Yarra Libraries Podcast: Recent Episodes
Yarra Libraries
We have libraries in Abbotsford, Carlton North, Fitzroy, North Fitzroy and Richmond.
All of our libraries offer a wide range of collections, programs and services to suit your recreational and educational needs, including free study spaces, home delivery service and free Wi-Fi.
On our channel you'll find a range of content including recommendations, panel discussions, author talks, cultural forums, spoken word poetry and Pecha Kucha nights. Enjoy!
It's November, which means it's NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), and Trans Awareness Week time! To celebrate, we spoke to Melburnian trans author Emma Osborne. Emma’s writing has appeared in Uncanny Magazine, Nightmare Magazine, PodCastle, Queers Destroy Science Fiction and many more, including their upcoming novella, The Beast You Made Of Me. They talk all things horror, queerness and trans identity, as well as giving us some tips on how to tackle NaNoWriMo. To get a hold of any of the books mentioned in this discussion, visit our website at library.yarracity.vic.gov.au/.Our theme song is Add And by Broke for Free
"The Yarra Libraries Podcast is back! This month, to celebrate Adult Learner's Week, we spoke to librarian Amy about her experience facilitating sewing and creative workshops at Yarra Libraries, and the importance of being able to learn new skills as a grown-up. To access any of the resources mentioned in this discussion, visit our website at https://library.yarracity.vic.gov.au/. Our theme song is Add And by Broke for Free"
If you would like to follow this tour using the locations talked about, then please make your way to where the tour starts - at 214 Argyle Street, Fitzroy. Melbourne’s first suburb, is full of stories old and new. The Fitzroy Walking tours podcast series makes Fitzroy history easily accessible to the public. Download the podcast, go to the starting point, and start your walk around the streets of Fitzroy. Visit 5-6 places of interest on your journey, taking things at your own pace. Or listen at anytime, anywhere.This very special episode focusses on Macrobertson’s Chocolates. The company was founded by Sir MacPherson Robertson in 1880. It was based in Fitzroy for over 100 years, before moving to Ringwood. MacRobertson’s created numerous famous confections including Freddo Frog, Cherry Ripe, and Old Gold Chocolates. This walking tour was produced by The Fitzroy Historical Society and Yarra Libraries with the support of The Ewing Trust.Background Music: Playground Pigeon, By Broke for Free.
TW: This podcast contains discussion of suicide. This is a challenging topic, and we would like listeners to know that there is help available if this is triggering for you. You can call Lifeline on 13 11 14, and the suicide call back service on 1300 659 467. Beyond Blue also offers support on 1300 224 636.
Episode title: Overdue: Yarra libraries Community Outreach (English) Presenters: Quinn, Kylie & Dylan
During the first 2020 Covid lockdown Yarra Libraries found ourselves shut down as a non essential service, despite that many people in the community rely on us for basic access to the internet/information and other vital services. Yarra Libraries management decided to ‘bring the library to the community’ by dramatically expanding our community outreach and partnerships with food programs, supporting residents with digital literacy/vaccine certificates, and by sharing books, toys, Covid information updates and anything else that people needed.
In this episode Yarra resident and Yarra council access worker Quinn speaks with Yarra Library Community Engagement, Outreach & Partnerships team Dylan and Kylie about how he got involved with Yarra Libraries through the food program, and how working with the libraries during the pandemic has changed his life over the last 2 years.
The Yarra Libraries Overdue podcast is produced by and for culturally and linguistically diverse communities in the City of Yarra in multiple languages.
The Covid-19 pandemic has kickstarted many overdue conversations. This podcast makes space for community members to share their personal insights and experiences. The pandemic has shown us that a one size fits all approach doesn’t work, and exposed a lack of culturally appropriate government support for these communities.
The Yarra Libraries Overdue podcast calls for more support to help determine and co-create community based solutions to ongoing challenges. This podcast is co-produced by community members from different Yarra projects and organisations working with Yarra Libraries to raise awareness around covid messaging and community-based responses.
Overdue is facilitated and produced by Yarra Libraries, and supported by the Victorian Government through the Priority Response to Multicultural Communities during Coronavirus (PRMC) program.
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Thumbnail image: Quinn, Kylie & Dylan at Fitzroy Library
Image Description: Mid shot of a woman standing between two men. They are all wearing black t-shirts printed with the message "Libraries change lives", and smiling happily. There is a microphone on a stand in the foreground.
Music: Maarten Schellekens, Will they find us? & Scott Holmes, Another Rainy Day CC BY-NC creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Transcript: https://bit.ly/3RPaP70 Episode title: Overdue: Tammy (English) Presenter/Co-producer: Tammy
This episode features proud Fitzroy resident and Greek Bicultural Liaison Officer for the City of Yarra, Tammy Iliou. She reflects on her experience helping Greek speaking residents navigate through a difficult time with the vaccination program and COVID-19, and forming close bonds that she hopes to continue to strengthen. Tammy welcomes any Greek speaking residents to contact her.
- Whilst recording this episode in the studio Tammy received a message to say she had been included in this year’s Victorian Government Honour Roll Multicultural List in recognition of her years of community work!
The Yarra Libraries Overdue podcast is produced by and for culturally and linguistically diverse communities in the City of Yarra in multiple languages.
The Covid-19 pandemic has kickstarted many overdue conversations. This podcast makes space for community members to share their personal insights and experiences. The pandemic has shown us that a one size fits all approach doesn’t work, and exposed a lack of culturally appropriate government support for these communities.
The Yarra Libraries Overdue podcast calls for more support to help determine and co-create community based solutions to ongoing challenges. This podcast is co-produced by community members from different Yarra projects and organisations working with Yarra Libraries to raise awareness around covid messaging and community-based responses.
Overdue is facilitated and produced by Yarra Libraries, and supported by the Victorian Government through the Priority Response to Multicultural Communities during Coronavirus (PRMC) program.
yarralibraries #librarieschangelives #podcast #cityofYarra #CALDcommunities #coronavirus #COVID19 #COVID19vaccines #COVID19VicData
Thumbnail Image: Tammy in the makerspace studio at Richmond Library Image description: A woman is seated at a sound desk in front of a microphone in a recording studio wearing headphones and smiling happily at the camera.
music: Maarten Schellekens, Will they find us? & Scott Holmes, Green Fields CC BY-NC creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
μεταγραφής: https://bit.ly/3aneHeQ Επεισόδιο: Overdue: Τάμμυ (ελληνική) Παραγωγός: Τάμμυ Ηλιού
Σε αυτό το επισόδιο, η Τάμμυ Ηλιού που ζεί στην περιοχή του Yarra μας μιλάει για τις εμπειρίες της με το θέμα του COVID-19 και πως μέσα από τα προγράμματα που δημιούργησε ο Δήμος βοήθησε άτομα να καταλάβουν για τα εμβόλια και άλλες δυσκολίες που πέρασαν σ’αυτο το διάστημα. Κατάφερε να δημιουργήσει σχέσεις με πολλά άτομα Ελληνικής καταγωγής και ελπίζει να συνεχιστούν αυτά τα προγράμματα και οι σχέσεις με την Ελληνική παροικία του Υαrra και στο μελλον.
Η Σειρά Podcast Overdue των Βιβλιοθηκών Yarra Το podcast (Διαδικτυακή Ραδιοφωνική Μετάδοση-Ηχητικό Ντοκουμέντο) Overdue (Εκπρόθεσμa/Καθυστερημένa) των Βιβλιοθηκών Γιάρρα (Yarra Libraries) παράγεται από και για τις πολιτισμικά και γλωσσικά ποικιλόμορφες κοινότητες του Δήμου Yarra σε πολλές γλώσσες. Η πανδημία του Covid-19 έχει δώσει το έναυσμα για πολλές συζητήσεις σχετικά με πολλές εκπρόθεσμες/καθυστερημένες συζητήσεις. Αυτό το podcast δίνει χώρο στα μέλη της κοινότητας να μοιραστούν τις προσωπικές τους ιδέες και εμπειρίες. Η πανδημία μάς έδειξε ότι η προσέγγιση του ενός μεγέθους για όλους δεν λειτουργεί και αποκάλυψε την έλλειψη πολιτισμικά κατάλληλης κυβερνητικής υποστήριξης γι’ αυτές τις κοινότητες. Το podcast Overdue των Βιβλιοθηκών Yarra ζητά περισσότερη υποστήριξη για να βοηθηθεί ο καθορισμός και η συνδημιουργία λύσεων με βάση την κοινότητα στις τρέχουσες προκλήσεις. Αυτό το podcast είναι συμπαραγωγή μελών της κοινότητας από διάφορα έργα και οργανώσεις του Δήμου Yarra που συνεργάζονται με τις Βιβλιοθήκες Yarra για την ευαισθητοποίηση γύρω από τα μηνύματα της συνείδησης και τις απαντήσεις που βασίζονται στην κοινότητα.
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φωτογραφία: Τάμμυ Ηλιού
ΜΟΥΣΙΚΗ: Maarten Schellekens, Will they find us? & Scott Holmes, Green Fields CC BY-NC creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
[Transcript coming] Episode title: Overdue: Tam & Vinh (English subs) Presenters/ Co-producers: Tam Le and Vinh Nguyen Guests: Phan Vi and Vin Thy Hi
Vietnamese Bicultural Liaison workers Vinh Nguyen and Tam Le in conversation with older Richmond residents Phan Vi and Vin Thy Hi at North Richmond public housing estate about their roles in the community, pop-up vaccination clinics and community stories from lockdown, including assisting in outreach with Yarra Libraries.
The Yarra Libraries Overdue podcast is produced by and for culturally and linguistically diverse communities in the City of Yarra in multiple languages.
The Covid-19 pandemic has kickstarted many overdue conversations. This podcast makes space for community members to share their personal insights and experiences. The pandemic has shown us that a one size fits all approach doesn’t work, and exposed a lack of culturally appropriate government support for these communities.
The Yarra Libraries Overdue podcast calls for more support to help determine and co-create community based solutions to ongoing challenges. This podcast is co-produced by community members from different Yarra projects and organisations working with Yarra Libraries to raise awareness around covid messaging and community-based responses.
Overdue is facilitated and produced by Yarra Libraries, and supported by the Victorian Government through the Priority Response to Multicultural Communities during Coronavirus (PRMC) program.
yarralibraries #librarieschangelives #podcast #cityofYarra #CALDcommunities #coronavirus #COVID19 #COVID19vaccines #COVID19VicData
Thumbnail Image: Vinh Nguyen, Vin Thy Hi, Phan Vi and Tam Le at Richmond public housing estate. Image Description: Long shot of 3 men and a woman standing in front of trees and a tall apartment block smiling at camera.
Music: Maarten Schellekens, Will they find us? & Scott Holmes, Longest Year CC BY-NC creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Phiên âm có sẵn ở đây: https://bit.ly/3ulNgZJ Tiêu đề tập: Overdue: Tâm & Vinh (Tiếng Việt) Người trình bày / Đồng sản xuất: Tâm Lê và Vinh Nguyễn Khách mời: Phan Vi và Vin Thy Hi Được dịch bởi : Linh Nguyen Giới thiệu và kết thúc bản thu bởi Sơn Nguyễn.
