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Fully Lit

Impact Studios and The Sydney Review of Books

What is Australian literature today? How does it connect to its roots in our recent and ancient pasts? And where is it headed? Welcome, or welcome back, to the Sydney Review of Books podcast - now known as Fully Lit: a podcast about Australian writing, presented by Anna Funder. Over eight episodes, you"ll hear from John Kinsella, Nicholas Jose, Jeanine Leane, Anita Heiss and other luminaries of Australian letters as they dissect the work of Alexis Wright, Peter Carey, Patrick White, Oodgeroo

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17. Fully Lit Friends: Send for Nellie! by History Lab

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2025/10/29

In this episode, we’re bringing you a story from our friends at History Lab.Historical novelist Sienna Brown brings to life the story of Nellie Small, a trailblazing performer whose life challenged the boundaries of race, gender, and identity in early 20th-century Australia. You'll hear actor Zahra Newman as Nellie, and an interview with playwright Alana Valentina, for whom Nellie has been a rich source of writerly inspiration. Head to History Lab and subscribe to hear all four episodes of this

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16. Fully Lit Live: Poets Speak at Parramatta Lit

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2025/10/15

In this special live episode of Fully Lit, we head to Parramatta for The Poets Speak, an evening of powerful readings and conversation presented by Giramondo Publishing.Recorded as part of Parramatta’s Lit Festival and the Sydney Fringe Festival, the event features acclaimed poets Eunice Andrada (Kontra), Kate Fagan (Song in the Grass), Hasib Hourani (rock flight), Šime Knežević (In Your Dreams), and Suneeta Peres da Costa (The Prodigal). With host Giramondo Publisher Ivor Indyk, the poets share

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15. Fully Lit live: Gail Jones on writing at a slant

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2025/10/01

Explore the poetic, philosophical, and genre-defying world of Gail Jones’s latest novel,The Name of the Sister, in this episode ofFully Lit Live.In conversation with fellow author Debra Adelaide, Jones reflects on the difference between a crime novel and a novel with a crime in it, and asks how a novel might bear witness to suffering, honouring rather than exploiting it. Jones's work - always deeply visual, filled with images that linger in the mind's eye - invites listeners to consider how

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E14. Critic Rejoice Live : at Parramatta Lit

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2025/09/18

In this spirited discussion, three critics—Max Easton, Eda Gunaydin, and Lucy Van—join Sydney Review of Books editor, James Jiang, to explore the evolving role of the critic. Together, they delve into how they each came to criticism, the influences that shaped their voices, the ethics and implications of writing negative reviews, and whether we are truly living in a post-literate culture.This episode was recorded live as part of the Parramatta Lit Festival, held within the Sydney Fringe Festival on

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13. Surveying the scene: poet tasting, poet eating...

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2025/09/04

Poetry month has been and gone, but we have plenty more to say about poetry and poetry criticism!So we're bringing you a 2024 episode of 'Poetry Says,' wherein host Alice Allan reflects on Ben Etherington's 2015 essay 'The Poet Tasters' - a forensic and statistical critique of Australianpoetry that brought Alice's career as a poetry reviewer to an abrupt stop. What kind of critical culture do you get when most critics are also poets? And how can the reviewer not break out into a cold sweat when

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12. Fully Lit Live: The Poet in the Public Arena

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2025/08/18

Hear what poet and critic Sarah Holland-Batt has to say about Australia's as-yet-uncrowned Poet Laureate. She takes a close look at the tradition and explores poetry's relationship to power, highlighting the potential pitfalls and possible benefits of such a figure. Can a poet laureate bring poetry back in Australia, where it's long been an afterthought for cultural policymakers? How might such a person engage our politics? And can we (shall we?) build the infrastructure to support poetic

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11. Fully Lit live: sound and fury as we talk...

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2025/08/07

This special edition of Fully Lit Live was recorded at the Abercrombie Hotel in Sydney, on beautiful Gadigal land. It was a night of celebration, conversation, and creative sparks, as we launched the podcast with a vibrant discussion on the power ofaudio as a medium for literary criticism - one where the critique is embodied, voiced and felt, and built in conversation with one another and with you, our listeners, in mind. Sophie Gee of the Secret Life of Books was there to host a conversation with

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10. Blackfella Book Club on Firefront

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2025/07/24

On this episode Teela Reid and Merinda Dutton, the co-founders of Blackfulla Bookclub, talk about the online community they’ve built around First Nations storytelling and discuss their experiences of reading Fire Front, an anthology of poetry and essays curated by Alison Whittaker. It’s about seeing, and hearing, and reading the world through powerful First Nations perspectives. Listen up.We are republishing this episode from the Sydney Review of Books' very first podcast season, to mark this

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9. Fully Lit live: the 2025 Miles Franklin Award

