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Behrouz Boochani and Abdul Samad Haidari speak about their journeys as refugees, the systems which demonize asylum seekers as criminals, Manus Prison Theory and structural oppression, and the role of art, literature and storytelling in resistance an healing. Guest Profiles:Behrouz Boochani is a Kurdish-Iranian journalist, human rights defender, writer, film producer and research fellow at Canterbury University. He, along with Omid Tofighian, developed the Manus Prison Theory which is a framework to understand offshore detention facilities and how this system functions as a form of systemic violence and oppression against asylum seekers. Behrouz himself was detained at Manus Island for two years after its official closure in 2019 and his memoir, No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison, won the Victorian Prize for Literature and the Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction in January 2019.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/31/writing-from-manus-prison-a-scathing-critique-of-domination-and-oppressionAbdul Samad Haidari is journalist, poet and refugee advocate. From the Hazara community in Afghanistan, he was forced to flee Afghanistan on multiple occasions having spent his childhood as a refugee in Pakistan and Iran before returning. His journalism had a particular focus on women and children's rights, terrorist group actions, transparency and accountability in government, and the systematic persecution of minority groups in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. He spent 9 years in a refugee camp in Indonesia before making in to New Zealand. The podcast title "I am but more than a refugee" is an homage to one of the poems in his recent book. "The Unsent Condolences" https://abdulsamadhaidari.wixsite.com/site/booksSupport the showSupport us and reach out!https://smoothbrainsociety.comhttps://www.patreon.com/SmoothBrainSocietyInstagram: @thesmoothbrainsocietyTikTok: @thesmoothbrainsocietyTwitter/X: @SmoothBrainSocFacebook: @thesmoothbrainsocietyMerch and all other links: Linktreeemail: thesmoothbrainsociety@gmail.com
Exciting launch! Our very first Book Club show with Today Radio's Vanessa Phelan and Sarah Tapp. Every month we'll share recommendations and take on a new book, as voted by our readers. It all started with Sarah chatting about the wonderful interview she did with Dr. Susan Rogers on her tome about music cognition and cyberaustics: "This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You" And then the conversation took a book curve into what we're reading, what we've enjoyed over the past few months, and we thought it would be great to build a community around our love of books and reading. So here we are! We would love you to help build this community with ideas and recommendations. Each month we will try to bring recommendations and also include YOUR recommendations. You will have no doubt heard both of my colleagues on Today Radio as Sarah Tapp hosts The Hangover and Vanessa Phelan is a newsreader and contributing journalist for RTL Today. Here's a bit more about us... Well me you know about I guess as you're listening to the show. What's relevant and something I don't normally talk about is that I write and consult on children's science books for DK in the UK. You can find my books here. I love giving back to the science I once studied and with books, this is one avenue. I wrote the Mini Scientist series when my girls were tiny as I realised experimenting is our first language. Before words. Vanessa grew up in the States and moved to Luxembourg in 2017 after 12 years in Dublin. Aside from her work at RTL, Vanessa also works for a publisher of Irish language children's books. She is a lover of all kinds of fiction, whether mystery, romance, historical or just stories about people with messages and themes we can all relate to. She also loves to travel and so enjoys reading about far-flung and exotic places. Originally from Hawaii, Sarah studied Zen poetry in college and spent almost 15 years in Japan before relocating to Luxembourg in 2016. When she's not hosting The Hangover on Today Radio, Sarah is an avid reader who loves literary fiction, poetry, classics and memoir. Her unchecked obsession with One Direction fanfiction and inability to pronounce words correctly when reading aloud keep her from being an insufferable snob. Subscribe to the Podcast and get in touch! Please do subscribe to the podcast on Apple and / or Spotify. It would be great if you could rate and review too - helps others find us. Tune in on Today Radio Saturdays at 11am, Sundays at noon and Tuesdays at 10am. Vote on our next book We would really love you to vote on our next book! Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Milkman by Anna Burns Books mentioned on today's show We spoke about so many books on this show. Let us know what you think of them! This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You by Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry and other books by Fredrik Backman The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Olive Kitteridge and other books by Elizabeth Strout A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason Fanfiction (we recommend Archive of Our Own (AO3)) Yellowface by R.F. Kuang The Wife's Tale: A Personal History by Aida Edemariam Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling by Emer McLysaght & Sarah Breen The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts No Friend but the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison by Behrouz Boochani Chocolat and Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris Beach Read by Emily Henry (Sarah said “Book Lovers” but this is the one she