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Irma and Karen reveal exciting new partnerships with Ubud Writers and Readers Festival and Writers Victoria. Then Karen chats with Beejay Silcox about literary criticism in Australia – what good critics endeavour to do, the blowback from a tough review, what is lacking in Australian criticism, the impact of shrinking page space, the inability to make a sustainable career out of criticism, and her deep regret over one particular review. And then on judging the Stella Prize – how the process works, the role of chair and how the panel is selected, how a shortlist and then a winner is decided, and the alchemy of a strong process. About BeejayBeejay Silcox is an Australian writer and literary critic. She is the Artistic Director of Canberra Writers Festival, and was chair of the 2024 Stella Prize judging panel. Her literary criticism regularly appears in national and international arts publications, and her award-winning short fiction has been published in several literary magazines. She also teaches creative writing. 

Vicky Daddo lives in Hazelwood South, Victoria and is President of the Gippsland Writers Network and a Regional Ambassador for Writers Victoria. Her stories have appeared in The Big Issue, Award Winning Australian Writing and other anthologies. She has placed in competitions including the Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction, the Hope Prize, the Scarlet Stilettos and the FAW National Literary Awards.Her unpublished novels have been selected for QWC/Hachette Manuscript Development, and long-listed for Adaptable and MsLexia Novel Competition. She is currently doing the Faber Academy Writing a Novel program.CreditsConcept designer, co-producer, and narrator: Susanna LobezCo-producer: Carmel ShuteProductionManager: Tim CoyGraphic Designer: Caz BrownCopyright Sisters in Crime Australia

When Sarah won the Scarlet Stiletto Award for the Best Young Writer in 2011, she was in Year 7 at Caulfield Grammar School. Though she had been passionate about writing since she was young, winning the award boosted her confidence and inspired her to pursue a career in the literary industry. Sarah has since hosted author events, run a successful YA book club, interned for the Melbourne Writers Festival, Writers Victoria, Hardie Grant Egmont and Penguin, and worked as a bookseller. Her story "A Little Overboard" was included in the anthology "This Fresh Hell", published by Clandestine Press last year. Sarah is currently working on a YA sci-fi novel set in Melbourne.CreditsConcept designer, co-producer, and narrator: Susanna LobezCo-producer: Carmel ShuteProductionManager: Tim CoyGraphic Designer: Caz BrownCopyright Sisters in Crime Australia

S3E2. Queer Writes Session: Jonathan Butler with Anna Kate Blair In this episode Jono chats with Anna Kate Blair about writing, visibility, art and how she approached writing and researching her fascinating debut novel, The Modern. Anna Kate also shares some tips and insights as Program and Partnerships Manager at Writers Victoria, as well as some excellent writing advice. Anna Kate Blair's shout out books this episode are: You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat Mrs. S by K. Patrick Queer Writes Session (QWS) Podcast, a Words & Nerds spin off series hosted by Rob aka R.W.R. McDonald and Jonathan Butler, in partnership with Blarney Books & Art in Port Fairy. Books mentioned and reviews can be found on QUEER WRITES SESSIONS | Blarney Books and Art Resources mentioned and a transcript for this episode's interview is available at QWS Podcast · R.W.R. McDonald https://rwrmcdonald.com/

Brigid Mullane is a publisher at Ultimo Press, and in this interview she discusses her career and her path into publishing. She was previously Managing Editor at Hachette, Editor of Kill Your Darlings, and Communications Manager at Writers Victoria. She has also worked in a variety of roles at Melbourne Writers Festival, National Young Writers' Festival, Emerging  Writers' Festival, the Sun Bookshop and the Brunswick Street Bookstore. You can read the transcript of this interview here. About The Garret: Writers and the publishing industry Follow The Garret on Instagram, and perhaps follow our host Astrid Edwards there too.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Angela Savage is an award-winning writer, former CEO of Writers Victoria, and current CEO of Public Libraries Victoria. Her debut novel, Behind the Night Bazaar, featured Jayne Keeney, the Thai-based P I in her story which won third prize in 1998. The book won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Unpublished Manuscript, and all three of her Jayne Keeney PI novels were shortlisted for Ned Kelly Awards. Angela's short stories have been published in Australia and the UK and she won the 2011 Scarlet Stiletto Award with “The teardrop tattoos”. Angela holds a PhD in Creative Writing from Monash University, giving her the Bond villain-like name of Doctor Savage. Her latest novel is Mother of Pearl.CreditsConcept designer, co-producer and narrator: Susanna LobezCo-producer: Carmel ShuteAnnouncer: Leigh RedheadProduction Manager: Tim CoyGraphic Designer: Caz BrownMusic: sampled and inspired by ProkofievCopyright Sisters in Crime Australia 2023

After Indira Naidoo lost her sister to suicide during the pandemic lockdowns, she unexpectedly found herself turning to nature to help her heal. Speaking with Ashley, Indira shares the journey through grief that led to her memoir 'The Space Between the Stars,' including her relationship with an especially consoling Moreton Bay fig. She describes the challenge of writing the book when she struggled even to speak her sister's name, and delves into our innate need to connect with the natural world.    Indira Naidoo is one of Australia's most popular broadcasters and authors. During her multi-decade award-winning journalistic career, she has hosted and reported for some of the country's most distinguished news and current affair programs, including the ABC TV's Late Edition and SBS TV World News, and she is currently the host of ABC TV's Compass and ABC Radio Sydney's Evenings Program. She is an ambassador for Sydney's homeless crisis centre the Wayside Chapel. Get your copy of The Space Between the Stars online or from your local bookshop. The South Coast Writers Festival is happening 18 to 20 August at Wollongong Town Hall. Hear from James, Ashley, Hayley Scrivenor, Shankari Chandran, and more! Authors include Alan Baxter, Alexis Wright, Caroline Baum, Emma Viskic, Helena Fox, Indira Naidoo, Kate Holden, Kate Scott, Loraine Peck, Meredith Jaffe, Mykaela Saunders, Pamela Cook, Sara Ayoub, Sarah Saleh, Tim Ayliffe, Tim Flannery and Will Kostakis. Indira is appearing on the panel 'Ritual, Nature and Grace,' alongside poet Tamryn Bennett, to discuss nature mysticism and medicine, rituals, and how writers express the things that strain beyond words. They'll be speaking with festival director Sarah Nicholson. Upcoming events  South Coast Writers Festival, 18-20 August, Wollongong Town Hall – see Ashley and James in person!  Online: Building Suspense in Writing – Ashley is teaching this online workshop through Writers Victoria, Sunday 27 August, 10am-4pm Bound to Happen launch – Join Ashley in conversation at Better Read than Dead in Newtown for the launch of Jonathon Shannon's debut romcom, Saturday 2 September, 6.30-8pm  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: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver; Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe  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

