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The Garret is a podcast for lovers of books and storytelling.
Always about Australian writers and their craft, in 2023 The Garret expanded focus and also interviews industry figures about what gets published (and why).
The Garret is educational in outlook. A defining feature of The Garret is our transcripts. Each interview is published with a complete transcript (so you don’t have to write anything down while you listen).
The Garret is a labour of love on behalf of all emerging writers. It does not operate for revenue or profit. If you would like to support The Garret, simply subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts and join the conversation on Instagram or Twitter.
You can also follow our host Astrid Edwards at astridedwards.com.
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Ep 272: Laurie Steed on writing the short story form
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Apr 28, 2024 |
Ep 271: Kate Larsen on why the relationship is the project
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Apr 25, 2024 |
Ep 270: James Bradley on the colonisation of the oceans
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Apr 14, 2024 |
Ep 269: Amanda Lohrey on investigating meaning via fiction
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Apr 08, 2024 |
Ep 268: Nam Lee on 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem
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Mar 17, 2024 |
Ep 267: Catriona Menzies-Pike on the art of literary criticism
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Mar 13, 2024 |
Ep 266: Sara Saleh on writing poetry and creating 'The Gaza Suite'
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Feb 25, 2024 |
Ep 265: Tracey Lien on writing family, home and place
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Feb 11, 2024 |
Ep 264: Christos Tsiolkas on sex, middle age and the importance of criticism
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Feb 04, 2024 |
Ep 263: Kirli Saunders on poetry and multi-disciplinary practice
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Jan 25, 2024 |
Ep 262: LIVE | Richard Flanagan at The Capitol discussing 'Question 7'
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Jan 22, 2024 |
#1 industry interview of 2023: Beejay Silcox on literary prize judging
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Jan 14, 2024 |
#1 poetry interview of 2023: Maxine Beneba Clarke on banning work for kids
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Jan 12, 2024 |
#1 fiction interview of 2023: Pip Williams on recreating the past in fiction
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Jan 09, 2024 |
#1 nonfiction interview of 2023: Debra Dank on writing memoir
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Jan 07, 2024 |
Ep 261: Lucy Treloar on writing about the hard things well
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Dec 18, 2023 |
Ep 260: Brigid Mullane on how to be a publisher
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Dec 13, 2023 |
Ep 259: Tony Birch on working class storytelling in Australia
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Dec 10, 2023 |
Ep 258: Charlotte Wood on the difference between hope and courage
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Dec 05, 2023 |
Ep 257: Hedley Thomas on writing 'The Teacher's Pet'
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Dec 03, 2023 |
Ep 256: Tyson Yunkaporta on writing right and wrong
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Oct 23, 2023 |
Ep 255: Melissa Lucashenko on the past, present and Edenglassie
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Oct 15, 2023 |
Ep 254: Laura Jean McKay on writing our present and future
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Oct 09, 2023 |
Ep 253: Mirandi Riwoe on writing women, freedom fighters and a bygone era
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Sep 20, 2023 |
Ep 252: Sara Saleh on writing women's history into fiction
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Sep 13, 2023 |
Ep 251: Chris Masters on the perils and import of investigative journalism
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Sep 06, 2023 |
Ep 250: Leigh Sales on interviewing, journalism and stories that matter
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Sep 03, 2023 |
Ep 249: LIVE | Robbie Arnott at Canberra Writers Festival
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Aug 31, 2023 |
Ep 248: LIVE | Kate Mildenhall at Canberra Writers Festival
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Aug 29, 2023 |
Ep 247: Erin Riley on justice, social work and queer memoir
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Aug 16, 2023 |
Ep 246: Anna Funder on liberating the wife of Orwell, Eileen O'Shaunessy
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Aug 13, 2023 |
Ep 245: Briohny Doyle on elegy, time and the non-human world
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Aug 06, 2023 |
Ep 244: Beejay Silcox on literary criticism and the art of judging
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Jul 31, 2023 |
Ep 243: Maxine Beneba Clarke on book bans and writing poetry for young people
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Jul 05, 2023 |
Ep 242: Sally Young on researching Australia's media monsters
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Jun 28, 2023 |
Ep 241: Kate Larsen on poetry, the state of Arts funding and our online world
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Jun 22, 2023 |
Ep 240: Isabelle Oderberg on writing to break the silence around miscarriage
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Jun 15, 2023 |
Ep 239: Sarah Krasnostein on Peter Carey and Arts criticism
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Jun 12, 2023 |
Ep 238: Ghassan Hage and Randa Abdel-Fattah on 'The Racial Politics of Australian Multiculturalism'
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Jun 04, 2023 |
Ep 237: Omar Sakr on poetry, fiction and the perception of both
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May 31, 2023 |
Ep 236: Overland: Natalia Figueroa Barroso and EJ Clarence
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May 24, 2023 |
Ep 235: Ellen van Neerven on racism and misogyny in sport
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May 17, 2023 |
Ep 234: Pip Williams on writing commercial historical fiction
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May 14, 2023 |
