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From the Lighthouse

From the Lighthouse is a literary podcast published out of the Department of English at Macquarie University. Your hosts Dr Stephanie Russo and Dr Michelle Hamadache love to talk about anything to do with books, from the latest bestsellers and prize-winners, film and television adaptations of books to bookish news. Join us as we chat all things literary. For more information visit the MQ English Department webpage at www.engl.mq.edu.au

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01:26:29

FrankenReads @ Macquarie Session 1: Revisiting...

From the Lighthouse ·

2018/10/30

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein we will be releasing recordings from the FrankenReads event at Macquarie University in September. This week's recording features the following presentations: “’My Beloved Sister’: The Other Family in Frankenstein” by Lee O’Brien 'Using “the living animal” to re-animate “lifeless clay”: The role of vivisection in the creation of Frankenstein's monster' by Libby King “’The reflections of my hours of despondency and solitude’:

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52:22

A Sensational Book: Mary Elizabeth Braddon's Lady...

From the Lighthouse ·

2018/10/16

Sensation! Scandal! Murder! Bigamy! A femme fatale! This book has it all! This week, Stephanie and Lee are reading one of the nineteenth-century's favourite sensation fictions: Mary Elizabeth Braddon's Lady Audley's Secret.

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53:04

Femme Fatales, Marlowe and Gangsters: The (slightly)...

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2018/10/02

The Big Sleep is a classic of crime noir: the kind of fiction that transports you to a seedy LA gin joint in the 1940s. This week, Lee and Stephanie discuss femme fatales, Marlowe, gangsters, and slightly nonsensical plots.

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42:29

Murderers, Truth vs. Fiction, and a car full of...

From the Lighthouse ·

2018/09/18

Truman Capote brought true crime to literature with his "nonfiction novel" In Cold Blood. In this podcast, Lee and Stephanie discuss a lesser-known piece of Capote non-fiction, the short story "The Handcarved Coffins". They discuss murderers, the line between truth and fiction, and a car full of snakes.

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33:16

Meredith Lake's The Bible in Australia: A fascinating...

From the Lighthouse ·

2018/09/04

Meredith Lake, award-winning historian, traces the impact of the Bible on Australian culture, from Tony Abbott's misuse of the Bible to discredit the science of climate change to the distinctively Australian irreverence for authority that saw the coining of the expressions 'bible-basher' and 'wowser'. Join Michelle Hamadache as she interviews Meredith Lake about the complex ways the Bible and its reception has shaped Australian literature, language and politics.

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42:39

Adam Courtenay's The Ship that Never Was

From the Lighthouse ·

2018/08/21

Part colonial history, part biography of James Porter, a convict transported to Van Diemen's Land under the rule of the tyrannical Governor Arthur, The Ship that Never War is a story of human tenacity and ingenuity in the face of unimaginably harsh conditions. Join Michelle Hamadache as she talks with Adam Courtenay about the incredible but true story of a group of convicts who stole a brand new ship from Macquarie Harbour and sailed it all the way to Chile. For more info and some bonus materials,

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40:21

Pinballs and Boiling Frogs: An interview with...

From the Lighthouse ·

2018/08/07

Alison Lyssa, playwright, writer and poet, discusses her groundbreaking feminist play Pinball. Pinball, a play about a young lesbian couple fighting the patriarchy for custody of one of the women's son, was labelled 'feminist chauvinist piggery' in the Australian Press in the 80s when it was first performed. Now a set-text in universities in the UK and re-staged by Duck Duck Goose in 2014, Pinball and its playwright, Alison Lyssa, remain cutting edge in contemporary Australia.

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33:53

Lexi Freiman's Inappropriation

From the Lighthouse ·

2018/08/01

Lexi Freiman's debut novel, Inappropriation, is a hilarious biting satire on identity politics, social media, high school, cyborgs, and pretty much everything else you can imagine. This week, Stephanie chats to Lexi about her novel, writing funny books, feminism, and high school formals.