meant!) The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd Hamnet and other books by Maggie O'Farrell Prophet Song by Paul Lynch My Policeman by Bethan Roberts Windswept & Interesting by Billy Connolly Memoirs and biographies of Victoria Beckham, Britney Spears, Elon Musk, Steve Jobs and Diana, Princess of Wales Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving by David Richo Milkman by Anna Burns Books mentioned on today's show We spoke about so many books on this show. Let us know what you think of them! This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You by Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry and other books by Fredrik Backman The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Olive Kitteridge and other books by Elizabeth Strout A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason Fanfiction (we recommend Archive of Our Own (AO3)) Yellowface by R.F. Kuang The Wife's Tale: A Personal History by Aida Edemariam Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling by Emer McLysaght & Sarah Breen The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts No Friend but the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison by Behrouz Boochani Chocolat and Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris Beach Read by Emily Henry (Sarah said “Book Lovers” but this is the one she meant!) The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd Hamnet and other books by Maggie O'Farrell Prophet Song by Paul Lynch My Policeman by Bethan Roberts Windswept & Interesting by Billy Connolly Memoirs and biographies of Victoria Beckham, Britney Spears, Elon Musk, Steve Jobs and Diana, Princess of Wales Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving by David Richo Milkman by Anna Burns
(00:44) Europa en het Australische vluchtelingenmodel Om asielzoekers te weren maakt Europa afspraken met landen in Afrika om vluchtelingen daar al tegen te houden. Dat model lijkt te zijn afgekeken van Australië, waar bootvluchtelingen jarenlang werden vastgehouden op afgelegen eilanden. Behrouz Boochani was één van hen. Tijdens zijn gevangenschap bracht hij in het geheim de verschrikkingen van het kamp via whatsapp naar buiten. Vier jaar geleden maakte de VPRO een audiobewerking van zijn boek: 'Berichten uit Manus Prison'. Zondag komt Boochani in Nederland, Edwin Koopman sprak met hem. (09:49) Japan verbiedt het stiekem maken van seksuele filmpjes Stiekem foto's en filmpjes maken onder iemands rok. Dat wordt ook wel upskirting of sluipfotografie genoemd. In Japan is dit uitgegroeid tot een groot probleem waar vooral vrouwen en kinderen slachtoffer van worden. De regering wil er een stokje voor steken en komt met een landelijk verbod. Wat betekent dat voor de positie van vrouwen in Japan? Heeft de #metoo-beweging voet aan de grond gekregen in het land? Te gast is Anoma van der Veere, Japan-correspondent. (21:17) Uitgelicht: Europa Draait Door Presentatie: Atze de Vrieze
Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics. Presenters: Jacob Andrewartha, Chloe DS.NewsreportsHeadline news report back on the large Invasion Day protests across the country on January 26. Rallies around the country called for Australia Day to be abolished, the return of stolen land, an end to Black deaths in custody and mass incarceration and the abolition of the racist “child protection” system that continues to steal Black children in record numbers. What's in Green Left this week?Presenters discussed issues raised from the following articles in Green Left this week.France: New battle raging against Macron over retirement pensions | Green Left - Millions of workers and youth in France mobilised on January 19 against the government's latest attack on pensionsClimate activists found guilty and fined for trying to stop Scarborough gas | Green Left - Three climate activists have been found guilty and charged for resisting Woodside's Scarborough gas hub in the BurrupBillionaires: We don't need them but they need us! | Green Left - Oxfam's annual report on global inequality is a damning indictment of the chronically inequitable capitalist system.Interviews and DiscussionRecording of Green Left Show #31 - Behrouz Boochani on freedom, hope and Manus Prison Theory. Journalist and author Behrouz Boochani is the guest on the latest Green Left Show featuring discussion about his latest book Freedom, Only Freedom. The discussion covered "Manus Prison Theory", hope as a secret weapon, the role of journalists and more. You can listen or watch the recording here.
Journalist and author Behrouz Boochani is the guest on the latest Green Left Show featuring discussion about his latest book "Freedom, Only Freedom". The discussion covered "Manus Prison Theory", hope as a secret weapon, the role of journalists and more. Watch this episode online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/green-left-show-31-behrouz-boochani-freedom-hope-and-manus-prison-theory We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice for First Nations people and pay our respects to Elders past and present. If you like our work, become a supporter: https://www.greenleft.org.au/support Support Green Left on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/greenleft Green Left online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenLeftOnline/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/greenleftonline YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/greenleftonline TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@greenleftonline Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenleftonline/ Podbean: https://greenleftonline.podbean.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/greenleftonline Podcast also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Antennapod, Itunes and PodcastAddict.
