Yassmin Abdel-Magied is a Sudanese Australian writer and award-winning social advocate. She has published two middle grade novels ( You Must Be Layla and the award-winning Listen, Layla ), as well as her memoir Yassmin's Story . Talking About A Revolution is her 2022 anthology, which combines new and old works. Yassmin has spoken in over twenty-five countries on social justice and inclusive leadership. She founded her first organisation, Youth Without Borders, at the age of sixteen, leading it f...
Jun 26, 2022•31 min•Season 2022Ep. 218
Winnie Dunn is the editor of and Amani Haydar is a contributor to 'Another Australia'. Winnie is the General Manager of Western Sydney based literacy movement, Sweatshop. She is a writer of Tongan descent from Mount Druitt, and her work has been published in the Sydney Review of Books, Griffith Review, Meanjin, SBS Voices, The Guardian, Huffington Post, Southerly and Cordite . Amani is an artist, lawyer, and advocate for women's health and safety based in Western Sydney. Her memoir, The Mother W...
Jun 22, 2022•24 min•Season 2022Ep. 217
Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler are partners in life and writing. Tracks of the Missing (2022) is their second collaboration, after the highly-awarded Black Cockatoo (2018). Carl is a Jaru and Kija man from Halls Creek. Carl works with young Indigenous boys through the Clontarf Academy focusing in improving engagement with education and providing a positive role model. Carl was nominated for Australian of the Year in 2016. Hakea is an experienced English teacher who has taught around Australia i...
Jun 06, 2022•24 min•Season 2022Ep. 216
Ceridwen Dovey and Eliza Bell collaborated to create a genre-defying work about motherhood. Ceridwen is a writer based in Sydney. She’s the author of several acclaimed works of fiction ( Blood Kin , Only the Animals , In the Garden of the Fugitives , Life After Truth , Once More With Feeling) and non-fiction ( On J.M. Coetzee: Writers on Writers and Inner Worlds Outer Spaces : The Working Lives of Others ). Her non-fiction essays have been published by newyorker.com, the Smithsonian Magazine, WI...
Jun 03, 2022•28 min•Season 2022Ep. 215
Melanie Ostell is a literary agent. She advocates for her authors and their works, and helps them build a writing career. She has more than twenty-five years’ experience in the Australian book publishing industry across a range of roles, including editor, publisher and educator. In this interview, she considers the role of the literary agent, why she represents the writers she works with, and what she looks for when reading an unpublished manuscript. Melanie mentions Tara June Winch, who she rep...
May 25, 2022•28 min•Season 2022Ep. 214
Julianne Schultz is a journalist and the author of several books, including The Idea of Australia , Reviving the Fourth Estate and Steel City Blues. She is the Chair of The Conversation and Professor Emeritus of Media and Culture at Griffith's Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research. Julianne was the publisher and founding editor of Griffith Review. She has served on the board of directors of the ABC, Grattan Institute and Copyright Agency, and chaired the Australian Film TV and Radio S...
May 11, 2022•30 min•Season 2022Ep. 213
Anita Heiss is a proud member of the Wiradyuri nation of central New South Wales, and she writes across genres including non-fiction, historical fiction, commercial fiction and children’s fiction. Her memoir Am I Black Enough for You? was a finalist in the 2012 Human Rights Awards, and was updated and republished in 2022. Anita’s other non-fiction works include Dhuuluu-Yala (To Talk Straight): Publishing Aboriginal Literature , and, as editor, Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia and The Macquarie...
May 01, 2022•29 min•Season 2022Ep. 212
Lee Kofman is a Russian-born, Israeli-Australian novelist, essayist and memoirist. She has published a number of books, including her memoir, The Dangerous Bride, and Imperfect: How Our Bodies Shape the People We Become. In 2022 she released The Writer Laid Bare , a book about the craft of writing. Lee holds a PhD in social sciences and MA in creative writing. She has also published three fiction books written in Hebrew and published in Israel. Lee has previously appeared on The Garret, and you ...
Apr 20, 2022•32 min•Season 2022Ep. 211
Kári Gíslason is a writer who crosses forms. His memoir, The Promise of Iceland, told the story of his return to his birthplace, Iceland. He co-wrote Saga Land: The island of stories at the edge of the world , which won the Indie Book Award for Non-Fiction, with Richard Fidler. He also writes fiction, including The Ash Burner and The Sorrow Stone. Kári lectures in Creative Writing at QUT. In this interview, Kári talks about writing with his friend Richard Fidler. Richard has previously appeared ...
Apr 13, 2022•31 min•Season 2022Ep. 210
Mirandi Riwoe is the author of Stone Sky Gold Mountain , which won the 2020 Queensland Literary Award – Fiction Book Award and the inaugural ARA Historical Novel Prize, and was shortlisted for the 2021 Stella Prize and longlisted for the 2021 Miles Franklin Literary Award. In 2022 she has released The Burnished Sun , a collection of novellas and short stories. Mirandi's work has also appeared in Best Australian Stories , Meanjin , Review of Australian Fiction , Griffith Review and Best Summer St...
