Podcasts about national young writers festival

'I was still in that really optimistic, sort of naive, wonderful space as an early writer, where you think everything you write is just publishable.' Debut author Jonathon Shannon shares his journey from aspiring writer to published author – including the decision to join James and Ashley's writers' group.  We discuss how he took his debut romcom from a four-word pitch to a publishing contract, the rejection of his first manuscript, and his transition to writing romantic comedy alongside his wife, author Elodie Cheesman.  Plus, do you have a book you're saving to read before you die?  Jonathon Shannon is a Sydney-based writer and creative director. His work has been recognised at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, screened at the St Kilda Film Festival, and is housed in the permanent archives of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Bound to Happen is his debut novel.  Get your copy of Bound to Happen or from your local bookshop. Upcoming events  James is in conversation with Hayley Scrivenor as part of the National Young Writers Festival, 28 Sept to 1 Oct Ashley is appearing in-person at the Mount Beauty Writers Festival, happening Saturday 7 October.  Terror Australis Readers and Writers Festival is happening October 26 to 29, and Ashley will be part of two days of panel sessions happening that weekend in the Huon Valley, Tasmania Online: Creative Nonfiction – Ashley is teaching her six-week online Writing NSW course starting 30 October Crafting Narrative Drive – an in-person workshop with Ashley at Avid Reader in Brisbane, Sunday 26 November, 10am-1pm Books and authors discussed in this episode: 'I'm the Wrong Ghost for This Haunting' by Ren Arcamone Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld A Mile Down by David Vann  A Burglar's Guide to the City by Geoff Manaugh The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger Love, In Theory by Elodie Cheesman Ashley's psychological thriller Dark Mode is out now! Learn more about it and get your copy. James' novel Denizen is out now! Learn more about it and get your copy.  Get in touch! ashleykalagianblunt.com jamesmckenziewatson.com Twitter: @AKalagianBlunt + @JamesMcWatson Instagram: @akalagianblunt + @jamesmcwatson

‘I conflate so many experiences throughout my life with the level of pain I was in at the time.' Amy Lovat, debut author of Mistakes and Other Lovers and founder of Secret Book Stuff, gets real with us about the challenges of maintaining a creative practice with endometriosis. She also discusses writing about the dark side of modern evangelical Christianity, setting her novel in her hometown of Newcastle, and that time she was rushed to emergency in agonising pain and – well, you'll just have to listen. Plus, James and Ashley receive personalised reading recommendations from this master bibliophile! Amy Lovat is a writer, editor and the founder of Secret Book Stuff. She has a PhD in English and Writing from the University of Newcastle and lives with her partner Laura, two dogs, a bird and thousands of books in Gadigal Country, Sydney. Get your copy of Mistakes and Other Lovers or from your local bookshop. Upcoming events  Ashley is appearing at Bloody Scotland on 15 September! Catch her in person in Stirling, UK, or online!  James is in conversation with Hayley Scrivenor as part of the National Young Writers Festival, 28 Sept to 1 Oct Terror Australis Readers and Writers Festival is happening October 26 to 29, and Ashley will be part of two days of panel sessions happening that weekend in the Huon Valley, Tasmania Online: Creative Nonfiction – Ashley is teaching her six-week online Writing NSW course starting 30 October Crafting Narrative Drive – an in-person workshop with Ashley at Avid Reader in Brisbane, Sunday 26 November, 10am-1pm Books and authors discussed in this episode: Stolen Focus by Johann Hari;  Hot Little Hands by Abigail Ulman; Just a Girl by Kirsten Krauth; Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney; Normal People by Sally Rooney; A Lonely Girl Is a Dangerous Thing by Jessie Tu; Friends and Dark Shapes by Kavita Bedford (from ep 24); Adult Fantasy by Briohny Doyle (read Ashley's review); Yellowface by Rebecca Kuang;      Dress Rehearsals by Madison Godfrey; Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey; Lucy Clarke; Echolalia by Briohny Doyle; Bunny by SE Tolsen; On a Bright Hillside in Paradise by Annette Higgs; The Sun Walks Down by Fiona McFarlane; When One of Us Hurts by Monica Vuu; Plus hear Amy talk about Secret Book Stuff in ep 34!  Ashley's psychological thriller Dark Mode is out now! Learn more about it and get your copy. James' novel Denizen is out now! Learn more about it and get your copy.  Check out Writing NSW's online course program, and Podcasting 101.  Get in touch! ashleykalagianblunt.com jamesmckenziewatson.com Twitter: @AKalagianBlunt + @JamesMcWatson Instagram: @akalagianblunt + @jamesmcwatson