Nhân viên điều hợp văn hoá Việt Nam: Vinh Nguyễn và Tâm Lê trong cuộc trò chuyện với các cư dân lớn tuổi vùng Richmond, Phan Vi và Vin Thy Hi tại khu nhà ở chính phủ North Richmond về vai trò của họ trong cộng đồng, các phòng khám tiêm chủng được dựng lên và những câu chuyện cộng đồng khi phong toả, bao gồm sự hỗ trợ để tiếp cận với Thư viện Yarra.
Chương trình Overdue podcast của Thư viện Yarra được sản xuất và dành cho các cộng đồng đa dạng về văn hóa và ngôn ngữ ở thành phố Yarra bằng nhiều ngôn ngữ.
Đại dịch Covid-19 đã bắt đầu nhiều cuộc tranh luận quan trọng Podcast này tạo không gian cho các thành viên cộng đồng chia sẻ những hiểu biết và kinh nghiệm cá nhân của họ. Đại dịch đã cho chúng ta thấy rằng một cách tiếp cận không hiệu quả với tất cả mọi người và cho thấy sự thiếu hỗ trợ phù hợp về mặt văn hóa của chính phủ đối với các cộng đồng này.
Chương trình Overdue podcast của thư viện Yarra kêu gọi hỗ trợ nhiều hơn để giúp xác định và đồng sáng tạo ra các giải pháp dựa vào những thách thức đang diễn ra trên cộng đồng. Podcast này được đồng sản xuất bởi các thành viên cộng đồng từ các dự án và tổ chức Yarra khác nhau làm việc với Thư viện Yarra để nâng cao nhận thức về thông điệp Covid và phản hồi dựa trên cộng đồng.
Overdue được sản xuất bởi thư viện Yarra, và được hỗ trợ bởi Chính phủ Victoria thông qua chương trình Ưu tiên ứng phó cho các Cộng đồng đa văn hóa trong chương trình Coronavirus (PRMC)
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ảnh chụp: Vinh Nguyễn, Vin Thy Hi, Phan Vi và Tâm Lê
Âm nhạc: Maarten Schellekens, Will they find us? & Scott Holmes, Longest Year CC BY-NC creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Transcript available here: https://bit.ly/3I11VPu Episode title: Overdue: Valeria (Italian) Presenter/Co-producer: Valeria
In this episode, Italian born language teacher and international student Valeria speaks about the interesting reactions she has gotten whilst trying to create a network with the established Italian community here in Melbourne. She reflects with fondness on the people her work as the Italian speaking team member of the Yarra Council Bicultural Liaison project has introduced her to, especially the nonnos and nonnas at the Willowview Aged Care Centre.
The Yarra Libraries Overdue podcast is produced by and for culturally and linguistically diverse communities in the City of Yarra in multiple languages.
The Covid-19 pandemic has kickstarted many overdue conversations. This podcast makes space for community members to share their personal insights and experiences. The pandemic has shown us that a one size fits all approach doesn’t work, and exposed a lack of culturally appropriate government support for these communities.
The Yarra Libraries Overdue podcast calls for more support to help determine and co-create community based solutions to ongoing challenges. This podcast is co-produced by community members from different Yarra projects and organisations working with Yarra Libraries to raise awareness around covid messaging and community-based responses.
Overdue is facilitated and produced by Yarra Libraries, and supported by the Victorian Government through the Priority Response to Multicultural Communities during Coronavirus (PRMC) program.
yarralibraries #librarieschangelives #podcast #cityofYarra #CALDcommunities #coronavirus #COVID19 #COVID19vaccines #COVID19VicData
Thumbnail image: Valeria in Richmond Library makerspace studio Image Description: Mid shot of a woman wearing headphones, smiling happily in a recording studio
Music: Maarten Schellekens, Will they find us? & Scott Holmes, Make your dream reality CC BY-NC creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Trascrizione disponibile qui: https://bit.ly/3NthkcC Titolo dell'episodio: Overdue: Valeria (Italiano) Presentatrice / co-produttrice: Valeria
In questo episodio Valeria, un’insegnante di lingue e studentessa internazionale nata in Italia, ci parla delle interessanti reazioni che ha raccolto, cercando di creare un network nella ben assestata comunità italiana qui a Melbourne. Ripensa con simpatia alle persone con cui ha avuto modo di collaborare in quanto nativa italiana nella squadra del comune di Yarra per il progetto di Mediazione Biculturale (Bicultural Liaison), specialmente con le nonne e i nonni del centro di assistenza agli anziani di Willowview.
Il podcast Overdue di Yarra Library è prodotto da e per le comunità culturalmente e linguisticamente diverse della città di Yarra in servizi multilingue.
La pandemia del COVID-19 ha fatto scaturire molte conversazioni, necessarie da tempo. Questo podcast dà spazio ai membri della comunità affinché condividano i loro punti di vista personali ed esperienze. La pandemia ci ha mostrato che il metodo universale non funziona, e ha messo in evidenza la mancanza culturale di un appropriato supporto da parte del governo per queste comunità. Il podcast Overdue delle biblioteche di Yarra richiama a più supporto per aiutare a determinare e cooperare per trovare soluzioni nella comunità riguardanti le sfide che l’attendono.
Il podcast è facilitato e prodotto dalle biblioteche di Yarra, e supportato dal Dipartimento per la Famiglia, Equità e Alloggi con la task force per le comunità multiculturali.
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Immagine in miniatura: Valeria nello studio della biblioteca di Richmond Descrizione dell'immagine: foto a mezzo busto di una donna che indossa le cuffie, sorridendo felicemente in uno studio di registrazione
Music: Maarten Schellekens, Will they find us? & Scott Holmes, Make your dream reality CC BY-NC creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Transcript available here: https://bit.ly/3A8CcTj Episode title: Overdue: Jean (English) Presenter/Co-producer: Jean
Jean is a Mandarin bicultural liaison officer for Yarra City Council and a fitness instructor with Yarra Leisure Centres where movement and communal activities have been vital during the pandemic. Jean explains how relationships, trust, and rapport with elderly speakers of various Chinese languages in exercise classes allowed her to have less judgemental conversations around health and the vaccine, as well as helping to bridge the digital divide.
The Yarra Libraries Overdue podcast is produced by and for culturally and linguistically diverse communities in the City of Yarra in multiple languages.
The Covid-19 pandemic has kickstarted many overdue conversations. This podcast makes space for community members to share their personal insights and experiences. The pandemic has shown us that a one size fits all approach doesn’t work, and exposed a lack of culturally appropriate government support for these communities.
The Yarra Libraries Overdue podcast calls for more support to help determine and co-create community based solutions to ongoing challenges. This podcast is co-produced by community members from different Yarra projects and organisations working with Yarra Libraries to raise awareness around covid messaging and community-based responses.
Overdue is facilitated and produced by Yarra Libraries, and supported by the Victorian Government through the Priority Response to Multicultural Communities during Coronavirus (PRMC) program.
yarralibraries #librarieschangelives #podcast #cityofYarra #CALDcommunities #coronavirus #COVID19 #COVID19vaccines #COVID19VicData
Thumbnail image: Jean in Richmond Library makerspace studio Image Description: Mid shot of a woman wearing headphones, smiling happily in a recording studio
Music: Maarten Schellekens, Will they find us? & Scott Holmes, Make your dream reality CC BY-NC creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
可在此处获取记录副本：https://bit.ly/3y3eRj4 节目/剧集名称：逾期: Jean（普通话） 主持人/联合制片人：Jean
是雅拉市议会的普通话双文化联络官，也是雅拉休闲中心的健身教练，在大流行期间，运动和社区活动至关重要。 Jean 解释了与不同中国背景的老年人的关系、信任和融洽关系如何让她减少围绕健康和疫苗的判断性对话，并帮助弥合语言障碍和数字鸿沟。
Yarra Libraries Overdue (雅拉图书馆逾期) 播客由 Yarra 市的文化和语言多元化社区以多种语言制作并为之服务。
Covid-19 大流行引发了许多迟来的对话。 该播客为社区成员提供了分享个人见解和经验的空间。 大流行向我们表明，一刀切的方法是行不通的，并暴露出政府对这些社区缺乏文化上适当的支持。
Yarra Libraries Overdue (雅拉图书馆逾期) 播客呼吁提供更多支持，以帮助确定和共同创建基于社区的解决方案，以应对持续的挑战。
该播客由来自不同 Yarra 项目的社区成员和与 Yarra 图书馆合作的组织共同制作，以提高人们对 covid 消息传递和基于社区的响应的认识。
该播客由 Yarra 图书馆推动和制作，并得到家庭、公平和住房多元文化社区工作组的支持。
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Thumbnail image: Jean in Richmond Library makerspace studio Image Description: Mid shot of a woman wearing headphones, smiling happily in a recording studio
Music: Maarten Schellekens, Will they find us? & Scott Holmes, Make your dream reality CC BY-NC creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Transcript available soon Program/Episode title: Overdue: Milan, Savka & Smilja (English subs) Presenters: Milan, Savka & Smilja
In this episode we listen in on three generations of a Serbian Australian family reflecting on how Serbian dance and folklore was a way for Savka’s students to maintain culture, morale and connection, locally and internationally during the pandemic. We also hear about grandmother Smilja’s experience accessing vaccination services, and about Milan’s role as a Yarra Bicultural Liaison Officer in the Serbian community.
The Yarra Libraries Overdue podcast is produced by and for culturally and linguistically diverse communities in the City of Yarra in multiple languages.
The Covid-19 pandemic has kickstarted many overdue conversations. This podcast makes space for community members to share their personal insights and experiences. The pandemic has shown us that a one size fits all approach doesn’t work, and exposed a lack of culturally appropriate government support for these communities.
The Yarra Libraries Overdue podcast calls for more support to help determine and co-create community based solutions to ongoing challenges. This podcast is co-produced by community members from different Yarra projects and organisations working with Yarra Libraries to raise awareness around covid messaging and community-based responses.
Overdue is facilitated and produced by Yarra Libraries, and supported by the Victorian Government through the Priority Response to Multicultural Communities during Coronavirus (PRMC) program.
yarralibraries #librarieschangelives #podcast #cityofYarra #CALDcommunities #coronavirus #COVID19 #COVID19vaccines #COVID19VicData
Thumbnail image: Savka, Milan, baby Milo & Smilja Image Description: Long shot of three generations of a Serbian family in their Melbourne living room. Two women are seated and a man is kneeling in the centre holding a small Australian flag. A baby is sleeping under a blanket beside them on the couch. In the foreground a coffee table is beautifully arranged with traditional Serbian treats, coffee, brandy and biscuits.
Music: Maarten Schellekens, Will they find us? & Scott Holmes, Storybook CC BY-NC creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
препис: https://bit.ly/3nhw8A7 Program/Episode title: Overdue: Milan, Savka & Smilja (Serbian & English) Presenters/co-producers: Milan, Savka & Smilja
У овој епизоди слушамо три генерације српскo аустралијске породице како размишљају о томе како су српски плес и фолклор били начин да Савкини ђаци одрже културу, морал и повезаност на локалном и међународном нивоу током пандемије. Такође слушамо о искуству баке Смиље у приступу услугама вакцинацији и о Милановој улози као службеника за корона висур у српској заједници.