Apr 07, 2022•23 min•Season 2022Ep. 209
Jane Caro is a Walkley Award-winning columnist, novelist, broadcaster and social commentator. She has published twelve books, including a young adult trilogy about the life of Elizabeth Tudor, her memoir Plain Speaking Jane , and The Mother (her first novel for adults). She created and edited Unbreakable, which featured stories women writers had never told before and was published just before the Harvey Weinstein revelations. Her most recent non-fiction work is Accidental Feminists, about the fa...
Apr 03, 2022•28 min•Season 2022Ep. 208
Jess Hill and Sarah Krasnostein are the two most recent authors of Quarterly Essays. Jess released The Reckoning: How #MeToo Is Changing Australia in late 2021, and Sarah released Not Waving, Drowning: Mental illness and Vulnerability in Australia in early 2022. Quarterly Essays are prestigious, but they are notoriously difficult and always come with intense time pressure. In this interview, Jess and Sarah discuss how they did it and why they signed up for it. Jess is an investigative journalist...
Mar 23, 2022•34 min•Season 2022Ep. 207
Josh Kemp writes Australian gothic fiction. Banjawarn, joint winner of the 2021 Dorothy Hewett Award for an Unpublished Manuscript, is his stunning debut novel. His short stories have been published by Kill Your Darlings , Overland , Seizure , Tincture and Breach . He’s previously been shortlisted for the Kill Your Darlings Unpublished Manuscript Award and longlisted for the Fogarty Literary Award. About The Garret Follow The Garret: Writing and Publishing and our host Astrid Edwards on Instagra...
Mar 17, 2022•24 min•Season 2022Ep. 206
Yumna Kassab's debut collection of short stories, The House of Youssef , was listed for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award, the Queensland Literary Award, the NSW Premier's Literary Award and The Stella Prize. Australiana , published in 2022, is her first novel. About The Garret Follow The Garret: Writing and Publishing and our host Astrid Edwards on Instagram. Explore our back catalogue (and transcripts) at thegarretpodcast.com . Support the show: https://linktr.ee/garretpodcast See omnystu...
Mar 16, 2022•20 min•Season 2022Ep. 205
Eliza Hull is a musical artist, writer, journalist and disability advocate. In 2022 she is the editor behind We've Got This: Stories By Disabled Parents. Her podcast series by the same name, We've Got This , was one of Radio National’s and ABC Life’s most successful series of all time. Eliza was also a contributor to Growing Up Disabled in Australia . About The Garret Follow The Garret: Writing and Publishing and our host Astrid Edwards on Instagram. Explore our back catalogue (and transcripts) ...
Mar 09, 2022•22 min•Season 2022Ep. 204
Justin Smith is a Melbourne writer, journalist and broadcaster. He is a columnist with the Melbourne Herald Sun and a weekly guest on Channel Seven’s Sunrise . He has recently turned his hand to novel writing, publishing Cooper Not Out in 2022 and Babies of the Rose in 2020. Justin has had a long career in radio as a presenter and executive producer. He has hosted national programs, he was embedded with Australian troops in Afghanistan, and was the Drive host on Sydney’s 2UE. He’s won multiple a...
Mar 02, 2022•25 min•Season 2022Ep. 203
Dr Jackie Huggins , a member of the Bidjara and Birri Gubba Juru peoples, is currently leading the work for Treaty/Treaties in Queensland. Her biography of her mother, Auntie Rita, was published in 1994, and in 2022 she will publish her biography of her father, Jack of Hearts: QX11594 . A new edition of her classic work Sister Girl: Reflections on Tiddaism, Identity and Reconciliation was released in early 2022. Jackie is the former Co-Chair National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples, former...
Feb 25, 2022•28 min•Season 2022Ep. 202
Omar Sakr is the author of two acclaimed poetry collections, These Wild Houses and The Lost Arabs . Son of Sin is his first novel, and in this interview we also find our about his forthcoming poetry collection and a possible fantasy book on the horizon. The Lost Arabs won the 2020 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Poetry and was shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Award, the John Bray Poetry Award, the Judith Wright Calanthe Award, and the Colin Roderick Award. Omar is a widely publishe...
Feb 24, 2022•23 min•Season 2022Ep. 201
Omar Musa is a Malaysian-Australian author, poet and woodcutter. His latest work is the one-of-a-kind Killernova . He has also released three poetry books (including Parang and Millefiori ), four hip-hop records, written an acclaimed one-man play ( Since Ali Died ), and received a standing ovation at TEDx Sydney at the Sydney Opera House. His debut novel Here Come the Dogs was published in 2014 and was longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award and the Miles Franklin Award. Musa was ...
Nov 24, 2021•29 min•Season 2021Ep. 200
We have a bit of a different episode for you today. There are no writers or guests, just our host Astrid Edwards doing a reading audit of what she has read so far this year. About The Garret Follow The Garret: Writing and Publishing and our host Astrid Edwards on Instagram. Explore our back catalogue (and transcripts) at thegarretpodcast.com . Support the show: https://linktr.ee/garretpodcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Nov 24, 2021•4 min•Season 2021Ep. 199
Jennifer Down is a highly awarded writer, named a Sydney Morning Herald Young Novelist of the Year consecutively in 2017 and 2018. Her third long form work is 2021's Bodies of Light. Our Magic Hour , her debut novel, was shortlisted for the 2014 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript. Her second book, Pulse Points , was the winner of the 2018 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction and the 2018 Steele Rudd Award for a Short Story Collection in the Queensland Literary ...