Mark Brandi is the author of four novels, including his latest, Southern Aurora. He joins us to discuss how a short story he began in 2015 became his newest novel, his choice to set the story in rural Australia in the 1980s, and how he writes so convincingly from a child's point of view. We also talk about sustaining yourself creatively over multiple books.  Plus, who's going to die first – Ashley or James? Is one of us dead already? Listen to find out!  Mark Brandi's bestselling novel, Wimmera, won the coveted British Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger, and was named Best Debut at the 2018 Australian Indie Book Awards. Mark's second novel, The Rip, was published to critical acclaim in 2019, and his third novel, The Others, was shortlisted for the Best Fiction prize in the 2022 Ned Kelly Awards. His fourth novel is Southern Aurora. He graduated with a criminal justice degree and worked in the justice system before changing direction and deciding to write. Get your copy of Southern Aurora online or from your local bookshop. Upcoming events  Ashley is conversation with Hayley Scrivenor about Dark Mode at Penrith Library, Monday 7 August, 6.30 pm Ashley and James in conversation about Dark Mode at Mona Vale Library, Tuesday 8 August, 7pm Ashley is in conversation with Petronella McGovern about Dark Mode at Concord Library, Thursday 10 August, 6.00pm South Coast Writers Festival, 18-20 August, Wollongong Town Hall – see Ashley and James in person!  Building Suspense in Writing – Ashley is teaching this online workshop through Writers Victoria, Sunday 27 August, 10am-4pm 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: Sofie Laguna; Tony Birch; Brilliant Lies by David Williamson;  Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller;  Summer of the Seventeenth Doll by Ray Lawler;  A Swim in the Pond in the Road by George Saunders;  Lee Kofman (from ep 76); Kate Mildenhall (from ep 13);  Sarah Sentilles (from ep 50);  From Bhutan to Blacktown by Om Dhungel 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

It wasn't until a year into working on her novel 'Madukka the River Serpent' that Julie Janson decided to make it a crime novel. At once a story of corporate greed, environmental destruction and government inaction, 'Madukka the River Serpent' also celebrates older women who hold their families together in the face of extreme challenges. In this episode, Julie discusses the writing of her first crime novel, how she juxtaposes humour with serious political issues, and why she recommends getting involved with some outrageous men.  The South Coast Writers Festival is happening 18 to 20 August at Wollongong Town Hall. Hear from James, Ashley, Hayley Scrivenor, Shankari Chandran, and more!  Authors include Alan Baxter, Alexis Wright, Caroline Baum, Emma Viskic, Helena Fox, Indira Naidoo, Kate Holden, Kate Scott, Loraine Peck, Meredith Jaffe, Mykaela Saunders, Pamela Cook, Sara Ayoub, Sarah Saleh, Tim Ayliffe, Tim Flannery and Will Kostakis. Julie Janson is a NSW Burruberongal woman of Darug Aboriginal nation and a critically acclaimed novelist, playwright, and poet. 'Madukka the River Serpent' is Julie's first Indigenous crime novel. Her earlier work, 'Benevolence', is an Indigenous historical novel. 'Madukka the River Serpent' has been longlisted for the 2023 Miles Franklin Award.  Upcoming events: Boorowa Literary Festival is happening July 14 and 15 – see Ashley and James in person! Mark Brandi in conversation with Ashley Kalagian Blunt, Thursday, 20 July, 6.30-7.30 pm Ashley is conversation with Hayley Scrivenor about Dark MOde at Penrith Library, Monday 7 August, 6.30 pm Ashley and James in conversation about Dark Mode at Mona Vale Library, Tuesday 8 August, 7pm South Coast Writers Festival, 18-20 August, Wollongong Town Hall – see Ashley and James in person!  Building Suspense in Writing – Ashley is teaching this online workshop through Writers Victoria, Sunday 27 August, 10am-4pm Books and authors discussed in this episode: Benevolence by Julie Janson; Compassion by Julie Janson;  Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami;  The People of the River by Grace Karskens;  Nardi Simpson (from ep 18); Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte;  Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky;  Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright;  The Trial by Franz Kafka;  Mistakes and Other Lovers by Amy Lovat;  Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier;  Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier;  A Country of Eternal Light by Paul Dalgarno 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

WHY DOES ANNA SPARGO-RYAN WRITE? Noè Welcome to Why Write, a super short podcast that asks writers just that, why they write. Hi, I'm Noè Harsel, a writer and Chair of Writers Victoria, and I'm excited to chat to a diverse group of writers and simply ask, why write? I'm glad you're here with me. Today I have Anna Spargo-Ryan. Anna is a Melbourne writer whose latest book is A KIND OF MAGIC. She was the inaugural winner of the Horne Prize and is the Nonfiction Editor at Island Magazine. Why Write is a Writers Victoria podcast. All programs and information about becoming a member with us at writers Victoria is available at writersvictoria.org.au We hope you enjoyed Why Write and if you did, please tell your friends and don't forget to subscribe and leave a review on Apple iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Why Write was recorded at Brand Music and engineered by Michael Burrows. Original Music by Brand Music.

WHY DOES KATE CUTHBERT WRITE? Noè Welcome to Why Write, a super short podcast that asks writers just that, why they write. Hi, I'm Noè Harsel, a writer and Chair of Writers Victoria, and I'm excited to chat to a diverse group of writers and simply ask, why write? I'm glad you're here with me. Today I have Kate Cuthbert. Kate is the editorial director at Pantera Press. Previously, she held senior roles at both Writers Victoria and Harlequin Australia. A genre fiction advocate and enthusiast, she's currently pursuing a PhD examining representations of Australia on book covers and in book titles, and is a co-host on the podcast, What Would Danbury Do. Why Write is a Writers Victoria podcast. All programs and information about becoming a member with us at writers Victoria is available at writersvictoria.org.au We hope you enjoyed Why Write and if you did, please tell your friends and don't forget to subscribe and leave a review on Apple iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Why Write was recorded at Brand Music and engineered by Michael Burrows. Original Music by Brand Music.

WHY DOES DANIELLE BINKS WRITE? Noè Welcome to Why Write, a super short podcast that asks writers just that, why they write. Hi, I'm Noè Harsel, a writer and Chair of Writers Victoria, and I'm excited to chat to a diverse group of writers and simply ask, why write? I'm glad you're here with me. Today we have Danielle Binks. Danielle is a Melbourne-based writer and literary agent with Jacinta di Mase Management. In 2017, she edited and contributed to Begin, End, Begin, an anthology of new Australian young adult writing inspired by the #LoveOzYA movement, which won the ABIA Book of the Year for Older Children (Ages 13+). The Year the Maps Changed, Danielle's bestselling middle-grade novel, was a 2021 Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Notable Book. Her first solo YA novel The Monster of Her Age released in 2021, and won in the Young Adult category of the 2022 Indie Book Awards. Danielle is also teaching Fiction & Young Adult Writing in the Associate Degree of Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT University. Why Write is a Writers Victoria podcast. All programs and information about becoming a member with us at writers Victoria is available at writersvictoria.org.au We hope you enjoyed Why Write and if you did, please tell your friends and don't forget to subscribe and leave a review on Apple iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Why Write was recorded at Brand Music and engineered by Michael Burrows. Original Music by Brand Music.