Подкаст библиотеке Месне Заједнице Јаре је направљен за културолошку и језичку различитост заједнице у МЗ Јара на више језика. Пандемија короне вируса је успорила комуникацију. Овај подкаст даје простор члановима заједнице да поделе своје личне увиде и искуства. Пандемија нам је показала да приступ који одговара свима не функционише и разоткрила недостатак културолошки одговарајуће подршке владе за ову заједницу. Подкаст библиотеке МЗ Јаре позива на додатну подршку како би се помогло у одређивању и заједничком креирању решења заснованих на заједници за текуће изазове. Овај подкаст копродуцирају чланови заједнице из различитих МЗ Јара пројеката и организација које ради са Јара библиотеком на подизању свести о размени података о ковид-у и одговорима у заједници. Овај подкаст објављује и продуцира библиотека Јара, а подржава га Радна група Одељења за породице, праведност и смештај мултикултуралних заједница.
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фотографија: Savka, Milan, Smilja
музика: Maarten Schellekens, Will they find us? & Scott Holmes, Storybook CC BY-NC creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Transcript coming soon Program/Episode title: Overdue: Deniz and Asmida (English subs) Presenters/co-producers: Deniz and Asmida
Fourteen year old Asmida chats with her mother Deniz about becoming a teenager in the pandemic. Asmida talks about home school and student life in all the lockdowns and being separated from family overseas.
As the Turkish Bicultural Liaison officer at City of Yarra, Deniz discusses the changing face of the Turkish community in Yarra, and the relief at finally being able to attend “births, deaths and celebrations” again.
The Yarra Libraries Overdue podcast is produced by and for culturally and linguistically diverse communities in the City of Yarra in multiple languages.
The Covid-19 pandemic has kickstarted many overdue conversations. This podcast makes space for community members to share their personal insights and experiences. The pandemic has shown us that a one size fits all approach doesn’t work, and exposed a lack of culturally appropriate government support for these communities.
The Yarra Libraries Overdue podcast calls for more support to help determine and co-create community based solutions to ongoing challenges. This podcast is co-produced by community members from different Yarra projects and organisations working with Yarra Libraries to raise awareness around covid messaging and community-based responses.
Overdue is facilitated and produced by Yarra Libraries, and supported by the Victorian Government through the Priority Response to Multicultural Communities during Coronavirus (PRMC) program.
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Thumbnail image: Deniz and Asmida in Richmond Library makerspace studio Image Description: Long shot of a younger woman and a little bit older woman seated together in a recording studio next to microphones. They are facing each other and deep in conversation. They are wearing casual clothes. They seem very comfortable and happy to be together.
Music: Maarten Schellekens, Will they find us? & Scott Holmes, Another Rainy Day CC BY-NC creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Türkçe metin çok yakında yayında Program/Bölüm başlığı: Overdue: Deniz ve Asmida (Türkçe) Sunucular / Ortak yapımcılar: Deniz ve Asmida
On dört yaşındaki Asmida, annesi Deniz ile pandemi döneminde ergen olmak üzerine sohbet ediyor. Asmida, kapanma doneminde okumanın, yurtdışındaki ailesinden ayrı kalmanın nasıl bir şey olduğunu hatırlıyor. Yarra'da Türk Kültürel İrtibat Görevlisi olan Deniz, Yarra'daki Türk toplumunun değişen yüzünü ve nihayet "doğumlara, cenazelere ve kutlamalara" katılabilmenin rahatlığını anlatıyor.
Bu podcast, Yarra Kütüphaneleri ile birlikte çalışan farklı Yarra projelerinden ve kuruluşlarından topluluk üyeleri tarafından, covid mesajlar ve topluluk temelli yanıtlar konusunda farkındalık yaratmak için ortaklaşa üretilmiştir.
Bu podcast, Yarra Kütüphaneleri tarafından kolaylaştırılmış ve üretilmiş olup, Aile, Adalet ve Konut Bakanlığı Çok Kültürlü Topluluklar Görev Gücü tarafından desteklenmektedir.
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Fotoğraf: Asmida ve Deniz
müzik: Maarten Schellekens, Will they find us? & Scott Holmes, Another Rainy Day CC BY-NC creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
[Transcript coming] Episode title: Overdue: Covid Myth Busters Q&A (English) Presenters: Eden, Aisha, Jekang & Anon. Guests: Dr Ambereen Farouque, Omar Elmi and Imogen Jordan; with invaluable contributions from Faiza Mahat Producer: Rahel Negash
This episode of Overdue is hosted by children and younger people from Fitzroy Learning Network and Yarra Youth Services asking important covid health questions with special guests Dr Ambereen Farouque from North Richmond Centre for Culture, Ethnicity and Health; and Omar Elmi & Imogen Jordan from North Richmond Community Health centre.
The Yarra Libraries Overdue podcast is produced by and for culturally and linguistically diverse communities in the City of Yarra in multiple languages.
The Covid-19 pandemic has kickstarted many overdue conversations. This podcast makes space for community members to share their personal insights and experiences. The pandemic has shown us that a one size fits all approach doesn’t work, and exposed a lack of culturally appropriate government support for these communities.
The Yarra Libraries Overdue podcast calls for more support to help determine and co-create community based solutions to ongoing challenges. This podcast is co-produced by community members from different Yarra projects and organisations working with Yarra Libraries to raise awareness around covid messaging and community-based responses.
Overdue is facilitated and produced by Yarra Libraries, and supported by the Victorian Government through the Priority Response to Multicultural Communities during Coronavirus (PRMC) program.
yarralibraries #librarieschangelives #podcast #cityofYarra #CALDcommunities #coronavirus #COVID19 #COVID19vaccines #COVID19VicData
Thumbnail image: Eden Image Description: Midshot of a young woman seated on a couch wearing headphones and a black jacket with a colourful shirt underneath. The headphones are plugged into a portable digital recorder, which the young woman is holding while smiling quizzically at the camera.
Music: Maarten Schellekens: Will they find us?& Scott Holmes Inspiring Corporate CC BY-NC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Transcript available at: https://bit.ly/3nt1GDz Program/Episode title: Overdue: Yarra Youth Workers (English) Presenter: Agum Guests: Alfia and Eyerusalem Language: English
How do you support members of multicultural communities who speak English as an additional language (or not at all) during a pandemic? It’s a question many of us may wonder. And it’s a question we try to get answers to.
Alfia speaks Oromo, Arabic, French and English; and Eyerusalem speaks Amharic, Tigrinya, and English. They both started working as City of Yarra Bicultural Liaison Officers (BLOs) last year with Yarra Libraries outreach and other local services, helping out with food programs, vaccine certificates, and vaccine pop-up clinics.
Join them in conversation with Agum as they share what they learned about the importance of community representation, and how their skills have led to further employment opportunities with Yarra Youth Services and beyond.
The Yarra Libraries Overdue podcast is produced by and for culturally and linguistically diverse communities in the City of Yarra in multiple languages.
The Covid-19 pandemic has kickstarted many overdue conversations. This podcast makes space for community members to share their personal insights and experiences. The pandemic has shown us that a one size fits all approach doesn’t work, and exposed a lack of culturally appropriate government support for these communities.
The Yarra Libraries Overdue podcast calls for more support to help determine and co-create community based solutions to ongoing challenges. This podcast is co-produced by community members from different Yarra projects and organisations working with Yarra Libraries to raise awareness around covid messaging and community-based responses.
Overdue is facilitated and produced by Yarra Libraries, and supported by the Victorian Government through the Priority Response to Multicultural Communities during Coronavirus (PRMC) program.
yarralibraries #librarieschangelives #podcast #cityofYarra #CALDcommunities #coronavirus #COVID19 #COVID19vaccines #COVID19VicData #YarraYouthServices
Thumbnail image: Alfia Image Description: Headshot of a young muslim woman wearing a white scarf with a patterned band. She is located inside a car, and is smiling sweetly at the camera.
Music by: Maarten Schellekens: Will they find us? CC BY-NC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
"The purest way that I could write about being trans was to make it a bit magic. Because I think when you find understanding of yourself and also see that reflected in others, that is just really special, so comforting and really necessary. I think when you’re a trans person existing in this world you have to have people who understand who you are, otherwise it can make you feel like you’re not real." - Alison Evans
In this Trans Day of Remembrance episode of the Yarra Libraries podcast, Alison Evans discusses writing their book Euphoria Kids with Librarian Aandi, before recommending their favourite representations of gender euphoria and trans identity in fiction and non-fiction from the Yarra Libraries Collection.
Alison Evans is the award-winning author of the queer YA books Ida, Highway Bodies, and Euphoria Kids. Alison is a contributor in Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories, co-edits the zine Concrete Queers and is the fiction editor for #enbylife. They are based on Wurundjeri Land/Melbourne, Australia.
You can find Alison Evans’ work at branches of Yarra Libraries as well as in our digital collections. You can also find lists of some of our favourite stories from trans and gender diverse authors through our list in the Yarra Libraries catalogue and our shelves in Cloud Library and Borrowbox.
Yarra Libraries and Alison Evans Recommend Euphoria Kids – Alison Evans Ida – Alison Evans (also on Cloud Library) Highway Bodies – Alison Evans (also on Cloud Library) Kindred: 12 queer #loveozya stories – Michael Earp (ed.) What’s the T – Juno Dawson DeadEndia: The Watcher’s Test – Hamish Steele DeadEndia: The Broken Halo – Hamish Steele Vanilla – Billy Merrell Cemetary Boys – Aiden Thomas
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“Realistic fiction, set in the present, that ignores climate is like ignoring the internet. It's no longer realistic.” – Briohny Doyle
In this podcast, Briohny Doyle, her writing career, living in the age of climate catastrophe and her latest novel, Echolalia.
Briohny Doyle’s debut novel, The Island Will Sink, was set in a not-too-distant future on the brink of collapse, where catastrophe is the most popular form of entertainment. Briohny then followed this up with her second book, Adult Fantasy, a personal essay and cultural critique about turning 30 in a world of economic uncertainty, political conservatism, and precarious employment conditions.
Her latest book, Echolalia is about a family in the lead up to and aftermath of a tragedy. It’s a literary novel that experiments with the tropes and pacing of a domestic thriller. Set in the fictionalised rural centre of Shorehaven, and focalised through characters at crossroads and thresholds, the story poses complex questions about the roles of women, particularly mothers, about class and status, about environmental degradation, responsibility, and legacy. And it's one of the best books by an Australian author this year.
This podcast was supported by The Ewing Trust.
Echolalia is able to be borrowed from Yarra Libraries, as well as being available to buy at all good book stores.
Yarra Libraries Recommends Echolalia - Briohny Doyle The Island Will Sink - Briohny Doyle Adult Fantasy - Briohny Doyle Deliverance - James Dickey The Glad Shout - Alice Robinson A Couple of Things Before the End - Sean O'Beirne After Australia - Michael Mohamed Ahmad (ed) Real Estate - Deborah Levy Things I don't Want to Know - Deborah Levy Love Objects - Emily Maguire Luster - Raven Leilani The Magpie Wing - Max Easton
Join us today for a walk from Brunswick Street to Nicholson Street in Fitzroy. Make your way to the All Saints Parish on King William Street in Fitzroy and press play. With you on your walk today are five members of the Fitzroy Historical society – Simon Armstrong, Jennifer McKeagney, Meg Lee, Peter Woods and Mike Moore.