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54:46

The Myth, the Heights, the Poetry and the Dogs: 200...

From the Lighthouse ·

2018/07/24

Emily Bronte was born on 30 July 1818: 200 years ago this month. To celebrate her 200th birthday, Stephanie was joined by Dr Lee O'Brien to discuss the Bronte myth, Wuthering Heights, poetry, and dogs.

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38:28

Trauma and the Possibility of Change: An Interview...

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2018/07/18

Meera Atkinson's Traumata is an innovative mix of memoir and cultural criticism, in the vein of Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts. This week, Stephanie chats to Meera about writing about trauma, the #metoo movement, and the possibility of change. For more info visit our website at: https://www.fromthelighthouse.org

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39:14

From the Filmhouse with Stephanie and Kirstin:...

From the Lighthouse ·

2018/07/10

Mary Shelley's life was just made for the screen. Or was it? This week, Stephanie heads off to the movies with Dr Kirstin Mills to see the new Mary Shelley film, and they give their verdict.

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04:13

Bonus Episode: Jasper Fforde's The Eyre Affair with...

From the Lighthouse ·

2018/07/03

English Department student Alison Key reviews Jasper Fforde's The Eyre Affair in this creative podcast produced as an assessment task for the unit ENGL303 Narrative and the Novel.

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43:13

How do you solve a problem like Junot Diaz?

From the Lighthouse ·

2018/07/03

Just as our Contemporary Literature students were reading Junot Diaz, allegations of sexual harassment against the author emerged at the Sydney Writers Festival. Stephanie talked to three students from the class - Joanna Catsanos, Juliette Kaado and Jasmine Joyan - to discuss their reactions to the revelations.

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03:17

Bonus Episode: George Saunders's Lincoln in the Bardo...

From the Lighthouse ·

2018/07/03

English Department student Tiana Visnjic reviews George Saunders's Lincoln in the Bardo in this creative podcast produced as an assessment task for the unit ENGL303 Narrative and the Novel.

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15:33

Bonus Episode - IASPR Interview with Jodi McAlister

From the Lighthouse ·

2018/06/29

Stephanie interviews Dr Jodi McAlister, Lecturer at Deakin University and graduate of Macquarie University, at the 2018 IASPR Conference. They talk about her research on The Bachelor, romance novels, and more.

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13:27

Bonus Episode - Interview with IASPR Keynote Speakers

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2018/06/29

Stephanie interviews Associate Professor Kim Wilkins, Associate Professor Lisa Fletcher and Dr Beth Driscoll, who are the keynote speakers for the IASPR's (International Association for the Study of Popular Romance) seventh international conference on Popular Romance Studies.

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01:05:01

From Raptus to Porn: Celebrating 675 Years of...

From the Lighthouse ·

2018/06/26

Chaucer is often called the Father of English Literature, but what do you really know about this? This week, Stephanie is joined by Professor Louise d'Arcens to discuss Chaucer's life, work, the Cecily Champagne case, and oddly enough, Chaucerian porn.

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03:49

Bonus Episode: Hanya Yanagihara's The People in the...

From the Lighthouse ·

2018/06/25

English Department student Jeremy Nigro reviews Hanya Yanagihara's novel The People in the Trees in this creative podcast produced as an assessment task for the unit ENGL303 Narrative and the Novel.

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04:30

Bonus Episode: Margaret Atwood's The Edible Woman...

From the Lighthouse ·

2018/06/19

English Department student Rebecca McMartin reviews Margaret Atwood's novel The Edible Woman in this creative podcast produced as an assessment task for the unit ENGL303 Narrative and the Novel

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03:20

Bonus Episode: Jane Austen's Emma with Alice Kouzmenko

From the Lighthouse ·

2018/06/19

English Department student Alice Kouzmenko reviews Jane Austen's novel Emma in this creative podcast produced as an assessment task for the unit ENGL303 Narrative and the Novel.

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