Write Around the Murray

This is an audio recording of a panel talk about historical fiction with authors Julie Janson ( Compassion ), Katrina Kell ( Chloe ) and Emily Gale ( Outlaw Girls ) that occurred as part of Write Around the Murray on Sunday 15 September 2024. Moderated by Nova Weetman, the three writers talked about their experiences working between historical truth and fiction. Write Around the Murray is a 5 day...

This is an audio recording of a panel talk with author Katrina Kell and sculptor and visual artist Andrew Whitehead. Moderated by curator Sophie Gerhard from the National Gallery of Victoria, the two creatives discussed how the artworks Chloe by Jules Lefebvre (currently house at Young and Jacksons pub in Melbourne) and Shearing the Rams by Tom Roberts influenced their storytelling. The discussion...

This is an audio recording of an in conversation between award-winning, best-selling author Kate Grenville and The Age and Sydney Morning Herald book editor, Jason Steger. The discussion was part of Write Around the Murray 2024. Kate discusses her latest novel, Restless Dolly Maunder , which was shortlisted for The Women's Prize (UK), The Prime Minister's Award for Fiction (Australia), the Colin R...

This is an audio recording of author panel talk Whose Story Is It? which was part of Write Around the Murray 2024. The panel featured writers Siang Lu, Shirley Le and Julie Janson talking about cultural appropriation and the tricky ethnics of who gets to tell which stories. The panel was moderated by Write Around the Murray Festival Director and author, Aimee Chan. Whose Story Is It? occurred at t...

This is an audio recording of panel talk Just For Laughs which was part of Write Around the Murray 2024. The panel featured comedians Eden Porter, Alyce Fisher and Daniel Phillips talking about the specific craft of writing comedy for live performance. Between them, the three have staged their shows at Melbourne Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe and at open mic nights all around the Victorian/NSW B...

This is an audio recording of panel talk Retelling the Stories of Star Wars and Dr Who which was part of Write Around the Murray 2024. The panel featured authors Chris Kennett and George Ivanoff talking to pop culture guru Eden Porter about their experiences working in the world of international IP for franchises such as Star Wars , Dr Who and The X Files. Retelling the Stories of Star Wars and Dr...

This is an audio recording of panel talk The Story of the Shearer which was part of Write Around the Murray 2024. The panel featured award-winning author Kate Grenville, curator Sophie Gerhard from the National Gallery of Victoria and sculptor and visual artist Andrew Whitehead, talking about the iconic Australian painting Shearing the Rams. The panel discussed the importance of the Tom Roberts pa...

Begins with a performance of Racheal Oak Butler's moving monologue, My Calling, followed by Debra Dank delving into her multi-award-winning memoir, We Come With This Place, with host Michelle Evans.

Paul Dalgarno, Rijn Collins, and Gina Perry talk to Irma Gold about the themes in their novels and the personal and familial secrets and taboos that propel their stories. * Please note that this session included a Yarnbomb from Ruth Davys which is not included in this recording. Recorded 15/09/23

Grace Chan and T.R. Napper discuss science fiction, AI, virtual reality and what it means to be human, with Kate Mildenhall. Recorded: 16/09/23

Kate Mildenhall talks to authors Kathryn Heyman, T.R. Napper and Irma Gold about their first and subsequent publishing experiences. Recorded: 17/09/23

Sher Rill Ng, Jordan Gould and Richard Pritchard talk to YA author Karen Ginnane about illustration, collaboration and superpowers. Recorded: 16/09/23

Debra Dank and Kathryn Heyman speak with author Gina Perry about their personal stories and how they approached writing them. Recorded: 16/09/23

Liz Duck-Chong talks to Paul Dalgarno about his newly released non-fiction work, Prudish Nation. Recorded: 16/09/23

Jason Steger talks to local authors Shelley Burr and Margaret Hickey about their latest crime fiction novels. Recorded: 17/09/23

Kate Mildenhall chats with Paul Dalgarno about combining historical and speculative fiction and how her fears and hopes for the future informed her new novel. Recorded: 17/09/23

Pip Williams, in conversation with The Age Literary Editor and perennial WAM favourite, Jason Steger. Recorded: 17/09/23

Dr Yves Rees’ timely memoir, All About Yves, grants  readers access to a deeply personal journey of transition and  re-becoming, beyond the gender binary. As an historian, Yves has layered  their memoir with wider historical, social, linguistic, and cultural  contextual research, to piece together a wider and nuanced understanding  of the gender diverse and trans community...

Yves Rees talks to Jeff Sparrow about climate change, capitalism, and  the power of people just like you and me to change the tide of history. Recorded: 16/09/22

Nardi Simpson’s Song of the Crocodile, and hot-off-the-press novels,  Salt & Skin by Eliza Henry-Jones and The Settlement by Jock Serong,  explore past atrocities and their lingering effects through time. They  discuss their creative process of writing stories connected to  historical violence, trauma and spirit of place with Jason Steger. Recorded: 18/09/22

Michelle de Kretser’s award-winning novels include The  Rose Grower, The Hamilton Case, The Lost Dog, Questions of Travel and  The Life to Come. She has won or been shortlisted for many major  national and international literary awards and is the twice-winner of  both the Miles Franklin Literary Award and Christina Stead Prize for  Fiction. In her latest novel, Scary Monst...

Children’s Laureate Gabrielle Wang, Yuin First Nations author Gary  Lonesborough, and disability advocate Eliza Hull, discuss the importance  of diversity and representation in writing for children and young  people. Author and academic Yves Rees chats with them about their recent  books, including themes of cultural diversity, sexuality and  disability. They also discuss...

As long-established writers and teachers of writing, Patti Miller and  Lee Kofman have amassed a wealth of experience, knowledge and craft  throughout their careers. They have also honed an emotional honesty and  generosity reflected in their recent non-fiction works, True Friends and  The Writer Laid Bare. Eliza Henry-Jones opens up a rich conversation  with them about cr...

Author and playwright Margaret Hickey, chats with screenwriter Keir  Wilkins, novelist Michelle de Kretser, and author, screenwriter and  performer Amal Awad, about writing for different mediums. In getting at  the heart of what’s essential to story, they discuss commonalities and  distinctions, freedoms and constraints, and industry challenges and  opportunities, within a...

Outback noir, coastal noir, domestic noir, sunshine noir. We love good  crime fiction in this country and we’re not short on ways to categorise  it. Jock Serong talks to Margaret Hickey and T.R. Napper about  Margaret’s ‘rural noir’, Stone Town, and Tim’s ‘hard-boiled cyberpunk  noir’, 36 Streets. Together they shine some light into the dark corners  of crime fiction’s sub...