Podcast appearances and mentions of Maxine Beneba Clarke

We are back with the first episode of season 2 of Being Biracial! Today we are chatting to each other about: Maria's experience in Rotorua being surrounded by more Maori people than she's ever seen.  Maria and her friend connecting on a deeper level now that they've both explored their culture. Kate's Aunt is visiting and she's immersed in Farsi. The structure of season two. You'll be hearing more from us as we reflect on our interviews, media we consume and the world around us.  We are in our Taylor Swift era and can't stop talking about the Eras Tour. Kate is starting to grow her wheatgrass for Nowruz. She is stressed. The artistic process of creating our video work Threads, in collaboration with Melbourne Museum.  The full circle moment our artistic practice being influenced by artists we interviewed in season 1. Kate went to see Maxine Beneba Clarke talk about adapting her memoir The Hate Race for the stage.  Will Maria ever read a book again? We are getting hype for Melbourne International Comedy Fest. Our next guest, Lizzy Hoo, is hosting the MICF gala this year!  Our upcoming events in March at The Round and Melbourne Museum. Links:  Threads at Melbourne Museum: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/whats-on/threads/  Maxine Beneba Clarke's The Hate Race at the Malthouse until 17 March: https://www.malthousetheatre.com.au/what-s-on/malthouse-theatre/the-hate-race/  MICF shows:  Rose Matafeo: https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2024/shows/on-and-on-and-on  Brown Women Comedy: https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2024/shows/brown-women-comedy  Lizzy Hoo:  https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2024/shows/hoos-that-girl  Aurelia St Clair:  https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2024/shows/can-i-be-mean-for-a-minute  Melbourne Museum Nocturnal: Worlds Apart on 14 March: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/whats-on/nocturnal-worlds-apart/  Being Biracial Live at the Round with Aurelia St Clair and Darcy Vescio on 21 March:  https://www.wheelercentre.com/events/being-biracial-live-at-the-round-with-aurelia-st-clair-and-darcy-vescio/  Hosted by: Maria Birch-Morunga and Kate Robinson Music by: the Green Twins Edited by: Maria Birch-Morunga This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the eastern Kulin Nations. You can find us on Instagram @beingbiracialpodcast or send us an email at beingbiracialpodcast@gmail.com

Maxine Beneba Clarke is the author of the short fiction collection Foreign Soil, the memoir The Hate Race and the poetry collections Carrying the World and How Decent Folk Behave. Her children's picture books include the CBCA Honour book The Patchwork Bike and the illustrated poem When We Say Black Lives Matter, which was longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Her latest poetry collection is It's the Sound of the Thing, which was nominated for The Guardian's Best Australian Children's Books of 2023 and shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards in 2024. In 2023 she was Poet in Residence at The University of Melbourne. Read the transcript for this interview here.  About The Garret: Writers and the publishing industry 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.

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. Maxine Beneba Clarke is the author of Foreign Soil, The Hate Race, and poetry collections Carrying the World and How Decent Folk Behave. She is also the author of children's picture books including The Patchwork Bike and When We Say Black Lives Matter. Today she's joining us to discuss the absolutely joyful We Know a Place. We Know a Place is about the joys of wandering bookshop shelves in search of adventure. Following a family as they make their weekly pilgrimage to their local bookstore after completing weekend chores and coming home with a world of wonder. 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's book club is something for the younger readers... Maxine Beneba Clarke is the author of Foreign Soil, The Hate Race, poetry collections Carrying the World and How Decent Folk Behave.  Maxine is also the author of children's picture books including The Patchwork Bike and When We Say Black Lives Matter. Today we're discussing the absolutely joyful We Know a Place and getting excited about visiting our local bookstores! 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/

The Wheeler Centre's Spring Fling returns for 2023 and this year we're going Above and Beyond. From October 2 to 14 we're celebrating the big ideas and the small moments that make us human, and the creative thinking that drives us to be better versions of ourselves. Across 24 captivating events we're looking further, delving deeper, and asking bigger questions with outstanding thinkers who are reshaping our world and envisioning extraordinary futures. To celebrate the return of Spring Fling, in this episode we revisit 2022's inaugural Opening Night gala event at Melbourne Town Hall, where a star-studded lineup of writers shared a personal ‘lightbulb moment', reflecting on a defining shift that changed their mind, sparked a big idea or helped them blossom. Enjoy this highlight from multi-award winning writer Maxine Beneba Clarke. Tickets to Spring Fling 2023 are on sale now. Explore the full program at wheelercentre.com including details of this year's Opening Night: Above and Beyond at Melbourne Town Hall on Wednesday 4th of October featuring Jelena Dokic, Thomas Mayo, Melissa Lucashenko, Hannah Diviney, Rufaro Zimbudzi, musical guest Emma Donovan. Hosted by Patricia Karvelas. ______ This event was recorded at Melbourne Town Hall on Wednesday 2 November 2022 as part of the Wheeler Centre's Spring Fling Opening Night: Lightbulb Moments.Featured music is Kwick Baby by Youth Community. Spring Fling is proudly supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria and is supported through the Melbourne City Revitalisation Fund – a $200 million partnership of the Victorian Government and the City of Melbourne.Support the Wheeler Centre: https://www.wheelercentre.com/support-us/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maxine Beneba Clarke is the author of the short fiction collection Foreign Soil, the memoir The Hate Race and the poetry collections Carrying the World and How Decent Folk Behave. Her children's picture books include the CBCA Honour book The Patchwork Bike and the illustrated poem When We Say Black Lives Matter, which was longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. In 2023 she is Poet in Residence at The University of Melbourne. Maxine has appeared on The Garret before, and you can listen to her most recent interview here. 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.

In this very special episode, Adele, Kate and special guest host Maxine Beneba Clarke take on the whole Queen Charlotte mini-series in one wide-ranging conversation. There are arrivals and arguments, families and fortunes, a great experiment, dual timelines, blooming gardens, and the all-consuming important task of begetting an heir. The most ambitious Bridgerton-verse series yet, Queen Charlotte dives headfirst into intersectional storytelling. Books and other media we discuss:- Queen Charlotte, the TV show- Bridgerton, the TV show - Colleen Hoover, an author- Shondaland, the production company- Hamilton, the musical theatre production- I will always love you, the song by Dolly Parton- The West Wing, the TV show- The Bridgertons, a book series by Julia Quinn- Violet in Bloom, a short story by Julia Quinn- Benny Hill, a TV series- The Notebook, a film- It's the Sound of the Thing, a book of poetry for children by Maxine Beneba ClarkeYou can find Maxine's books in all good bookstores, and keep an eye on what she's up to on twitter @slamup or on instagram @maxinebeneba. Don't forget you can find us on twitter and facebook @bridgertonpod and instagram @wwddpod and join the conversation using the hashtag #WWDDpod. You can also leave us a rating or review on your preferred podcast provider. This episode was recorded on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung people and edited by Ben McKenzie at Splendid Chaps Productions. You can find Ben here: www.splendidchaps.comWhat Would Danbury Do is a proud member of Frolic Media. You can find great romance content and other fantastic podcasts by visiting the Frolic site.