Ep 233: Zoya Patel on moving from memoir to fiction
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Apr 26, 2023 |
Ep 232: Eloise Grills for The Stella Shortlist
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Apr 20, 2023 |
Ep 231: Adriane Howell for The Stella Shortlist
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Apr 18, 2023 |
Ep 230: Louisa Lim for The Stella Shortlist
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Apr 16, 2023 |
Ep 229: Debra Dank for The Stella Shortlist
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Apr 13, 2023 |
Ep 228: Edwina Preston for The Stella Shortlist
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Apr 11, 2023 |
Ep 227: Sarah Holland-Batt for The Stella Shortlist
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Apr 09, 2023 |
Ep 226: The Garret is back for 2023
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Apr 05, 2023 |
Ep 225: The Garret, The Stella and March 2023
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Sep 01, 2022 |
Ep 224: Robert Watkins on what it takes to be a publisher
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Aug 15, 2022 |
Ep 223: Dervla McTiernan on crime fiction and people who look down on genre
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Aug 14, 2022 |
Ep 222: Rick Morton on editing anthologies and switching to fiction
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Jul 20, 2022 |
Ep 221: Neela Janakiramanan on writing what really happens to our doctors
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Jul 13, 2022 |
Ep 220: Claire Coleman on literary speculative fiction (yes, it is a thing)
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Jul 09, 2022 |
Ep 219: Phillipa McGuinness writes about skin, power and beauty
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Jun 29, 2022 |
Ep 218: Yassmin Abdel-Magied talking about her revolution
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Jun 26, 2022 |
Ep 217: Winnie Dunn and Amani Haydar on 'Another Australia'
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Jun 22, 2022 |
Ep 216: Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler on their YA writing partnership
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Jun 06, 2022 |
Ep 215: Ceridwen Dovey and Eliza Bell on the absurdity of motherhood
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Jun 03, 2022 |
Ep 214: Melanie Ostell on what it takes to be a literary agent
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May 25, 2022 |
Ep 213: Julianne Schultz on finding the soul of Australia
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May 11, 2022 |
Ep 212: Anita Heiss on 'Am I Black Enough For You?'
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May 01, 2022 |
Ep 211: Lee Kofman on writing honestly and reading as a writer
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Apr 20, 2022 |
Ep 210: Kári Gíslason on retelling stories from the past
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Apr 13, 2022 |
Ep 209: Mirandi Riwoe on finding the story
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Apr 07, 2022 |
Ep 208: Jane Caro on writing realistic fiction
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Apr 03, 2022 |
Ep 207: Jess Hill and Sarah Krasnostein on writing Quarterly Essays
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Mar 23, 2022 |
Ep 206: Josh Kemp and Australian Gothic fiction
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Mar 17, 2022 |
Ep 205: Yumna Kassab on writing experimental stories
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Mar 16, 2022 |
Ep 204: Eliza Hull and stories of disabled parenting
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Mar 09, 2022 |
Ep 203: Justin Smith on writing with humour and kindness
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Mar 02, 2022 |
Ep 202: Jackie Huggins on writing her parents' biographies
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Feb 25, 2022 |
Ep 201: Omar Sakr on 'Son of Sin' and writing fantasy
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Feb 24, 2022 |
Ep 200: At home with Omar Musa
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Nov 24, 2021 |
Ep 199: Reading Audit 2021
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Nov 24, 2021 |
Ep 198: At home with Jennifer Down
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Oct 27, 2021 |
Ep 197: At home with Emily Bitto
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Oct 13, 2021 |
Ep 196: At home with Andy Jackson
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Oct 06, 2021 |
Ep 195: At home with Charlotte Wood
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Sep 29, 2021 |
Ep 194: Bookselling with Louise Ryan
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Sep 22, 2021 |
Ep 193: At home with Winnie Dunn
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Sep 19, 2021 |
Ep 192: At home with Jay Kristoff
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Sep 14, 2021 |
Ep 191: On the road with Claire G. Coleman
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Sep 10, 2021 |
Ep 190: At home with Lucia Osborne-Crowley
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Sep 03, 2021 |
Ep 189: At home with Yves Rees
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Sep 01, 2021 |
Ep 188: At home with Jennifer Mills
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Aug 27, 2021 |
Ep 187: At home with Terri-ann White
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Aug 25, 2021 |
Ep 186: At home with Briohny Doyle
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Jul 28, 2021 |
Ep 185: At home with Larissa Behrendt
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Jul 18, 2021 |
Ep 184: At home with Mark Brandi
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Jul 11, 2021 |
Ep 183: At home with Amani Haydar
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Jun 30, 2021 |
Ep 182: Michael Mohammed Ahmad
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Jun 23, 2021 |
Ep 180: At home with Alice Pung
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Jun 14, 2021 |
Ep 179: At home with Tony Birch
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Jun 09, 2021 |
Ep 178: At home with Anita Heiss
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Apr 28, 2021 |
Ep 177: At home with Jonica Newby
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Apr 25, 2021 |
Ep 176: At home with Rebecca Starford
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Apr 14, 2021 |