We are thrilled to bring you this special episode with Kurdish-Iranian journalist, writer, filmmaker and refugee advocate Behrouz Boochani. The episode includes conversations Kate had with Behrouz in Aotearoa at Verb Wellington and in Naarm, Melbourne ahead of his sold out event at The Wheeler Centre. At Behrouz's request, Kate also spoke to his translators and collaborators Omid Tofighian & Moones Mansoubi about how they work together, the making of the new book Freedom, Only Freedom: The Prison Writings of Behrouz Boochani and the current situation in Iran. We feel very lucky to have had this opportunity to speak to Boochani, Tofighian & Mansoubi about their work to bring the stories of Manus Prison to the global community. Associate Professor Behrouz Boochani graduated from Tarbiat Moallem University and Tarbiat Modares University, both in Tehran; he holds a Masters degree in political science, political geography and geopolitics. Moones Mansoubi is a translator and Community Arts and Cultural Development worker based in Sydney. Her work is dedicated mainly to supporting and collaborating with migrants and people seeking asylum in Australia. Omid Tofighian is an award winning lecturer, researcher and community advocate. His publications include the translation of Boochani's award winning No Friend But the Mountains: Writings from Manus Prison. Boochani was a writer for the Kurdish language magazine Werya; is Associate Professor in Social Sciences at UNSW; non-resident Visiting Scholar at the Sydney Asia Pacific Migration Centre (SAPMiC), University of Sydney; Honorary Member of PEN International; and winner of an Amnesty International Australia 2017 Media Award, the Diaspora Symposium Social Justice Award, the Liberty Victoria 2018 Empty Chair Award, and the Anna Politkovskaya award for journalism. He publishes regularly with The Guardian, and his writing also features in The Saturday Paper, Huffington Post, New Matilda, The Financial Times and The Sydney Morning Herald. Boochani is also co-director (with Arash Kamali Sarvestani) of the 2017 feature-length film Chauka, Please Tell Us The Time; and collaborator on Nazanin Sahamizadeh's play Manus. Boochani's book, No Friend But The Mountains: Writing From Manus Prison won the 2019 Victorian Prize for Literature in addition to the Nonfiction category. He has also won the Special Award at the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, the Australian Book Industry Award for Nonfiction Book of the Year, and the National Biography Prize. It has been published in 18 languages in 23 countries and is currently being adapted for both stage and screen. Behrouz has been appointed adjunct associate professor in the faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of NSW and visiting professor at Birkbeck Law School at the University of London. He was a political prisoner incarcerated by the Australian government in Papua New Guinea for almost seven years. In November 2019 Behrouz escaped to New Zealand. He now resides in Wellington, New Zealand. 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 Six via our Patreon page. Thanks for joining us!
Join Mary and I as we discuss our recent reading highlights Podcast Transcript coming soon Mentioned in this episode; The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen (translated by Tiina Nunnally & Michael Favala Goldman) The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk (translated by Jennifer Croft) Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro (translated by Frances Riddle) In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado Translation as Transhumance by Mireille Gansel (translated by Ros Schwartz) Kulinmaya! Keep Listening, Everybody! by Mumu Mike Williams Two Sisters by Ngarta Jinny Bent & Jukuna Mona Chuguna (additional writing and translations by Pat Lowe & Eirlys Richards) Magabala Books Invisible Cities Reading Project No Friend but the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison by Behrouz Boochani (translated by Omid Tofighian) Who Gets to Be Smart by Bri Lee Eggshell Skull by Bri Lee The Little Girl in the Ice Floe by Adelaïde Bon (translated by Tina A. Kover) The Third Reich by Roberto Bolaño (translated by Natasha Wimmer) An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim The Homecoming by Anna Enquist (translated by Eileen Stevens) Support the show via Patreon Social Media links Email: losttranslationspod@gmail.com Twitter: @translationspod Instagram: translationspod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/translationspod/ Produced by Mccauliflower.