Episode 125. Effie Nkrumah celebrates her journey by reflecting on her faith, international experiences, and dedication to her dreams. Effie Nkrumah previously known as Benumah, is an energetic and charming performer, interdisciplinary artist, writer and lover of food brought up on Gadigal and Darug countries. She is the voice of Astra, the first Ghanaian Agent in Valorant by Riot Games, creators of League of Legends, a contributor in Maxine Beneba Clarke's Growing up African in Australia anthology, has played the role of Cleo as a cover in DTC's production of seven methods of k*lling kylie jenner and holds an MA in Arts Politics from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. As Benumah, her practice relies on memory and the archive and is driven by the concept of challenging the single story of Africa through stories of continental Africans in diaspora, creating work that is entertaining, aesthetically pleasing and discussion prompting. Her installation series See What I See has been performed in Sydney, New York and Accra. She is currently a swing in the Australian cast of the reimagined Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in the roles of Hermione, the Trolley Witch and Madam Hooch. She is also the owner of Australian-Ghanaian clothing brand Keziah Jemima.

With an unexpected turn of phrase or lyrical twist, poetry can surprise, thrill and invite readers to make meaning from between the lines. Hear from acclaimed Australian artists and writers Maxine Beneba Clarke and Omar Musa as they discuss their electrifying new poetry collections, which upend conventional wisdom about colonial history, climate change and our pandemic-afflicted times. Maxine's How Decent Folk Behave extends her reputation as a “powerful and fearless storyteller” (Dave Eggers), while Omar's Killernova has been described as “if Frank Ocean ghost-wrote Nostradamus” (Hera Lindsay Bird). They appear in conversation with Evelyn Araluen. Sydney Writers' Festival podcasts are available on all major podcast platforms. If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and subscribe to our channel.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert Watkins is the Publishing Director of Ultimo Press. He has over 20 years experience in the Australian book industry having worked in book retail, sales, marketing, publicity, publishing and more recently as Head of Literary at Hachette Australia. Robert's love for a good story well told has led to publishing some of Australia's most acclaimed contemporary authors, including Maxine Beneba Clarke, Claire G. Coleman, Sarah Schmidt and Michael Mohammed Ahmad. He is an advocate for progressive and inclusive publishing that speaks to contemporary issues, whether that be in narrative non-fiction or literary and reading group fiction. 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.

Join Melbourne-based writer, artist and poet Maxine Beneba Clarke, whose award-winning books include Wide Big World, The Patchwork Bike and Fashionista – a celebration of self-expression. Maxine is an Australian writer of Afro-Caribbean heritage whose stories embrace individuality and celebrate differences and diversity by using the natural wonders of the world.In this digital interactive discussion, Maxine will share her inspiration for becoming a storyteller, her experience growing up black in Australia and her passion for words, books and libraries. Maxine also offers tips and insights for budding authors and illustrators on creating stories and multi-media illustrations.-Watch other children and family videos on Stream. The new streaming service from the Sydney Opera House. Register for free now and start watching.Follow the Sydney Opera House on: Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Award winning author and Poet Laureate, Maxine Beneba Clarke joins Nicole to talk about her courageous poetry collection "How Decent Folk Behave," for the final episode of the Books, Books, Books Summer Series. A thoughtful and compassionate conversation about works that reflect exactly where we are right now with honesty and hope. "These poems speak of the world that is, and sing for a world that may one day be." SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicoleabadee Maxine Beneba Clarke Hachette "How Decent Folk Behave": https://www.hachette.com.au/maxine-beneba-clarke/how-decent-folk-behave Twitter: @slamup Facebook: @MaxineBenebaClarke Instagram: @maxinebenebaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maxine Beneba Clarke is an Australian writer of Afro-Caribbean descent whose work includes fiction, non-fiction, children's books and poetry. She has won a plethora prizes. From the NSW Premier's Award to the Australian Book Industry Literary Fiction Book of the Year.   Maxine is so much more than a mantelpiece heavy with trophies. Her books, her poetry and her musings on Twitter are a stand-out contribution to this country's discussion of race, inclusion and politics. She is a voice worthy of your attention.   In this episode Jamila Rizvi speaks with her favourite author about growing up in Australia through the lens of race, maintaining being an artist through a global pandemic and what it takes to write and create from a child's perspective.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maxine Beneba Clarke is an award-winning writer, poet and author of poetry collection 'How Decent Folk Behave' published last year. She shares her best tips and book suggestions for Summer Reading with the Writers.

A session from the 2021 Sydney Writers Festival in which we are doing the sort of traveling that we have all became familiar with during the pandemic – the journey of the imagination that books give us — transporting us in time and place. Guests: Tegan Bennett Daylight, Richard Fidler, Heather Rose and Maxine Beneba Clarke in conversation with RN's Kate Evans.

Patsy Popenbeek is one of 40 contributors to ‘South of the Sun: Australian fairy tales for the 21st century' which are strictly for grown ups!Maxine Beneba Clarke's poetry is both funny and alarming. Her collection, ‘How Decent Folk Behave' shows the power of poetry in addressing contemporary issues; the treatment of women, the moral corruption of politics, and the challenge to find a social balance. 

On the eve of the publication of her fourth poetry collection How Decent Folk Behave, poet Maxine Beneba Clarke and Thuy On, author of the critically acclaimed poetry collection Turbulence, come together in a poetic dialogue to read recent poems and discuss reading and writing poetry in a changing world.

