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32. Erin Vincent: Fragments, Grief and Memory
Jun 18, 2026
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31. Masculinity. Vulnerability. Growing up. Are the boys alright?
Jun 4, 2026
44m 56s
30. Olivia Murphy on the politics of monster-fucking
May 21, 2026
55m 56s
29. Vrasidas Karalis on Patrick White
May 7, 2026
53m 13s
28. Isolation, Place and Truth: Verity Borthwick and Judi Morison in conversation with Claire Corbett
Apr 22, 2026
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| 6/18/26 | ![]() 32. Erin Vincent: Fragments, Grief and Memory | In this episode of Fully Lit, Erin Vincent, in conversation with writer and academic Sarah Attfield, reflects on returning to a subject she once believed she had left behind in her verse novel, 14 Ways of Looking.Moving between memoir, research and constraint‑based writing, the book is a fragmentary work that reimagines how grief can be written, building a mosaic of memory around the the number fourteen — Vincent's age when she lost both her parents.Drawing on the playful constraints of the Oulipo movement, Vincent constructs the book through fragments, each linked by the repeated appearance of the number 14. The result is a work that is at once formally inventive and deeply personal, where meaning emerges through juxtaposition, white space, and the connections made by the reader.Together, they discuss the creative possibilities of constraint, the challenge of shaping fragments into a cohesive work, and the emotional and structural role of white space on the page. Vincent also reflects on the difference between writing in grief and writing about it — and how distance, precision and form can open up new ways of expressing loss.At the heart of this conversation is a question central to Fully Lit: how do we find new language for difficult experiences — and what happens when form becomes a way of thinking, feeling, and remembering?This episode was recorded live on Gadigal land at Sydney's Gleebooks.VoicesErin Vincent is the author of Fourteen Ways of Looking as well as Grief Girl, which was named a New York Public Library Best Book and an American Library Association Best Book Nominee. Her work has appeared in Meanjin, the Guardian, Electric Literature, and the Offing, among other publications. She holds a Master of Arts in creative writing from the University of Technology Sydney and is currently studying for a PhD in creative writing.Sarah Attfield teaches creative writing at UTS. Her academic work focuses on the representation of working-class life in literature, popular music, film, TV and art. She has published books on working-class cinema and Australian working-class literature and is currently working on a new book about working-class participation in popular music scenes. Sarah is also a poet, and her creative work is informed by her working-class background and continuing connection to her working-class family and friends.CreditsThis episode was recorded on Gadigal land at Sydney's Gleebooks - for more literary events like this one, see the Gleebooks events page.Fully Lit is brought to you by Impact Studios at UTS, the Sydney Review of Books, and the UTS Writing and Publishing Program, and is produced by Regina Botros.Edited and mixed by Regina Botros.Executive Producers: Sarah Gilbert and James Jiang.Find more episodes of Fully Lit wherever you get your podcasts.Further reading'Piecing Together in the Afterlife' - Rosalind Moran reviews Erin Vincent's Fourteen Ways of Looking for the Sydney Review of Books.You can buy Fourteen Ways of Looking at Gleebooks, in the bookshop and online. | — | ||||||
| 6/4/26 | ![]() 31. Masculinity. Vulnerability. Growing up. Are the boys alright?✨ | masculinityvulnerability+4 | George HaddadJet Williams | Losing FaceOff the Rails+2 | — | masculinityvulnerability+5 | — | 44m 56s | |
| 5/21/26 | ![]() 30. Olivia Murphy on the politics of monster-fucking✨ | monster-fuckingromance literature+4 | Olivia Murphy | Impact StudiosThe Sydney Review of Books+3 | — | monster-fuckingromance+5 | — | 55m 56s | |
| 5/7/26 | ![]() 29. Vrasidas Karalis on Patrick White✨ | Australian literaturePatrick White+4 | Vrasidas Karalis | University of SydneyVoss+2 | — | Patrick WhiteVrasidas Karalis+8 | — | 53m 13s | |
| 4/22/26 | ![]() 28. Isolation, Place and Truth: Verity Borthwick and Judi Morison in conversation with Claire Corbett✨ | debut novelspsychological thriller+4 | Judi MorisonVerity Borthwick | UTSBundyi+4 | — | UTS Writers’ FestivalHollow Air+6 | — | 42m 10s | |
| 4/9/26 | ![]() 27. The Long Game: Felicity Castagna and writing Western Sydney✨ | writingAustralian literature+4 | Felicity Castagna | Peaches | Western Sydney | Felicity CastagnaWestern Sydney+5 | — | 1h 11m 47s | |