After fleeing from Iran in 2013, Kurdish-Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani became a political prisoner, detained indefinitely in legal limbo in the Australian-run Manus Regional Processing Centre, Papua New Guinea. On a smuggled mobile phone, he chronicled six years of survival and witness, tapped out in Farsi in a series of single messages, and subsequently translated into English by Omid Tofighian. The result, Boochani's against-all-odds 'No Friend But The Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison', has been much feted, winning Australia's richest literary prize – the Victorian Prize for Literature – as well as a host of other awards. The Age called it an “...intense, lyrical and psychologically perceptive prose-poetry masterpiece”. Now resident in New Zealand, Boochani speaks with Julie Hill. Supported by Platinum Patrons Carol & Gerard Curry. AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL WAITUHI O TĀMAKI 2021
While the climate crisis and pandemic have – in some respects – heightened our sense of the truly international nature of the challenges we face, the human consequences of global instability are too often overlooked, and the horrors faced by displaced people around the world both taken for granted and invisible. Zoe Holman (Where the Water Ends), Behrouz Boochani (No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison), Adama Kamara from the Refugee Council of Australia, and human rights advocate Zaki Haidari speak with The Guardian's Ben Doherty about the struggle faced by so many to find a safe, permanent home. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What everyone should know about a Kurdish-Iranian refugee's time in Manus prison. Using smuggled mobile phones Kurdish-Iranian refugee Boochani wrote No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison via text messages and with the assistance of translator Omid Tofighian. This book of resistance is a must read for everyone. It is a work of great creativity, beauty and struggle. ⇨ YOU WILL LEARN: * Learn how Behrouz Boochani survived a harrowing journey to Australia * Hear first-hand what life was like inside Manus prison * Discover what makes the Kurdish-Iranian refugee's writing so captivating * And be motivated to start your own life-story project by harnessing some of Boochani's extreme determination to create and document ⇨ FULL ARTICLE Click to read: https://www.foreveryoungautobiographies.com/behrouz-boochani/ ⇨ VIDEO PODCAST Click to watch: https://youtu.be/Wa_bi_rOm1s ⇨ FREE GIFT Four steps to plan your autobiography chapters - FREE structure success video training, click to sign up: https://wp.me/P8NwjM-3o ⇨ YOUR SAY Are you planning to read or have read Behrouz Boochani's No Friend But the Mountains? I'd love to hear what you thought of the book. Leave me a comment here https://www.foreveryoungautobiographies.com/contact/ ♡ Thanks for listening - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE if you are new and SHARE THE SHOW if you found it helpful! Happy writing! ⇨ ABOUT ME Hi and welcome! My name is Nicola and I help you learn how to write and self-publish life stories for family and friends so that unique memories live on. I've told thousands of people's stories as a daily print journalist since 2002 and would love to hear yours! ⇨ WEBSITE https://www.foreveryoungautobiographies.com ⇨ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/foreveryoungautobiographies ⇨ YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6nfZWWTeRpBWMcxluLDa-w
Sydney PEN president Mark Isaacs interviews former PEN Prisoner of Conscience and Kurdish-Iranian writer, Behrouz Boochani, and Dr Omid Tofighian, translator of his book "No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison". This was Behrouz’s first public speaking event since he escaped from Papua New Guinea. Just one week earlier, Behrouz made a secretive journey to New Zealand with the assistance of close friends, Amnesty International and UNHCR. Behrouz was one of hundreds of asylum seekers and refugees who were exiled to Manus Island, Papua New Guinea for more than six years by the Australian government as part of Australia’s punitive border control policies. This event was recorded by Wollongong Writers Festival in November 2019.
Join award winning author and activist, , in conversation Behrouz Boochaniwith his translator Omid Tofighian and author Mark Isaacs. is an autobiographical account of Behrouz Boochani's perilous journey to Christmas Island and his subsequent incarceration in an Australian government immigration detention facility on Manus Island. No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison Please Note: Behrouz had to Skype into this session so the audio is a bit rough. We cleaned it up best we could and it is 100% worth the listen. SHOWNOTES: Writes4Festivals Podcasthttp://www.writes4women.com/writes4festivals/Facebook - @Writes4FestivalsTwitter / Instagram - @w4wpodcast Wollongong Writer's Festivalhttps://wollongongwritersfestival.comFacebook @wollongongwritersfestival/Twitter @WGongWritFest Behrouz BoochaniFacebook - @BehrouzBoochaniJournalistTwitter - @BehrouzBoochani Listen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler)www.listenuppodcasting.com.auFacebook / Twitter - @kelbutler @listenuppodcasting
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De Iraans-Koerdische schrijver Behrouz Boochani heeft voor een maand een visum gekregen in Nieuw Zeeland. Voor het eerst in zes jaar kon hij daardoor Papoea Nieuw-Guinea verlaten, waar hij vastzat op Manus, een klein eiland in de Grote Oceaan. Hij was een van de duizenden vluchtelingen die op gammele bootjes op weg naar Australië uit zee werd gevist en vervolgens gevangen zat in afgelegen kampen. In het geheim schreef Boochani een boek over het leven in het kamp. Collega Edwin Koopman maakte er een radiobewerking van. Vanavond het vierde en laatste deel: De Opstand.