Great Conversations features interviews with authors and writers, exploring books, writing and literary culture from Australia and the world.Today's episode features Maxine Beneba Clarke discussing her new poetry collection How Decent Folk BehaveToday on the show...Maxine Beneba Clarke is an author of short fiction, non fiction and poetry. She won the Victorian Premier's literary award for poetry in 2017 for her collection Carrying the World,Her short story collection Foreign Soil, masterfully captures voices from marginalised communities, winning the ABIA for Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2015 and the 2015 Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction.Maxine Beneba Clarke's new collection of poetry, How Decent Folk Behave, once again highlights Clarke's ear for voices and ability to tell stories with empathy and insight.I cannot wait to share this conversation with you. Maxine has even generously agreed to share a poem from the collectionJoin me as we discover Maxine Beneba Clarke 's How Decent Folk Behave...Want more great conversations with Australian authors?Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week from 2ser.https://2ser.com/final-draft

Great Conversations features interviews with authors and writers, exploring books, writing and literary culture from Australia and the world.Today's episode features Maxine Beneba Clarke discussing her new poetry collection How Decent Folk BehaveToday on the show...Maxine Beneba Clarke is an author of short fiction, non fiction and poetry. She won the Victorian Premier's literary award for poetry in 2017 for her collection Carrying the World,Her short story collection Foreign Soil, masterfully captures voices from marginalised communities, winning the ABIA for Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2015 and the 2015 Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction.Maxine Beneba Clarke's new collection of poetry, How Decent Folk Behave, once again highlights Clarke's ear for voices and ability to tell stories with empathy and insight.I cannot wait to share this conversation with you. Maxine has even generously agreed to share a poem from the collectionJoin me as we discover Maxine Beneba Clarke 's How Decent Folk Behave...

Award winning poet and author Maxine Beneba Clarke has released a collection of poems exploring how events like the Me Too Movement, the Christchurch Massacre and the Australian bushfires have shaped our lives. She reads her poem, 'Home to Biloela'.

In recent years big events like the COVID-19 Pandemic, Black Lives Matter and the Australian Bushfires have shaken our lives and they've also inspired artists around the world. Award winning poet and author Maxine Beneba Clarke has released a collection of poems exploring the way in which these events have not just changed how we live but also provided hope for the future.

Maxine Beneba Clarke is an author of short fiction, non fiction and poetry. She won the Victorian Premier's literary award for poetry in 2017 for her collection Carrying the World,Her short story collection Foreign Soil, masterfully captures voices from marginalised communities, winning the ABIA for Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2015 and the 2015 Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction.Maxine Beneba Clarke's new collection of poetry, How Decent Folk Behave, once again highlights Clarke's ear for voices and ability to tell stories with empathy and insight.The collection opens with When the Decade Broke; a sprawling poem that takes in those moments of seemingly endless possibility as we sit collectively holding our breath each new year's eve. The poem examines the fears and realities we all faced as we stared down the millennium. As Y2K gave way to the war on terror we all seemingly had a ‘new normal' thrust upon us. Again in 2019 as bushfires ringed us in both cities and towns we had little insight of even greater captivity and restraint that would challenge our sense of self. When the Decade Broke reminds us that it's ok to not be ok and flips these harsh reminiscences with the line ‘but that all slowly started to change'. Clarke is able to tell us of a place where these things are our past.And so the scene is set. The poems in this collection will be brief or they will be epic. They will capture voices of the city and the regions and they will unflinchingly speak to the violence and privation, the microaggressions and the outright calamity of blatant abuse of power and privelege.The poem Something Sure gives the collection its name. A mother addresses her son in the wake of the murder of Hannah Clarke. The mother talks to her son about How Decent Folk Behave and his responsibilities as a man...your mama needs to knowthat a good man,exactly the man you'll be,will lead a bad man homeThis poem left me devastated. There is simply no answer to such a call to action other than to look inward and ask whether you are equal to the task.How Decent Folk behave sees our excuses and our weasel words and speaks to us in plain language. It knowsYou don't wannaThink too muchAbout the year that wasBut also sees that “there is hope, in little things”How Decent Folk Behave launches this week and I couldn't wait to bring this in for you all. The poems are a tonic to feelings of malaise and that stupefaction we're all kinda feeling when we realise we have to relearn how to be social and in a crowd.I'd love to invite you all to tune in this Saturday. Maxine will be my guest on Final Draft and she'll be doing a reading from How Decent Folk Behave. Trust me it's a must hear!Want more great conversations with Australian authors?Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week from 2ser.https://2ser.com/final-draft

This week Jamila Rizvi and Astrid Edwards are bring their favourites to the table, and they are joined by Future Women favourite Madison Howarth. Chapter 1: Everyone brought memoir this week! So to kick off the episode, Jamila, Astrid and Madi reflect on how memoir has changed over the last decade (for the better, as we are seeing fewer formal autobiographies and more stories of lived experience being published). Chapter 2: Jamila suggests reading 'All About Yves: Notes from a transition' by Yves Rees. Chapter 3: Astrid still wants everyone to read anything by Claire G. Coleman, and in this episode discusses Claire's first non-fiction book 'Lies Damned Lies: A personal exploration of the impact of colonisation'. Recommendations: Jamila recommends Maxine Beneba Clarke's memoir 'The Hate Race', as well as 'Mao's Last Dancer'  by Li Cunxin. Madi recommends 'Dark Emu' by Bruce Pascoe, as well as 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'  by Maya Angelou. Join us on Thursday for an interview with satirist Mark Humphries. CHAT WITH US Join our discussion using hashtag #AnonymousWasAWomanPod and don't forget to follow Jamila (on Instagram and Twitter) and Astrid (also on Instagram and Twitter) to continue the conversation. This podcast is sponsored by Hachette Publishing and is brought to you by Future Women. The podcast is produced by Bad Producer Productions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I went into this interview with Maxine Beneba Clarke with a bunch of very earnest questions. Our conversation reminded me that it's ok to have fun, even in poetry. Even, or maybe especially, right now. We also get into whether we need a poet laureate, what you can learn from bad poetry open mics, and … Continue reading "Ep 146. Maxine Beneba Clarke: ‘Art does not live on art alone.'"

I went into this interview with Maxine Beneba Clarke with a bunch of very earnest questions. Our conversation reminded me that it's ok to have fun, even in poetry. Even, or maybe especially, right now. We also get into whether we need a poet laureate, what you can learn from bad poetry open mics, and … Continue reading "Ep 146. Maxine Beneba Clarke: ‘Art does not live on art alone.'"