| 3/26/26 | ![]() 26. Historical present & multilingual musicality: remembering Antigone Kefala✨ | literatureexile+4 | Mireille JuchauAnna Couani+1 | University of SydneyUniversity of New South Wales+5 | — | Antigone KefalaAustralian literature+5 | — | 1h 04m 57s | |
| 3/12/26 | ![]() 25. Multilingual homes - from 'My Language, My Country'✨ | multilingualismpoetry+4 | Anne CaseyNadia Niaz | UTS Multicultural Women's NetworkUTS Careers+1 | AustraliaFiji+4 | multilingual homespoetry+5 | — | 29m 20s | |
| 2/25/26 | ![]() 24. Writing the Real: Fiction, Work and Witness with Gretchen Shirm and Andrew Pippos✨ | fictionwork+4 | Gretchen ShirmAndrew Pippos | Impact StudiosUniversity of Technology Sydney+7 | — | fictionworkplace+5 | — | 54m 11s | |
| 2/12/26 | ![]() 23. The Critics’ Report: Freedom, Funding and ‘Social Cohesion’✨ | Australian artscultural institutions+5 | Karen WyldAntionette Lattouf | Sydney Review of BooksState Library of NSW+2 | — | arts fundingcultural criticism+5 | — | 51m 13s | |
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| 1/29/26 | ![]() 22. How to Read a Poem✨ | poetryreading+3 | Willo DrummondHasib Hourani | Sydney Review of BooksUTS Writing and Publishing Program+3 | — | poetrypanel discussion+3 | — | 53m 23s | |
| 1/15/26 | ![]() 21. Geordie Williamson on Alexis Wright✨ | Alexis Wrightliterary criticism+3 | Geordie WilliamsonIvor Indyk | GiramondoBlack Ink+4 | — | Alexis WrightGeordie Williamson+3 | Gleebooks | 50m 07s | |
| 12/11/25 | ![]() 20. Fully Lit Live: Author, arise! Decolonising Barthes✨ | decolonizationliterary theory+3 | Michael GriffithsBen Etherington+2 | The Death of the AuthorThe Death of the Author and Anticolonial Thought | Gadigal landUTS’ Centre for the Advancement of Indigenous Knowledges | Roland BarthesDeath of the Author+4 | — | 1h 15m 36s | |
| 11/27/25 | ![]() 19. Fully Lit Live: Rebel Daughters - a UTS Writer's Festival event✨ | poetryfeminism+3 | Anne CaseySarah Holland-Batt | University of Technology Sydney | — | poetQ&A+3 | — | 30m 23s | |
| 11/13/25 | ![]() 18. Fully Lit Live: Yumna Kassab’s Dictionary of Parramatta | In December 2023, the Sydney Review of Books and Western Sydney University's Writing and Society Research Centre were delighted to announce renowned fiction writer, Yumna Kassab, as the inaugural Parramatta Laureate in Literature, a program delivered in partnership with the City of Parramatta. The program, now in its second iteration, recognises the unique and vital work of writers as contributors to narratives of place – through storying, remembering histories, and shaping a creative vision for our shared future.As the inaugural Laureate, Kassab has composed Parramatta: A Dictionary of Place and Memory. She writes in the introduction to her work: 'It was my idea that a dictionary could tell the story of a person (me) in connection with a place (Parramatta) with enough flexibility to take in detours, digressions, musings, and general quirkiness. I knew at the outset that the entries would be placed under titles and it would be fragmentary in spirit.' Extracts from the Parramatta Dictionary are free to read on the Sydney Review of Books website.Author note:Yumna Kassab is a Parramatta-based novelist and short fiction writer, a high school teacher, and a staunch supporter of the Western Sydney Wanderers. The Lovers (2023) was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award, the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Fiction, and the Victorian Premier’s Award for Fiction. She has also authored The House of Youssef (2019), Australiana (2022), Politica (2024), and Theory of Everything (2025).GuestsHost: Kate Fagan - Director of the Writing and Society Research Centre Western Sydney UniversityInterviewer: James Jiang - Editor at The Sydney Review of BooksCreditsRecording engineer Sevan Dermelkonian recorded this episode on the 30th October, 2025 at PHIVE, Active Wellness Studios, Parramatta.Fully Lit is a collaboration between Impact Studios, UTS, and the Sydney Review of Books. Its producer is Regina Botros, and its executive producers are Sarah Gilbert and James Jiang. | — | ||||||
| 10/29/25 | ![]() 17. Fully Lit Friends: Send for Nellie! by History Lab | 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 special series, Caribbean Echoes - and much more. History Lab is an Impact Studios podcast, made in collaboration with the Australian Centre for Public History. VoicesAlana Valentine is a librettist, playwright, and director who is an expert at working with real life subjects and stories, dramatizing them with respect. She has three plays on the NSW HSC Syllabus: Parramatta Girls, Shafana and Aunt Sarrinah, and Cyberbile. Her play, Letters to Lindy, has seen hundreds of amateur and school productions. Valentine is particularly distinguished in her skills as a co-collaborator, notably with Barbara and the Camp Dogs, which won the 2019 Helpmann Award for Best Musical and Best Original Score. She has chronicled her practice in