Dankzij de Iraans-Koerdische journalist Behrouz Boochani hebben we een uniek inkijkje gekregen in het vaak door Nederlandse politici geroemde Australisch model, waarbij vluchtelingen werden opgesloten op Manus Island in de Grote Oceaan. Over zijn ervaringen schreef Behrouz een indringend boek, dat hij per WhatsApp naar zijn uitgever stuurde. Wij maakten een audiobewerking van Boochani's boek onder de titel "Berichten uit Manus Prison". En vandaag sluiten we af met een debat vanuit De Balie in Amsterdam. Aan tafel Linda Polman,journalist en schrijver van het boek "Niemand wil ze hebben"en Hein de Haas, hoogleraar Migratiesociologie aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam. Ook de politiek is vertegenwoordigd: Tweede Kamerlid Joël Voordewind van regeringspartij ChristenUnie.
Dankzij de Iraans-Koerdische journalist Behrouz Boochani hebben we een uniek inkijkje gekregen in het vaak door Nederlandse politici geroemde Australisch model, waarbij vluchtelingen werden opgesloten op Manus Island in de Grote Oceaan. Over zijn ervaringen schreef Behrouz een indringend boek, dat hij per WhatsApp naar zijn uitgever stuurde. Wij maakten een audiobewerking van Boochani's boek onder de titel "Berichten uit Manus Prison". En vandaag sluiten we af met een debat vanuit De Balie in Amsterdam. Aan tafel Linda Polman,journalist en schrijver van het boek "Niemand wil ze hebben"en Hein de Haas, hoogleraar Migratiesociologie aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam. Ook de politiek is vertegenwoordigd: Tweede Kamerlid Joël Voordewind van regeringspartij ChristenUnie.
De Iraans-Koerdische journalist Behrouz Boochani zat zes jaar lang vast op Manus, een klein eiland in de Grote Oceaan. Hij was een van de duizenden vluchtelingen die op gammele bootjes op weg naar Australië uit zee werd gevist en vervolgens gevangen zat in afgelegen kampen. In het geheim schreef Boochani een boek over het leven in het kamp. Dit boek, getiteld 'No friend But the Mountains', kreeg in Australië de 'Victorian Prize for Literature and Non-Fiction'. Collega Edwin Koopman maakte er een radiobewerking van en vanavond horen we het derde deel.
De Iraans-Koerdische journalist Behrouz Boochani zat zes jaar lang vast op Manus, een klein eiland in de Grote Oceaan. Hij was een van de duizenden vluchtelingen die op gammele bootjes op weg naar Australië uit zee werd gevist en vervolgens gevangen zat in afgelegen kampen. In het geheim schreef Boochani een boek over het leven in het kamp. Dit boek, getiteld 'No friend But the Mountains', kreeg in Australië de 'Victorian Prize for Literature and Non-Fiction'. Collega Edwin Koopman maakte er een radiobewerking van en vanavond horen we het tweede deel.
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De Iraans-Koerdische journalist Behrouz Boochani zat zes jaar lang vast op Manus, een klein eiland in de Grote Oceaan. Hij was een van de duizenden vluchtelingen die op gammele bootjes op weg naar Australië uit zee werd gevist en vervolgens gevangen zat in afgelegen kampen. In het geheim schreef Boochani een boek over het leven in het kamp. Dit boek, getiteld 'No friend But the Mountains', kreeg in Australië de 'Victorian Prize for Literature and Non-Fiction'. Collega Edwin Koopman maakte er een radiobewerking van en vanavond horen we het eerste deel.
