Final Draft - Great Conversations

Great Conversations features interviews with authors and writers, exploring books, writing and literary culture from Australia and the world. Today's episode is part one of a panel discussion on the new collection from Sweatshop Racism - Stories on Fear, Hate and Bigotry Sweatshop are a literacy movement out of Western Sydney. They work to empower culturally and linguistically diverse communities...

The Other Half of You is situated firmly within Michael Mohammed Ahmad’s body of work. Beginning with The Tribe and following through The Lebs we discover unfolding the story of Bani Adam. Bani is a young Lebanese Australian man. He is an Alawite Muslim; a member of a family, a tribe, but also a young man trying to figure out where he belongs in a contradictory society that does not seem to make r...

Great Conversations features interviews with authors and writers, exploring books, writing and literary culture from Australia and the world. Today's episode is part two of J.P. Pomare discussing his latest Thriller The Last Guests If you missed part one be sure to go back and check out in your podcast app Today on the show... A nondescript man enters a holiday accommodation in Auckland with bags...

Great Conversations features interviews with authors and writers, exploring books, writing and literary culture from Australia and the world. Today's episode features J.P. Pomare discussing his latest Thriller The Last Guests Today on the show... A nondescript man enters a holiday accommodation in Auckland with bags full of electrical equipment. Hours later he leaves with empty suitcases. Another...

Great Conversations features interviews with authors and writers, exploring books, writing and literary culture from Australia and the world. Today's episode features Tilly Lawless discussing her debut novel Nothing But My Body Today on the show... Nothing But My Body is a journey through eight days in the life of a young, queer sex worker. The narrator explores her world and confronts the version...

Today I wanted to highlight some incredible writing from Western Sydney. And there is a wealth of incredible writing that comes out of western Sydney. Just recently I’ve received the collection Second City - Essays from Western Sydney published by Sydney Review of Books, The Magpie Wing Max Easton’s debut novel about football culture and growing up in the west and now that I mention it I realise I...

Great Conversations features interviews with authors and writers, exploring books, writing and literary culture from Australia and the world. Today's episode features Anne Marie Te Whiu & David Stavanger discussing Red Room Poetry's inaugural Poetry Month Today on the show... Poetry Month is a showcase of the incredible wealth of poetic talent in this country and will be Featuring: 30 in 30 - deli...

This week I wanted to do something a little different for our book club. Usually I’m bringing you some kind of long form narrative (typically a novel) and opening up on my thoughts about how the particular story engages with issues or questions that get to the heart of our lives. I love these stories, they’re immensely satisfying and I’ll definitely be back with more soon. This week though I wante...