Bowerbird and published the memoir Wed By The Wayside. Professor Cassandra Pybus FAHA specializes historical narratives about people who have been marginalized, forgotten or written out of history. An award-winning author she has published 13 books including Black Founders: The Unknown Story of Australia's First Black Settlers and the bestselling biography, Truganini. She has held research professorships at the University of Sydney, Georgetown University in Washington DC, the University of Texas and King's College London. She is descended from a colonist who received the largest free land grant on Truganini's traditional country of Bruny Island. Vanessa Cassin is Education Manager at Society of Australian Genealogists with extensive experience in providing training and assessment in the trustee industry, both as an in-house trainer for the NSW Trustee & Guardian and as an assessor for Western Sydney University the College’s Registered Training Organisation. Vanessa holds a Diploma in Family Historical Studies from the Society of Australian Genealogists and has been researching her own family history for over 20 years. Zahra Newman was born in Port Antonio, Jamaica, and moved to Australia at age 14. A graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, Newman has an extensive list of credits in theatre, television, and film. Her notable works include her performance as Nabalungi in the original Australian cast of The Book of Mormon, and her lead role in the play The Hate Race and in the film Long Story Short. She has received a Green Room Award, a Sydney Theatre Award, and multiple Helpmann Award nominations. Newman played all 23 characters in the Sydney Theatre Company’s recent one-person production of Dracula. Graeme Rhodes’ acting career spans over 30 years and includes numerous theatre, film, television and radio credits. Most recently he has been working as a writer and director for Forum theatre based Industrial safety programs. When he’s not acting he sings with a jazz trio and builds electronic noise making machines. Credits This series was produced on the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eeora Nation and Burramatagal people of the Dharug nation. Narrator, writer, and producer: Sienna Brown Sound recordist, writer, and producer: Ben Etherington Supervising producer: Jane Curtis, UTS Impact StudiosExecutive producer: Sarah Gilbert, UTS Impact StudiosSound designer and engineer: John Jacobs SupportThe research for this series was funded by the Australian Research Council Discovery Project Creole Voices in the Caribbean and Australia: Poetics and Decolonisation (DP220101256). We are also grateful to the Writing and Society Research Centre and School of Humanities and Communication Arts at Western Sydney University for their generous support in the production of this series. More reading about Nellie SmallNellie Small on WikipediaNellie Small: the trailblazing, cross-dressing cabaret star who Australia forgot The Guardian AustraliaFrom the Archives: The great live music war of 1954 Sydney Morning HeraldZoe Coombs Marr on Queerstralia Sydney Morning Herald A letter to the editor about soup Sydney Morning HeraldSend for Nellie in the 2024 Sydney Festival and article by Alana Valentine on the State Library of NSW website | — | ||||||
| 10/15/25 | ![]() 16. Fully Lit Live: The Poets Speak at Parramatta's Lit | 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 their work and reflect on its origins, themes, and provocations.Eunice Andrada's first poetry collection, Flood Damages, won the Anne Elder Award and was a finalist for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award and the Dame Mary Gilmore Award. Her second collection, TAKE CARE, was a finalist for the Judith Wright Calanthe Award, Stella Prize, Australian Literature Society Gold Medal, and two NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. Her third volume, KONTRA, will be published in October 2025. Kate Fagan is a writer, musician and scholar. Her book First Light was shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards and Age Book of the Year Award. Kate is an internationally esteemed songwriter, and is currently Director of the WSU Writing and Society Research Centre. Her most recent book is Song in the Grass. Hasib Hourani is a Lebanese-Palestinian writer, editor, arts worker and educator. His work has been published in Meanjin, Overland, Australian Poetry and Cordite, among others. He is a 2020 recipient of The Wheeler Centre’s Next Chapter Scheme. His debut book is rock flight. Šime Knežević is a poet and playwright from Sydney with Croatian heritage. His poems have been published widely in Australian and international literary journals. His first book-length poetry collection is In Your Dreams.Suneeta Peres da Costa was born in Sydney and is of Goan heritage. She writes fiction, non-fiction, plays and poetry. Her novella Saudade was shortlisted for the 2019 Australian Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. Her first book of poetry, The Prodigal, was published in 2024. Presented by Giramondo Publishing.This event was recorded live on September 25, 2025.Fully Lit is an Impact Studios podcast. | — | ||||||