Gloria pens a letter to their baby nephew and in doing so ponders what it means to be their Tita, or Tito, or simply Gloria.Gloria Demillo (they/them) is a poet, researcher and multidisciplinary creative. Their most notable contributions include the Harana Poetry Tour for the Art Gallery of New South Wales; published works with the Australian Poetry Journal, Peril Magazine, Cordite Poetry Review, Red Room Poetry; and performances at the Biennale of Sydney, the National Young Writers Festival, Wollongong Writers Festival, Australian Poetry Slam, and the Bankstown Poetry Slam Olympics. They performed this story at Riverside Theatres in Parramatta.Queerstories an award-winning LGBTQI+ storytelling project directed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For more information, visit www.queerstories.com.au and follow Queerstories on Facebook.The Queerstories book is published by Hachette Australia, and can be purchased from your favourite independent bookseller or on Booktopia.To support Queerstories, become a patron at www.patreon.com/ladysingsitbetter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Final Draft Great Conversations 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. Jack Gow is a writer and comedian based in Sydney, who has sold out, critically acclaimed shows across the country. You might have caught Jack's stories on Radio National, the Story Club podcast, and FBi Radio's All the Best. Jack is also co-director of NYWF and is joining us with the inside scoop on the festival. The National Young Writers' Festival is an annual gathering of young writers. A place for them to showcase their work, share ideas, and learn. 2022 sees NYWF as a hybrid festival, with both in person and online events. Festival programs are free, and made by and for young writers who create across stage, page, web and beyond. Check out the National Young Writers Festival online and plan your festival. 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/ 

Kaitlyn Blythe joined Marijo Požega in an honest conversation that explored cultural and ideological ideas that impact on people with chronic illness/disability, while discussing COVID-19, the disability support pension and housing (un)affordibility.Kaitlyn Blythe (formerly Kaitlyn Plyley) is a Melbourne-based writer and performer. Her writing has been published by Junkee, The Sydney Morning Herald, Seizure, The Lifted Brow, and more. In 2019, Kaitlyn received Copyright Agency's Ignite Grant and The Wheeler Centre's Hot Desk Fellowship to work on her chronic illness memoir, Suddenly 80.Kaitlyn trained in storytelling under teachers from LA's The Moth and NYC's Upright Citizens Brigade, and has performed true stories from her life at festivals and events all over Australia. Her podcast Just A Spoonful – where she interviews young people living with chronic illness and/or disability about their work, daily lives and passions – has ranked in Australian iTunes' top 100 and featured on triple j, ABC radio and at the National Young Writers Festival. Listen to the Just A Spoonful Podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/just-a-spoonful/id927826969You can find Kaitlyn on Twitter at: @BlytheByName 

Welcome back to a very special episode of GayV Club co-presented with the National Young Writers Festival 2020. We are joined by Panda Wong to debateone of the most difficult questions of the 21st century: which streaming service has the best B-grade content? Tune in to find out. Special thanks to Isobel Marmion for producing. Please consider supporting GayV Club on Patreon or Paypal. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram for updates. Episodes with closed captions can be found on our YouTube.