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Ayesha at Last, Leaving the Witness, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by Libro.fm, The Guest Book by Sarah Blake from Flatiron Books, and The Plus One from HarperCollins 360. Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Books discussed on the show: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel by Ocean Vuong Naturally Tan: A Memoir by Tan France Patsy: A Novel by Nicole Dennis-Benn Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life by Amber Scorah Ayesha At Last: A Novel by Uzma Jalaluddin On Being Human: A Memoir of Waking Up, Living Real, and Listening Hard by Jennifer Pastiloff The Truffle Underground: A Tale of Mystery, Mayhem, and Manipulation in the Shadowy Market of the World's Most Expensive Fungus by Ryan Jacobs The River by Peter Heller What we're reading: Me and Mr. Cigar by Gibby Haynes All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg More books out this week: Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett Wild and Crooked by Leah Thomas The Unbreakables by Lisa Barr The Milk Hours: Poems by John James Beyond All Reasonable Doubt: A Novel by Malin Persson Giolito That Night by Cyn Balog Assassin of Shadows: A Novel by Lawrence Goldstone This Might Hurt a Bit by Doogie Horner Girls of July by Alex Flinn No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison by Behrouz Boochani and Omid Tofighian Dual Citizens: A novel by Alix Ohlin We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib The Reaping (Paperbacks from Hell) by Bernard Taylor The Ten Loves of Nishino by Hiromi Kawakami and Allison Markin Powell Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian The Beholder by Anna Bright The Right Sort of Man by Allison Montclair The Last Unknowns: Deep, Elegant, Profound Unanswered Questions About the Universe, the Mind, the Future of Civilization, and the Meaning of Life by John Brockman Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey The Cat in the Box by Chris Ferrie The Friends We Keep by Jane Green Exposed by Jean-Philippe Blondel, Alison Anderson (translator) Awards for Good Boys: Tales of Dating, Double Standards, and Doom by Shelby Lorman Murder in Bel-Air (An Aimée Leduc Investigation) by Cara Black The Chosen (Contender) by Taran Matharu This Land Is Our Land by Suketu Mehta The Favorite Daughter by Patti Callahan Henry Indecent Advances: A Hidden History of True Crime and Prejudice Before Stonewall by James Polchin Out of the Shadows: Reimagining Gay Men's Lives by Walt Odets The Love Factory by Elaine Proctor Banshee by Rachel DeWoskin The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen More News Tomorrow: A Novel by Susan Richards Shreve The Lost Letters of William Woolf by Helen Cullen The Electric Hotel: A Novel by Dominic Smith Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane The Summer We Lost Her by Tish Cohen The Great Eastern by Howard Rodman A Small Zombie Problem (Zombie Problems) by K.G. Campbell Trace: Who killed Maria James? by Rachael Brown Unraveling by Karen Lord I Wanna Be Where You Are by Kristina Forest Donna Has Left the Building by Susan Jane Gilman Fire in the Sky: Cosmic Collisions, Killer Asteroids, and the Race to Defend Earth by Gordon L. Dillow Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind by Annaka Harris In at the Deep End by Kate Davies Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power by Pam Grossman The Summer Demands by Deborah Shapiro Among the Lost by Emiliano Monge, Frank Wynne (translator) In West Mills by De'Shawn Charles Winslow Aug 9 - Fog by Kathryn Scanlan Chasing the Moon: The People, the Politics, and the Promise That Launched America into the Space Age by Robert L. Stone and Alan Andres The Haunted by Danielle Vega Oval: A Novel by Elvia Wilk Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime by Alex Espinoza All the Greys on Greene Street by Laura Tucker The Summer Country: A Novel by Lauren Willig Up Jumped the Devil: The Real Life of Robert Johnson by Bruce Conforth and Gayle Dean Wardlow 1919 by Eve L. Ewing Time Is the Thing a Body Moves Through by T Fleischmann Midsummer's Mayhem by Rajani LaRocca This Storm by James Ellroy Ordinary Girls by Blair Thornburgh Not Your Backup by C.B. Lee When the Ground Is Hard by Malla Nunn The Moon: A History for the Future by Oliver Morton All That You Leave Behind: A Memoir by Erin Lee Carr Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Life and Work by Victoria Ortiz Out of Place by Jennifer Blecher, Merrillee Liddiard (Illustrator) If It Makes You Happy by Claire Kann Virtually Yours by Sarvenaz Tash Are You Afraid of the Dark Rum?: and Other Cocktails for ’90s Kids by Sam Slaughter Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson The Fire Opal Mechanism by Fran Wilde Fall; or, Dodge in Hell: A Novel by Neal Stephenson City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert The Shallows (Nils Shapiro) by Matt Goldman The Last Pirate of New York: A Ghost Ship, a Killer, and the Birth of a Gangster Nation by Rich Cohen Why My Cat Is More Impressive Than Your Baby by Matthew Inman and The Oatmeal Spider-Man: Far From Home: Peter and Ned's Ultimate Travel Journal by Preeti Chhibber (YAY, PREETI!) 