| 10/1/25 | ![]() 15. Fully Lit live: Gail Jones on writing at a slant | Explore the poetic, philosophical, and genre-defying world of Gail Jones’s latest novel, The Name of the Sister, in this episode of Fully 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 literature shapes our inner worlds. In this episode, she reminds us that we are made up of all we have read. The Name of the Sister is Gail Jones' 11th novel, and it was published this year by Text. This episode is brought to you in partnership with our friends at Gleebooks. Head to the Gleebooks events page to discover more great literary events featuring some of Australia’s best and best known authors. GuestsGail Jones is a celebrated and prolific Australian writer, as well as a researcher and academic. Debra Adelaide is the author or editor of 17 books, including novels, nonfiction, and reference works. CreditsFully Lit is made by Impact Studios, a media production house based on Gadigal land at UTS, Sydney. This episode was recorded at Sydney's Gleebooks, also on Gadigal land. Fully Lit is made by producer Regina Botros and its executive producers are Sarah Gilbert of UTS Impact Studios, and James Jiang, editor of the Sydney Review of Books. | — | ||||||
| 9/18/25 | ![]() 14. Critics Rejoice Live: at Parramatta's Lit | 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 6 September 2025 at Western Sydney University – Parramatta City Campus.Host: James Jiang — Editor, Sydney Review of BooksPanelists: Max Easton, Eda Gunaydin, Lucy VanRecording Engineer: Sevan Dermelkonian | — | ||||||
| 9/4/25 | ![]() 13. Surveying the scene: poet tasting, poet eating and poetry criticism today | 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 Australian poetry 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 appraising the work of friends and colleagues?FeaturingAlice Allan is a Melbourne writer and editor who brought her show, 'Poetry Says' to a close earlier this year, with its 300th episode. Further reading and listeningRead 'The Poet Tasters', Ben Etherington's 2015 essay in the Sydney Review of Books, Then read 'The Poet Eaters' - Alice Allan and James Jiang on poetry reviewing ten years after ‘The Poet Tasters.’'Poetry Says' was published from 2016 to early 2025.CreditsRegina Botros - producerSarah Gilbert and James Jiang - executive producersFully Lit is brought to you by UTS Impact Studios and the Sydney Review of Books. | — | ||||||
| 8/18/25 | ![]() 12. Fully Lit Live: The Poet in the Public Arena | 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 careers—not just poetic moments?And, most urgently, how long will it take before someone dubs the be-laureled bard Australia's Poet Lorikeet?Further readingFor the written version of this address, see The Poet in the Public Arena by Sarah Holland-Batt, published in Sydney Review of Books.To learn more about her work, visit Sarah Holland-Batt.CREDITSFully Lit is brought to you by UTS Impact Studios, the Sydney Review of Books and the UTS Writing and Publishing Program.Executive producers, Sarah Gilbert and James Jiang.Producer Regina Botros. | — | ||||||
| 8/7/25 | ![]() 11. Fully Lit live: sound and fury as we talk podcasting in the pub | 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 of audio 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 Lynda Ng and Ben Etherington, then Delia Falconer, of the UTS Writing and Publishing Program, introduced our friendly crowd to Eda Gunaydin, the 2025 UTS-Copyright Agency writer in residence. Then we ate cake!Further readingEda Gunaydin is the author of Root and Branch (2022, New South), a collection of essays. You can read many of her published essays via her website. You can find Eileen Chong's poem, 'We Speak of Flowers,' about launching a book here, thanks to Kill Your Darlings. CreditsThis live event was recorded by Simon Branthwaite, who also did sound design on this episode. Fully Lit is an Impact Studios podcast, made in collaboration with the Sydney Review of Books. Its producer is Regina Botros. Executive producers are Sarah Gilbert and James Jiang. | — | ||||||