Debut Author of "The Morbids," Ewa Ramsey is on the Convo Couch, chatting to Pam about writing her anxiety into her fiction and through her characters.  Heart-wrenching, heartwarming and ultimately uplifting--a story about the power of a little kindness Ewa Ramsey is an emerging writer and arts administrator based in Newcastle, NSW. She has presented short fiction at the National Young Writers Festival, won a commendation in the Newcastle Short Story Award, and been a finalist in the Newcastle Herald Short Story Competition. She is currently Operations Manager for the Newcastle Writers Festival and on the board of the National Young Writers Festival. SHOW NOTES: Writes4Women www.writes4women.com Facebook @writes4women Twitter / Instagram @w4wpodcast W4W Patreon https://www.writes4women.com/support-us-on-patreon Ewa Ramsey "The Morbids" https://ewaramsey.com Allen and Unwin https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/fiction/The-Morbids-Ewa-Ramsey-9781760877538 Twitter @ewaeramsey Instagram @missewa Pamela Cook www.pamelacook.com.au Facebook @pamelacookauthor Twitter @PamelaCookAU Instagram @pamelacookwrites Listen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler) www.listenuppodcasting.com.au Facebook @kelbutler / @listenuppodcasting Twitter @KelB See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Great Conversations features interviews with authors and writers, exploring books, writing and literary culture from Australia and the world.Today's episode features Khalid Warsame discussing his story in the anthology After Australia.After Australia offers a selection of twelve incredible Indigenous Writers and Writers of Colour including Ambellin Kwaymullina, Karen Wyld, Omar Sakr, Future D Fidel and Zoya Patel. Together they imagine Australia for 2050 and beyond.Khalid is a Melbourne based writer, editor, and arts producer. He’s a former fiction editor at the Lifted Brow and co-director of the National Young Writers Festival, and is also writing his first novel.Khalid’s story in the anthology is List of Known Remedies. It’s a seemingly innocuous tale of friendship, relationships and a sick dog that hides a startling and sinister future…Join me as we discover Khalid Warsame’s List of Known Remedies

After watching a life-changing episode of Broad City, Giselle's life is filled by a new and consuming passion. Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen was a recipient of The Wheeler Centre’s inaugural Next Chapter fellowship. Her writing has appeared in BuzzFeed, frankie, Junkee, Kill Your Darlings and Meanjin, and she was a regular columnist for Daily Life throughout 2016. She has appeared at Melbourne Writers Festival, National Young Writers’ Festival and Women of Letters. Giselle is the commissioning editor for Feminist Writers Festival and a bookseller at Readings. She likes animals, vegan cooking, comics, cycling and inappropriate nap times. Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For Queerstories event dates, visit www.maevemarsden.com, and follow Queerstories on Facebook. The Queerstories book is published by Hachette Australia, and can be purchased from your favourite independent bookseller or on Booktopia. To support Queerstories, become a patron at www.patreon.com/ladysingsitbetter And for gay stuff and insomnia rants follow me - Maeve Marsden - on Twitter and Instagram. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

Raelee doesn't need the escapism Stardew Valley provides because of family drama; it is the rest of the world that's the problem. Raelee Lancaster is a Brisbane-based writer, collaborator, and creative producer. She is Co Director of the National Young Writers Festival and a 2019 recipient of the Copyright Agency First Nations Fellowship. Her work has featured in exhibitions around Australia and Berlin as well as in publications such as Cordite Poetry Review, The Saturday Paper, Overland, and more. Raised on Awabakal land, Raelee is descended from the Wiradjuri and Biripi peoples. She tweets @raeleelancaster Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For Queerstories event dates, visit www.maevemarsden.com, and follow Queerstories on Facebook. The Queerstories book is published by Hachette Australia, and can be purchased from your favourite independent bookseller or on Booktopia. To support Queerstories, become a patron at www.patreon.com/ladysingsitbetter And for gay stuff and insomnia rants follow me - Maeve Marsden - on Twitter and Instagram.

What ethical considerations should you take into account when editing someone’s work? What questions should you ask yourself to make sure you edit a story responsibly? Join editors from Voiceworks​ and beyond for a roundtable discussion about working with other people’s words.Featuring: Maddie Godfrey, Bridget Caldwell, Dani Leever, Adalya Nash HusseinSHOWNOTES:National Young Writer's Festivalhttps://youngwritersfestival.orgFacebook - @youngwritersfestivalTwitter / Instagram - @NYWFAdalya Nash HusseinFacebook - @adalyanashhusseinTwitter - @adalyanhDani Leeverhttps://www.quiet.ly/60297Twitter - @DaniLeeverMaddie Godfreyhttps://www.maddiegodfrey.comFacebook - @maddiegodfreypoetTwitter - @howtobeheldBridget CaldwellTwitter - @bridgetblouListen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler)www.listenuppodcasting.com.auFacebook @kelbutler & @listenuppodcastingTwitter @KelBAustralia Council for the Artshttps://www.australiacouncil.gov.auCreate NSWhttps://www.create.nsw.gov.au The Copyright Agency https://www.copyright.com.au