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In this episode, I talk to Behrouz Boochani, the author of No Friend but the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison. This book is coming out in June 2019 in North America by House of Anansi Press. Boochani's book won the Victorian Prize for Literature, Australia's richest literary prize, and the Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction. See this link to order this book and for more information: houseofanansi.com/products/no-friend-but-the-mountains
For a ton of great recommendations most of which were new to us we turned to Anna Bailie Karas from Australian podcast Books on the Go. Listen in to hear about some books that might be new to you, or ones that you might have overlooked when they came out. And finally a book that has all of Australia buzzing that's not yet been published in the UK... Find Books on the Go on iTunes, and on all other major podcast platforms, or check out their website . Find Anna on Instagram @abailliekaras Books mentioned on the show: The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein The Erratics by Vicki Laveau-Harvie No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison by Behrouz Boochani The Dry, Force of Nature and The Lost Man by Jane Harper, outback crime novels We That Are Young by Preti Taneja Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton An American Marriage by Tayari Jones The Shepherd's Hut by Tim Winton
Ross McGregor is a musician, songwriter and music producer and was recently inducted into the Tamworth Music Hands of Fame for his services to country music. He’s also one of the few blind music producers in Australia. He chats about what he loves about music and his work for the past 40 years.Also on the program, Frances Keyland presents a very special reader recommended with No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison by Behrouz Boochani which recently won The Victorian Prize for Literature, and the Prize for Non-Fiction.
Summer Series - Revisiting critical conversations from 2018Acknowledgement of CountryOmid Tofighian, lecturer, researcher and community advocate, combining philosophy with interests in rhetoric, religion, popular culture, transnationalism, displacement and discrimination. Since 2013, writer, journalist and refugee Behrouz Boochani has been held in the Manus Island Regional Processing Centre. Boochani's book No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison was published in 2018. We were joined by Omid who translated Boochani's text from Farsi to English. The conversation touched on WIMCM - Why Is My Curriculum White campaignCommemorating 30 years since the first Fairlea Wring Out demonstration with community activists, academics and prison abolitionists Amanda George and Emma Russell. The first Wring Out Fairlea demonstration was organised by the Coalition Against Women's Imprisonment and took place at the former Fairlea women's prison in Melbourne on 26 June 1988. The Wring Out action was repeated three more times over the next eight years, bringing thousands of people to encircle Fairlea prison in protest and in solidarity with the women inside.https://soundcloud.com/wringoutfairleaChristine Kngwarraye Palmer from GrandMothers Against Removals (GMAR) on the demands made to government during Reconciliation Week to stop the removal of aboriginal young people from their communities.(The original broadcast on 855am and 3CR digital contained the following music - removed owing to no license for podcasting music)SONG : The Merindas - We Sing Until SunriseSONG : Pigram Brothers - Nothing Really MattersSONG: Nice Girls Don't Spit - Fairlea Prison BluesSONG: Baker Boy - Mr La Di Da DiSONG: Baker Boy (ft Yirrmal) - Marryuna
Sales and Crabb look back on 2018. Recorded live at the ANU on Sun 9 December.ANU turned down Ramsay Centre degree after concerns over 'academic autonomy' (Sabra Lane, ABC AM, 26 Jun 2018)Red shoes12 Days of a Canberra Christmas lyricsJacqui Ann, the kindness of Chatters and the 23 minute cabbage.A percentage of the proceeds from all our shows goes to charity, for this Canberra show to Musica Viva In Schools in memory of Richard Gill.Pachinko by Min Jin LeeBoy Swallows Universe by Trent DaltonMuseum of Modern Love by Heather RoseThe Taste of River Water by Kennedy CateDark Emu: Aboriginal Australia and the Birth of Agriculture by Bruce PascoeBad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John CarreyrouNo Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison by Behrouz Boochani (translated by Omid Tofighian)Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors And The Drug Company That Addicted America by Beth MacyThe Trauma Cleaner: One Woman’s Extraordinary Life in Death, Decay & Disaster by