Getting lost in a book is more than just a turn of phrase; a great read can transport us to continents and cultures far beyond our own. In lieu of travel, what books can we count on to carry us across the globe or to different times? Join a panel of renowned guests and literary travellers as they celebrate the escapist joys of reading and reveal the writers they rely on to whisk them away from their reading nooks to far-flung locales. Featuring Tegan Bennett Daylight, Richard Fidler, Heather Rose and Maxine Beneba Clarke in conversation with ABC RN's Kate Evans. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Travel to places both real and imagined with writers Heather Rose, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Richard Fidler and Tegan Bennett Daylight, in conversation with Kate Evans onstage at the Sydney Writers Festival

Most primary schools celebrate the different cultures that makeup Australia. Harmony Week is a particular time of the year when children are encouraged to celebrate the diversity in the country and their schools. But are we missing the point? New research from Monash University has revealed that students want to talk about racism and that the approach most schools are taking is not addressing concerns about racism.Hannah Yared is a psychologist and the lead researcher on the study of racism in schools. Maxine Beneba Clarke is an author whose picture books offer a more inclusive education to children. To read the original research check out the Monash University website.

We asked some of Australia's smartest, most thoughtful, most imaginative writers to turn their thoughts to what we might reasonably expect from the next 12 months. In their areas of expertise, RN’s Health Report and Coronacast host Norman Swan, acclaimed Indigenous author Gayle Kennedy, award-winning writer Maxine Beneba Clarke, leading investigative journalist Kate McClymont and award-winning journalist and broadcaster Jan Fran read the tea leaves, take some temperatures and share with us their account of things to come. This recording was taken from a live Sydney Writers' Festival event in January 2021 as part of Sydney Festival. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamila Rizvi and Astrid Edwards are back for the third season of Anonymous of a Woman. Chapter 1: Is there a bigger question in our current age than who do we trust and why? Jamila and Astrid consider what authority means to them these days. Chapter 2: Jamila reflects on When We Say Black Lives Matter, the recent illustrated kids book from podcast favourite Maxine Beneba Clarke. Chapter 3: Astrid dives deep into Noreena Hertz's The Lonely Century: Coming together in a world that's pulling apart, a nonfiction work that is uncannily timely. Recommendations: Jamila and Astrid finally agree on recommendations! Astrid advocates for the literary merit of Barack Obama's A Promised Land, while Jamila goes for an old favourite suitable for the teenagers (and adults) in your life, George Orwell's Animal Farm. CHAT WITH US Join our discussion using hashtag #AnonymousWasAWomanPod and don't forget to follow Jamila (on Instagram and Twitter) and Astrid (also on Instagram and Twitter) to continue the conversation. This podcast is sponsored by Hachette Publishing and is brought to you by Future Women. The podcast is produced by Bad Producer Productions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do you take stories of injustice and rage centred around Black Lives Matter and put them on the page for children?

How do you take stories of injustice and rage centred around Black Lives Matter and put them on the page for children?

How do you take stories of injustice and rage centred around Black Lives Matter and put them on the page for children?

A gorgeous and essential picture book for children of all ages from bestselling and award-winning author Maxine Beneba Clarke. In When We Say Black Lives Matter, a black child's parents explain what the term Black Lives Matter means to them: in protest and song, in joy and in sorrow.

This week, our podcast guest is the wonderful Maxine Beneba Clarke, a widely published Australian writer of Afro-Caribbean descent. The award winning writer joins us at the table, and we talk about the power of representation through her characters, and its importance throughout her work. ⁠ Connect with Maxine at: @maxinebeneba --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yamsandyuca-podcast/support

Carly Findlay is #1 on our list of our highest rating non-fiction interviews in 2020. CarlyFindlay is an award winning writer, speaker and appearance activist. She is the author of the memoir Say Hello, and has been published in The Guardian, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, Daily Life, SBS and Frankie. In 2020 Carly is editing the anthology Growing Up Disabled in Australia. In 2020 Carly was awarded an Order of Australia (OAM) for services to people with a disability, and in 2014 she was named as one of Australia's most influential women in the Australian Financial Review and Westpac 100 Women of Influence Awards. She has appeared on ABC's You Can't Ask That and Cyber Hate with Tara Moss, and has been a regular on various ABC radio programs. She organised history making Access to Fashion - a Melbourne Fashion Week event featuring disabled models. Carly identifies as a proud disabled woman - she lives with a rare severe skin condition - Ichthyosis. Growing Up Disabled in Australia is part of a series. You can listen to previous episodes on The Garret about the series, including Ben Law discussing Growing Up Queer in Australia and Maxine Beneba Clarke, Magan Magan and Shantell Wetherall discussing Growing Up African in Australia. About The Garret Read transcript of this interview at thegarretpodcast.com. You can also follow The Garret on Twitter and Facebook, or follow our host Astrid Edwards on Twitter or Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

And this is IT! Our final episode of Season Three! There are favourites, laughs, wisdom and news from our amazing Agony Aunt, Charlotte Wood, and relief that we now get to look forward to Season 4 in 2021!Our final cracker interview for the season is with writer and all round literary superstar, Maxine Beneba Clarke. We talk being a poet laureate, the different creative processes in writing and illustrating diversity and her latest picture book WHEN WE SAY BLACK LIVES MATTER.Check out show notes for this episode on our website www.thefirsttimepodcast.com or get in touch via Twitter or Instagram @thefirsttimepod.We'll be having a break over the summer but look forward to getting back in your ears in 2021! Don't forget you can support us and the making of Season Four via our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/user/overview?u=14470635! Thanks for joining us!

