In this episode, Meesha Williams talks to Annette Trevitt about her new book: I Had a Father in Karratha.

Annette’s book describes her experience becoming the executor of her father’s will after he passed away in his Pilbara home. After flying to the Pilbara, it soon became apparent to Annette that there was a large mess to clean up: including numerous rundown properties that were accruing debt. 

On the podcast, Annette talks more about her relationship with her father, as well as the craft that went into creating this book with its unique form. It is, in her words, “almost like a series of short stories,” with lines of text messages interspersed throughout the prose.

The music in this episode is Mark Isaacs's composition "Have one more" played by Simon Tedeschi, for the ABC recording "Tender Earth".

You can order I Had a Father in Karratha here: https://upswellpublishing.com/product/i-had-a-father-in-karratha

In this episode, Meesha Williams talks to Rachel Coad about her upcoming graphic novel - or 'long comic' - New York City Glow.

Meesha and Rachel get to talking about the origins of the book's two main characters: an Octopus who loves punk music and a snake who works in insurance; the process of putting together the book's accompanying playlist "Strawberry's Mix"; and the parallels and differences between creating comics and working in other art forms, such as portraiture.

The music in this episode is Mark Isaacs's composition "Have one more" played by Simon Tedeschi, for the ABC recording "Tender Earth".

Preorder New York City Glow here: https://upswellpublishing.com/product/new-york-city-glow

You can listen to "Strawberry's Mix", the book's accompanying playlist, here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Hx1z8wEiLkULHLKekTMoP?si=1dec6677912f4372

In this episode, Meesha Williams talks to Ann Shenfield about her book of poetry, A Treatment.

Ann speaks on the many treatments in the book, from the treatment of language to the treatment of people. She explains the origins of the work - influenced by her own family's escape from the Holocaust, and the trauma they experienced in the years that followed. Meesha and Ann also discuss psychoanalytic perspectives on language, poetry, and trauma; and the role of poetry in a contemporary, Capitalist context.

The music in this episode is Mark Isaacs's composition "Have one more" played by Simon Tedeschi, for the ABC recording "Tender Earth".

Order A Treatment here: https://upswellpublishing.com/product/a-treatment#:~:text=About%20the%20Book%3A&text=A%20Treatment%20presents%20a%20poetic,in%20human%20and%20ecological%20terms.

In this episode, Meesha Williams talks to James Burgmann about his novel, Children of Tomorrow.

Meesha and James discuss the usefulness and relevance of different genres for writing climate fiction, the research involved; and the cognitive dissonance - even denial - many of us experience when thinking about the future of our planet.

The music in this episode is Mark Isaacs's composition "Have one more" played by Simon Tedeschi, for the ABC recording "Tender Earth".

Order Children of Tomorrow here: https://upswellpublishing.com/product/children-of-tomorrow

In this episode, Terri-ann White speaks with Monique Truong about her book, The Sweetest Fruits.

Order The Sweetest Fruits here: https://upswellpublishing.com/product/the-sweetest-fruits

In this episode, Terri-ann White speaks with Belinda Probert about where this new book of hers came from: a little about her background and why this has been an idea she has carried for many of the years of her time living in Australia. The long COVID-19 lockdown in Melbourne in 2020 was the incentive for Belinda to write one thousand words per day. And she did it. It’s a fascinating book fueled by author curiosity, a captivating account of life in country and city in Australia, interrogating the quote from George Seddon that provides the book’s title: “The enduring form of possession is imaginative possession, which is fed by knowledge, understanding, associations, stories and images, affections and finally incorporations of the environment into the self, until it becomes part of our sense of personal identity”.

Order Belinda Probert's book, Imaginative Possession: Learning to Live in the Antipodes, here: https://upswellpublishing.com/product/imaginative-possession

In this episode, Terri-ann White speaks to James Berlyn about dance, drama, and more.

In this episode, Meesha Williams talks to David McCooey about his new poetry collection, The Book of Falling.

They discuss poetry and photographs, the uncanny, and the ethics of appropriating voices in poetry.

The music used in this episode is Mark Isaacs's composition "Have one more" played by Simon Tedeschi, for the ABC recording Tender Earth, as well as “Not to Disturb” and “The Interpretation of Dreams” from David McCooey’s album, The Double.

The Book of Falling is available for purchase here: https://upswellpublishing.com/product/the-book-of-falling

In this episode, I talk to Hayley Singer about her new book, Abandon Every Hope: Essays for the Dead. 

We talk about critical animal studies, writing from the body, and the interconnectedness of forms like poetry and essay. 

The music in this episode is Mark Isaacs's composition "Have one more" played by Simon Tedeschi, for the ABC recording "Tender Earth".

Abandon Every Hope is available for purchase here: https://upswellpublishing.com/product/abandon-every-hope-essays-for-the-dead

TW: references to violence involving non-human animals

TW: Sexual violence

In this episode, I talk to Stuart Barnes about his book of poetry, Like to the Lark, which was released by Upswell on the 2nd of February 2023.

We discuss Stu's life experiences that fed into Like to the Lark, as well as "queering and querying" language, perspectives on the moon, and how being a poet might affect your dating life.

Given the extraordinary attention paid to different poetic forms displayed so thrillingly in Like to the Lark, Stu has added some Notes on Form at the end of the book. You can read these in full here:

https://upswellpublishing.com/2022/12/note-on-form-by-stuart-barnes

If you haven't heard to Part I of our conversation, make sure to give it a listen!

The music in this episode is Mark Isaacs's composition "Have one more" played by Simon Tedeschi, for the ABC recording "Tender Earth".

Purchase Like to the Lark here: https://upswellpublishing.com/product/like-to-the-lark