WHY DOES ANDY JACKSON WRITE? Noè Welcome to Why Write, a super short podcast that asks writers just that, why they write. Hi, I'm Noè Harsel, a writer and Chair of Writers Victoria, and I'm excited to chat to a diverse group of writers and simply ask, why write? I'm glad you're here with me. Today I have Andy Jackson. Andy is a poet and creative writing teacher, and was awarded the inaugural Writing the Future of Health Fellowship. He has been shortlisted for the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, the John Bray Poetry Award and the Victorian Premier's Prize for Poetry. Andy has co-edited disability-themed issues of Southerly and Australian Poetry Journal, and his latest poetry collection is "Human Looking", which won the 2022 ALS Gold Medal and the Prime Minister's Award for Poetry. Why Write is a Writers Victoria podcast. All programs and information about becoming a member with us at writers Victoria is available at writersvictoria.org.au We hope you enjoyed Why Write and if you did, please tell your friends and don't forget to subscribe and leave a review on Apple iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Why Write was recorded at Brand Music and engineered by Michael Burrows. Original Music by Brand Music.

WHY DOES PAUL DALGARNO WRITE? Noè Welcome to Why Write, a super short podcast that asks writers just that, why they write. Hi, I'm Noè Harsel, a writer and Chair of Writers Victoria, and I'm excited to chat to a diverse group of writers and simply ask, why write? I'm glad you're here with me. Today I have Paul Dalgarno. Paul is an author and journalist. He was Deputy Editor of The Conversation (Australia) and a Senior Writer and Features Editor at The Herald newspaper group in the UK. He has written for The Guardian, Big Issues Scotland and Australian Book Review. He's Scottish by birth and upbringing and has lived in Australia since 2010. His most recent publication is a Country of Eternal Life. Full transcript is available on whywrite.com.au Why Write is a Writers Victoria podcast. All programs and information about becoming a member with us at writers Victoria is available at writersvictoria.org.au We hope you enjoyed Why Write and if you did, please tell your friends and don't forget to subscribe and leave a review on Apple iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Why Write was recorded at Brand Music and engineered by Michael Burrows. Original Music by Brand Music.

WHY DOES ASHLEY KALAGIAN BLUNT WRITE? Noè Welcome to Why Write, a super short podcast that asks writers just that, why they write. Hi, I'm Noè Harsel, a writer and Chair of Writers Victoria, and I'm excited to chat to a diverse group of writers and simply ask, why write? I'm glad you're here with me. Today I have Ashley Kalagian Blunt. Ashley is the author of Dark Mode, an internationally published psychological thriller. Her earlier books are How to be Australian, a memoir, and My Name is Revenge, a collection of fiction and essays, which was a finalist in the 2018 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Awards.  Her writing appears in the Sydney Morning Herald, Overland, Griffith Review and Sydney Review of Books, Australian Book Review, Kill Your Darlings and other places. Ashley co-hosts James and Ashley Stay at Home, a podcast about writing, creativity and health, and teaches creative writing. Originally from Canada, she has lived and worked in South Korea, Peru and Mexico.  Full transcript is available on whywrite.com.au Why Write is a Writers Victoria podcast. All programs and information about becoming a member with us at writers Victoria is available at writersvictoria.org.au We hope you enjoyed Why Write and if you did, please tell your friends and don't forget to subscribe and leave a review on Apple iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Why Write was recorded at Brand Music and engineered by Michael Burrows. Original Music by Brand Music.

Nicole Smith is stepping into the spaces where her story needs to be heard. Nicole Smith is a writer, wheelchair user, coffee addict, AFL footy fan and improviser. She has a blog where she interviews social entrepreneurs: www.blankpagesandemptyspaces.com. She has a Bachelor of Behavioural Science and a Graduate Diploma of English. Nicole won a Writeability Fellowship from Writers Victoria. She is currently a Storming the City mentor with Writers Victoria. Fun fact - I've done quite a bit of TV work and a short film. In this episode we talk about: - how Nicole got into writing - Why she loves interviewing people - what she's learned about sharing her story and promoting her own blog - how sharing stories can have a huge impact I love Nicole's willingness to learn, grow and continue putting herself forward. It's been a pleasure to work with her learn from her and share in her story.

WHY DOES LEE KOFMAN WRITE? IG: @leekofman Twitter: @LeeKofman Web: leekofman.com.au Publications: List of some books here Noè Welcome to Why Write, a super short podcast that asks writers just that, why they write. Hi, I'm Noè Harsel, a writer and Chair of Writers Victoria, and I'm excited to chat to a diverse group of writers and simply ask, why write? I'm glad you're here with me. Today we have Dr Lee Kofman. Lee is a Russian born, Israeli author of three fiction books and two memoirs, including Imperfect, which was shortlisted for the Nib Literary Award, and The Dangerous Bride. She's the co-editor of Rebellious Daughters and editor of Split, which was long listed for the ABIA awards, and is an anthology of memoirs by prominent Australian authors. Her short works had been widely published Australia, US, UK, Scotland, Israel and Canada. She has a blog, which was a finalist for best Australian blogs in 2014. Lee's most recent book is the Writer Laid Bare and is all about writing. Why Write is a Writers Victoria podcast. All programs and information about becoming a member with us at writers Victoria is available at writersvictoria.org.au We hope you enjoyed Why Write and if you did, please tell your friends and don't forget to subscribe and leave a review on Apple iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Why Write was recorded at Brand Music and engineered by Michael Burrows. Original Music by Brand Music.

WHY DOES BRAM PRESSER WRITE? IG: @iaminstabram Twitter: @BramPresser Facebook: @BramPresserAuthor Web: brampresser.com & a book for ants Publications: The Book of Dirt Noè Welcome to Why Write, a super short podcast that asks writers just that, why they write. Hi, I'm Noè Harsel, a writer and Chair of Writers Victoria, and I'm excited to chat to a diverse group of writers and simply ask, why write? I'm glad you're here with me. Today I have Bram Presser. Bram is a lapsed criminal lawyer and academic and has been a cartoon character twice. He's also a musician and an internationally and nationally award winning Australian writer, whose best-selling first novel, The Book of Dirt went on to receive the New South Wales Premier's Literary Award for Fiction, New Writing and the People's Choice Award, as well as the Voss Award and the National Jewish Book Award in America for Debut Fiction.  Why Write is a Writers Victoria podcast. All programs and information about becoming a member with us at writers Victoria is available at writersvictoria.org.au We hope you enjoyed Why Write and if you did, please tell your friends and don't forget to subscribe and leave a review on Apple iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Why Write was recorded at Brand Music and engineered by Michael Burrows. Original Music by Brand Music.

WHY DOES ALICE PUNG WRITE? Web: alicepung.net Publications: List of Alice's books Noè Welcome to Why Write, a super short podcast that asks writers just that, why they write. Hi, I'm Noè Harsel, a writer and Chair of Writers Victoria, and I'm excited to chat to a diverse group of writers and simply ask, why write? I'm glad you're here with me. Today we have Alice Pung, Alice is a best selling Australian writer whose award winning books include Unpolished Gem, Laurinda, and Her Father's Daughter. Her latest book is 100 Days. Why Write is a Writers Victoria podcast. All programs and information about becoming a member with us at writers Victoria is available at writersvictoria.org.au We hope you enjoyed Why Write and if you did, please tell your friends and don't forget to subscribe and leave a review on Apple iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Why Write was recorded at Brand Music and engineered by Michael Burrows. Original Music by Brand Music.

