The Garret: Writers on writing Podcast
1) At home with Bruce Pascoe
Bruce Pascoe, a Yuin, Bunarong and Tasmanian writer, has turned his craft to picture books. Found, illustrated by Charmaine Ledden-Lewis, is the story of a lost calf finding his family. It is also an ...Show More
2) Ep 274: Alexis Wright on writing Praiseworthy
Waanyi writer Alexis Wright is the only author to win the Stella Prize twice - the first time for Tracker and the second time for Praiseworthy. Alexis is also the author of the prize-winning novels ...Show More
3) Ep 273: Sam Elkin on his queer legal saga
Sam Elkin's debut memoir is Detachable Penis: A Queer Legal Saga. Sam’s essays have been published in the Griffith Review, Australian Book Review, Sydney Review of Books and Kill Your Darlings. He c...Show More
4) Ep 272: Laurie Steed on writing the short story form
Laurie Steed is a novelist and short story writer. Greater City Shadows, his short story collection, was shortlisted for the 2022 Dorothy Hewett Award for an Unpublished Manuscript. He also published ...Show More
5) Ep 271: Kate Larsen on why the relationship is the project
Kate Larsen is a writer, poet and arts and cultural consultant with more than 25 years’ experience in the non-profit, government and cultural sectors in Australia, Asia and the United Kingdom. She is ...Show More
6) Ep 270: James Bradley on the colonisation of the oceans
James Bradley is a writer and critic. He has returned to non-fiction with his latest work, Deep Water: The world in the ocean. His previous books include the novels Wrack, The Deep Field, The Resurrec...Show More
7) Ep 269: Amanda Lohrey on investigating meaning via fiction
Amanda Lohrey writes fiction and non-fiction. Her latest novel, The Conversion, was released in 2023. Her previous novel, The Labyrinth (2021), won the Miles Franklin Literary Award, a Prime Minister’...Show More
8) Ep 268: Nam Lee
Nam Le is one of Australia's foremost poets. His short story collection The Boat has been republished as a modern classic and is widely translated, anthologised, and taught. 36 Ways of Writing a Vietn...Show More
9) Ep 267: Catriona Menzies-Pike on the art of literary criticism
Catriona Menzies-Pike is a writer and editor based in Vancouver, Canada. Between 2015 and 2023 she was the editor of the online journal of criticism, the Sydney Review of Books. In this period she als...Show More
10) Ep 266: Sara Saleh on writing poetry and creating 'The Gaza Suite'
Sara Saleh is a writer/poet, human rights lawyer, and the daughter of Palestinian, Lebanese and Egyptian migrants. In 2023 she published her first novel, 'Songs for the Dead and the Living', as well a...Show More