In this episode, Meesha Williams talks to Annette Trevitt about her new book: I Had a Father in Karratha.

Annette’s book describes her experience becoming the executor of her father’s will after he passed away in his Pilbara home. After flying to the Pilbara, it soon became apparent to Annette that there was a large mess to clean up: including numerous rundown properties that were accruing debt. 

On the podcast, Annette talks more about her relationship with her father, as well as the craft that went into creating this book with its unique form. It is, in her words, “almost like a series of short stories,” with lines of text messages interspersed throughout the prose.

The music in this episode is Mark Isaacs's composition "Have one more" played by Simon Tedeschi, for the ABC recording "Tender Earth".

You can order I Had a Father in Karratha here: https://upswellpublishing.com/product/i-had-a-father-in-karratha

In this episode, Meesha Williams talks to Rachel Coad about her upcoming graphic novel - or 'long comic' - New York City Glow.

Meesha and Rachel get to talking about the origins of the book's two main characters: an Octopus who loves punk music and a snake who works in insurance; the process of putting together the book's accompanying playlist "Strawberry's Mix"; and the parallels and differences between creating comics and working in other art forms, such as portraiture.

The music in this episode is Mark Isaacs's composition "Have one more" played by Simon Tedeschi, for the ABC recording "Tender Earth".

Preorder New York City Glow here: https://upswellpublishing.com/product/new-york-city-glow

You can listen to "Strawberry's Mix", the book's accompanying playlist, here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Hx1z8wEiLkULHLKekTMoP?si=1dec6677912f4372

In this episode, Meesha Williams talks to Ann Shenfield about her book of poetry, A Treatment.

Ann speaks on the many treatments in the book, from the treatment of language to the treatment of people. She explains the origins of the work - influenced by her own family's escape from the Holocaust, and the trauma they experienced in the years that followed. Meesha and Ann also discuss psychoanalytic perspectives on language, poetry, and trauma; and the role of poetry in a contemporary, Capitalist context.

The music in this episode is Mark Isaacs's composition "Have one more" played by Simon Tedeschi, for the ABC recording "Tender Earth".

Order A Treatment here: https://upswellpublishing.com/product/a-treatment#:~:text=About%20the%20Book%3A&text=A%20Treatment%20presents%20a%20poetic,in%20human%20and%20ecological%20terms.