WHY DOES ANDREA ROWE WRITE? IG: @andrearowe_coastwriter Twitter: @AndreaRowe_au Web: andrearowe.com.au Publications: Jetty Jumping Noè Welcome to Why Write, a super short podcast that asks writers just that, why they write. Hi, I'm Noè Harsel, a writer and Chair of Writers Victoria, and I'm excited to chat to a diverse group of writers and simply ask, why write? I'm glad you're here with me. Today, I have Andrea Rowe. Andrea is a Victorian Children's YA author, short story writer and she has published in anthologies and magazines. Her debut book Jetty Jumping has been shortlisted in the 2022 CBCA Book of the Year for Early Childhood. Andrea won the 2020 Hal Porter Short Story Award, and is a professional copywriter and content strategist for several respected Australian charities. She's also the founder of the Peninsula Writers' Club and the Mornington Peninsula Shire Mayor's Writing Award. Why Write is a Writers Victoria podcast. All programs and information about becoming a member with us at writers Victoria is available at writersvictoria.org.au We hope you enjoyed Why Write and if you did, please tell your friends and don't forget to subscribe and leave a review on Apple iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Why Write was recorded at Brand Music and engineered by Michael Burrows. Original Music by Brand Music.

WHY DOES THUY ON WRITE? IG: @poemsbythuy Twitter: @thuy_on Publications: Turbulance Noè Welcome to Why Write, a super short podcast that asks writers just that, why they write. Hi, I'm Noè Harsel, a writer and Chair of Writers Victoria, and I'm excited to chat to a diverse group of writers and simply ask, why write? I'm glad you're here with me. Today we have Thuy On. Thuy is an arts journalist, editor, critic and poet. She's currently the reviews editor of Arts Hub. Her first book, a collection of poetry called Turbulence, was published in 2020 by UWAP. Her second collection, Decadence, will be released later this year in 2022. Why Write is a Writers Victoria podcast. All programs and information about becoming a member with us at writers Victoria is available at writersvictoria.org.au We hope you enjoyed Why Write and if you did, please tell your friends and don't forget to subscribe and leave a review on Apple iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Why Write was recorded at Brand Music and engineered by Michael Burrows. Original Music by Brand Music.

WHY DOES MELANE CHENG WRITE? Twitter: @mslcheng Web: melaniechengwriter Publications: Australia Day, Room for a Stranger Noè Welcome to Why Write, a super short podcast that asks writers just that, why they write. Hi, I'm Noè Harsel, a writer and Chair of Writers Victoria, and I'm excited to chat to a diverse group of writers and simply ask, why write? I'm glad you're here with me. Today we have Melanie Cheng. Melanie is a writer based in Melbourne. Her debut short story collection, Australia Day, won the 2016 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript and the 2018 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction. Her debut novel, Room for a Stranger was shortlisted for the 2020 New South Wales Premier Literary Awards, and Long Listed for the 2020 Miles Franklin Award. Her nonfiction has appeared in The Guardian, The Age, The Weekend Australian, Meanjin, the Griffith Review, Overland, and SBS online, among others. In 2021, she was a health columnist for The Saturday Paper. Why Write is a Writers Victoria podcast. All programs and information about becoming a member with us at writers Victoria is available at writersvictoria.org.au We hope you enjoyed Why Write and if you did, please tell your friends and don't forget to subscribe and leave a review on Apple iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Why Write was recorded at Brand Music and engineered by Michael Burrows. Original Music by Brand Music.

Hear more about why do writers write! Season one is available now! Catch up here. What makes someone sit and stare at that blank paper for hours, days, let's face it, YEARS? Surely there are better things to do, things that aren't so torturous?! I'm Noè Harsel and I'm a writer, just like you, and I wanted to find this out, I wanted to know why — why write? Join me for WHY WRITE a super short podcast, asking one writer, each week, this most important question — why write? Subscribe now, wherever you listen to podcasts. Why Write is supported by Writers Victoria

WHY DOES CS PACAT WRITE? IG: @c.s.pacat Twitter: @cspacat Web: cspacat.com Publications: Books Noè Welcome to Why Write, a super short podcast that asks writers just that, why they write. Hi, I'm Noè Harsel, a writer and Chair of Writers Victoria, and I'm excited to chat to a diverse group of writers and simply ask, why write? I'm glad you're here with me. Today we have CS Pacat. CS Pacat is a New York Times bestselling author of Dark Rise, the Captive Prince trilogy and the GLAAD-nominated graphic novels Fence. Born in Australia and educated at the University of Melbourne, CS Pacat has since lived in a number of cities, including Tokyo, and Perugia, and currently resides and writes in Melbourne. Why Write is a Writers Victoria podcast. All programs and information about becoming a member with us at Writers Victoria is available at writersvictoria.org.au We hope you enjoyed Why Write and if you did, please tell your friends and don't forget to subscribe and leave a review on Apple iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Why Write was recorded at Brand Music and engineered by Michael Burrows. Original Music by Brand Music.

WHY DOES BEAU WINDON WRITE? IG: @whoisbeauwindon Twitter: @WhoIsBeauWindon Facebook: @mashbeautato Web: beauwindon.com Publications: Some available online publications Noè Welcome to Why Write, a super short podcast that asks writers just that, why they write. Hi, I'm Noè Harsel, a writer and Chair of Writers Victoria, and I'm excited to chat to a diverse group of writers and simply ask, why write? I'm glad you're here with me. Today with us, we've got Beau Windon. He's a neurodivergent writer of Wiradjuri descent based in Melbourne, Australia. He writes quirky stories about quirky people with a focus on YA fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry, Beau was the recipient of a Writeability Fellowship for his hybrid memoir, and was awarded a grant from Creative Victoria to develop his YA manuscript. You can read Beau's work in the Griffith Review, Archer Magazine, VICE and Rabbit, among other places. Why Write is a Writers Victoria podcast. All programs and information about becoming a member with us at Writers Victoria is available at writersvictoria.org.au We hope you enjoyed Why Write and if you did, please tell your friends and don't forget to subscribe and leave a review on Apple iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Why Write was recorded at Brand Music and engineered by Michael Burrows. Original Music by Brand Music.

WHY DOES ASTRID EDWARDS WRITE? IG: @astridedwards Twitter: @astridedwards Web: astridedwards.com Podcasts: Anoymous Was a Woman & The Garret: Writers on Writing Publications: Reviews & articles Noè Welcome to Why Write, a super short podcast that asks writers just that, why they write. Hi, I'm Noè Harsel, a writer and Chair of Writers Victoria, and I'm excited to chat to a diverse group of writers and simply ask, why write? I'm glad you're here with me. Today we chat to Astrid Edwards. Astrid is an interviewer, writer, advocate and Chair of the Melbourne Writers Festival. She is one half of Bad Producer Productions. An independent Australian podcast network specialising in arts, comedy and sports podcasts. She hosts the Garrett: Writers on Writing and co-hosts Anonymous Was a Woman. She's a member of the Victorian Disability Advisory Council, where she advises the Minister for Disability ageing and carers. Why Write is a Writers Victoria podcast. All programs and information about becoming a member with us at Writers Victoria is available at writersvictoria.org.au We hope you enjoyed Why Write and if you did, please tell your friends and don't forget to subscribe and leave a review on Apple iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Why Write was recorded at Brand Music and engineered by Michael Burrows. Original Music by Brand Music.