Maxine Beneba Clarke explores her gorgeous picture book, When We Say Black Lives Matter, in this 2020 interview. Maxine is a widely published Australian writer of Afro-Caribbean descent. Maxine's short fiction, non-fiction and poetry have been published in numerous publications including Overland, The Age, Meanjin, The Saturday Paper and The Big Issue. Her critically acclaimed short fiction collection Foreign Soil won the ABIA for Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2015 and the 2015 Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction, and was shortlisted for the Matt Richell Award for New Writing at the 2015 ABIAs and the 2015 Stella Prize. She was also named as one of the Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Novelists for 2015. Maxine has published three poetry collections including Carrying the World, which won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Poetry 2017 and was shortlisted for the Colin Roderick Award. The Hate Race, a memoir about growing up black in Australia won the NSW Premier's Literary Award Multicultural NSW Award 2017 and was shortlisted for an ABIA, an Indie Award, the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards and Stella Prize. In 2019 Maxine co-edited the anthology Growing Up African in Australia. The Patchwork Bike, Maxine's first picture book with Van T. Rudd was a CBCA Honour Book for 2017. She has since written three more picture books - Wide Big World (2018), Fashionista (2019) and When We Say Black Lives Matter (2020). Maxine has appeared on The Garret twice before - the first interview was a live event about Growing Up African in Australia, and the second was a close reading of her memoir The Hate Race. About The Garret Read the transcript of this interview at thegarretpodcast.com. The interview was recorded by Zoom, and we can't wait to start recording in person again soon. You can also follow The Garret on Twitter and Facebook, or follow our host Astrid Edwards on Twitter or Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To close out September, Kendra and Jaclyndiscuss About Us and Growing Up African in Australia edited by Maxine Beneba Clarke. Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. Follow along over on Instagram, join the discussion in our Goodreads group, and be sure to subscribe to our newsletter for more new books and extra book reviews! Some links are affiliate links. Find more details here. Things Mentioned Patreon Episode For a brilliant review of this book check out Vuma’s IGTV review  @the_diaspora_reader Books Mentioned Growing Up African in Australia edited by Maxine Beneba Clarke About Us: Essays from the Disability Series of the New York Times edited Peter Catapano and Rosemarie Garland-Thomson Further Reading New Australian Fiction 2020 edited by Rebecca Starford  Body Talk: 37 Voices Explore Our Radical Anatomy  edited by Kelly Jensen Collisions: Fictions of the Future edited by Leah Jing McIntosh, Cher Tan, Adalya Nash Hussein and Hassan Abul (forthcoming November 2020) LGBTQ Poetry and Fiction from Appalachia edited by Jeff Mann and Julia Watts Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to be sure you don’t miss the latest news, reviews, and furchild photos. Support us on Patreon and get insider goodies! CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com.  SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Maxine Beneba Clarke joins Jamila Rizvi and Astrid Edwards to consider creativity and determination. Maxine is a phenomenally talented Australian writer of Afro-Caribbean descent. Her works include her memoir The Hate Race (which received the NSW Premier's Literary Award Multicultural NSW Award 2017 and was shortlisted for an ABIA, an Indie Award, the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards and Stella Prize) and the short fiction collection Foreign Soil (which received the ABIA for Literary Fiction Book of the Year and the Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction, and was shortlisted for the Matt Richell Award for New Writing and the Stella Prize). Join us on Monday for an episode on momentum. CHAT WITH US Join our discussion using hashtag #AnonymousWasAWomanPod and don't forget to follow Jamila (on Instagram and Twitter) and Astrid (also on Instagram and Twitter) to continue the conversation. This podcast is brought to you by Future Women. The podcast is produced by Bad Producer Productions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamila Rizvi and Astrid Edwards consider the determination of characters, authors and survivors to go beyond the page and have an impact on the real world.  Chapter 1: How determined do Jamila and Astrid feel, both in lockdown in Melbourne, during this, the longest and saddest of years? Chapter 2: Astrid introduces the new dystopian literary thriller from Kate Mildenhall, The Mother Fault. Chapter 3: Jamila explores The Vanishing Half, the latest novel from Brit Bennet, whose standout debut The Mothers earned great acclaim.  Recommendations: Astrid throws back to Season 1 and recommends Wolfe Island by Lucy Treloar and The Glad Shout by Alice Robinson as the perfect reading accompaniments to The Mother Fault. Jamila also brings back a recommendation from Season 1 - Chanel Miller's Know My Name. Jamila also introduces The Space Between, a new book from Michelle Andrews and Zara McDonald. Join us on Thursday for an interview on determination with Maxine Beneba Clarke. CHAT WITH US Join our discussion using hashtag #AnonymousWasAWomanPod and don't forget to follow Jamila (on Instagram and Twitter) and Astrid (also on Instagram and Twitter) to continue the conversation. This podcast is brought to you by Future Women. The podcast is produced by Bad Producer Productions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maxine Beneba Clarke shares a long poem that tells a multi-generational story across countries, cultures and centuries.

In episode 2, Maxine Beneba Clarke and Cheryl Akle discuss growing up as a POC in Australia, what happens when a child is underrepresented in what they read, and how the publishing industry needs to diversify their content. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

not in Aus, matebad things don't happen hereour beaches are openthey are not places where bloodied mattresses burn Ellen van Neerven writes fiction, poetry, plays and non-fiction. An award-winning Mununjali Yugambeh writer and editor, their highly celebrated books include the experimental fiction collection, Heat and Light, and a book of poems, Comfort Food. This month, they released their second poetry collection, Throat, which explores love, language and land, and interrogates the colonial impulse. Maxine Beneba Clarke, left, and Ellen van Neerven Maxine Beneba Clarke is also a critically acclaimed writer and poet, whose work – including her award-winning 2016 poetry collection, Carrying the World – is known for its intensity and inventiveness, and for speaking truth to power. Both writers bring humour and heart to critical questions of who we are, where we come from and the burden of Australia's unreconciled history. Speaking from their respective homes during the COVID-19 restrictions of May 2020, these two poetic powerhouses discuss their shared passion for the form, and consider ways in which poetry can help us process what's happening in the world today. Introduced with a Welcome to Country from Parbin-Ata Carolyn Briggs. Presented in partnership with Australian Poetry with the support of the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund. Support the Wheeler Centre: https://www.wheelercentre.com/support-us/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"No props. No music. No costumes. Just you, your words and a mic-you've got two minutes to make the crowd scream your name. Miles Merrill, spoken word artist and founder of Australian Poetry Slam, and award-winning teacher Narcisa Nozica will take you from novice to spoken word superstar in no time. Twenty years after Merrill introduced poetry slams to Australia, there’s a national competition with a live audience of 20 000 people, and it’s taught in schools across the country. It’s been nothing short of a revolution! With tips from stars of the Australian poetry slam scene, including bestselling author Maxine Beneba Clarke, Slam Your Poetry provides step-by-step instructions and exercises that will inspire you to: 1. Write a poem that pops 2. Rehearse like a winner 3. Wow your audience 4. Beat stage fright 5. Run a winning competition for your school or community group Part how-to guide, part masterclass, part manifesto, this book will help teachers, students and wannabe spoken word artists of all ages slam like a pro."