It’s time to pit horror, sci-fi and fantasy against each other in this three-way genre fiction debate! At this event the teams will battle it out to prove once and for all what genre vampires truly belong in. Get ready for things to get heated (and probably a little ridiculous).SHOWNOTES:National Young Writer's Festivalhttps://youngwritersfestival.orgFacebook - @youngwritersfestivalTwitter / Instagram - @NYWFListen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler)www.listenuppodcasting.com.auFacebook @kelbutler & @listenuppodcastingTwitter @KelBAustralia Council for the Artshttps://www.australiacouncil.gov.auCreate NSWhttps://www.create.nsw.gov.au The Copyright Agency https://www.copyright.com.au

Bastian is trying to understand why they keep taking photos of the stove. So, they decide to write about it. Bastian Fox Phelan is a writer, musician and zinemaker who lives in Newcastle on the land of the Awabakal people. They were shortlisted for the 2017 Scribe Nonfiction Prize, their writing has been published in The Lifted Brow, Runway, Scum Magazine and Tincture Journal, and they’re currently working on a literary memoir signed to Giramonda Publishing. Bastian works with Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and National Young Writers’ Festival to deliver their popular Zine Fair events, and they are part of dream pop duo Moonsign, who just released an album about grief and climate change on Yes Rave records. Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For Queerstories event dates, visit www.maevemarsden.com, and follow Queerstories on Facebook. The Queerstories book is published by Hachette Australia, and can be purchased on Booktopia. To support Queerstories, become a patron at www.patreon.com/ladysingsitbetter And for gay stuff and insomnia rants follow me - Maeve Marsden - on Twitter and Instagram.

Desireé Dallagiacomo takes the stage – and our hearts – with some hard-hitting poetry.Desireé Dallagiacomo is a writer, performer, educator, and space creator an author of poetry book "Sink"In 2016, she founded The Heart of It, an intimate and intensive writing retreat in the high desert of New Mexico. It started as her passion project and has become something big and beautiful and great.Des started performing in poetry slams and open mics in 2009, and she has been a finalist at every major poetry slam in the United States.She is the co-host of a Southern Poetry podcast, Drawl.SHOWNOTES:National Young Writer's Festivalhttps://youngwritersfestival.orgFacebook - @youngwritersfestivalTwitter / Instagram - @NYWFDesiree Dallagiacomohttps://www.desireedallagiacomo.comFacebook @desireedallagiacomo/Twitter @desdallagiacomoListen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler)www.listenuppodcasting.com.auFacebook @kelbutler & @listenuppodcastingTwitter @KelBAustralia Council for the Artshttps://www.australiacouncil.gov.auCreate NSWhttps://www.create.nsw.gov.au The Copyright Agency https://www.copyright.com.au

Have a laugh with Melissa McGlensey in this comedy set.Melissa is a writer with bylines on The Betoota Advocate, The Huffington Post, Today.com, Reductress and more, as well as a company member of the Melbourne-based improvised comedy troupes Soothplayers: Completely Improvised Shakespeare and the director of Completely Improvised Potter.SHOWNOTES:National Young Writer's Festivalhttps://youngwritersfestival.orgFacebook - @youngwritersfestivalTwitter / Instagram - @NYWFMelissa McGlenseyhttps://www.melissamcglensey.comFacebook @mmcglenseyTwitter @OhHeyMelissListen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler)www.listenuppodcasting.com.auFacebook @kelbutler & @listenuppodcastingTwitter @KelBAustralia Council for the Artshttps://www.australiacouncil.gov.auCreate NSWhttps://www.create.nsw.gov.au The Copyright Agency https://www.copyright.com.au

The myth. The legend. THE Nina Oyama graces us with this some great comedy.SHOWNOTES:National Young Writer's Festivalhttps://youngwritersfestival.orgFacebook - @youngwritersfestivalTwitter / Instagram - @NYWFNina OyamaTwitter @ninaoyamaListen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler)www.listenuppodcasting.com.auFacebook @kelbutler & @listenuppodcastingTwitter @KelBAustralia Council for the Artshttps://www.australiacouncil.gov.auCreate NSWhttps://www.create.nsw.gov.au The Copyright Agency https://www.copyright.com.au