WHY DOES MCKINLEY VALENTINE WRITE? Twitter: @mckinleaf Newsletter: The Whippet Web: mckinleyvalentine.com Publications: List of articles & fiction publications Noè Welcome to Why Write, a super short podcast that asks writers just that, why they write. Hi, I'm Noè Harsel, a writer and Chair of Writers Victoria, and I'm excited to chat to a diverse group of writers and simply ask, why write? I'm glad you're here with me.  Today we have McKinley Valentine. McKinley Valentine is a neurodivergent writer who reads more Wikipedia articles than can possibly be healthy. She makes The Whippet, a cult hit newsletter of esoterica, unsolicited advice and zero contemporary politics. She is a writer researcher for the ABC's Hard Quiz and her short fiction has been published in Fantasy Magazine, Seizure, and Andromeda's Spaceways' Inflight Magazine. Why Write is a Writers Victoria podcast. All programs and information about becoming a member with us at writers Victoria is available at writersvictoria.org.au We hope you enjoyed Why Write and if you did, please tell your friends and don't forget to subscribe and leave a review on Apple iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Why Write was recorded at Brand Music and engineered by Michael Burrows. Original Music by Brand Music.

WHY DOES AMIE KAUFMAN WRITE? IG: @amiekaufmanauthor Twitter:@AmieKaufman Facebook: @AmieKaufmanAuthor Web: amiekaufman.com Podcast: Amie Kaufman on Writing Publications: YA publications & [Middle Grade publications (http://amiekaufman.com/middle-grade-books/) Noè Welcome to Why Write, a super short podcast that asks writers just that, why they write. Hi, I'm Noè Harsel, a writer and Chair of Writers Victoria, and I'm excited to chat to a diverse group of writers and simply ask, why write? I'm glad you're here with me. Today we have Amie Kaufman. Amie is a New York Times, USA Today and internationally best-selling author of science fiction and fantasy. Several of her series are currently in development for film and TV. Raised in Australia, and occasionally Ireland, Amie has degrees in history, literature, law and conflict resolution, and is currently undertaking a PhD in creative writing. She's also the host of the podcast, Amie Kaufman on Writing. Why Write is a Writers Victoria podcast. All programs and information about becoming a member with us at writers Victoria is available at writersvictoria.org.au We hope you enjoyed Why Write and if you did, please tell your friends and don't forget to subscribe and leave a review on Apple iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Why Write was recorded at Brand Music and engineered by Michael Burrows. Original Music by Brand Music.

WHY DOES SARAH KRANSNOSTEIN WRITE? IG: [@sarahkwrites] Twitter: [@delasarah] Web: [https://sarahkrasnostein.com] Publications: [List of Text Publishing publications] Noè Welcome to Why Write, a super short podcast that asks writers just that, why they write. Hi, I'm Noè Harsel, a writer and Chair of Writers Victoria, and I'm excited to chat to a diverse group of writers and simply ask, why write? I'm glad you're here with me. Today we have Sarah Krasnostein. Sarah is a multi-award winning writer and researcher. She is the author of The Trauma Cleaner, The Believer, and most recently Quarterly Essay, number 85, Not Waving, Drowning, on Mental Illness and Vulnerability. Her work has appeared in publications and journals in Australia, America and the UK. She has a doctorate in criminal law. Why Write is a Writers Victoria podcast. All programs and information about becoming a member with us at writers Victoria is available at writersvictoria.org.au We hope you enjoyed Why Write and if you did, please tell your friends and don't forget to subscribe and leave a review on Apple iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Why Write was recorded at Brand Music and engineered by Michael Burrows. Original Music by Brand Music.

This month's Craft of Writing episode is a chat with Dr Lee Kofman about her new non-fiction release, The Writer Laid Bare. It's part memoir, part a book about writing, and a fabulous insight into a writer's  process. Lee is a Russian born Israeli-Australian author of six books, and an editor of two anthologies. A writing teacher and mentor based in Melbourne, Lee is multi-lingual and has been published in Israel in Hebrew but now writes exclusively in English. She is the author of two memoirs, Imperfect, which was shortlisted for the NIB Literary Award, and The Dangerous Bride. She's also edited two anthologies of personal essays featuring prominent Australian writers, Rebellious Daughters, and Split, both published by Ventura Press. Lee has published numerous short stories, short creative nonfiction, and has been involved in many literary awards and writing competitions as a judge or assessor, including Varuna Fellowships and the ASA Copyright Agency Award Mentorship Program. She's participated in many literary events as a panelist, panel moderator, feature speaker and lecturer. Lee was the blogger in residence for Writers Victoria for three years and her blog about writing was a finalist for the Best Australian Blogs in 2014. It was also the origin of her latest release, the writing and reading guide The Writer Laid Bare: Mastering Emotional Honesty in a Writer's Art Craft and Life which is the book we chat about on this podcast.      SHOW NOTES: Writes4Women www.writes4women.com Facebook @writes4women Twitter / Instagram @w4wpodcast   W4W Patreon https://www.writes4women.com/support-us-on-patreon   Lee Kofman Website: click here Facebook: click here Instagram: click here Twitter: click here Buy The Writer Laid Barehere     Pamela Cook www.pamelacook.com.au Facebook: click here Twitter: click here  Instagram: click here   This episode produced by  Pamela Cook for Writes4Women.       Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/writes4women?fan_landing=true See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle is a very passionate author and equally, celebrator of life. Michelle lives in Frankston, Victoria when she's not living in my alternate world, the wonderful world of books where she likes to escape to and create her characters. Michelle can write, and has written, anywhere and but currently, has the chance to create beautiful stories, in her all inspiring Writers Manor. Michelle's husband built the writers manor using lots of recycled products. Michelle is a proud member of the Romance Writers Association of Australia, the Australian Society of Authors, Writers Victoria, and the Peninsula Writers' Club, and have been blessed with many opportunities because of her writing, which has taken me nationally in Australia and internationally to Ireland, thanks to her sensational publisher and the team at MMH PRESS, who have supported her through her entire authorship journey. As a mental health advocate, Michelle is passionate about raising awareness on topics such as anxiety, depression, addiction, P.T.S.D, domestic violence and sexual abuse. Through her books she addresses these important issues and incorporates messages of hope and healing through the power of story. Connect with MICHELLE on Socials: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michelle.wei... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mickeymarti... https://www.facebook.com/michelle.wei... Website: https://mickeymartinauthor.com/ Email: mickeyslba@hotmail.com Toni's Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toni-lont... Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/toniradiotoni/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonimlontis/ Website: https://www.tonilontis.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ToniLontis Kez's Links: https://kezwickhamstgeorge.com/ https://www.facebook.com/KezwickhamST... https://www.linkedin.com/in/kez-wickh... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzck... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/radiotonitv/support

Today's guest teachers professional writing at Swinburn University in Melbourne, is a former Chair of Writers Victoria, and is the author of over 400 books for kids, many award-winning and many with the world's leading educational publishers. So, he's the ideal person to talk on today's topic. How to write non-fiction for kids. Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Nic Brasch.

A special episode to kick of 2022! Kate speaks to writer and podcaster, Madeleine Dore about her creative career and her brand new book I Didn't Do the Thing Today: On letting go of productivity guilt. If you're keen for other writerly things to kick off your year, join Kate in her online workshop Basics for Beginners with Writers Victoria on Jan 29, 2022. And subscribe to the podcast to make sure you don't miss our deep dive on Katherine's new book The Competition in the lead up to its release on Feb 1st! Check out show notes for this episode on our website www.thefirsttimepodcast.com or get in touch via Twitter (@thefirsttimepod) or Instagram (@thefirsttimepod). Don't forget you can support us and the making of Season Five via our Patreon page. Thanks for joining us!