“The residence soon acquired a reputation amongst students as being a place of wild debauchery. several of its inmates drunken at 7pm, and a place of riotous parties and various lewd amateurish adventures.” Peter Woods
Fitzroy, Melbourne’s first suburb, is full of stories both old and new. The Fitzroy Walking tours podcast series makes Fitzroy history easily accessible to the public.
Each podcast features local experts talking about a particular topic. Simply download the podcast, go to the starting point, and start your walk around the streets of Fitzroy. Visit places of interest on your journey, taking things at your own pace. Or listen at anytime, anywhere!
This podcast is bought to you by Yarra Libraries and the Ewing Trust.
Music is Better Days by Ketsa
“Forty years into the future there’s going to be this idea of a groundswell of books emerging about this time that were all about this topic that got us all talking” – Khalid Warsame on the hoped-for impact of climate change in fiction
As part of The Fitzroy Writers Festival we were thrilled to welcome Khalid Warsame, Alice Robinson and Sean O’Beirne for a discussion about one of the most pressing issues of our time, climate change, and how it’s addressed in fiction. This is an edited recording of the session held earlier this year.
You can find work from Khalid, Alice and Sean in the Yarra Libraries collection, both in branch and online through e-resources like Cloud Library.
Khalid Warsame is a writer whose essays, fiction, and criticism have appeared in numerous publications, including The Lifted Brow, The Saturday Paper, Overland, The Big Issue, Cordite Poetry Review, and Meanjin. Khalid also contributed a piece to the anthology After Australia. His story, List of Known Remedies, is a slice of life of young Melbournians – working in cafes, talking with friends, and tending to ill pets, set against a backdrop of extreme weather and increasingly authoritarian government rule.
Sean O’Beirne is the author of the short story collection A Couple of things before the End, a funny, bitingly satirical and outstandingly original debut told in a range of voices and styles.
Alice Robinson is the author of two novels. Her debut, Anchor Point, was longlisted for the Stella Prize and the Indie Book Awards. Her latest novel, The Glad Shout, is a stunning novel set in a Melbourne that has been destroyed by a catastrophic storm. Told in a starkly visual and compelling narrative, the book is a deeply moving homage to motherhood and the struggles faced by women in difficult times.
Yarra Libraries Recommends
The Glad Shout- Alice Robinson Anchor Point - Alice Robinson A Couple of Things Before the End- Sean O’Beirne After Australia Anthology The Rain Heron – Robbie Arnott
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//CW: sexism, online abuse, bulling, divorce, eating disorders, strong language//
“There are so many women walking around who feel completely duped by what it is they were taught to aspire to.” – Clementine Ford
Yarra Libraries and The Ewing Trust are pleased to present Clementine Ford and Alice Robinson, in conversation as part of the Fitzroy Writers Festival. This was a memorable, booked out event where the acclaimed authors discussed their friendship, writing, feminism, sexism, parenting and their goals for the future.
“I feel like the power that I hold as a woman in our culture is the power to disarm people because the expectations, they have of me when they meet me is very low. And at some point the truth comes out, and then I have power. And that’s such a depressing power to have.” – Alice Robinson
This is a live recording, and there is a short stretch at the beginning where the microphone doesn’t sound great. Stay with us, it gets better very quickly.
Yarra Libraries Recommends
Fight Like a Girl - Clementine Ford Boys will be Boys – Clementine Ford The Glad Shout – Alice Robinson Anchor Point – Alice Robinson
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Daphne Du Maurier’s short story The Birds is a classic of horror and short fiction, made most famous by Alfred Hitchcock’s adaptation for the big screen. After reading and discussing the story with attendees of The Short Story Club, Meaghan and Nell share their thoughts about this thrilling tale while touching on the life of this fascinating author.
You can book in for meetings of The Short Story Club via the Yarra Libraries website – we always welcome new members.
You can find The Birds in The Birds And Other Stories by Daphne Du Maurier, as well as in a few places online using your preferred search engine.
Yarra Libraries Recommends
Novels Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier My Cousin Rachael – Daphne Du Maurier (also available as an audiobook through borrowbox)
Short Stories The Birds and Other Stories – Daphne Du Maurier Don’t Look Now and Other Stories – Daphne Du Maurier The Doll: short stories – Daphne Du Maurier The Breakthrough – Daphne Du Maurier (available as an ebook through Cloud Library)
Non-Fiction Vanishing Cornwall - Daphne Du Maurier
Biographies Manderlay Forever - Tatiana de Rosnay, Daphne Du Maurier and her Sisters – Jane Dunn
Films The Birds – Alfred Hitchcock – contained in this Alfred Hitchcock Collection Rebecca – Alfred Hitchcock
A few more disasters I am Legend - Richard Matheson Day of the Triffids - John Wyndam
Persuasion by Jane Austen Girl Woman Other by Bernadine Evaristo White Space Series by Elizabeth Bear Ancestral Night by Elizabeth Bear Machine by Elizabeth Bear Neapolitan Series by Elene Ferrante The Expanse (TV series) 2012 – Film
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“There’s nothing holy about Australian history – it’s all just haunted” – Evelyn Araluen
The Kill Your Darlings First Book Club celebrates debut Australian authors every month. In March, we partnered with them to bring you Evelyn Araluen discussing her debut collection of essay, poetry and prose; Dropbear. With Brunswick Bound’s Ellen Cregan, Evelyn discusses family, rage, May Gibbs and turning one poem into a book.
You can find out about the next Kill Your Darlings First Book Club book, as well as more great Australian writing, on the Kill Your Darlings website.
You can find Dropbear at Yarra Libraries, on Cloud Library, and at local bookstores like Brunswick Bound.
Yarra Libraries Recommends Dropbear – Evelyn Araluen (also available on Cloud Library) New Australian Fiction 2020 – Rebecca Starford (ed.) Blakwork – Alison Whittaker Fire front : First Nations poetry and power today (ed. Alison Whittaker, also available on Cloud Library) Born Into This – Adam Thompson (also available on Cloud Library) A History of My Brief Body - Billy-Ray Belcourt Slowlier - Ella O’Keefe Admit the Joyous Passion of Revolt - Elena Gomez
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Yarra Libraries, the Ewing Trust and Fitzroy Legal Service are pleased to present Eleni Hale, author of Stone Girl, a powerful and moving novel about a young girl who becomes a ward of the state.
Eleni is joined in conversation by Anna Spargo-Ryan, author of novels The Gulf and The Paper House. In 2016, Anna received the Horne prize, and award for long form non-fiction writing, for The Suicide Gene.
Stone Girl is available at all good bookstores, as well as available to borrow via Yarra Libraries.
Yarra Libraries Recommends Eleni Hale: Stone Girl Anna Spargo-Ryan: The Gulf Anna Spargo-Ryan: The Paper House Anna Spargo-Ryan: The Suicide Gene (online) https://www.thehorneprize.com.au/2016-winner
Praise for Stone Girl:
A heartbreaking novel of raw survival and hope, and the children society likes to forget. A stunning and unforgettable debut YA novel for mature readers. - Justkidslit.com
Eleni Hale’s prose is stunning, her analogies fresh, her writing raw and uncensored. This is an honest story that doesn’t shy away from the harsh realities facing kids on the fringes. Very few writers are capable of telling this story. - Hayley, goodreads.com
Hale has written a novel that is so much more than just a fantastic book. This is a book that gives a voice to the forgotten ones, the kind of book a child stuck in the system might pick up and feel some hope after reading it. And maybe, just maybe some real change will occur. - L J Lacey, owner of Three Four Knock on the Door Bookshop
This podcast is bought to you by Yarra Libraries, the Ewing Trust and Fitzroy Legal Service, as part of Fitzroy Writers Festival 2021.
Fitzroy Legal Service is a community legal centre covering the Cities of Yarra and Darebin. It was established in 1972 and is one of the oldest legal centres in Australia. Fitzroy Legal Service provides criminal, family, family violence, and generalist legal services to socially and economically disadvantaged clients with a particular focus on people stigmatised and criminalised due to poverty, homelessness, childhood abuse, family violence, trauma, drug-use, mental health, contact with the criminal legal system and incarceration.
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Joining us on this Fitzroy Writers Festival podcast are two contributors to the Liminal Anthology Collisions: Fictions from the Future.
The collection asks the question: What does the future hold? Featuring both emerging and established writers of colour, this collection showcases some of the best work that Australian literature has to offer.
The stories are sites for collisions: against Eurocentric ideals, against narrow concepts of excellence, against stagnant ideas of the world to come. But collisions also manifest in the way our lives come into contact with others, how our pasts shift against the present, and how our imaginations sit against our realities.
Bryant Apollonio is a Filipino-Australian writer and lawyer. He came to Sydney with his family when he was three and he currently lives in Darwin. In 2017, he won the Overland prize for fiction.
Mykaela Saunders is a writer, teacher, and community researcher of Koori and Lebanese descent who has won prizes for fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, and research. Mykaela was born on Dharug ancestors’ lands in Western Sydney, growing up between there and in Tweed Heads.
Collisions: Fictions from the Future is available to buy now at all good bookstores and available to borrow at Yarra Libraries.
Yarra Libraries Recommends
The Swan Book – Alexis Wright Heat and Light – Ellen van Neervan Land of the Golden Clouds – Archie Weller Born into This – Adam Thompson Where the Fruit Falls – Karyn Wilde After Australia – Anthology 2666 – Roberto Bolano Fictions – Jorge Lius Borges Mona – Pola Oloixarac Blueberries – Elena Savage Don Quixote – Miguel de Cervantes
“Collisions felt like speed dating, and that peculiar anxiety of finding myself falling in love with almost every new stranger I meet. Almost every writer in this anthology deserves their own book.” —Jessie Tu, The Age/SMH
“In the wake of conversations around racial justice and representation entering the wider public consciousness this year [...] Let us urge you to put Collisions next on your list.” —Monisha Rudhran, Marie Claire
“Collisions is full of humour, pathos, anger, warmth, and compassion. Above all, it is full of outstanding writing.” —Tracey Korsten, GLAM Adelaide
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“It’s very much a celebration of Melbourne… a love letter to the city, and to partying in the city.” - Madeleine Ryan
A young woman gets ready to go to a party. She arrives, feels overwhelmed, leaves, and then returns. Minutely attuned to the people who come into her view, and alternating between alienation and profound connection, she is hilarious, self-aware, sometimes acerbic, and always honest.
‘A Room Called Earth’ is a brilliant debut from a neurodiverse author that explores a young woman's magical, sensitive, and passionate inner world. In this Fitzroy Writers Festival podcast Madeleine discusses this debut novel.
Madeleine is also currently working on the screen adaptation of ‘A Room Called Earth’ with her collaborator, Hector H. Mackenzie.
‘A Room Called Earth’ is available to buy now at all good bookstores and available to borrow at Yarra Libraries.
Madeleine Ryan is an Australian writer, director & author. Her articles & essays have appeared in SBS, The Daily Telegraph, The Sydney Morning Herald, Vice, Bustle, Lena Dunham’s publication Lenny & The New York Times. She is currently working on the screen adaptation of A Room Called Earth with her collaborator, Hector H. Mackenzie. Madeleine lives in rural Victoria.
