Podcast Episodes

Roxane Gay: Opinions

Unapologetic, sometimes controversial, and always unflinchingly honest, Roxane Gay has built a remarkable career using her powerful voice to articula…

1 year, 10 months ago

Noni Hazelhurst in Conversation: Dropping the Mask

National treasure Noni Hazlehurst details her life on stage and screen and takes us behind-the-scenes of a brilliant career. 

Noni Hazlehurst’s versa…

1 year, 11 months ago

Liminal Festival: Critical Limit

Critics Eda Gunaydin, Michael Sun and Cher Tan examine the present state and potential futures of literary criticism. 

Literary criticism seems to be …

1 year, 11 months ago

Liminal Festival: Language Under Occupation

Content warning: This recording includes occasional course language.

Evelyn Araluen, Hasib Hourani and Mykaela Saunders discuss the careful craft of s…

1 year, 11 months ago

Liminal Festival: The Novel

What is the future of the great Australian novel? Novelists Jessica Au, Brian Castro and André Dao contemplate the novel, the nation and its literatu…

1 year, 11 months ago

Rebecca F. Kuang: Yellowface

International bestselling author Rebecca F. Kuang discusses her groundbreaking novel Yellowface and the future of storytelling at this exclusive Melb…

1 year, 11 months ago

Bonnie Garmus: Lessons in Chemistry

A runaway favourite of book clubs the world over, Bonnie Garmus’s debut novel Lessons in Chemistry transports readers to early 1960s California. Eliz…

2 years ago

Don Watson: On the US Election

On the 5 November this year, the American people will go to the polls to make a choice, the impact of which will be felt around the globe. 

Will Repu…

2 years, 1 month ago

The Great Aussie Road Trip: Heather Ewart in conversation with Barrie Cassidy [Kyneton]

Award-winning journalist Heather Ewart hits the Back Roads to Kyneton to journey through her great Australian road trips.  

Over a career spanning fo…

2 years, 1 month ago

Consuming Culture

Our annual panel of pop culture experts Brodie Lancaster, Alison Willmore, Hannah Diviney and Jared Richards gather for a dissection of the zeitgeist…

2 years, 1 month ago