Episode 18 is here, and that means our podcast is finally allowed to enjoy a wine or three without breaking the law! Join hosts Veronica and Darren for an amazing, inspiring and above all motivational interview with the spectacular Kate Cuthbert from Writers Victoria. Kate shared so many fascinating insights and behind the scenes reveals about all of the fantastic programs and resources Writers Vic has to offer, and we can't wait for you to hit play and discover her magic!Visit www.australianbooklovers.com to learn more.

Victoria Purman is the author of The Women’s Pages, which explores those tumultuous days in Sydney just after World War Two is declared over.

This is a special episode brought to you in collaboration with the Apollo Bay Word Fest for their Warm Winter Words event. This interview with Michael Veitch is the final of three linked interviews, after conversations with Lucy Treloar and Michael Veitch.In this conversation, Kate and Michael talk tales of the high seas, interviewing wisdom, life in the Arts during a pandemic and his latest book, Hellship.The Warm Winter Words event at Apollo Bay Word Fest is supported by Writers Victoria and the Grace Marion Wilson Trust.

This is a special episode brought to you in collaboration with the Apollo Bay Word Fest for their Warm Winter Words event. This interview with Lucy Treloar is the second of three linked interviews, the first with Tony Birch and the final with Michael Veitch.In this conversation, Kate and Lucy discuss the inspiration in watery places, writing the past and the future and Lucy's latest novel, Wolfe Island.The Warm Winter Words event at Apollo Bay Word Fest is supported by Writers Victoria and the Grace Marion Wilson Trust.

This is a special episode brought to you in collaboration with the Apollo Bay Word Fest for their Warm Winter Words event. This interview with Tony Birch is the first of three linked interviews, followed by conversations with Lucy Treloar and Michael Veitch.In this conversation, Kate and Tony discuss storytelling, the power of place, powerful Aboriginal women and his latest novel The White Girl.The Warm Winter Words event at Apollo Bay Word Fest is supported by Writers Victoria and the Grace Marion Wilson Trust.

Joining me for this episode's online chat is award-winning Melbourne writer, Angela Savage! Angela always wanted to be a writer, but figured she needed to live an interesting life first in order to have something worth writing about. She spent most of the 1990s living and working on HIV projects in Southeast Asia, before returning to Australia, where she alternated between writing fiction and working in the community sector. Her debut novel, 'Behind the Night Bazaar', won the 2004 Victorian Premier's Award for an Unpublished Manuscript, and she won the 2011 Scarlet Stiletto Award for short fiction. Angela holds a PhD in Creative Writing, giving her the Bond villain-like title of Doctor Savage. Her new novel 'Mother of Pearl' was published in 2019 and she is currently the Director of Writers Victoria. Stone Sky Gold Mountain by Mirandi Riwoe Family circumstances force siblings Ying and Lai Yue to flee their home in China to seek their fortunes in Australia. Life on the gold fields is hard, and they soon abandon the diggings and head to nearby Maytown. Once there, Lai Yue finds a job as a carrier on an overland expedition, while Ying finds work in a local store and strikes up a friendship with Meriem, a young white woman with her own troubled past. When a serious crime is committed, suspicion falls on all those who are considered outsiders. Evoking the rich, unfolding tapestry of Australian life in the late nineteenth century, Stone Sky Gold Mountain is a heartbreaking and universal story about the exiled and displaced, about those who encounter discrimination yet yearn for acceptance. Angela loved the description in the book of a dried plum - sometimes called a dried prune - and thought that nothing would pair better with this book than this particular bittersweet delicacy. Swallow the Air by Tara June Winch In 2006, Tara June Winch's startling debut Swallow the Air was published to acclaim. Its poetic yet visceral style announced the arrival afresh and exciting new talent. This 10th anniversary edition celebrates its important contribution to Australian literature. When May's mother dies suddenly, she and her brother Billy are taken in by Aunty. However, their loss leaves them both searching for their place in a world that doesn't seem to want them. While Billy takes his own destructive path, May sets off to find her father and her Aboriginal identity. Her journey leads her from the Australian east coast to the far north, but it is the people she meets, not the destinations, that teach her what it is to belong. Angela loves road trips and suggested that the best pairing for this story is your favourite road trip food, her pick was pies and boy does she know her pie shops! Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter In a London flat, two young boys face the unbearable sadness of their mother's sudden death. Their father, a Ted Hughes scholar and scruffy romantic, imagines a future of well-meaning visitors and emptiness. In this moment of despair they are visited by Crow - antagonist, trickster, healer, babysitter. This self-described sentimental bird is attracted to the grieving family and threatens to stay until they no longer need him. As weeks turn to months and physical pain of loss gives way to memories, this little unit of three begin to heal. Justine loved this haunting, heartbreaking evocation of grief and of healing. She suggested a chocolate martini as the perfect soothing, creamy pairing needed to help you through it.

This episode I am joined by award-winning book reviewer, critic and genre-fiction advocate Kate Cuthbert! After working for more than a decade in trade publishing, notably initiating the Escape Publishing imprint of Harlequin Australia, and serving as its Managing Editor for almost seven years, as well as working at the Australian Library and Information Association, Kate is currently the Program Manager at Writers Victoria and is also pursuing a PhD examining rural settings in Australian popular fiction. Kate spoke about her love for genre-fiction, how much fun it is to research a PhD when it's on the topic she's writing it on (!) and just what her favourite, most basic snack and drink combo is ...! The pairings: We Are Never Meeting In Real Life by Samantha Irby Sometimes you just have to laugh, even when life is a dumpster fire. Blogger and comedian Samantha Irby turns the serio-comic essay into an art form. Whether talking about how her difficult childhood has led to a problem in making "adult" budgets, explaining why she should be the new Bachelorette--she's "35-ish, but could easily pass for 60-something"--detailing a disastrous pilgrimage-slash-romantic-vacation to Nashville to scatter her estranged father's ashes, sharing awkward sexual encounters, or dispensing advice on how to navigate friendships with former drinking buddies who are now suburban moms--hang in there for the Costco loot--she's as deft at poking fun at the ghosts of her past self as she is at capturing powerful emotional truths. Kate paired this fun, light, life-affirming, dip in and out of read with her most basic snack ... a sweet, sweet, sweet, the sweetest Moscato going around, wheat crackers and a cream cheese dip. Bluebird, bluebird by Attica Locke When it comes to law and order, East Texas plays by its own rules--a fact that Darren Mathews, a black Texas Ranger, knows all too well. Deeply ambivalent about growing up black in the lone star state, he was the first in his family to get as far away from Texas as he could. Until duty called him home. When his allegiance to his roots puts his job in jeopardy, he travels up Highway 59 to the small town of Lark, where two murders--a black lawyer from Chicago and a local white woman--have stirred up a hornet's nest of resentment. Darren must solve the crimes--and save himself in the process--before Lark's long-simmering racial fault lines erupt. A rural noir suffused with the unique music, colour, and nuance of East Texas, Bluebird, Bluebird is an exhilarating, timely novel about the collision of race and justice in America. Kate chose a classic, slow-cooked Texan barbecue and a beer as the perfect pairing for this deeply nuanced, sharp book in which the Texas setting is almost a character of its own.