Yarra Libraries Recommends
Madeleine Ryan: A Room Called Earth Lisa Bellear: Aboriginal Country J.D Salinger: A Catcher in the Rye Andy Warhol: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol Jane Austen: Emma Frances Hodgson Burnett: The Secret Garden The Brothers Grimm: Sleeping Beauty
This is a Fitzroy Writers Festival Podcast presented with thanks to Yarra Libraries and The Ewing Trust.
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New releases are so exciting! In this Kids Shelf Episode of The Yarra Libraries Podcast Children’s Librarian Bridget asks Leesa from The Little Bookroom for some of her favourite new books for kids, from picture books right up to upper junior fiction. The best part? They’re almost all from local authors! So place a hold at Yarra Libraries or pop in to The Little Bookroom to support these fabulous new titles.
Leesa and The Little Bookroom Recommend Don’t Forget – Jane Godwin and Anna Walker Mary has the Best Pet (School of Monsters #1) – Sally Rippin Séance Tea Party – Reimena Yee Huda and Me – H. Hayek The Edge of Thirteen – Nova Weetman Tales from the Bush Mob – Helen Milroy
Yarra Libraries also recommends All The Ways To Be Smart – Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys Under The Love Umbrella - Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys The Secrets We Share – Nova Weetman The Secrets We Keep – Nova Weetman Elsewhere Girls – Emily Gale and Nova Weetman
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Join us today for a walk around Fitzroy Town Hall. To take this walk start outside the Fitzroy Town Hall on the corner of Napier and Condell Streets and pressing play. With you on your walk are three members of the Fitzroy History Society – Simon Armstrong, Jennifer McKeagney, and Peter Woods.
"The origin of the Fitzroy name is very interesting. ‘Roy’ means King, ‘Fitz’ means illegitimate, so Fitzroy is ‘The illegitimate son of the King.’" – Simon Armstrong
"Town Halls are impressive monuments to fierce local pride." – Jennifer McKeagney
Fitzroy, Melbourne’s first suburb, is full of stories both old and new. The Fitzroy Walking tours podcast series makes Fitzroy history easily accessible to the public.
Each podcast features local experts talking about a particular topic. Simply download the podcast, go to the starting point, and start your walk around the streets of Fitzroy. Visit places of interest on your journey, taking things at your own pace. Or listen at anytime, anywhere!
This podcast is bought to you by Yarra Libraries and the Ewing Trust.
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The Short Story Club picks one short story to read and discuss every month. Back in August of 2020 it was Elizabeth Harrower’s “The City At Night”.
Elizabeth Harrower is one of Australia’s most acclaimed mid-century authors who, during her lifetime, fell out of print for many years. Re-cently, she has enjoyed a revival and been celebrated internationally, and this story is a shining example of why.
In this episode Yarra Libraries staff members Meaghan and Tegan dis-cuss The City at Night, a story which centers on the burgeoning friend-ship between two young women working at a telephone exchange in Sydney.
You can attend The Short Story Club by booking in to our next meeting via our website.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/oct/21/the-city-at-night-read-a-short-story-by-elizabeth-harrower
Yarra Libraries Recommends
The City at Night - Elizabeth Harrower Neapolitan series - Elena Ferrante Looking for Alibrandi - Melina Marchetta A Harp in the South trilogy - Ruth Park The Man Who Loved Children - Christina Stead The Word for World is Forest - Ursula K Le Guin Red, White and Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston The Adversary - Ronnie Scott Throne of Glass series - Sarah J Maas
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The Kill Your Darlings First Book Club celebrates debut Australian authors every month. In February, we partnered with them to bring you Sam Van Zweden discussing her debut, Eating With My Mouth Open, with Brunswick Bound’s Ellen Cregan. Sam and Ellen range from food memory to wellness culture, memoirs, routes to publication, pilates and disordered eating. If you need them at any point you can find the numbers for Lifeline and The Butterfly Foundation below.
You can find Eating With My Mouth Open at Yarra Libraries and at local bookstores like Brunswick Bound. Our next event with the Kill Your Darlings First Book Club is Wednesday March 24th and will feature Evelyn Araluen’s debut, Dropbear.
Lifeline: 13 11 14 The Butterfly Foundation: 1800 33 4673
Yarra Libraries Recommends Small Acts of Disappearance - Fiona Wright Eating With My Mouth Open - Sam Van Zweden First Bite – Bee Wilson Eat Up! – Ruby Tandoh With Bold Knife and Fork - MFK Fisher (CloudLibrary) Map of Another Town - MFK Fisher (CloudLibrary) The World Was Whole – Fiona Wright (also available on Cloud Library)
In this episode of the Yarra Libraries Podcast you’ll find our interview with Nina Pasqualini; a climate activist from School Strike for Climate. She chats with Nic, a poet, author and member of the Yarra Libraries team, about the climate emergency. Nina shares how she became involved in climate activism, what it means to be an activist during a global pandemic, and how we can be involved too.
Schools Strike for Climate: WE ARE striking to tell our politicians to take our futures seriously and treat climate change for what it is: a crisis. They can show us that they care by taking urgent action to move Australia beyond fossil fuel projects, such as the Adani mega coal mine, and get the job done of moving to 100% renewable energy for all. For more information see https://www.schoolstrike4climate.com/about
Yarra Council has committed to an ambitious climate emergency plan. We’re proud to be part of a growing movement - with over 1,400 jurisdictions across 30 countries that have declared a climate emergency – and we know that collective, global effort is needed across all levels of government, businesses and communities to address the climate crisis. We also recognise the interconnectedness of global warming, human health and environmental health. https://www.yarracity.vic.gov.au/news/2020/06/15/yarra-council-commits-to-ambitious-climate-emergency-plan
In line with this initiative Yarra Libraries will roll out several climate related events in 2021. In addition to youth climate interviews like this one you’ll find events on sustainable food sources, how to reduce our carbon footprint, the “New Normal” and more. Please see the Yarra Libraries website for more details.
Yarra Libraries Recommends
Greta Thunberg, “No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference” Tim Flannery, “The Climate Cure: Solving the Climate Emergency in the Era of COVID-19” Michael Mann’s “The New Climate War: The Fight to take back our Planet” Marian Wilkinson, “The Carbon Club: How a network of influential climate sceptics, politicians and business leaders fought to control Australia's climate policy” Dr. Joelle Gergis, “Sunburnt Country: The History and Future of Climate Change in Australia” Bruce Pascoe’s “Dark Emu” Alice Zaslavsky, “In Praise of Veg: A modern kitchen companion” Shannon Martinez’s cookbook “Smith & Daughters: A Cookbook (That Happens to be Vegan)” Al Gore, “An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It”
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The Yarra Libraries Podcast is back for 2021! Our librarians have been busy watching Bridgerton and remembering all the regency romances (and tortured dukes) they’ve loved over the years. With some time to go until the next Bridgerton series why not take some of Marcia, Melissa and Connor’s recommendations on the best of the best? Still not convinced? Have a listen to what they feel really appeals about romances set in this brief yet memorable period in history. You can find our curated shelf of regency romance ebooks on Cloud Library, and a list of the books mentioned in this discussion below.
Yarra Libraries Recommends The Bridgerton series – Julia Quinn The Convenient Marriage - Georgette Heyer The Grand Sophy - Georgette Heyer Cotillion – Georgette Heyer The Temporary Wife - Mary Balogh Precious Pearl – Mary Balogh The Portrait – Joan Wolf Lord Richard’s Daughter – Joan Wolf Margarita and the Earl – Joan Wolf Miss Wonderful – Loretta Chase Bringing Down the Duke – Evie Dunmore The Society of Gentlemen - KJ Charles
We’d also recommend these authors Ann Gracie Stephanie Laurens Elizabeth Rolls Cat Sebastian Carla Kelly Julianne Donaldson Evie Dunmore Wattpad and Archive Of Our Own
Our theme song is Add And by Broke for Free
It Has Been A Year – but one in which one thing lifted our moods consistently. You guessed it – it’s books. Whether you’re gift shopping, planning books to entertain you during some much-deserved leave or planning your holds for 2021 we hope these recommendations from Yarra Libraries staff help you out. We couldn’t possibly list all the books we enjoyed this year, but in this podcast you’ll find some of our favourite non-fiction, fiction, junior fiction and YA from 2020. We hope whatever you do for the rest of the year it includes at least a small break with a book. Happy Reading!
Yarra Libraries Recommends Eat A Peach – David Chang Say Nothing – Patrick Radden Keefe (available as an ebook through Cloud Library) The Crying Book – Heather Christle Boyfriend Material – Alexis Hall (available as an ebook through Cloud Library) Weather – Jenny Offill Smart Ovens for Lonely People – Elizabeth Tan The End – Karl Ove Knausgård (available as an ebook through Cloud Library) The Animals in that Country – Laura Jean McKay (available as an ebook through Cloud Library and an e-audiobook through RB Digital) The Rain Heron – Robbie Arnott (available as an e-audiobook through RB Digital) A Memory Called Empire – Arkady Martine (available as an ebook through Cloud Library) Parable of the Sower & Parable of the Talents – Octavia Butler The Pull of the Stars – Emma Donoghue (available as an ebook through Cloud Library and an e-audiobook through Borrowbox) Stepping Stones – Lucy Knisley The War That Saved My Life & The War That I Finally Won – Kimberly Brubaker-Bradley Loner – Georgina Young
On this episode, Chris Papachristos reads Fitzroy Blues, the winning piece in the English language category of the Ewing Trust Writers Prize: Seniors Edition. The judges of the prize admired Chris’s elegant writing style and string sense of time and place.
The next edition of the Ewing Trust Writers Prize will be a poetry edition. It opens in early January 2020 and we encourage all poets to enter. Please check the Yarra Libraries website for more details.
This episode of The Yarra Libraries Podcast is bought to you by Yarra Libraries and The Ewing Trust. Fitzroy Library is fortunate to have the continued support of the Ewing Trust, a fund that fosters literacy, libraries, and a lifelong love of learning in the historic Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy. Through the support of the Ewing Trust, Fitzroy library is able to run special events and programs, including the Fitzroy Writers festival, for the benefit of Fitzroy residents and visitors to the area.
Listen to the audio from our webinar recording to hear from speakers from Common Cause, Australian Conservation Foundation and Climate for Change about how to have effective conversations about the climate crisis to motivate others to take action.
In this webinar, Environment Victoria's Communications Coordinator will share his top tips to help you get your message right (what to say and how to say it!) and show you how to use social media platforms and other digital opportunities to increase people's awareness of the climate emergency and motivate them to take strong action.
Join us as Tammi Kirkness discusses her debut title, The Panic Button Book.
Sudden changes and stress can exacerbate anxiety, and in 2020 most of us experienced more of both than we were expecting. While Melbourne’s restrictions are reducing by the day the resumption of ‘life as normal’ comes with stressors all of its own.
With that in mind we thought it was the perfect time to revisit our September talk with an author whose new book, The Panic Button Book, is a practical step-by-step guide to help you through those moments when you feel overwhelmed, panicky or anxious.
In the book, life coach and wellness expert Tammi Kirkness has distilled the best tried-and-tested techniques from her own experience and those used with her many clients. In this talk, she takes us through her 'first-aid kit' and answers questions from audience members with some very recognisable anxiety-inducing moments. We hope you finish this podcast feeling more equipped to move through the stressful moments life throws at you – and a little less alone when you face them.