Criticism in inevitable at every stage of your career. It is arguably an integral mechanism of growth and improvement. This panel will discuss where the line between constructive criticism and being too harsh sits.Featuring: Vanessa Crofskey, Jess Cockerill, Chloe Sargeant, Mike Louis KennedySHOWNOTES:National Young Writer's Festivalhttps://youngwritersfestival.orgFacebook - @youngwritersfestivalTwitter / Instagram - @NYWFListen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler)www.listenuppodcasting.com.auFacebook @kelbutler & @listenuppodcastingTwitter @KelBAustralia Council for the Artshttps://www.australiacouncil.gov.auCreate NSWhttps://www.create.nsw.gov.au The Copyright Agency https://www.copyright.com.au

CW: Alcohol In following with the example set by the festival. I would like to acknowledge the Awabakal and Worimi peoples, who are the traditional custodians of the land the festival was held on, and that this podcast was made on. I pay respect to their elders past and present as well as to any listeners with a connection to the world’s oldest continuing culture. I would also like to acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded and this always was and always will be Aboriginal land. National Young Writers Festival happens every year in early October, in Newcastle Australia. It is part of a collection of arts festivals that happen as part of This Is Not Art festival. It's free to attended, and offers workshops, panels, comedy sets, poetry readings, and more! It's made up of artists from all over the place, getting together, and sharing their creative energy, insight, and skills with each other and the public. I want more game makers to attend, and more importantly; I want them on panels! Let us see if I can convince you, while I pay homage to The Mixed Six. Find more from nywf on their website: https://youngwritersfestival.org/

In following with the example set by the festival. I would like to acknowledge the Awabakal and Worimi peoples, who are the traditional custodians of the land the festival was held on, and that this podcast was made on. I pay respect to their elders past and present as well as to any listeners with a connection to the world’s oldest continuing culture. I would also like to acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded and this always was and always will be Aboriginal land. The first in our series of content recorded for, about, and at the National Young Writers Festival here in Newcastle. This is an Actual Play of hacked version of Ash McAllan's game Oracle. Elyce Phillips, Soo-Min Shim, and Chloe Alison Escott, join Ray on a journey to find Arts Funding. Recorded in front of a live audience, it was a hilarious adventure as well as being full of many firsts. We hope you enjoy. [Note: we did our best with the editing of the sound quality, but it was a noisy space.]

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.

This episode contains content about murder and sexual violence against women. If this is in anyway triggering for you please contact 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732 or Lifeline on 13 11 14 for support. TRIGGER WARNING: In this deeply personal and moving session six of our best young writers read about and expose the self in its various forms. Between memory and now we experience, grow and commit our many selves to the page... Featuring readings from artists: Alexandra Hollis - @alexlhollis Nevo Zisin - @FindingNevo1 Monikka Eliah Adalya Nash Hussein - @adalyanh Nina Baldotto - @ninabaldotto Jamie Marina Lau - @babyzzks If you like this episode of the Writes4Festivals podcast, check out all of our episodes at www.writes4women.com OR SUBSCRIBE (free and painless) at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you get your pods. #w4wpodcast #NYWF19 #Newcastle #Writing #Poetry #blogging #WritingCommunity #publishing #journalism #festivals #podcasts SHOWNOTES: Writes4Festivalswww.writes4women.comFacebook - @Writes4FestivalsTwitter / Instagram - @w4wpodcast National Young Writers Festivalwww.youngwritersfestival.orgFacebook / Twitter - @NYWF Pamela Cookwww.pamelacook.com.auFacebook - @pamelacookauthorTwitter - @PamelaCookAU Kel ButlerFacebook / Twitter - @kelbutler

