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The Garret: Writing & Publishing

The Garret: Writing & Publishing

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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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Episodes
  • Ep 274: Alexis Wright on writing Praiseworthy

    Ep 274: Alexis Wright on writing Praiseworthy
    May 4 2024

    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 Carpentaria and The Swan Book, as well as Take Power, an oral history of the Central Land Council; and Grog War, a study of alcohol abuse in the Northern Territory.

    Alexis was previously the Boisbouvier Chair in Australian Literature at the University of Melbourne, and she is the inaugural winner of the Creative Australia Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature.

    This interview was recorded live for Vision Australia in March 2024, after Praiseworthy was longlisted for The Stella Prize.

    About The Garret

    Follow The Garret: Writing and Publishing and our host Astrid Edwards on Instagram.

    Explore our back catalogue (and transcripts) at thegarretpodcast.com.

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    41 mins
  • Ep 273: Sam Elkin on his queer legal saga

    Ep 273: Sam Elkin on his queer legal saga
    Apr 30 2024

    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 co-edited Nothing to Hide: Voices of Trans and Gender Diverse Australia .

    He hosts the 3rrr radio show Queer View Mirror and is a Tilde Film Festival board member.

    About The Garret

    Follow The Garret: Writing and Publishing and our host Astrid Edwards on Instagram.

    Explore our back catalogue (and transcripts) at thegarretpodcast.com.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    25 mins
  • Ep 272: Laurie Steed on writing the short story form

    Ep 272: Laurie Steed on writing the short story form
    Apr 28 2024

    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 a memoir, Love Dad: Confessions of an Anxious Father, in 2023.

    His fiction has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and published in The Age, Meanjin, Overland, Island, Westerly, and elsewhere.

    About The Garret

    Follow The Garret: Writing and Publishing and our host Astrid Edwards on Instagram.

    Explore our back catalogue (and transcripts) at thegarretpodcast.com.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    31 mins
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