Tammi Kirkness is a life coach, corporate wellness speaker and presenter, who combines evidence-based psychology with eastern training. She specialises in helping people with high-functioning anxiety, which she experiences herself. She wrote this book for herself, for when she needs her rational mind to coach her in times of panic.
Yarra Libraries Recommends The Panic Button Book - Tammi Kirkness (also available as an e-book on Cloud Library) The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle
We're creating our very own community song to celebrate the silly season, and we need your help.
With the help of Belgium Avenue Neighbourhood House and local artists Izzy Brown, Racerage, Laneous and Nick Martyn, we're celebrating the end of 2020 with a crowdsourced song.
Local artist, Izzy Brown, has written a song for us to help celebrate the end of 2020 and we need your help bringing it to life. Second Chance celebrates a brighter future for next year and beyond.
Find out how you can be part of our community song here: yarracity.vic.gov.au/song
“These are all really fascinating women – every single one of them.” In this Ewing Trust episode of The Yarra Libraries Podcast, Sam speaks to award-winning Brisbane author Laura Elvery about the inspiration for her latest short story collection, ‘Ordinary Matter’.
Sparked by the 20 times women have won the Nobel Prize for science since 1901, ‘Ordinary Matter’ uses stories that span a century to explore the nuances of motherhood, legacy, ambition and identity.
‘Ordinary Matter’ is out now from QUP
Yarra Libraries Recommends Ordinary Matter – Laura Elvery (also available as an e-book through Cloud Library) Trick of the Light – Laura Elvery New Australian Fiction 2019 – Rebecca Starford (ed.) The Love of a Bad Man - Laura Elizabeth Wollett (also available as an e-book through Cloud Library) Only the Animals – Ceridwen Dovey The Labyrinth: a pastoral – Amanda Lohrey The Mother Fault – Kate Mildenhall (also available as an e-book through Cloud Library and an e-audiobook through Borrowbox) Ducks, Newburyport – Lucy Ellmann (also available as an e-audiobook through RB Digital)
The Short Story Club discusses a short story every meeting, before moving on to other reading recommendations. In this episode, Nell and Todd discuss jazz, family and addiction in James Baldwin’s ‘Sonny’s Blues’, before moving on to their current restrictions reading.
This discussion is best enjoyed after you've read ‘Sonny’s Blues’ so follow the link below before you listenif you haven’t read it before.
If you’d like to join The Short Story Club (currently meeting online) then book in for the morning or evening meetings through our events page at library.yarracity.vic.gov.au, where you’ll also find information on how to access each week’s story. Otherwise, keep an eye on our podcast and our social media channels to follow along from home.
You can access James Baldwin’s ‘Sonny’s Blues’ at https://genius.com/James-baldwin-sonnys-blues-annotated
Yarra Libraries Recommends ‘The Fire Next Time’ - James Baldwin I Am Not Your Negro (film, available through Kanopy) ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ – James Baldwin (also available as an ebook on Cloud Library) If Beale St Could Talk (film) – dvd available through collection ‘Between the World and Me’ - Ta-Nehisi Coates ‘We Were Eight Years in Power - Ta-Nehisi Coates (also available as an ebook on Cloud Library) ‘The fire this time : a new generation speaks about race’ – Jesmyn Ward (also available as an ebook on Cloud Library) ‘Among the Lost’ - Emiliano Monge ‘Grown Ups’ - Marian Keys (also available as an ebook on Cloud Library) ‘The Body Keeps the Score’ - Bessel van der Kolk (also available as an ebook on Cloud Library) ‘My Brilliant Friend’ - Elena Ferrante (available in many formats including e-audio and ebook through Borroxbox and Cloud Library respectively) ‘Bordertown’ – available on Netflix ‘Street Food: Latin America’ – available on Netflix
"Kids! Listen up! Authors are real! You are listening to one right now! And anyone can do it!” – Adrian Beck
Adrian Beck writes funny, action-packed stories for kids. He is the author of the Derek Dool series, the Champion Charlies series and Alien Zoo 1 and 2. He’s the co-author of the Little Legends series with Nicole Hayes, plus the Kick it to Nick series with AFL hall-of-famer Shane Crawford.
In this special Book Week episode of the Yarra Libraries Podcast, Yarra Libraries Children’s and Youth Librarian Lizzie Gilmour talks to Adrian about what he was like as a kid, where gets his ideas, hanging out with AFL stars, how to make it as an aspiring upcoming writer, robots, footy, and footy playing robots!
A warning: this podcast contains some of Adrian’s Dad Jokes!
Yarra Libraries Recommends Kick it to Nick series – Adrian Beck and Shane Crawford Derek Dool Supercool series – Adrian Beck Total Quack up! – Adrian Beck, Sally Rippin and James Foley Alien Zoo 1 and 2 – Adrian Beck Little Legends Series – Adrian Beck and Nicole Hayes
Brought to you by In My Nature, Victorian Aboriginal Health, Yarra Libraries and The Ewing Trust.
As part of Mental Health Week, this episode gives the listener permission to slow down and immerse themselves in nature. Based on the Japanese well-being practice of "Shinrin Yoku" or "bathing" in the atmosphere of the forest, try this exercise to reduce stress and improve your mental health.
The practice now recognised as "Forest Therapy," is well researched, with proven health benefits such as lowering cortisol levels, strengthening the immune system, stabilizing blood pressure, reducing stress and improving sleep.
So press play and listen to Susan Joachim (INFTA) guide you into a deep and sensory connection to your surroundings which will help you to feel more relaxed, happier, confident, focused and even more creative.
If you haven’t already, please prepare yourself for the session by finding a suitable spot where you can either be in or see nature without breaking whatever restrictions currently apply.
Susan Joachim is the President of the INFTA headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. She is also a Certified Forest Therapy Guide and Mentor and spends most weekends leading bushwalks around Australia and New Zealand with her hiking club. You can hear Susan leading you in a sit spot mindfulness exercise in our earlier forest therapy episode – just scroll back in your podcast feed or search our soundcloud.
You can find the International Nature and Forest Therapy Alliance (INFTA) at https://infta.net/
You can find their Australian accredited training provider, In My Nature, at https://inmynature.life/
Yarra Libraries Suggests: Into the forest : how trees can help you find health and happiness – Qing Li Shinrin-yoku : the art and science of forest bathing – Qing Li Shinrin-yoku : the Japanese way of forest bathing for health and relaxation - Yoshifumi Miyazaki The healing magic of forest bathing : finding calm, creativity, and connection in the natural world – Julia Plevin
Music by Broke for Free
Studies have shown that volunteering helps people feel more socially connected and provides a sense of purpose, pride and accomplishment – all great protective factors for your mental health.
On this Mental Health Week podcast, Elly Murrell (Community Project Officer, City of Yarra)talks to Sara Sterling (Sector Development Manager, Volunteering Victoria), Rosie Kelly (Manager of Volunteer Programs, FareShare and Dylan Oosterweghel (Volunteer Mentor for the City of Yarra L2P Learner Driver Mentor Program) about volunteering opportunities and the impact it has on their wellbeing.
For more information on some of the volunteer organisations and resources mentioned on this podcast, please visit:
Fareshare: www.Fareshare.net.au Go Volunteer: www.govolunteer.com.au Seek Volunteer: www.volunteer.com.au Zoos Victoria: www.zoo.org.au State Library: www.slv.vic.gov.au St Kilda Wildlife Park Penguin Watch: www.stkildapenguins.com.au
This podcast produced with thanks to The Ewing Trust. Music by Broke for Free
“Who can go through life without some major changes happening to them? At the very least, we leave our youth behind.”
Split: True Stories of Leaving, Loss and New Beginnings was longlisted for ABIA Awards 2020 in the category of Small Publisher’s Adult Book of the Year In this episode, editor Lee Kofman discusses transformation, loss and new beginnings with contributors Graeme Simsion (The Rosie Project) and Ramona Koval (By the Book: A Readers Guide to Life). While Graeme shares the loss of a past version of himself, Ramona Koval delves into the bittersweet end to her career at the ABC. This was an edited recording. Many thanks to The Ewing Trust for making this podcast possible. Our theme is Add And by Broke for Free Yarra Libraries Recommends
Lee Kofman (ed): Split: True Stories of Leaving, Loss and New Beginnings Lee Kofman: Imperfect : how our bodies shape the people we become Lee Kofman: The dangerous bride : a memoir of love, gods and geography Graeme Simsion: The Rosie Project, The Rosie Effect and The Rosie Result (also available through Borrowbox) Graeme Simsion: The Best of Adam Sharp (also available through Borrowbox) Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist: Two Steps Forward Ramona Koval: Bloodhound: Searching for my Father Ramona Koval: By The Book: A Reader’s Guide to Life
On this episode of the Short Story Club, Meaghan and Connor discuss friendship, empathy, inner monologues and badminton in ‘The Embassy of Cambodia’, a 2013 short story from acclaimed writer Zadie Smith.
This discussion is best enjoyed after you've read ‘The Embassy of Cambodia’ so follow the link below if you haven’t read it before.
If you’d like to join The Short Story Club (currently meeting online) then book in for the morning or evening meetings through our events page at library.yarracity.vic.gov.au, where you’ll also find information on how to access each fortnight’s story. Otherwise, keep an eye on our podcast and our social media channels to follow along from home.
You can read ‘The Embassy of Cambodia’ by Zadie Smith here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/02/11/the-embassy-of-cambodia
Meaghan & Connor Recommend The Embassy of Cambodia – Zadie Smith White Teeth – Zadie Smith (also available on Borrowbox) NW – Zadie Smith Swing Time – Zadie Smith (also available on Borrowbox and Cloud Library) Among Others - Jo Walton The Great Believers - Rebecca Makkai Red White and Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston Boyfriend Material - Alexis Hall (also available in Cloud Library) Girl, Woman, Other - Bernadine Evaristo (also available in Borrowbox, RB Digital and Cloud Library) The Adversary - Ronnie Scott (also available on Cloud Library) The Good Place (dvd set available through Yarra Libraries, also available through Netflix) The Great British Sewing Bee (available through Stan)
“As the reporter spoke, the news ticker updated the running tally of fatal accidents on the construction platforms, as well as providing updated figures for an air strike that had accidentally hit a school bus near Lahore, as well as showing the latest run tally from the cricket.” – Khalid Warsame
On this Ewing episode of The Yarra Libraries Podcast, we were joined by writer Khalid Warsame, contributor to the recent anthology of stories ‘After Australia’. In this unflinching new anthology, twelve of Australia’s most daring Indigenous writers and writers of colour provide a glimpse of Australia as we head toward the year 2050. Climate catastrophe, police brutality, white genocide, totalitarian rule and the erasure of black history provide the backdrop for stories of love, courage and hope.
On the podcast, Khalid reads his short story ‘List of Known Remedies’, before talking about his involvement in the anthology.
‘After Australia’ is published by Affirm Press in partnership with Diversity Arts Australia and Sweatshop Literacy Movement.
This recording was made possible by the support of The Ewing Trust.
Our theme song is Add And by Broke for Free.
