The Garret: Writing & Publishing

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The Garret: Writers and Publishing is a podcast for lovers of books and storytelling, hosted by Astrid Edwards.

Listen to Australia’s greatest writers and storytellers speak about their craft, including Tony Birch, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Trent Dalton, Michelle de Kretser, Richard Fidler, Richard Flanagan, Jane Harper, Anita Heiss, Ben Law, John Marsden, Dervla McTiernan, Scott Pape, Leigh Sales, Christos Tsolkas, Tara June Winch, Charlotte Wood, Alexis Wright, as well as many more.

Founded in 2017, it was dedicated to Australian writers and their craft. In 2023, it expanded focus to interview industry figures about what gets published (and why).

The podcast surpassed 610,000 downloads, and every interview is archived in AusLit, the definitive resource for Australian literary, print, and narrative cultures.

The Garret is on hold as Astrid completes her PhD investigating the environmental responsibility of the Australian book publishing industry.

You can follow our host Astrid Edwards at astridedwards.com.

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Episodes

Ep 188: At home with Jennifer Mills

Jennifer Mills is the author of the novels The Airways , Dyschronia , Gone and The Diamond Anchor , as well as a collection of short stories, The Rest Is Weight . In 2019 Dyschronia was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award, Australia’s most prestigious prize for literary fiction, the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, and the Aurealis Awards for science fiction. She has previously appeared on The Garret, once to discuss her literary career and once after she was shortlisted fo...

Aug 27, 2021•22 min•Season 2021Ep. 188

Ep 187: At home with Terri-ann White

Terri-ann White is the founder of Upswell Publishing, a new publishing imprint in Australia. Between 2006 and 2020 she was Director and Publisher at UWA Publishing from 2006. In that time published around 450 books, including works of fiction, poetry and narrative non-fiction. Prior to this, she founded and directed a cross-disciplinary research centre at UWA, taught literature and writing in universities, was a bookseller for 16 years, and organised festivals. About The Garret Follow The Garret...

Aug 25, 2021•29 min•Season 2021Ep. 187

Ep 186: At home with Briohny Doyle

Briohny Doyle is the author of The Island Will Sink , Echolalia and Adult Fantasy. Her fiction, poetry, and essays have appeared in The Monthly, Meanjin, Overland, The Griffith Review, The Good Weekend, The Guardian, and the Sunday Times. She is a lecturer in writing and literature at Deakin University and a 2020 Fulbright Scholar. About The Garret Follow The Garret: Writing and Publishing and our host Astrid Edwards on Instagram. Explore our back catalogue (and transcripts) at thegarretpodcast....

Jul 28, 2021•31 min•Season 2021Ep. 186

Ep 185: At home with Larissa Behrendt

Larissa Behrendt , a Eualeyai and Kamillaroi woman, is a writer, lawyer and academic. She is the Distinguished Professor at the University of Technology Sydney and at the Director of Research and Academic Programs Jumbunna Institute of Indigenous Education and Research. Larissa won the 2002 David Uniapon Award and a 2005 Commonwealth Writer’s Prize for her novel Home . Her second novel, Legacy , won a Victorian Premiers Literary Award . Her most recent novel, After Story , was published in 2021....

Jul 18, 2021•29 min•Season 2021Ep. 185

Ep 184: At home with Mark Brandi

Mark Brandi's debut novel, Wimmera , won the coveted British Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger, and was named Best Debut at the 2018 Australian Indie Book Awards. It was also shortlisted for the Australian Book Industry Awards Literary Fiction Book of the Year, and the Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year. His second novel, The Rip , was published to critical acclaim and his third novel, The Others , was released during Sydney's 2021 lockdown. Mark graduated with a criminal justic...

Jul 11, 2021•32 min•Season 2021Ep. 184

Ep 183: At home with Amani Haydar

Amani Haydar is an artist, lawyer and advocate for women's health and safety. Her devastating and yet hopeful debut is 'The Mother Wound'. Amani experienced the unimaginable when she lost her mother in a brutal act of domestic violence perpetrated by her father. Writing with grace and beauty in 'The Mother Wound' , Amani shares the stories of her mother and grandmother to help other survivors find their voices. Amani was a finalist in the 2018 Archibald Prize, and she uses visual art and writing...

Jun 30, 2021•29 min•Season 2021Ep. 183

Ep 182: Michael Mohammed Ahmad

Michael Mohammed Ahmad is the founding director of Sweatshop Literacy Movement and editor of the critically acclaimed anthology ' After Australia' . Mohammed's debut novel, ' The Tribe' , won the 2015 Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelists of the Year Award. His second novel, ' The Lebs', won the 2019 NSW Premier's Multicultural Literary Award and was shortlisted for the 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award. ' The Other Half of You ' is his third novel. Mohammed has previously appeared on The ...

Jun 23, 2021•50 min•Season 2021Ep. 182

Ep 180: At home with Alice Pung

Alice Pung is an award-winning Melbourne writer who found a few minutes to speak to us during Melbourne's latest lockdown. Alice was at home with her newborn child, and you can hear them in the background of this short bonus interview. Alice is the bestselling author of the memoirs Unpolished Gem and Her Father’s Daughter , and the essay collection Close to Home , as well as the editor of the anthologies Growing Up Asian in Australia and My First Lesson . Her first novel, Laurinda , won the Ethe...

Jun 14, 2021•16 min•Season 2021Ep. 180

Ep 179: At home with Tony Birch

Dr Tony Birch is an activist, historian and essayist. He is the author of three novels - 'The White Girl' ( winner of the 2020 NSW Premier's Award for Indigenous Writing and shortlisted for the 2020 Miles Franklin Literary Prize), 'Ghost River' ( winner of the 2016 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing), and 'Blood' (shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award). He is also the author of ' Shadowboxing' and four short story collections, 'Dark As Last Night', 'Father’s Da...

Jun 09, 2021•37 min•Season 2021Ep. 179

Ep 178: At home with Anita Heiss

Dr Anita Heiss is an award-winning author of non-fiction, historical fiction, commercial women’s fiction, children’s novels and blogs. She is a proud member of the Wiradjuri Nation of central New South Wales, an Ambassador for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation, the GO Foundation and Worawa Aboriginal College. Her novel Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms , set in Cowra during World War II, was the 2020 University of Canberra Book of the Year. B ila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray is her second work of histo...

Apr 28, 2021•28 min•Season 2021Ep. 178

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