Great Conversations features interviews with authors and writers, exploring books, writing and literary culture from Australia and the world.

Today's episode features Alice Bishop.

A Constant Hum is a collection of stories exploring the aftermath of bushfire. Across nearly fifty stories the collection looks at the many ways we try to understand and move forward when catastrophic events occur.

The stories are visceral and sensory, opening up a world that the average reader may never experience but one that is at the heart of sense of community and humanity.