Carly Findlay is an award winning writer, speaker and appearance activist. She is the author of the memoir Say Hello, and has been published in The Guardian, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, Daily Life, SBS and Frankie. In 2020 Carly is editing the anthology Growing Up Disabled in Australia. In 2020 Carly was awarded an Order of Australia (OAM) for services to people with a disability, and in 2014 she was named as one of Australia's most influential women in the Australian Financial Review and Westpac 100 Women of Influence Awards. She has appeared on ABC's You Can't Ask That and Cyber Hate with Tara Moss, and has been a regular on various ABC radio programs. She organised history making Access to Fashion - a Melbourne Fashion Week event featuring disabled models. Carly identifies as a proud disabled woman - she lives with a rare severe skin condition - Ichthyosis. Growing Up Disabled in Australia is part of a series. You can listen to previous episodes on The Garret about the series, including Ben Law discussing Growing Up Queer in Australia and Maxine Beneba Clarke, Magan Magan and Shantell Wetherall discussing Growing Up African in Australia. About The Garret Read transcript of this interview at thegarretpodcast.com. You can also follow The Garret on Twitter and Facebook, or follow our host Astrid Edwards on Twitter or Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

FOOTSCRAY LIVE - LIVE WEEK - Author MAXINE BENEBA CLARKE & the Next-Gen Radio Stars Footscray City College. FOOTSCRAY LIVE is part of MAKING MEDIA AUSTRALIA's NEXT-GEN FM real media project in schools across the globe. Executive Producer Ralph Barba For more information email: info@makingmedia.com.au or visit www.makingmedia.com.au

Peter Polites and Christos Tsiolkas at the Wheeler Centre For our last Double Booked Club of the year, Christos Tsiolkas was joined by Peter Polites. Tsiolkas is the internationally acclaimed author of The Slap, Barracuda and Dead Europe. He's also a celebrated playwright, critic and short-story writer. His new novel, Damascus, is perhaps his most ambitious work yet, based on the gospel and letters of St Paul and concerned with the early days of the Christian church. Peter Polites is among the most exciting new satirical voices in contemporary Australian literature. Hailing from western Sydney – a hotbed of provocative literary voices in recent years – Polites won praise for his 2017 neo-noir novel, Down the Hume. The book was shortlisted for the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards. His new novel, The Pillars, is about suburban aspiration and consumerism. Both Tsiolkas and Polites are writers of Greek descent and both are animated by questions of class, sexuality and community. At this lunchtime session, hosted by Maxine Beneba Clarke, they discuss these themes and their latest work.Support the Wheeler Centre: https://www.wheelercentre.com/support-us/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maxine Beneba Clarke is a highly awarded Australian writer of Afro-Caribbean descent. The Hate Race (2015), her memoir of growing up in Sydney in the 1980s and 1990s, immediately entered the canon of contemporary Australian literature. The Hate Race received the NSW Premier's Literary Award Multicultural NSW Award 2017 and was shortlisted for an ABIA, an Indie Award, the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards and The Stella Prize. This interview is a close study of Maxine's memoir. Maxine is prolific. Her other works include The Saturday Paper Portraits (2019) and the critically acclaimed short fiction collection Foreign Soil (2015), as well as three picture books - Fashionista (2019), Wide Big World (with Isobel Knowles in 2018) and The Patchwork Bike (with Van T. Rudd in 2016). Her poetry can be found in The Saturday Paper most weeks, and she has published three poetry collections Carrying the World, Gil Scott Heron Is on Parole and Nothing Here Needs Fixing. Maxine's short fiction, non-fiction and poetry have also been published in numerous publications including Overland, The Age, Meanjin and The Big Issue. About The Garret The transcript of this interview will be published soon at thegarretpodcast.com. You can also follow The Garret on Twitter and Facebook, or follow our host Astrid Edwards on Twitter or Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 Tuesday Breakfast 15 October 2019 7.00 am Acknowledgement of Country7.15 am Maxine Beneba Clarke discusses her upcoming event On Writing and Risk: Maxine Beneba Clarke on the State of the (Writing) Nation7.30 am Monash University Researcher Zoe Condliffe discusses She’s A Crowd - an online database of women’s stories aimed at preventing gender-based violence. Zoe Condliffe is the CEO and founder of She's A Crowd7.45 am Jill Gallagher from Victorian Treaty Advancement Commissioner joins us to talk about, Future Dreaming Festival8.10 am Ali Hogg Communications and project officers at Drummond Street Service/Queer Space and co-founder of Rainbow Rebellion challenges the religious discrimination bills8.15 am Jatinder Kaur, a Brisbane-based social worker, discusses the ongoing issue of family violence 8.30 End 

Maxine Beneba Clarke, Ginger Gorman, Sarah Hanson-Young and Julia Shaw speak with Tracey Spicer about the world of cyber-bullying, their experiences of being harassed online, and the roots and causes of trolling in wider society.

This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Bediagal people of the Eora nation. We pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging.G'day voters, and welcome to the fourth episode of 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation.Before we start this week, we'll be doing something a little different, a poetry reading, because we are nothing if not classy.The Rate by Maxine Beneba Clarke, appeared in the Saturday Paper on 20/7.Our plus guest this week is journalist, anti-poverty activist and federal leader of the Affordable Housing Party, Andrew Potts.Subjects for discussion include wage theft, wrestling, and windmills.Full show notes are available at shutupandreadthis.com/category/podcast

Growing Up Queer in Australia is an anthology compiled by celebrated author and journalist Benjamin Law. It assembles voices from across the spectrum of LGBTIQA+ identity. Olivia and Joel sat down to talk with Benjamin about the importance of this anthology, their choice to use the word ‘queer', the responsibility of editing an anthology, his editing and structural process, race, sexuality and so much more. Books mentioned in this podcast: Growing Up Queer in Australia by Benjamin Law —> https://bit.ly/2GIulj1 Growing Up Asian in Australia by Alice Pung —> https://bit.ly/2YeOAus Growing Up African in Australia by Maxine Beneba Clarke —> https://bit.ly/2SEthBn Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia by Anita Heiss —> https://bit.ly/2Y60606 Hosts: Joel Naoum and Olivia Fricot Guest: Benjamin Law