In a special "LIVE" edition of James' Colley's tongue bitingly funny podcast, "Nailed It", four artists share their pet peeves and the hill they’ll die on. Hosted by James Colley featuring Eamonn Marra, Chloe Escott, Roj Amedi and Alistair Baldwin doing stand up guaranteed to make you laugh. If you like this episode of the Writes4Festivals podcast, check out our other episodes at www.writes4women.com OR SUBSCRIBE to Writes4Festivals (free and painless) at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you get your pods. #w4wpodcast #NailedIt #comedy #standup #NYWF2019 #youngwriters #publishing #WritingLife #WritingCommunity #podcasts #Newcastle SHOWNOTES: Writes4Festivalswww.writes4women.comFacebook - @Writes4FestivalsTwitter / Instagram @w4wpodcast National Young Writers Festivalwww.youngwritersfestival.orgFacebook / Twitter @NYWF Nailed It! Podcasthttps://omny.fm/shows/nailed-it-1/playlists/podcastFacebook / Twitter @NailedItPodcast Pamela Cookwww.pamelacook.com.auFacebook @pamelacookauthorTwitter @PamelaCookAU Kel ButlerFacebook / Twitter @kelbutler James Colleyhttp://www.jamcolley.comFacebook / Twitter @JamColley Eamonn Marrahttp://eamonnmarra.comFacebook / Twitter @EamonnMarra Chloe EscottTwitter @vesselskirt Roj AmediTwitter @Roj_Ame Alistair Baldwinhttps://alistairbaldwin.comFacebook @Ali.S.B.BaldwinTwitter @BaldwinAlistair

Finding the sublime in the suburbs, this performance piece from Papua New Guinean-Australian writer, Alana Hicks has our two hosts in awe. Ali and Emma chat about the pastiche of images Hicks writes about in 'Movements' and they wonder whether you think it ends on a pessimistic note or not. Join the discussion on the Coffee Pod|cast Facebook page. 'Movements' by Alana Hicks is published in Flashing The Square About the author Alana Hicks is a Papua New Guinean-Australian director and writer, who has worked on a range of projects from short films and documentaries to web sketch comedy and theatre. She spearheaded The Kvetch Set Sketch Collective’s three seasons, plus directed a number of live Kvetch Set productions. Alana completed a Graduate Certificate in Screenwriting from AFTRS and recently received the Writing NSW Early Career Writers Grant. Alana has been a collaborator with performance collectives Outspoken, Word Travels, and Token Word and participated as a slam poet and playwright at the Sydney Festival, National Young Writers Festival, National Playwriting Conference and Sydney Writers Festival. Alana works in the charity sector, making digital content for a not-for-profit refugee and migrant organisation. You can read an interview with Alana Hicks here. Credits Presenters: Ali Morris and Emma Walsh Producer: Bronwyn Mehan Theme music: James Seymour Production Assistant: Hannah Oakshott Coffee Pod|cast has been produced with the support of the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body and we wish to also acknowledge the support of Little Fictions by the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund and the City of Sydney Matching Grants program.  

Anupama Pilbrow, Nayuka Gorrie and Hella Ibrahim talk about the process of having your work edited and how much more difficult it can be when you’re an Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, POC and/or CALD writer, working with majority white institutions. We invite these exceptional writers and editors to discuss the editorial process, best approaches to being edited, and how we can build more sensitive and empowering protocols and institutions. If you like this episode of the Writes4Festivals podcast, check out all of our episodes at www.writes4women.com OR SUBSCRIBE (free and painless) at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you get your pods. #w4wpodcast #NYWF19 #Newcastle #Writing #Editing #Indigenous #PoC #WritingCommunity #publishing #journalism #festivals #podcasts SHOWNOTES: Writes4Festivalswww.writes4women.comFacebook - @Writes4FestivalsTwitter / Instagram - @w4wpodcast National Young Writers Festivalwww.youngwritersfestival.orgFacebook / Twitter - @NYWF Pamela Cookwww.pamelacook.com.auFacebook - @pamelacookauthorTwitter - @PamelaCookAU Kel ButlerFacebook / Twitter - @kelbutler Nayuka Gorrie Twitter - @NayukaGorrie Anupama PilbrowWeb - https://thesuburbanreview.com/author/anupama-pilbrow/Twitter - @Anupama_Pilbrow Hella Ibrahim Webhttps://djedpress.com/author/hella-ibrahim/ - Twitter - @djed_press