| 7/24/25 | ![]() 10. Blackfella Book Club on Firefront | 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 month's NAIDOC week celebrations. * Please note that this episode contains names and references to deceased persons* You can find Blackfulla Bookclub on Instagram @blackfulla_bookclub Merinda Dutton is on Twitter and Instagram @min_dutton Teela Reid is on Twitter and Instagram @teelareid Fire Front: First Nations poetry And Power Today was curated by Alison Whittaker and published by UQP. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands on which we work, the Burramattagal people of the Darug nation and the Gadigal people of the Eora nation We pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded, and the struggles for justice are ongoing. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands this digital platform reaches.Fully Lit is brought to you by UTS Impact Studios, the Sydney Review of Books and the UTS Writing and Publishing Program. | — | ||||||
| 7/9/25 | ![]() 9. Fully Lit live: the 2025 Miles Franklin Award | 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 Australian life in any of its phases. This special episode of Fully Lit is presented by Copyright Agency Cultural Fund and Gleebooks, Sydney’s premier literary events program. Head to Gleebooks' events page to discover more great literary events featuring some of Australia’s best and best known authors. GuestsWinnie Dunn is a Tongan-Australian writer from Mount Druitt. She is the general manager of Sweatshop Literacy Movement. Her debut novel is Dirt Poor Islanders, published by Hachette. Julie Janson is a Burruberongal woman of the Darug Aboriginal nation NSW. She is a novelist, playwright, and poet. Her novel Compassion is published by Magabala Books. Her career as a playwright resulted in ten productions at various theatres including Belvoir and Sydney Opera House. As a poet she is co-recipient of the Oodgeroo Noonuccal Poetry Prize 2016 and winner of the Judith Wright Poetry Prize 2019. Her Indigenous crime novel Madukka the River Serpent was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2023. Benevolence, an Indigenous historical novel published by Magabala in 2020, and later published by Harper Collins in the USA and UK, was shortlisted for the Barbara Jefferis Award 2022 and the Voss Literary Prize. Her shortlisted novel Compassion is a sequel to Benevolence A gripping historical novel set in colonial NSW, charting resistance, survival, and legacy through the life of a Darug woman outlaw. Siang Lu is the author of Ghost Cities, published by University of Queensland Press. His first book The Whitewash won the ABIA Audiobook of the Year in 2023. Ghost Cities has been shortlisted for five literary awards, including the 2025 Russell Prize for Humour Writing, the VPLA John Clarke Humour Award, the Readings New Australian Fiction Prize and The University of Queensland Fiction Book Award and The Courier-Mail People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award at the Queensland Literary Awards. In 2023 Siang was named one of the Top 40 Under 40 Asian-Australians at the Asian-Australian Leadership Awards. CreditsFully Lit is is a podcast by Impact Studios, a media production house based on Gadigal land at UTS, Sydney. This episode was recorded at Gleebooks, at an event hosted by Sunil Badami. Sound engineering by Simon Branthwaite. Executive producer, Sarah Gilbert. | — | ||||||
| 6/26/25 | ![]() 8. Behind the paper curtain: the business of books | 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 many hands that shape the reader’s experience. Alice Grundy is Managing Editor of Australia Institute Press and a Research Manager at The Australia Institute. She worked in book publishing for over a decade before researching a PhD on editing and publishing history, the first half of which was published as a minigraph by Cambridge University Press. Charle Malycon (Shh-arl, she//her) is an editor, writer and critic. She is a fulltime editor at one of Australia’s largest publishing houses and has poetry, monologues, short stories and literary reviews published in ABR, Meanjin, Overland, UTS Writers’ Anthology, UTS Central and Voices for Woman. She has an MA Creative Writing, a BA Communications and is a professional member of IPEd, APA and ASA. Jing Xuan Teo is a freelance marketer and co-founder of Amplify Bookstore, Australia's first antiracist bookstore specialising in books by BIPOC authors. Her focus is on strategic content creation, community building and supporting marginalised authors throughout the publishing process. Readings Author and bookseller Laura Elizabeth Woollett reading from her essay, ‘Paying to Play’, at the Sydney Review of Books. CreditsFully Lit is presented by Anna Funder.The podcast series is produced, edited and sound designed by Regina Botros.Sound engineering by Simon Branthwaite.Executive producers are James Jiang and Sarah Gilbert.Fully Lit is a co-production between UTS Impact Studios and the Sydney Review of Books, with support from the UTS Writing and Publishing Program.To cite this episode: Impact Studios, Botros, R., Gilbert, S., & Jiang, J. (2025, May 15). Fully Lit: a podcast about Australian writing, Ep 8, Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15421502 | — | ||||||
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