“I would hope that the readers say ‘these are mighty people, these are great people in this book’ and maybe they’ll think of others outside the book that are equally mighty people” – Tony Birch In 'The White Girl', Tony Birch tells the story of Odette Brown raising her granddaughter Sissy on the fringes of a small country town. When the menacing Sergeant Lowe arrives, any freedom that Odette and Sissy enjoy comes under grave threat. In conversation with Laura La Rosa, Tony speaks of domesticity, love, trauma, grief, and some of the true stories of the Stolen Generation that informed 'The White Girl'. This is an edited recording of a live event held at Richmond Library. 'The White Girl' is currently a Red Hot Read at Yarra Libraries. You can find a copy or place a reservation at your local branch. If you’d prefer to visit our website, you can use it to place a reservation or access the e-book or audiobook through our digital resources. TONY BIRCH Tony Birch is the author of Ghost River, which won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing and Blood, which was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award. He is also the author of Shadowboxing and three short story collections, Father’s Day, The Promise and Common People. In 2017 he was awarded the Patrick White Literary Award. Tony is a frequent contributor to ABC local and national radio and a regular guest at writers’ festivals. He lives in Melbourne and is a Senior Research Fellow at Victoria University. LAURA LA ROSA Laura La Rosa is a proud Darug woman, originally from Western Sydney, now living on Wurundjeri land. She is the founder of creative collective, Woolf Communications, as well as a writer, producer, and graphic designer. Passionate about grassroots collectivism and storytelling, Laura's work is focused on fostering disruptive discourse and the elevation of vital voices through various mediums. A dabbling columnist, Laura has appeared in The Age, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Real, and Eureka Street. YARRA LIBRARIES RECOMMENDS The White Girl – Tony Birch Ghost River – Tony Birch Common People – Tony Birch Blood – Tony Birch Shadow Boxing – Tony Birch Father’s Day – Tony Birch The Promise – Tony Birch The White Girl (electronic resource) Common People (electronic resource) Blood (electronic resource) The Best Australian Stories 2017 - Maxine Beneba Clarke (editor) From the Outer: Footy like you’ve never heard it – Alicia Sometimes and Nicole Hayes (editors)

On 29 November 2017, the Victorian Parliament passed the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017, which has come to effect in 2019.  We open this show with a poem, Things about Dying by Maxine Beneba Clarke, first published in the print edition of the Saturday Paper on June 22, 2019. We speak with Colleen Hartland, a former Australian politician and advocate for voluntary assisted dying. We also speak with Dr Neera Bhatia, an Associate Professor at Deakin Law School.  

Ahmed Yussuf chats about the book Growing Up African In Australia, a collection of stories about people fitting in, displacement and finding themselves. Compiled by award-winning author Maxine Beneba Clarke, with curatorial assistance from writers Ahmed Yussuf and Magan Magan, this anthology brings together voices from the regions of Africa and the African diaspora. Ahmed Yussuf will appear the Williamstown Literary Festival this June,

The path to feminism often begins with the powerful act of discovering the right text at the right time. Neko Case, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Michelle Law, Hollie McNish and Emily Nussbaum nominate the novel that set them alight. Recorded live at Melbourne Writers Festival 2018, supported by Queen Victoria Women's Centre.

The Garret LIVE at the Library In partnership with the State Library of Victoria, The Garret hosts a series of live events with leading Australian writers. This event was recorded on Tuesday 21 May 2019. In this event, Maxine Beneba Clarke and Magan Magan discuss Growing up African in Australia with host Astrid Edwards and Shantel Wetherall. The discussion explores all angles of Growing Up African in Australia - Maxine's role as editor, Magan's role as editor and contributor, and Shantel's experience as a reader who grew up as part of the African Diaspora. Maxine Beneba Clarke is an Australian writer and poet of Afro-Caribbean descent. She is the author of the Indie and ABIA award-winning short fiction collection Foreign Soil (2014). Her most recent poetry collection Carrying The World won the 2017 Victorian Premier's Award for Poetry. Maxine is the author of the CBCA winning picture book The Patchwork Bike and her critically acclaimed memoir The Hate Race is being adapted for stage for Melbourne's Malthouse Theatre. She writes for the Saturday Paper. Magan Magan is a writer and poet who has read work at the National Gallery of Victoria, the National Young Writers Festival, the Emerging Writers Festival and Melbourne Writers Festival. His work has been published in Cordite Poetry Review and the anthologies Shots from the Chamber, Australian Poetry and Contemporary Australian Feminist Poetry. Magan's latest book is From Grains to Gold (2018). Shantel Wetherall is a Melbourne culture writer, presenter and maker. Her work is featured in The Guardian and she produces and hosts Hey Aunty! Podcast. About The Garret You can read the transcript of this interview at thegarretpodcast.com.  You can also follow The Garret on Twitter and Facebook, or follow our host Astrid Edwards on Twitter or Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you missed out on the first Fitzroy Writers Festival here’s your chance to listen to one of our sold-out sessions. The Growing Up African in Australia anthology, compiled by award-winning author Maxine Beneba Clarke, brings together an array of stories from African-diaspora Australians. At the Fitzroy Writers Festival Maxine discussed the collection with contributors Faustina Agolley, Santilla Chingaipe, Nyadol Nyuon and Guido Melo. You can find Growing Up African in Australia, published by Black Inc, at your local branch of Yarra Libraries. This panel was brought to you in partnership with the Ewing Trust and Yarra Youth Services. Theme song is Add And by Broke For Free. Yarra Libraries Recommends Growing Up African in Australia – ed. Maxine Beneba Clarke Growing Up African in Australia (audio) – ed. Maxine Beneba Clarke Foreign Soil – Maxine Beneba Clarke The Hate Race – Maxine Beneba Clarke Carrying the World – Maxine Beneba Clarke Growing Up Asian in Australia – ed. Alice Pung Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia – ed. Anita Heiss Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia (audio) – ed. Anita Heiss Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia (ebook) – ed. Anita Heiss

Recorded in 2018, The Motherload was a discussion about contemporary parenting. It featured feminist icon and media commentator, Clementine Ford; Afro-Caribbean Australian writer and slam poet, Maxine Beneba Clarke; and social researcher, Dr Rebecca Huntley untangling the rules, regulations and ridiculousness of parenting. With chair Fenella Kernebone, this panel of experts (and mothers) discussed how we might dismantle the seemingly intractable gender norms that tether femininity to domesticity.  

What was it like growing up in 1980s Western Sydney as a woman from Afro-Caribbean descent? Award-winning writer and slam poet Maxine Beneba Clarke and I chatted about the point in your life when you realise you might be a little bit different to everyone else. Learn about Maxine's love of words, winning at the right time and how we can build on the incredible history of our First Peoples to strengthen our Tiny Island. Stay to the end to hear a great riff about the state of the Murray-Darling Basin!

Writer and poet Maxine Beneba Clarke and bookseller and academic Elias Greig join Cassie and Kate to talk reading, throwing books through windows and (specifically) Melissa Harrison's All Among the Barley, Nana Kwama Adjei-Brenyah's Friday Black and Emiliano Monge's Among the Lost

An all Australian show with Liane Moriarty's Nine Perfect Strangers, Maxine Beneba Clarke's latest picture book and Melissa Lucashenko's woman on a motorbike.