One of the unique highlights of the National Young Writers Festival in Newcastle is their Late Night Readings, where young writers reflecting all sectors of society and creativity, courageously get up in front of a bunch of strangers and read their work. This is one of the most important and impressive of the Late Night Readings from the 2018 festival "Nothing About Us Without Us" *TRIGGER WARNING: This episode speaks of Indigenous people who have since passed away and addresses subject matter that may be triggering for some people* A group of talented, young artists take to the stage to celebrate the immense resilience and resistance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Writing powerfully towards a better, more realistic and reconciled future. MC'd by incredible writer, poet and producer Raelee Lancaster. If you like this episode of the Writes4Festivals podcast, check out our other episodes at www.writes4women.com OR SUBSCRIBE at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you get your pods. SHOW NOTES: Writes4Festivals www.writes4women.comFacebook @Writes4FestivalsTwitter and Instagram @w4wpodcast National Young Writers Festival www.youngwritersfestival.orgFacebook @youngwritersfestivalTwitter @NYWF Raelee LancasterTwitter @raeleelancaster Pamela Cookwww.pamelacook.com.auFacebook - @pamelacookauthorTwitter - @PamelaCookAU Kel Butler - Listen Up Podcasting Twitter @KelBFacebook @kelbutlerWebsite - www.listenuppodcasting.com.au Writing NSWwww.writingnsw.org.auFacebook @WritingNSWTwitter @writingNSW

Four artists discuss the craft of writing the domestic, and how they coax out the sublime, ridiculous and otherworldly from everyday life. Featuring Jamie Marina Lau, Alexandra Hollis, Ellena Savage and Laura Elvery. This podcast was recorded on Saturday 29 September 2018 at the National Young Writers’ Festival.

In this special cross-festival event, three This is Not Art artists discuss the business of art, labour, and the promise of gathering together in space and time despite the odds. Featuring Danni McGrath, Kailum Graves and Creatix Tiara. This podcast was recorded on Sunday 30 September 2018 at the National Young Writers’ Festival.

What is political criticism, and how should writers approach it in our practice? What is the best way to skewer politicians with meaning? Four writers share their skills in shaping political criticism in ways that suit them. Featuring Wes Mountain, Eliza Berlage, Claudia Long and James Colley. This podcast was recorded on Saturday 29 September 2018 at the National Young Writers’ Festival.

Tonight on SleepTalker, Magan Magan wanders dark Melbourne streets and finds inspiration for his writing. This episode features three of Magan's poems: ‘The Thin Line of Loneliness’, ‘Waking Up At Night’ and ‘Moon Street’. Magan’s working on a poetry collection called ‘Writing Shame Away’. Follow him on Twitter at maganmagan9 to find out when it’s released. A version of this piece was first heard at 'Spend the Night With All the Best', an Audiocraft/All the Best listening party in Sydney. Bec and Magan first met at last year’s National Young Writers’ Festival, where they collaborated on another version of ‘Moon Street’. You can listen to both All the Best episodes at www.allthebestradio.com , or search 'All the Best' on iTunes. The music in this episode is from ‘Swimming With Blue Whales’ by Joseph. Head to josephbuchan.bandcamp.com for more. Joseph’s donating all the proceeds from Swimming With Blue Whales to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. Links and past episodes at the SleepTalker website: www.sleeptalkerpodcast.com

Recorded at the 2014 National Young Writers Festival. My guest this episode is writer, editor, Creative Producer of Express Media and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome haver, Lefa Singleton Norton. We push through our festival brain fog to talk women in comedy, why there's no shame in watching Midsomer Murders, explaining your illness to your boss, and fading out of your own life. Lefa tells me how she got started in the creative industries, and how she had to drastically change her career when Chronic Fatigue Syndrome hit.

Angela Bennetts started out as a copywriter for a publisher, and one of her early arts ventures was Even Books: book parties she put together with Alice Fenton because they were “bored”. She's worked with Underbelly Arts, edited arts and fashion writing and been the co-director of the National Young Writers Festival. Next stop is Indonesia as she steps up to become the marketing manager for the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival. Full show notes and playlist at

This week, two authors who deal in intrigue, bravery and betrayal under authoritarian regimes. First we hear from Joseph Braude, the first ever journalist allowed to embed with a unit of the Moroccan police. And then, Rochelle Fernandez chats with Anna Funder about her latest novel, All that I am – set in the beginning of the Nazi rise to power. Joseph Braude, The Honoured Dead: A Story Of Friendship, Murder and the Underbelly of the Arab World, published by Scribe. Interview by Neda Vanovac. Anna Funder, All That I Am, published by Hamish Hamilton – interview by Rochelle Fernandez. Ben Jenkins and Dominic Knight, National Young Writers Festival – interview by Neda Vanovac. For more information go to: www.youngwritersfestival.org