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THE GARRET

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Category: Journalism

Welcome to The Garret

The Garret is a literary podcast celebrating the best writers writing today.

Season 1 launched on 3 November 2016 with eight Victorian writers talking about their craft. These writers represent many genres, and the common thread is their success. The Garret interviews the best of the best, those writers at the top of their field.

The Garret is not a podcast about individual books. And it is not intended to promote a writer’s latest book. Instead, the podcast seeks to explore how successful writers start, draft, edit, complete and market their work.

The purpose of Season 1 of The Garret is to celebrate some of the best writers writing in Melbourne today. Season 2 goes further, seeking out the best writers in Australia.

We have no hard and fast definition of ‘best’. We mean writers whose work is published abroad, has been turned into a TV series or movie, has a loyal fan following, has achieved critical acclaim, or has seeped into the public consciousness in one way or another.

This is the goal of The Garret: to interview successful writers talk about their craft, and for other writers to (hopefully) learn from them. Anyone interested in writing – wherever they happen to live – will learn from these authors.

The Garret is hosted by Nic Brasch and produced by Astrid Edwards. Nic and Astrid are teachers, and believe The Garret will become an invaluable resource for writers at all levels and in all genres.

Melbourne is a UNESCO City of Literature, and it is home to some of the best writers currently writing in Australia. The Garret was born in Melbourne, and it is supported by our community. We are proud to partner with the State Library of Victoria, Readings, Writers Victoria and Swinburne University.

If you are an established writer and would like to appear on the show, email our host Nic Brasch at [email protected]. If you have from the media, or would like to become a partner, email our producer Astrid Edwards at [email protected].

Julianne Schultz

Julianne Schultz on finding the soul of Australia

Julianne Schultz is […]

May 12, 2022May 12, 2022
Jane Caro on writing realistic fiction

Jane Caro on writing realistic fiction

Jane Caro is […]

April 4, 2022April 4, 2022
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Jess Hill and Sarah Krasnostein on writing Quarterly Essays

Jess Hill and […]

March 24, 2022March 29, 2022
Justin Smith

Justin Smith on writing with humour and kindness

Justin Smith is […]

March 3, 2022March 7, 2022
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At home with Lucia Osborne-Crowley

Lucia Osborne-Crowley is […]

September 4, 2021January 10, 2022
Rick Morton

At home with Rick Morton

Rick Morton, author […]

March 27, 2021July 21, 2022
Sophie Cunningham

At home with Sophie Cunningham

Sophie Cunningham is […]

December 21, 2020January 10, 2022
Louise Milligan

At home with Louise Milligan

Louise Milligan is […]

December 14, 2020December 15, 2020
Jamila Rizvi_2020

At home with Jamila Rizvi

In 2020 Jamila […]

October 29, 2020January 10, 2022

  • 🎤 Back behind the mic with THE STELLA SHORTLIST! Six new interviews with the shortlisted authors coming in April, and then we are back to regular weekly interviews after that.

The Shortlist is:
 'We Come With This Place' by Debra Dank 
'big beautiful female theory’ by @grillzoid 
'The Jaguar' by @the_shb_ 
'Hydra' by @felinefelttip 
'Indelible City' by @limlimlouisa 
'Bad Art Mother' by @edwinaprestonofficial 

✨ Thanks to @thestellaprize and @pitchprojectspr for making this happen.
  • 📖 Our host @_AstridEdwards_ is one of the judges of the @TheStellaPrize. As a result, The Garret is on hold until March 2023. As always, the highest rating fiction and non-fiction episodes of the year will be re-released in December 2022. Until then, happy reading and writing. 

#Repost @thestellaprize with @use.repost
・・・
Stella is thrilled to announce award-winning writer Alice Pung OAM as the 2023 Stella Prize Chair of Judges.

Pung is the bestselling author of fiction, non-fiction, and children's literature. Her first novel, Laurinda, won the Ethel Turner Prize at the 2016 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, and her most recent novel, One Hundred Days, was shortlisted for the 2022 Miles Franklin Literary Award. She was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for services to literature in 2022.

Pung will be joined on the Judging Panel by broadcaster and bibliophile, Astrid Edwards; essayist and literary critic, Beejay Silcox; Walkley Award-winning journalist, writer, and broadcaster, Jeff Sparrow; and Gomeroi poet, essayist, and legal scholar, Alison Whittaker.

Together, they will select the most original, excellent and engaging book as the winner of the 2023 Stella Prize.

Find out more and read interviews with the incoming judges via our website.

#2023StellaPrize
  • 📖 Robert Watkins (@arrjaydub) was joking when he said this in our latest interview. But we all know publishing can be hard to understand and even harder to enter. So, listen to Robert talk about how became a publisher (his career path is quite unconventional) and consider how you can too.

Transcript: The reason you don't know the answer is because, literally, the publishing industry is a weird secret society.

🎧 Listen on your favourite podcast app or read the transcript at thegarretpodcast.com/robert-watkins-what-it-takes-to-be-publisher.

📓#thegarretpodcast #garretpodcast #thegarret #auslit #literarypodcast
  • 🎙 Robert Watkins (@arrjaydub) is the Publishing Director of @ultimopress. He has over 20 years experience in the Australian book industry having worked in book retail, sales, marketing, publicity, publishing and more recently as Head of Literary at Hachette Australia.

Robert’s love for a good story well told has led to publishing some of Australia’s most acclaimed contemporary authors, including Maxine Beneba Clarke, Claire G. Coleman, Sarah Schmidt and Michael Mohammed Ahmad. He is an advocate for progressive and inclusive publishing that speaks to contemporary issues, whether that be in narrative non-fiction or literary and reading group fiction.

🎧 Listen on your favourite podcast app or read the transcript at thegarretpodcast.com/robert-watkins-what-it-takes-to-be-publisher.

📓#thegarretpodcast #garretpodcast #thegarret #auslit #literarypodcast
  • 📖 Ever wondered how crime writer @dervlamctiernan creates the tension within the story? 

Transcript: Constraints help with your creativity and make the story better... The tighter the box I'm in, the harder my imagination is working.

🎧 Listen on your favourite podcast app or read the transcript at thegarretpodcast.com/dervla-mctiernan-crime-fiction-people-who-look-down-genre.

➕ Dervla has appeared on The Garret before, and you can listen to her previous interview at thegarretpodcast.com/at-home-with-dervla-mctiernan.

📓#thegarretpodcast #garretpodcast #thegarret #auslit #literarypodcast #literarythriller #literarycrimefiction #themurderrule

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