Award-winning writer, appearance activist and now author - these are just a few of Carly Findlay's achievements and it was amazing to sit down with her to discuss her new memoir Say Hello. Carly was named as one of Australia's most influential woman in the 2014 Australian Financial Review and Westpac 100 Women of Influence Awards. She writes on disability and appearance issues for the ABC, SBS and Daily Life. She identifies as a proud disabled woman living with a rare severe skin condition known as Ichthyosis. We talk with Carly about her new memoir, fashion, blogging and her writing process. Books mentioned in this podcast: Say Hello by Carly Findlay —> https://bit.ly/2Meyhta Growing Up African in Australia by Maxine Beneba Clarke —> https://bit.ly/2DgivLv Hosts: John Purcell and Sarah McDuling Guest: Carly Findlay

An examination of race in the playground with award winning Australian writer Maxine Beneba Clarke, Tara Moss with Kathryn Fox and Krissy Kneen in the craft of writing series and celebrity Irish comedian Graham Norton on his second novel, A Keeper.

When Maxine Beneba-Clarke was a girl she experienced racism in the playground. In her beautiful new picture book Wide Big World she shows how words have the power to transform the world. Even words that can start out as hurtful and racist. Maxine shares the story behind the story, and how children can be taught the power and weight of words.

7:00am Acknowledgement of Country 7:15am Shirleen and Carmel discuss the grassroots nature of their organisation Tangentyere Womens Family Safety Group, how they reach young people with their message, and their big plans for 2018 7:30am Over The Wall discuss the 2017 Federal budget to cut welfare eligibility to students studying tafe courses. 7:40am Over the Wall on 3CR spoke to Greens Senator Adam Bandt to gain his insights into the cashless welfare card 7:50am  A revist of a segment by Spoken Word Australia, a grassroots program produced in the studios of 3CR for the Community Radio Network, with the assistance of the Community Broadcasting Foundation, connecting you to poetry and performance. Award winning poet and author, Maxine Beneba Clarke, reflects on the African contribution to Australia and reads her poem about Josephine Baker in Paris.8.00am Palestinian women and girls, the idea of quotas and which women think they're a good ideahttp://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/12/palestinian-teen-coma-shot-rubber-bullet-171217210649934.htmlhttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-palestinians-israel-children/israel-mistreats-palestinian-children-in-custody-unicef-idUSBRE9250PF20130306http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42535685 

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Our guest today is Maxine Beneba Clarke, author of Foreign Soil, published by 37 INK/Atria on January 3rd. Maxine is a novelist, poet and editor living in Melbourne Australia. She was the Hazel Rowley Fellowship winner for Biography and also won the 2013 Victorian Premier Award for an Unpublished Manuscript. Foreign Soil is Maxine’s first book. And is a collection of 11 short stories, stories that are full of pain, meanness, nostalgia, fear, monsters, sometimes happiness and sometimes a bit of a harbinger of what America has done to itself with our election of Donald Trump. The stories are engaging, surprising, emotionally riveting and haunting and each conveys something that at the time of reading the first word, one didn’t expect. Hard to do. They take place all over the world. America, London, Australia, Jamaica, Africa, yet they all knife us with a stark reality about the world around us, not necessarily a world we choose, but a world that increasingly and most recently, closes in around us. These stories are different than what you’ve read lately, and for that reason alone (amongst many others) I encourage you to come by the shop and pick up a copy.

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Our guest today is Maxine Beneba Clarke, author of Foreign Soil, published by 37 INK/Atria on January 3rd. Maxine is a novelist, poet and editor living in Melbourne Australia. She was the Hazel Rowley Fellowship winner for Biography and also won the 2013 Victorian Premier Award for an Unpublished Manuscript. Foreign Soil is Maxine’s first book. And is a collection of 11 short stories, stories that are full of pain, meanness, nostalgia, fear, monsters, sometimes happiness and sometimes a bit of a harbinger of what America has done to itself with our election of Donald Trump. The stories are engaging, surprising, emotionally riveting and haunting and each conveys something that at the time of reading the first word, one didn’t expect. Hard to do. They take place all over the world. America, London, Australia, Jamaica, Africa, yet they all knife us with a stark reality about the world around us, not necessarily a world we choose, but a world that increasingly and most recently, closes in around us. These stories are different than what you’ve read lately, and for that reason alone (amongst many others) I encourage you to come by the shop and pick up a copy.

Encompassing Africa, Jamaica, Australia and the UK, the poem Demerara Sugar journeys through the sugar cane trade across centuries, countries and a family. In this exclusive recording, Maxine Beneba Clarke reads this epic poem from her new collection, Carrying the World.

A writer’s life entails much more than just getting words on the page. Maxine Beneba Clarke is a slam poet, journalist and the author of the short story collection, Foreign Soil. Her memoir The Hate Race will be published this year. She takes us through what she has learnt so far and her plans for 2016. Recorded at the State Library of NSW as part of Forest for the Trees, a one-day seminar run by NSW Writers' Centre for Sydney Writers' Festival 2016.

Hear our Managing Director Mark Rubbo in conversation with author Maxine Beneba Clarke about her new memoir, The Hate Race.

Auckland Writers Festival 2016 Maxine Beneba Clarke is a prize-winning Australian writer, essayist and slam-poetry champ of Afro-Caribbean descent with a newly released poetry collection Carrying The World, and an upcoming memoir The Hate Race. Tusiata Avia is a leading Pacific poet who has travelled the world with her one woman show Wild Dogs Under My Skirt, and launches her new collection Fale Aitu | Spirit House in Festival week. These two formidable talents discuss their lives, their drives and cultural amalgamations.

We're talking a break this week, but we have something from our archives for you! Here's our interview with writer Maxine Beneba Clarke from last year. We'll be back next week! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we had Maxine Beneba Clarke join us in studio for an interview, discussed the ongoing #OromoProtests with Soreti Kadir, as well as the recent conference Black Voices. We investigated and chuckled at latest Trump comments, and our featured discussion was on Muslim schools. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Australian Poetry member Maxine Beneba Clarke is having a banner year, experiencing the kind of overnight success that really only comes after a decade of hard yards. Her debut short story collection, Foreign Soil, won the2013 Premier’s Award for an Unpublished Manuscript, and landed her a book deal with Hachette.