“As the reporter spoke, the news ticker updated the running tally of fatal accidents on the construction platforms, as well as providing updated figures for an air strike that had accidentally hit a school bus near Lahore, as well as showing the latest run tally from the cricket.” – Khalid Warsame

On this Ewing episode of The Yarra Libraries Podcast, we were joined by writer Khalid Warsame, contributor to the recent anthology of stories ‘After Australia’. In this unflinching new anthology, twelve of Australia’s most daring Indigenous writers and writers of colour provide a glimpse of Australia as we head toward the year 2050. Climate catastrophe, police brutality, white genocide, totalitarian rule and the erasure of black history provide the backdrop for stories of love, courage and hope.

On the podcast, Khalid reads his short story ‘List of Known Remedies’, before talking about his involvement in the anthology.

‘After Australia’ is published by Affirm Press in partnership with Diversity Arts Australia and Sweatshop Literacy Movement.

This recording was made possible by the support of The Ewing Trust.

Our theme song is Add And by Broke for Free.

Yarra Libraries Recommends

Michael Mohammed Ahmad (ed.): After Australia

Dionne Brand: Inventory

Gerald Murnane: The Plains

Helen Garner: Monkey Grip (also available as an e-audiobook via Borrowbox)

Eamonn Marra: 2,000 Feet Above Worry Level

Philip Roth: Nemesis