Podcast spotlight: what’s next?
Over the last 12 months, Nathania Gilson has been interviewing Australian book podcasters—from passion projects to national radio broadcasters, from hybrid experiments to extensions of retail brands, festivals or traditional...
Podcast spotlight: The Wheeler Centre podcast
Established in 2010, The Wheeler Centre (TWC) podcast features full recordings of talks hosted in TWC building in Melbourne. TWC senior digital editor Jon Tjhia has been working on the...
Podcast spotlight: Sisteria
Launched in 2016, Sisteria is a Melbourne-based podcast about 'women's experiences as creators and consumers of arts and culture'. Hosted by Stephanie Van Schilt and Veronica Sullivan, and produced by Jessica Lukjanow, the...
Podcast spotlight: The New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Oral History Podcast
Launched in late 2018, the New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Oral History podcast delves into the organisation's archives, sharing authors' stories of 'fighting institutions, government—and sometimes, each other—to advocate...
Podcast spotlight: The ‘Good Reading’ podcast
The Good Reading podcast, launched in July 2018, publishes episodes weekly with the aim of helping readers ‘discover [their] next favourite read’. Hosted by Emma Harvey, Angus Dalton and Greg Dobb, the...
Podcast spotlight: So You Want to Be a Writer
Established in 2014, So You Want to Be a Writer is made by the Australian Writers’ Centre (AWC) and co-hosted by author Allison Tait and AWC CEO Valerie Khoo. Each episode covers...
Podcast spotlight: Write Through the Roof
Hosted by speculative fiction author Madeleine D’Este, Write Through the Roof is a podcast for writers who want to improve their craft. Guests have included crime writer Emma Viskic and...
Podcast spotlight: Seeking Tumnus
Established in 2015, Seeking Tumnus is a podcast in which its hosts 'revisit the books of [their] youth and ... explore the uncanny wilds of contemporary adolescent fiction'. Hosted by...
Podcast spotlight: Hope Book Club
Launched in 2018, the Hope Book Club is a podcast focusing on books that will 'enrich your life'. Co-hosts Katrina Roe and Natasha Moore discuss what they've been reading and...
Podcast spotlight: The Full Catastrophe
The Full Catastrophe is a 'live therapy session [where] guests tell stories about when life got so bad it got funny'. Recorded live at Sydney theatre Giant Dwarf, the podcast is...
Podcast spotlight: Words and Nerds
Launched in 2017, Words and Nerds is a conversational podcast in which the host 'interviews both established and independent authors about their writing process, and the social and political influences...
Podcast spotlight: Bookish Friends
Established in 2016, Bookish Friends is a YA and genre fiction podcast created by Diem Nguyen. Each episode features a mix of conversation, book reviews, and interviews with Australian YA authors. Nguyen...
Podcast spotlight: The First Time Podcast
Launched in 2018, The First Time is a weekly podcast about the first time someone publishes a book. Supported by the ACT Writers Centre, Writers Victoria and RMIT University, each...
Podcast spotlight: The Monthly Hour
Launched in 2018, The Monthly Hour is a podcast companion to The Monthly magazine, described as ‘an essential hour of news, culture and ideas that [offers] insight into each issue...
Podcast spotlight: Conversations with Writers
Launched in 2017, Conversations With Writers (CWW) goes 'beyond the press tour Q&As to discuss how their experiences and beliefs shape who they are and the tales they tell'. Produced...
Podcast spotlight: The Fitzroy Diaries
Launched in mid-2018, The Fitzroy Diaries (TFD) is 'a hybrid between the radio play format, the audiobook format, and the podcast format' that originally aired as part of ABC Radio National's...
Podcast spotlight: Jacky Winter Gives You The Business
Launched in 2017, Jacky Winter Gives You The Business (JWGYTB) is a weekly podcast produced in-house by the Jacky Winter Group—the Melbourne-based studio—that ‘deep dives into the ideas, issues and insights...
Podcast spotlight: Final Draft – Great Conversations
Launched in June 2018, Final Draft - Great Conversations (FDGC) is a podcast that looks back at some of the authors and writers that were previously featured weekly on 2SER's long-running Final...
Podcast spotlight: ABC Radio National’s The Bookshelf
The Bookshelf (formerly known as BooksPlus) is both a podcast and radio program for ‘dedicated readers and those who wished they read more’. Broadcasting on Friday afternoons (and available online...
Podcast spotlight: Unladylike
Established in 2016, Unladylike is hosted by the Centre for Youth Literature's Adele Walsh and author Kelly Gardiner. In each episode they talk with women and non-binary people about writing,...