Intersectionality can mean different things for different people and can be applied across a range of settings and in different ways it enables us to understand identity as a complex multi-dimensional category but it can also be an approach to the way we move and work in the world.And as a practice it provides a foundation for working critically, sensitively and with nuance in the arts.This panel: Eugenia Flynn, Creative Producer of the Fair Play Symposium; Azizeh Astaneh, a visual artist, graphic designer and founding president of Melbourne Artists for Asylum Seekers; Dominic Golding, an artist and a community worker who has worked with refugees, migrants, and people with disability; Peter Waples Crowe, a Ngarigo queer visual and performing artist, and Aboriginal Health worker; and Jax Jacki Brown, disability and LGBTIQ+ rights activist and Publishability Project Officer at Writers Victoria.

Richard talks to artist, facilitator, educator and play specialist Cat Sewell about tapping into kids’ innate ability to play.Then he talks to Nicole Beyer, who is the Executive Director of Theatre Network Australia, about the latest funding round from The Australia Council for the Arts. Beyer says that it’s vital for people to advocate for the arts sector in the face of ongoing cuts.Finally Richard speaks with Angela Savage who is the Director of Writers Victoria. She says that the pandemic might be a good time for some people to write, but perhaps not everyone. She advises that the writing process requires space for quiet reflection and a lot of hard work.

Spirit of Punk To begin our new season, we have something very special for you. A series of live stories we recorded in conjunction with the Spirit of Punk at the end of last year at Buck Mulligan's bar in Melbourne. The principle of Spirit of Punk is simple. All you need to do is show up and read a piece of your work no longer than the duration of a Ramones song. How easy is that? The recordings are live so there are some little mic disturbances here and there. But more than anything there is the unmistakeable courage of writers taking to the stage to read their non-fiction stories.. So to kick it all off, here is Nic Brasch to tell us how he started the Spirit of Punk. And as with every Spirit of punk event, Nic follows his introduction by reading one of his own pieces. Tonight, Nic reads his flash memoir, I Can Tell Anyone Anything. Writers in this episode I Can Tell Anyone Anything by Nic Brasch My story is prompted by some advice I got from the writer, Christos Tsiolkas, who told me, ‘You can tell anyone anything’, after I had related an experience related to my sister’s suicide. His advice was spot on. Nicolas is a writer, a teacher of writing, Chair of Writers Victoria, and the founder and host of Spirit of Punk, an open mic event for emerging writers. Mind Your Own Business by Erica Murdoch You think that you know everything there is to know about your parents. You have them pigeonholed and all worked out. Or so you think. Then life throws a curveball and you are left breathless, skeptical and scared. And underneath it all maybe not surprised. Maybe the clues were there all along and you just chose to ignore them. Erica is a freelance writer and has completed an Associate Degree of Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT She has been published in Fairfax Media, Weekend Notes and N-scribe. Kindness by Annie Drum Kindness is a story about somebody in her family. Annie Drum is a Ballarat-based writer whose work has appeared in anthologies and poetry chapbooks. She writes short stories and poetry and is working on a novel as well as a young adult novel. Purchase her short story collection, Like Trees. Nadine by Helena Spyrou Harking back to my youth when almost every week I would listen and dance to live music in pubs around Melbourne. Helena Spyrou is a Melbourne-based writer. She has been previously published in a number of journals, including Meanjin and Going Down Swinging. She works for the Union movement. Support the show.

Homelessness can take many guises – sleeping rough, yes, but also couch-surfing, squatting, or staying in a refuge, boarding house or caravan park. The same can be said of the people who experience homelessness. Not defined simply by their predicament, they're a diverse group. They may be siblings, parents, grandparents; people who study or work; people who've moved or migrated, yet to find their feet. People with full lives, and much to offer. A new profit-for-purpose book from Affirm Press, We Are Here: Stories of Home, Place and Belonging, is a testament to the unique insights of people who've known homelessness in Australia. Edited by novelist, homelessness researcher and former Big Issue deputy editor Meg Mundell, it offers a bounty of extraordinary true stories from a wide range of writers – prominent names, emerging voices and first-timers – who have themselves experienced homelessness. Behrouz Boochani, Krissy Kneen and Claire G. Coleman appear alongside undiscovered talents, exploring the idea of place – and how our sense of it changes when homeless. Hosted by Mundell, and presented in partnership with Writers Victoria, hear from contributors Claire G. Coleman, Roderick Waller, Ayub Abdi-Barre and Jody Letts about their stories, their places and their writing. Hear readings from the book – and learn about the process of putting it together – at this celebration of survival, place and belonging. 'It'd be near-impossible to read this rich and humane mosaic of stories and not have how you conceive of homelessness completely reframed. A beautiful testament to survival, resilience and hope.' – Benjamin Law Prefer to watch? Catch up on our live-streamed video below. Includes Auslan interpretation. We Are Here: Stories of Home, Place and Belonging Watch Support the Wheeler Centre: https://www.wheelercentre.com/support-us/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tune in to Spoken Word on 3CR 9am Thursday 21st November to hear Antony Riddelll in conversation with Carmen Main.Antony shares excerpts of his novel 'Animalcule' ahead of his book launch Saturday 23rd November 2pm at the Dan O' Connell Poetry Readings in Carlton (225 Canning St, Carlton).  We hope to see you there!---------Join Write-ability and The Dan Poets to celebrate the launch of Animalcule by Anthony Riddelll. Anthony, a 2018 Write-ability Fellow, is a well known poet at the Dan, and performs around Melbourne with Weave Theatre. Anthony' s exhilarating, jarring and surrealist stories and his weird and irresistable characters,combined with his unique line illustrations have created their own genre - Speculative Non-Fiction. Dedicated fans will be delighted by this new addition to his work. Published by In Case of Emergency Press www.icoe.com.au/2019003.html, Animalcule follows the adventures of Bladderland, Strawberrie, Dr Bing-Bang and Ichabod Schnell, across an extraordinary landscape of small pink domes, spherical rocks, herds of roaming furry televisions, laminated cardboard animals and the dreaded Grinhorn. ---------Anthony Riddell - ResumeI am a writer and performance poet of twenty-seven years standing, regularly appearing with the Dan Poets at the Dan O’Connell Hotel. My artistic output spans four decades and includes my involvement in the punk and fringe music industry in Sydney and Melbourne, including with the bands Nada and Volvox, and my years performing with and writing for Weave Movement Theatre.In 2018 I was awarded a Writeability Fellowship through Writers Victoria to develop my manuscript “The Sun is not Fun”.In 2019 I was highly commended for Writers Victoria’s Publishability fellowshipsMy most recent publications include ‘Love and Eftpos,’ published on the Writers Victoria Website in December 2018. https://writersvictoria.org.au/node/3457 and ‘Egg’ published in in Westerly’s Special Edition ‘DisAbility’ in May 2019. https://westerlymag.com.au/issues/westerly-disability/My Chapbook, ‘Animalcule, will be published by In Case Of Emerency Press later this year.I have self-published sixteen earlier written works and artist books. My writing has been described as “uncanny and irrational stories marked by surrealist wordplay.” In 2013, Australian poet Andy Jackson wrote in US journal Wordgathering of the “wildness and excess” of my work. He says: “Riddell’s aim is to disorient, to call into question our common assumptions about meaning and literature, and to entertain...(his) surreal and humorous prose (is) always exhilarating and jarring…he writes what he has always been interested in – absurd and provocative alternate realities.”In 2015, my art exhibition “Fingerprints on the Surface of the Brain” ran at Blindside Gallery, and that same year I was interviewed by Matthew O’Shannessy in The Fanzine. He described my earlier works as “strange drawings of microscopic organisms, animals and brains with chunks of type-writer text…absurd, meandering adventures where characters and situations operate on an obscure internal logic, like a DIY Raymond Roussel”