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2025/07/09

In an engaging, though-provoking and moving conversation, Winnie Dunn, Julie Janson and Siang Lu - all shortlisted for the 2025 Miles Franklin Literary Award - discuss their nominated works, the ideas that shaped them, and the questions they raise about Australian life, literature and identity today, with writer and broadcaster Sunil Badami.The Miles Franklin Literary Award is Australia’s most prestigious literary prize, awarded each year to a novel of the highest literary merit that presents

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S1 EP7 Sovereign Stories: First nations publishing

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2025/06/26

Anita Heiss, Wiradjuri woman, author and editor at large at Bundyi, a First Nations imprint at Simon & Schuster, shares her insights into the Australian publishing industry with Alice Grundy, managing editor at Australia Institute Press. They take a close look at the way First Nations writing has affected and been affected by the prevailing practices in the industry, from author-editor relationships to marketing. What would sovereign publishing look like for First Nations writers in

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S1 EP8 Behind the paper curtain: the business of books

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2025/06/26

Writer, editor and producer Charle Malycon (Penguin Random House and Overland literary journal) and co-founder and director of Amplify bookstore, Jing Xuan Teo, join Alice Grundy to dissect the current state of the industry. What goes on behind the scenes? What is the work of publishing today and who is doing it? Our guests share their personal experiences in publishing and bookselling, taking the listener through the complex process of getting a book from manuscript to reader and highlighting the

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S1 EP6 The Language of Poetry

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2025/06/12

Award-winning poets Bella Li and Ellen Van Neerven join fellow poet Lisa Gorton for a discussion on poetry, responsibility and poetry’s place in Australian public life. With readings from each poet's work, along with other poems from Australia and beyond, our panelists explore the balance between poetry as a private practice and its public impact, attending to the ways in which poetry can unsettle language, shaping and reshaping our sense of history.Lisa Gorton writes poetry, fiction and essays. Her

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S1 EP5 The Poet and the Bulldozer

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2025/06/12

How can poetry act upon the world? Hear John Kinsella hold up a bulldozer with a poem, and take a tour through his life as a reader, poet and activist as he and Lisa Gorton delve into the people and poets who influenced him. They discuss the challenges and responsibilities of being a poet, reflecting on the growing threats to our ecosystems and long-postponed colonial reckonings. In this context, what can poetry do, and what are the possibilities and limitations of a future Australian poet

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Introducing... The Secret Life of Books podcast

Fully Lit ·

2025/05/27

If you're enjoying this podcast, here's a podcast we think you'll like too!The Secret Life of Books is made by Sophie Gee, an academic and a writer, and Jonty Claypole, broadcaster and producer.Sophie and Jonty tell the story behind the story of the literary classics that everyone wants to read, feels they should read or has already read and loved.They reveal the secret histories, hidden players and big ideas behind the great books.They show how they came into being, why they matter, and how they

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S1 EP4 ‘Cognitive Imperialism:’ losing the colonial...

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2025/05/14

Who gets to critique First Nations literature — and how should it be taught?Novelist Melanie Saward and critic Ben Etherington join writer and academic Graham Akhurst to dive into the complex world of reading, teaching, and evaluating First Nations writing.From the classroom to the review page, they explore the responsibilities that come with critiquing Indigenous stories — and what’s at stake when they’re misread or misunderstood.Plus, a powerful intervention from the archive by Alexis

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S1 EP3 ‘Cultural Rigour:’ First Nations writing and...

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2025/05/14

What does it really take to read and review First Nations writing with integrity?Wiradjuri poet and critic Jeanine Leane joins Graham Akhurst for a powerful conversation that turns the spotlight on the critics themselves. With sharp insight and deep cultural knowledge, Jeanine unpacks the idea of “cultural rigour” — and why it’s essential for anyone engaging with Black writing in Australia.Whether you're a reader, reviewer, or writer, this episode challenges you to rethink what it means to read

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2. The Australian novel now

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2025/05/14

What is the Australian novel today? Is it even a novel?And what remains of the idea of a national literature once we eschew nationalistic clichés of Aussieness?Writers Mykaela Saunders and Yumna Kassab join Lynda Ng to tackle these questions.With readings from Australian fiction that reveals a literature deeply engaged with the world and with writing beyond our shores.Dr Mykaela SaundersDr Mykaela Saunders is a Koori/Goori and Lebanese writer, critic and editor. Mykaela’s debut speculative fiction

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1. The Australian novel and the world

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2025/05/14

What makes a novel uniquely Australian? How do our stories stack up on the world stage? Writer, critic and former diplomat Nick Jose joins Lynda Ng—Oz Lit scholar and literary critic—for a deep dive into the Australian novel and its shifting place in global literature. Through powerful readings from literary giants like Patrick White, Peter Carey, Alexis Wright, and Christina Stead, we ask: How has fiction shaped the idea of ‘Australia'? How has that idea changed from the nineteenth to the twentieth

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