Yarra Libraries Recommends
Michael Mohammed Ahmad (ed.): After Australia Dionne Brand: Inventory Gerald Murnane: The Plains Helen Garner: Monkey Grip (also available as an e-audiobook via Borrowbox) Eamonn Marra: 2,000 Feet Above Worry Level Philip Roth: Nemesis
I wanted to make the outsider, the other, three dimensional. I wanted to make them real.” – Christopher Raja
Christopher Raja’s Into the Suburbs is the author’s first foray into memoir, and documents his migration from Calcutta to Australia in the 80s.
Drawn by the glamorous Australia of tourism commercials, Raja’s parents envision the country as a ‘clean’ and ‘classless’ paradise. Yet upon arriving in Australia, their interactions expose the limitations and small-mindedness of their new society, especially its racism and classism. As their ideal unravels, Raja’s parents also realise that white Australia does not share the same community and family values that Indian culture upholds. Raja is trapped, throughout his youth, somewhere between the austere serenity of suburban Melbourne, the dingy club scene of St Kilda and the urbane inner city.
This recording was made possible by the support of The Ewing Trust.
Our theme song is Add And by Broke for Free.
Yarra Libraries Recommends
Christopher Raja: Into The Suburbs Christopher Raja: The Burning Elephant Christopher Raja and Natasha Raja: The First Garden Pete Handke: A Sorrow Beyond Dreams Karl Ove Knausgård: My Struggle (ebook available on Cloud Library) Emmanuel Carrère : The Kingdom Jasper Fforde: The Constant Rabbit Bryan Stevenson: Just Mercy (ebook available on Cloud Library) Ali Cobby Eckermann: Inside my Mother Thomas Bernhard: The Loser (ebook available to suggest for purchase through Cloud Library) Robert Musil: The Man Without Qualities (ebook available to suggest for purchase through Cloud Library)
Luke Horton’s ‘The Fogging’ follows a young academic couple who are caught in a spraying of pesticides known as “the fogging” during a trip to Bali, their first holiday in years. In the time that follows, their relationship slowly begins to disintegrate.
Luke recently joined us to discuss his debut novel, the challenges of launching a book during lockdown and writing anxiety with Ellen Cregan for the Kill Your Darlings First Book Club. It made for a fascinating discussion and we hope you enjoy this recording.
Kill Your Darlings is an online journal championing great Australian writing from emerging and established authors. You can find their work at https://www.killyourdarlings.com.au/
Luke Horton’s ‘The Fogging’ is out now from Scribe Publications. You can find it and the new Kill Your Darlings book “New Australian Fiction 2020” at all good bookstores, as well as finding ‘The Fogging’ in our e-book collection through Cloud Library. You can place both these items on hold through our website.
This event was in partnership with Kill Your Darlings. This is an edited recording. Our theme song is Add And by Broke for Free.
Yarra Libraries Recommends: The Fogging – Luke Horton (available on Cloud Library) New Australian Fiction 2019 – Kill Your Darlings New Australian Fiction 2020 – Kill Your Darlings Weather – Jenny Offill The Glad Shout – Alice Robinson My Struggle – Knausgaard (also available through Cloud Library) Leaving the Atocha Station - Ben Lerner (also available through Cloud Library) The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger The Life to Come – Michelle de Kretser (available through Cloud Library)
“The best thing about Kurt Vonnegut is that he never really gives us an answer – there are always lots of different layers, and it’s about us reading it from our own experiences to take from it what we will.”
In this episode, Nell and Marcia discuss gender, nature, and the sometimes violent life of bees in Kurt Vonnegut’s ‘The Drone King’ before moving on to their current isolation reading.
This discussion is best enjoyed after you've read ‘The Drone King’ so follow the link below if you haven’t read it before.
If you’d like to join The Short Story Club (currently meeting online) then book in for the morning or evening meetings through our events page at library.yarracity.vic.gov.au, where you’ll also find information on how to access each fortnight’s story. Otherwise, keep an eye on our podcast and our social media channels to follow along from home. We have stories by Elizabeth Harrower and Celeste Ng coming up soon.
You can access Kurt Vonnegut’s ‘The Drone King’ at https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/10/kurt-vonnegut-the-drone-king/537870/
Nell and Marcia Recommend: Maurice Maeterlinck – The Life of the Bee (available on Project Gutenberg) Kurt Vonnegut – A Man Without a Country Kurt Vonnegut – Miss Temptation (available online at The Saturday Evening Post) Siri Hustvedt – The Summer Without Men Martha Wells – All Systems Red (The Murderbot Series)
Yarra Libraries Recommends: Kurt Vonnegut - We are what we pretend to be : the first and last works – Kurt Vonnegut Kurt Vonnegut – Slaughterhouse-five, or The children's crusade : a duty-dance with death
“She's not a black suit and pearls in a South Yarra gallery kind of art dealer, she’s a Blundstone boots and grubby jeans kind of girl.” — Katherine Kovacic on Alex Clayton
Katherine Kovacic started out as a vet before making her way into the art world, where she discovered it wasn’t quite as safe and wholesome as it seemed. Her series of detective novels, starring the inimitable art dealer and sleuth Alex Clayton, have taken us from 1930s art scene Melbourne to mid-2000s sheep farming Hamilton, all with her Irish Wolfhound sidekick Hogarth at her side.
She discussed her latest in the series, ‘The Shifting Landscape’ with Sisters in Crime’s Robyn Walton at a special after-hours Zoom author talk in June 2020. This is an edited recording.
Katherine Kovacic is a former veterinarian turned art historian who works with a wide variety of museums, galleries, and historic houses. She lives in Melbourne with a Borzoi and a Scottish Deerhound. ‘The Portrait of Molly Dean’ was her debut novel and the first Alex Clayton art mystery.
Robyn Walton is Vice-President of Sisters in Crime Australia, has a Ph.D. in English literature and cultural history, and has taught in universities in Melbourne and Sydney. She has had short fiction and essays published and is a past winner of The Australian/Vogel Literary Award. Robyn reviews crime and other books for The Weekend Australian Review, interviews authors for the Sisters in Crime website – the Q&As – and is a judge for two short story awards.
Our theme is Add And by Broke for Free.
Yarra Libraries Recommends ‘The Shifting Landscape’ - Katherine Kovacic (ebook on Cloud Library) ‘Cocaine Blues’ - Kerry Greenwood (ebook on Cloud Library, audiobook on Borrowbox) ‘Sisters in crime’: early detective and mystery stories by women - Michael Ashley ‘Intrepide: Australian women artists in early twentieth-century France’ - Clem Gorman ‘Murder in the Telephone Exchange’ - June Wright
Yarra Libraries has partnered with the Melbourne School of Philosophy to deliver a series of free Philosophy workshops for the Yarra Libraries community. In this discussion with Peter Farago from the School of Philosophy, we talk about everything from wonder, to meditation, to spirituality, and how practical philosophy can be constructive in everyday life.
The Philosophy Begins in Wonder sessions at Yarra Libraries are currently booked out, but you can join the waitlist for any of the 6 sessions via our website.
You can find out more about the Melbourne School of Philosophy at https://www.schoolofphilosophy.org.au/
Yarra Libraries Recommends ‘A good life : philosophy from cradle to grave’ – Mark Rowlands ‘How to teach philosophy to your dog : a quirky introduction to the big questions of philosophy’ – Anthony McGowan ‘Prime movers : the real stories of twelve great thinkers from Pericles to Gandhi’ - Ferdinand Mount ‘Get smart: philosophy : the big ideas you should know’ – Marcus Weeks Philosophy Now [magazine]
Our theme song is ‘Add And’ by Broke for Free
Yarra Libraries presents Andrea Goldsmith speaking on ‘Invented Lives’. In this Carlton After Hours recording she explores exile, character development and the importance of the right career (for them) through her latest novel. This is an edited recording, with some questions revoiced for clarity.
‘Invented Lives’ tells a story of exile- exile from country, exile at home, and exile from one's true self. It is a story about Russia, 1980s Australia, and love. It’s out with Scribe Publications right now, and you can find it through our e-book service, Cloud Library, here: https://ebook.yourcloudlibrary.com/library/yarra/Featured
Andrea Goldsmith originally trained as a speech pathologist and was a pioneer in the development of communication aids for people unable to speak. Her first novel, ‘Gracious Living’, was published in 1989. This was followed by ‘Modern Interiors’, ‘Facing the Music’, ‘Under the Knife’, and ‘The Prosperous Thief’, which was shortlisted for the 2003 Miles Franklin Literary Award. ‘Reunion’ was published in 2009, and ‘The Memory Trap’ was awarded the 2015 Melbourne Prize. Her literary essays have appeared in Meanjin, Australian Book Review, Best Australian Essays, and numerous anthologies. She has mentored many emerging writers.
Yarra Libraries Recommends Invented Lives – Andrea Goldsmith (available through Cloud Library) The Memory Trap – Andrea Goldsmith (available through Cloud Library)
In this episode of the Yarra Libraries Podcast we’re continuing (with the help of some experts) to bring nature to you – perfect for when your ability to visit it is a little more restricted than usual.
Forest Therapy, or Shinrin-yoku, literally translates to “forest bathing”. This practice gained traction during the early 90s in Japan as the country looked for a solution to increases stress in the country. In this recording, Forest Therapists Susan Joachim ( Director of In My Nature and President of The International Nature and Forest Therapy Alliance ) and Dr. Dieter Kotte (Secretary of The International Nature and Forest Therapy Alliance) introduce you to Forest Therapy and its reported benefits. Together, we invite you to slow down and connect intimately with the world around you.
If you haven’t already, please prepare yourself for the session by finding a suitable spot where you can either be in or see nature without breaking restrictions. If restrictions don’t apply where you are, then read Susan’s advice on choosing an ideal sit spot at https://inmynature.life/ideal-sit-spot/
You can find the International Nature and Forest Therapy Alliance (INFTA) at https://infta.net/ You can find their Australian accredited training provider, In My Nature, at https://inmynature.life/ Susan Joachim is the President of the INFTA headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. She is also a Certified Forest Therapy Guide and Mentor. Susan's affinity to the natural world began when she found herself on a work assignment in Rwanda tracking Mountain Gorillas! She spends most weekends leading bushwalks around Australia and New Zealand with her hiking club. Susan has committed herself to promote Forest Therapy globally as a preventative Public health practice by collaborating with government organizations, education and research institutes, allied health organizations and nature and Forest Therapy practitioners.
INFTA is the international peak body promoting the preventative public health practice of Forest Therapy. INFTA collaborates globally with a range of government agencies, research groups and public health stakeholders (especially in these times of pandemic) to promote the benefits of Forest Therapy to the wider community through its network of international advisors and certified Forest Therapy Guides. The organization collaborates with botanic gardens and local councils to reach a wider audience of people who are looking for ways to connect to nature as a means to alleviate the stresses of life coping with the pandemic. They hope that through this podcast, people will connect to nature (even in their own gardens), and notice the benefits of connection to nearby nature. They believe that Forest Therapy can play a role in alleviating the increasing mental health issues and lifestyle diseases faced in Australia - aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic. They invite listeners to visit their website and social media pages for more information and daily inspiration.