Want to be a blogger? Karen Andrews is an expert and talks about life and all things blogging! Karen has been blogging since 2006 at KarenAndrews.com.au (originally Miscellaneous Mum) and is one of the most established parenting/personal bloggers in Australia. She is a two time finalist in the Best Australian Blog Awards. She has run successful blogging courses for many years. (Fun Fact - The Good Girl Confessional started after Sandy attended one of Karen's courses in 2013!). Karen is an award winning writer, author, editor, poet and publisher (Miscellaneous Press). She is a mentor with Writers Victoria and has written for, and been mentioned in, many publications including Kidspot, MamaMia, The Australian and The Age. You can follow Karen at www.karenandrews.com.au or on Facebook and instagram @karenandrewsauFollow us on instagram: @thegoodgirlconfessionalThe Good Girl Confessional Podcast is a production of Wb40 - Women Beyond FortyCraving more? Find us at www.wb40.comInstagram @womenbeyondforty

What's your relationship with audiobooks? This week we discuss our faves, our habits and why we couldn't handle listening to our own (but you should!). We also FINALLY discuss Kate's Big Book News!Then we speak to author and Director of Writers Victoria, Angela Savage about writing her fourth novel, switching genres and being a great member of a writing community.Check out show notes for this episode on our website www.thefirsttimepodcast.com or get in touch via Twitter or Instagram @thefirsttimepod.Don't forget you can support us and the making of Season Two via our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/user/overview?u=14470635! Thanks for joining us!

Chair of Writers Victoria and author of over 400 books, Nic Brasch joins us to discuss writing tips and his take on lending rights for authors. We review Tim Winton’s classic, The Bugalugs Bum Thief. And, of course, ‘Character of the Week’ – where we pay homage to a book character that has brought us so much joy. Plus, Ken offers up some great tips on rejection.

Official definition: a false belief of a person that he or she is impoverished or will be deprived of material possessions. *A warning. This episode is about suicide and may not be suitable for everyone. Please use discretion. Poverty Delusion by Nicolas Brasch Sometimes you learn about things when you least expect to - and when you don't want to. Have you ever heard of poverty delusion? It's an official psychiatric condition. I hadn't heard of it until ... I wish I'd never heard of it. I hadn't heard of it until ... my sister had it. Until she took her life. Nicolas is a writer, a teacher of writing, Chair of Writers Victoria, and the founder and host of Spirit of Punk, an open mic event for emerging writers. You can find Nicolas on his website and Instagram. Acknowledgements: Memoria is written,  produced, edited and presented by Natalie V. Poverty Delusion is written and read by Nicolas Brasch. The story is sound edited by Jen Farrow. Music in this episode is by Blue Dot Sessions,   "Pat Dog" and "Heliotrope". Illustrations by Peta Manning. Her book, See Me Doodle, is out now. Support the show.

Angela Savage is an award-winning author and the Director of Writers Victoria. Angela is known for her crime fiction. Her debut novel, Behind the Night Bazaar, won the 2004 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript, and all three of her Jayne Keeney PI novels were shortlisted for Ned Kelly Awards. The Dying Beach was also shortlisted for the 2014 Davitt Award. In 2019 she made the move to literary fiction with Mother of Pearl, the novel for which she was awarded a PhD in Creative Writing from Monash University. 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.

Gem Mahadeo is a Melbourne-based writer and musician, who came to Australia in 1987. Her poetry has appeared in zines and online journals such as Concrete Queers, Cordite Poetry Journal, Going Down Swinging, The Suburban Review, and Rabbit Poetry Journal, and in performance as part of the Quippings Troupe. In April 2018, she was a successful applicant for a ‘Woman Writers of Colour’ commission on the theme ‘collaboration’ through Writers Victoria, and she wrote a suite of three poems based on independent video games exhibited at Bar SK in Collingwood. In 2018, she is blogging a real-time weekly ‘zine-and-drink review’. On today's episode we touch her musicology, poetry, strategies for performance, poetry business cards, zines, teaching, Jamie Oliver, Nigella Lawson and avoiding burnout. 

First came the hair cut – off with the curly locks, never to return, even today. Then taking the scissors to the jeans. Slash, slash, slash. And, of course, boots, Doc Martens. Black, sixteen holes – what else?  The Spirit of Punk by Nicolas Brasch Originally wrote this piece for an open mic event I host for emerging writers called The Spirit of Punk, in which writers are encouraged to read their work without fear of judgement or failure or criticism - in the spirit of punk. Nicolas is a writer and teacher of writing; Chair of Writers Victoria and former host of The Garret podcast on which he interviews leading writers on the craft of writing. You can find Nicolas on his website, Twitter, and Instagram.    Acknowledgements: Memoria is written,  produced, edited and presented by Nat V. Nicolas Brasch's short story, The Spirit of Punk is written and performed by Nicolas. The story is edited by Jen Farrow. Music in this episode is by Blue Dot Sessions,   "Stale Case". Illustrations by Peta Manning. Her book, See Me Doodle, is out now. Support the show.

The Vogel Award winner, Marija Pericic, talks about her novel, The Lost Pages, which not only delves into one of the contemporary world's literary controversies regarding Franz Kafka and Max Brod but raises existential questions of identity and insecurity.The Director of Writers Victoria, Kate Larsen, discusses what the organisation does for the writing community in Victoria.

Writer, disability educator and activist Jax Jacki Brown speaks to blowjobs, butchness and disability. Some of this story appeared in the second issue of Butch is not a Dirty Word and an extended version will be featured in the new Queerstories book which can be pre-ordered on Booktopia. Jax Jacki Brown a co-producer of Quippings: Disability Unleashed a disability performance troupe in Melbourne. She has written for Junkee, Daily Life, The Feminist Observer, Writers Victoria, ABC’s Ramp Up and in print for Hot Chicks with Big Brains, Archer Magazine: The Australian Journal for Sexual Diversity, Queer Disability Anthology and Doing It: Women Tell the Truth About Great Sex. She can be found on @jaxjackibrown Queerstories is an LGBTQIA+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. For Queerstories event dates, visit www.maevemarsden.com, and follow Queerstories on Facebook. To support Queerstories, become a patron at www.patreon.com/ladysingsitbetter And for gay stuff, insomnia rant and photos of my dog Frank follow me - Maeve Marsden - on Twitter and Instagram. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

Leah van Poppel talks knowledgably about where, why and who are the characters in literature and what do they represent.Honey Brown is the author of many books where there isn't a character with a disablility although she has one. She speaks about why.Write-ability are writing courses run for people with disabilites at Writers Victoria.