Sarah KrasnosteinUnfettered and Alive: A memoir by Anne SummersNo Spin by Shane Warne with Mark NicholasSapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah HarariMarina Abramović: The Artist is Present (2012 documentary)Marina Abramović meets Ulay - via YouTubeThe Americans (FX) The sixth and final seasonWild Wild Country (2018 documentary series) A guru builds a utopian city in the Oregon desertMaratus (documentary) the photo of a spider it triggers a series of events that make scientific history (via iView)I, Tonya (2018) starring Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan and Allison JanneyDarkest Hour (2017) starring Gary Oldman and Ben MendelsohnA Star is Born (2018) starring Lady Gaga, Bradley CooperWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) Starring Bette Davis, Joan CrawfordTheater of Your Mind Presents: It’s 2:47 am! by Shannon Reed (McSweeney’s, July 6, 2018)Justice Michael Wigney’s Judgement Faruqi v Latham [2018] FCA 1328 (August 2018)Former FBI Director James Comey talks to Leigh Sales (ABC 7.30, 2018 April 19)Garner Text message Clang Ep 76 Helen Garner interrupts a Chat 10 Looks 3 episodeSpecial Guest (2018) by Annabel Crabb and Wendy Sharpe Glass Potatoes Recipe on p 193 (see also recipe online via Broadsheet)Crabb claims that Bonjela can ease your burns.The Cook and the Baker - by Cherie Bevan, Tass Tauroa Oaty Ginger Crunch (see also online recipe via LoveFood)Google 'Scott Morrison' and 'children' and 'juggle'. The result may surprise you by Annabel Crabb( ABC, 19 Sep 2018)The Life of Birds (BBC) David AttenboroughNicholas Nickleby (2002) Charlie Hunnam, Christopher Plummer, Jim BroadbentPlease Like Me featuring Josh Thomas (via ABC)Persiflage Oxford English DictionaryProng Oxford English Dictionary
Crabb and Sales have been doing some serious reading about people on the margins. Sales still manages to drop a major clang but mercifully doesn't join the ranks of Michael Caine impersonators.The Arsonist - by Chloe HooperThe Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island - by Chloe HooperDopesick: Dealers, Doctors And The Drug Company That Addicted America - by Beth MacyOne Hundred Years of Dirt - by Rick MortonWhat I Learned About Poverty by Jane Gilmore (Meanjin, Spring 2018)Michael Caine looks back on his life, films and family - interviewed by Leigh Sales (7.30, 18 Oct 2018)Blowing the Bloody Doors Off: And Other Lessons in Life - by Michael CaineComedian Rob Brydon preparing for a stand-up tour of Australia - interviewed by Leigh Sales (7.30, 16 Oct 2018)No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison - by Behrouz Boochani (translated by Omid Tofighian)Offshore detention case to be brought to UN against Australian Government as families hope for reunion - by Laura Tingle (7.30, 16 October 2018)This pains me, but it's time to compromise on Australia's cruel asylum seeker policy - Robert Manne (The Guardian, Sun 23 Sep 2018)View the Chat 10 Looks 3 Bookshop "Bedside Table" by going to www.chat10looks3.com and selecting Bookshop from the main menu.Moral High Grounds Cups available until 10 November 2018. https://www.chat10looks3.com/products
3CR Breakfast Thursday 2 August 2018with Em, Katia and Apeec7:00am Acknowledgement of Country7:05am Song - Searching for Gold, Honeymoon Bridge. Honeymoon Bridge launches their debut album this Friday 3 August at Northcote Uniting Church. Find them at honeymoonbridge.com7:09am Headlines and Alternative News7:26am Song - Indigenous Land, DRMNGNOW . They played an amazing gig to launch this new track at the Gaso last Wednesday7:30am Jules Kim, CEO of Scarlett Alliance talking about the problems with the My Health Record system (centralised online summary of your key health information), including how the current opt-out system will affect sex workers7:45am Nikki Madgwick, a proud Worimi-Biripi woman from mid-north coast NSW who has lived and worked on Wurundjeri land most her life. Nikki writes and performs amazing poetry and works at HICSA, a not-for-profit Indigenous organisation based in Healesville as the Community Engagement Worker.This Saturday 4th August is Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day - and this year marks 30 years since this important day was first established.7:56am Song - Sing Until Sunrise, The Merindas8:00am Omid Tofighian, lecturer, researcher and community advocate, combining philosophy with interests in rhetoric, religion, popular culture, transnationalism, displacement and discrimination. Since 2013, writer, journalist and refugee Behrouz Boochani has been held in the Manus Island Regional Processing Centre. Boochani's book No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison is being launched tonight in Sydney. We were joined by Omid who translated Boochani's text from Farsi to English.8:25am LIVE CROSS to Katia (Abolitionist and Transformative Justice Centre) speaking from outside the Prisons 2018 Conference where the ATJC has called a snap action to demand an end to Youth Incarceration.