Oct 27, 2021•27 min•Season 2021Ep. 198
Emily Bitto is a Melbourne-based writer of fiction, poetry and non-fiction. Her debut novel, ' The Strays' , was the winner of the 2015 Stella Prize, and in 2021 she released her second novel, 'Wild Abandon'. Her fiction, poetry and non-fiction has appeared in various publications, including Meanjin , The Age , the Monthly , the Saturday Paper , The Big Issue , and The Sydney Morning Herald . She is also the co-owner of Carlton wine bar Heartattack and Vine. About The Garret Follow The Garret: W...
Oct 13, 2021•28 min•Season 2021Ep. 197
Andy Jackson is a poet of compassion and intellect. His 2021 collection, 'Human Looking' , explores the voices of the disabled and ill with tenderness and love. Andy's first collection, ' Among the Regulars' , was shortlisted for the 2011 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, and his 2020 collection ' Music Our Bodies Can’t Hold' was shortlisted for the John Bray Poetry Award. Andy has featured at literary events and arts festivals in Ireland, India, the USA and across Australia, and has co-edited d...
Oct 06, 2021•28 min•Season 2021Ep. 196
Charlotte Wood is the award-winning and acclaimed author of six novels, a collection of interviews and a book about cooking. She has won the Stella Prize, the Prime Minister's Literary Award, the Indie Book of the Year, and most recently the ABIA for Literary Fiction. This interview explores her 2021 work of non-fiction, The Luminous Solution: Creativity, Resilience and the Inner Life. Charlotte has appeared on The Garret before, once exploring her most famous work, The Natural Way of Things , a...
Sep 29, 2021•30 min•Season 2021Ep. 195
Louise Ryan has been working in the Melbourne Publishing industry for 32 years, ten years at Readings and 22 in publishing houses Allen & Unwin and Penguin Random House. A recent recipient of the George Robertson Award for distinguished service in the publishing industry, she is now the manager of Readings flagship Carlton store. She serves on the Board of Melbourne Writers Festival, and is the co-author of Twins: A Practical and Emotional Guide to Parenting Twins . About The Garret Follow T...
Sep 22, 2021•26 min•Season 2021Ep. 194
Winnie Dunn is a writer of Tongan descent from Mount Druitt. She is the general manager of Sweatshop Literacy Movement and the editor of several critically acclaimed anthologies, including Sweatshop Women , which is Australia’s first and only publication produced entirely by women of colour. Her work has been published in the Sydney Review of Books , The Saturday Paper , Griffith Review , Meanjin , SBS Voices , The Guardian , Huffington Post , Southerly and Cordite . About The Garret Follow The ...
Sep 19, 2021•26 min•Season 2021Ep. 193
Jay Kristoff has such a devoted audience his readers tattoo his characters on their own bodies. Jay writes fantasy, science fiction and YA, and his work repeatedly makes it to the New York Times bestseller list. Jay's latest book is 'Empire of the Vampire', the first in a trilogy that our host Astrid has been waiting for since she was 13 and read Anne Rice's 'Interview with the Vampire'. Jay has appeared on The Garret before to discuss 'The Nevernight Chronicles' , and also at a live event with ...
Sep 14, 2021•35 min•Season 2021Ep. 192
Claire G. Coleman is a Noongar woman whose family have belonged to the south coast of Western Australia since long before history started being recorded. She writes fiction, essays, poetry and art writing while either living in Naarm (Melbourne) or on the road. In 2021 she released her first work of non-fiction, Lies, Damned Lies: A personal exploration of the impact of colonisation. During an extended circuit of the continent she wrote a novel, Terra Nullius: A Novel , which won the black&w...
Sep 10, 2021•23 min•Season 2021Ep. 191
Lucia Osborne-Crowley is a journalist, essayist, writer, and legal researcher. Her debut was the 2020 memoir 'I Choose Elena', a work she has followed up in 2021 with 'My Body Keeps Your Secrets'. Her news reporting has appeared in ABC News, Guardian, Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal , and Women's Agenda . Her long-form writing has appeared in The Lifted Brow and Meanjin . About The Garret Follow The Garret: Writing and Publishing and our host Astrid Edwards on Instagram. Explore our bac...
Sep 03, 2021•31 min•Season 2021Ep. 190
Dr Yves Rees is a Lecturer in History at La Trobe University and co-host of Archive Fever. Rees was awarded the 2020 Calibre Essay Prize for their essay 'Reading the Mess Backwards' and 'All About Yves' is their memoir and debut. Rees has a regular history segment on ABC Radio Melbourne and their writing has featured in the Sydney Review of Books , The Age , Archer magazine, Guardian Australia, Overland, Meanjin, Junkee, Australian Book Review and The Conversation . Rees is trans and uses they/t...
Sep 01, 2021•29 min•Season 2021Ep. 189
