its sequel, Rebel Gods. His new novella, The Greatest Hit, is out now from Lothian Children's Books as part of the Australia Reads initiative. Find out more about Will at willkostakis.com, or follow him on Twitter at @willkostakis. You can find the full show notes and errata for this episode on our web site. As mentioned at the end of this episode, the fiction anthology Collisions from Liminal Magazine is out now, featuring Liz's story "The Voyeur"! Order it from your local bookshop. And we also announced that the Australian Discworld Convention in Sydney has had to be postponed from 2021 to 2022. Find out more at ausdwcon.org. Next month we see out the year with a favourite, as we time travel about ten Discworld books ahead to meet Moist von Lipwig in Going Postal! We've invited two experts on con artistry to discuss it with us: writer and magician Nicholas J Johnson, and comedian and actor Lawrence Leung! Get your questions in via social media using the hashtag #Pratchat38.

Roaring 90's is a collection of stories from our community elders collected throughout 2018. This collection of stories features the memories of yesteryear; accounts of war, racism, technological triumph, assimilation and social change. Lois Griffiths was 94 when this interview was recorded. She shares her memories of the Second World War, the devastation it caused, and life thereafter. At just shy of 95, her memories of early life in South Perth are as fresh as ever. We thanks Lois for sharing her story. – COMING UP AT THE CENTRE FOR STORIES Liminal Workshop – July 12, 2019 Editor of Liminal Magazine, Leah Jing McIntosh, will be visiting the Centre for Stories in July. During her time here, she will present a day long workshop on starting a journal. This will pay attention to publication, photography, interviews, grants, events, and community. Drawing on her work with Liminal and its success in telling Asian Australian stories, Leah will be able to help local and emerging practitioners find creative ways to help them as editors, writers, and photographers. It is suitable for a wide range of people and will be a way for others to learn from a nationally recognised leader in the field. Tickets: https://centreforstories.com/event/liminal-workshop/

This week on Race Matters, Tanya chats to Emily Havea, a Sydney-based actor, singer and dancer who is currently starring in a one-woman play titled Grounded, at Parramatta's Riverside Theatre. They talk growing up Brown in white spaces, creative communities of colour and Brown Skin Girl, an incredible play from Sydney theatre collective Black Birds that Emily has written and starred in. You also hear from Leah Jing Mcintosh, the founder and editor of Liminal magazine, about the Liminal Fiction Prize: a creative writing prize for and judged by Australian writers of colour. Black Birds are doing another show this April. It's called Exhale and you can head here to find out more / buy tickets. Grab tickets to see Emily in the already widely acclaimed Grounded here. Find more information about the launch of Liminal's first print edition in Melbourne here. We also begin the show with a few words about the Christchurch terrorist attacks that Tanya shared earlier in the day, on Monday Arvos. If you have the means, the New Zealand Council of Victim Support Groups and the New Zealand Islamic Information Centre are both running funds to support the victims and their families.

This week we revisited the idea of self-care and what it REALLY means, with the help of Liminal Magazine editor Leah Jing McIntosh. We also took a look back at a past episode of Agenda to hear from Call Your Girlfriend's Amintou Sow for her thoughts on the topic. We also heard from our Auckland-based Agenda family member Natasha Matila-Smith with her segment Rough Idea, which explores arts practices and practitioners in New Zealand. Natasha spoke to Cora-Allan Wickliffe, a multidisciplinary artist of Māori and Niue descent. Cora-Allan is also a curator and a founding member of BC COLLECTIVE, which stands for Before Cook and Before Columbus. She spoke to Natasha this week about her journey of becoming a maker of Hiapo, a form of decorative Barkcloth from the South Pacific Island of Niue.

This week we chat all things Liminal Magazine, Asian-Australian voices and the power of autonomy in art. Liminal Magazine is an online publication that uses long form interviews between Asian-Australian creatives to share intimate truths about their multifaceted experiences of identity, creativity, sexuality and a myriad of other topics. We hear from with Linh Thùy Nguyễn, deputy editor of Liminal Magazine and Thanh Hằng Phạm who was featured on the publication in May.Thanh Hằng produced two radio documentaries, We Weren't Born Yesterday in 2015 and Remotely Intimate in 2016.  Black Smoke – Emily Warramara Photograph of Thanh Hằng Phạm by Leah Jing McIntosh