Yarra Libraries Suggests Into the forest : how trees can help you find health and happiness – Qing Li Shinrin-yoku : the art and science of forest bathing – Qing Li Shinrin-yoku : the Japanese way of forest bathing for health and relaxation - Yoshifumi Miyazaki The healing magic of forest bathing : finding calm, creativity, and connection in the natural world – Julia Plevin
“You shouldn’t be scared about living in a small space. I think Australians have to change their train of thought about living in a smaller space.” – Jason Chongue
In this episode, Yarra Libraries welcomes back plant-expert Jason Chongue who runs through the basics of indoor gardening and plant-based styling.
Jason visited Bargoonga Nganjin, North Fitzroy Library in early 2020. Today, we’re particularly glad to bring you Jason’s talk in the hopes it inspires you to bring a little more greenery into your home – where you’re probably spending a little more time than usual.
Jason is the author of “Plant Society,” and, most recently, “Green” - a essential guides to indoor gardening, small spaces, and dropping the guilt should your plants drop their mortal coil (or leaves) a little sooner than expected. Jason is also the owner of the “The Plant Society” his Collingwood-based plant store and consultancy, which you can find at www.theplantsociety.com.au Currently they’re offering free local delivery, and have some short videos available on bringing plants into your home.
You can find some of the pictures Jason describes in this talk in his books. If you enjoyed this talk, might enjoy our earlier episode where he discusses his first title, ‘Plant Society’ in a Q&A. Please see much earlier in our podcast feed, or search on our Soundcloud page.
Yarra Libraries Recommends ‘Green’ – Jason Chongue ‘Plant Society’ – Jason Chongue
This is an edited recording. Our theme song is Add And by Broke for Free.
“Fantasy and Sci-Fi provide a really wonderful trojan horse way of talking about things that really matter in our lives and the things that are difficult to talk about”
The Short Story Club discusses a short story every meeting, before moving on to other reading recommendations. In this episode, Tegan and Connor discuss the activist potential of science fiction, drop out culture vs social collectivism, and other questions provoked by Ursula K. Le Guin’s ‘The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas’, before moving on to their current isolation reading.
This discussion is best enjoyed after you've read The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, so search for the story online now or read it in Le Guin’s ‘Outer Space, Inner Lands’.
If you’d like to join The Short Story Club (currently meeting online) then book in for our fortnightly meetings through our events page at library.yarracity.vic.gov.au, where you’ll also find information on how to access each week’s story. Otherwise, keep an eye on our podcast and our social media channels to follow along from home.
Connor and Tegan Recommend: ‘The Left Hand of Darkness’ - Ursula K. Le Guin (BBC Dramatization available on Borrowbox) The Ones Who Stay and Fight’ - N.K Jemisin (Available online through Lightspeed Magazine) ‘An Unkindness of Ghosts’ – Rivers Solomon ‘In the Dream House’ – Carmen Maria Machado (available on Cloud Library) ‘Normal People’ – Hulu Adaptation ‘Normal People’ – Sally Rooney (available on Cloud Library)
“Lizzie couldn’t ring up Darcy and say ‘hey I think we got off on the wrong foot would you like to have a coffee?’” – Toni Jordan
In this episode, let Yarra Libraries sweep you off your feet with bestselling authors Minnie Darke (The Lost Love Song) and Toni Jordan (The Fragments). The two romantic experts speak about their latest work, as well as their experiences as readers and writers of romantic fiction. They delve into some of the challenges associated with writing romance set in the present day, what they think makes a good romantic hero/heroine, and why Pretty Woman is actually not a very romantic film. To our delight they also take on some of their favourite (and least favourite) romantic tropes, from ‘Hate at First Sight’ and ‘Old Lovers Reunited’ to the ever popular ‘Successful in her business, Hopeless in her personal life.’
“Once upon a time you might actually be able to lose someone, these days you just google them. You’re going to find them, aren’t you?” – Minnie Darke
Search for Minnie and Toni’s books in the Yarra Libraries catalogue today, or try Borrowbox (audiobooks) or Cloud Library (ebooks) for romantic reads from these authors and more.
Yarra Libraries Recommends Books The Fragments – Toni Jordan (ebook on Cloud Library and audiobook on Borrowbox) Fall Girl – Toni Jordan Star Crossed – Minnie Darke (ebook on Cloud Library and audiobook on Borrowbox) The Lost Love Song – Minnie Darke (ebook on Cloud Library and audiobook on Borrowbox) Strong Poison – Dorothy L. Sayers Possession – A.S. Byatt Grown Ups – Marian Keyes (ebook on Cloud Library) Giver of Stars – Jojo Moyes (ebook on Cloud Library and audiobook on RB Digital) Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen Red, White and Royal Blue – Casey McQuiston The Hating Game – Sally Thorne The Kiss Quotient – Helen Hoang Films Amelie Love Actually Notting Hill
Theme song by Broke for Free Photo by Karolina Grabowska from Pexels
“There are a numbers of parallels between laws passed during COVID and laws passed during the first world war.” – Associate Professor Catherine Bond
Yarra Libraries and The Ewing Trust present:
On this podcast, Cat Woods interviews author Catherine Bond about her book ‘Law in War’, which looks at the dangerous consequences of legislation passed for the purpose of winning a conflict. ‘Law in War’ primarily looks at laws relating to freedoms and restrictions in Australia during World War 1, but its themes are relevant to any time when people are affected by laws created in the name of victory.
Law in War author Catherine Bond is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law, UNSW Sydney. In 2016 she published her first book ‘Anzac: The Landing, The Legend, The Law’. As part of that work Catherine became interested in the little-considered topic of how law affected the Australian community during the First World War leading to this, her second book.
Cat Woods is a Melbourne based freelance journalist, who has written on books, music, arts and travel for various publications and websites.
Yarra Libraries Recommends: Law in War – Catherine Bond ANZAC : The Landing, The Legend, The Law – Catherine Bond
Yarra Libraries and The Ewing Trust present: On this podcast, we are joined by author Sean O’Beirne to talk about his short story collection ‘A Couple Of Things Before the End’, which has been released to critical acclaim. Outstandingly original, bitingly satirical and written in a remarkable range of voices, ‘A Couple of Things Before the End’ mixes the storytelling originality of George Saunders and Lydia Davis with a sensibility all its own, taking the reader on an extraordinary tour of an old and a new Australia. It is a powerful vision of where we are – and where we may be headed.
'A Couple of Things Before the End' is published by Black Inc and is available to buy from all good booksellers (as well as being available to borrow through Cloud Library or in branch from Yarra Libraries).
Yarra Libraries (and Sean) Recommend: A Couple of Things Before the End – Sean O’Beirne Lydia Davis – Collected Stories The Department of Speculation – Jenny Offil
"They might not be the best, but they stay in the game for each other."
“Not Bad Thanks” by Fitzroy local writer Graeme Willingham, chronicles the highs and lows of an 80-season old grassroots basketball club. The book covers the club’s premiership quests, disappointments, grade shuffles, recruitment, refereeing, tribunals, expansive rules and rituals, media scrutiny, births, deaths, awards and trophies – all weathered with the support of a team formed as much by after-game chats and their trademark “Not bad, thanks” greeting as by their performance on the court. With links to the likes of Magic Johnson, the Harlem Globetrotters, and the great Train robber, Ronnie Biggs, the book recently won Basketball Victoria’s 2019 media award.
Graeme joins us on the podcast to talk about the book, basketball, mateship and life. "Not Bad Thanks" is available in the Yarra Libraries collection.
Yarra Libraries and The Ewing Trust present: Ewing Trust Writers Prize Winner (Chinese Language Category) Stephen Zhang.
The Ewing Trust Writers' Prize is a new prize for short-form fiction and non-fiction writing with a connection to Fitzroy.
The inaugural winner of the Chinese language category was Stephen Zhang. In this podcast, Stephen reads his winning piece "Fitzroy 24 Hours".
This podcast contains some adult language.
"It’s a hot Melbourne summer. I can see the city skyline through the exhaust fumes over Smith Street."
Yarra Libraries and The Ewing Trust present: Ewing Trust Writers Prize Winner Zoe Richards
The Ewing Trust Writers' Prize is a new prize for short-form fiction and non-fiction writing with a connection to Fitzroy.
The inaugural winner of the English language category was Zoe Richards. In this podcast, Zoe reads her winning piece, 'Tommy'.
This podcast contains some adult language.
In this episode, Aandi takes you through Touch and Tickle Criss Cross Apple Sauce.
Children's Librarian Aandi guides you through a Baby Storytime for you to deliver at home during our temporary closure. Learn how to prepare your child for a lifelong love of books, reading and learning with easy to follow steps and sing-a-longs.
The Ewing Trust and Yarra Libraries present Dr. Lee Kofman, author of ‘Imperfect: How our bodies shape the people we become’. Dr. Kofman spoke at Fitzroy Town Hall for International Women’s Day earlier this year. In her book and her talk that day, Dr. Kofman explored how our appearance can impact our lives - and what we can do about it. A narrative non-fiction title combining memoir and decade-long research, ‘Imperfect’ has met with critical acclaim. This is an edited recording of that discussion. Dr Lee Kofman is a Russian-born Israeli-Australian author of five books and the editor of two anthologies. Yarra Libraries Recommends: Imperfect: how our bodies shape the people we become – Dr. Lee Kofman Split : true stories of leaving, loss and new beginnings – edited by Dr. Lee Kofman Rebellious daughters : true stories from Australia's finest female writers– edited by Maria Katsonis and Dr. Lee Kofman The dangerous bride : a memoir of love, gods and geography – Dr. Lee Kofman
The Short Story Club discusses a short story every meeting, before moving on to other reading recommendations. In this episode, Nell and Meaghan discuss nature and style in an excerpt from ‘Flames` before moving on to their current isolation reading.
This discussion is best enjoyed after you've read the excerpt from ‘Flames' so follow the link below if you haven’t read it before.
If you’d like to join The Short Story Club (currently meeting online) then book in for the morning or evening meetings through our events page at library.yarracity.vic.gov.au, where you’ll also find information on how to access each week’s story. Otherwise, keep an eye on our podcast and our social media channels to follow along from home. We have stories by Robin Perry Politan and Alice Munro coming up soon.
You can access the excerpt from Flames (along with more great Australian writing) via Kill Your Darlings at https://www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/extract-robbie-arnotts-flames/
Yarra Libraries Recommends Flames – Robbie Arnott Hall Chimp – Robbie Arnott (available on Cloud Library) Wintering – Krissy Kneen Bruny – Heather Rose (available on Cloud Library, audiobook on RB Digital) The Wire tv series (currently available through Foxtel, the iTunes store or our library when we reopen) The Fountainhead – Ayn Rand House of Earth and Blood – Sarah J Mass (available on Cloud Library) The Animals in That Country – Laura Jean Mackay (RB Digital) The Shifting Landscape – Katherine Kovacic (Cloud Library)
In this recording, Aandi gives you some pointers for starting to read with your baby (when they're ready).
Children's Librarian Aandi guides you through a Baby Storytime for you to deliver at home during our temporary closure. Learn how to prepare your child for a lifelong love of books, reading and learning with easy to follow steps and sing-a-longs. String a set of episodes together for an endlessly-customisable babytime.
Podcast thumbnail features a photo by Brina Blum from Unsplash.
The Short Story Club discusses a short story every meeting, before moving on to other reading recommendations. In this episode, David and Marcia discuss the bush, isolation and national identity in Henry Lawson’s ‘The Drover’s Wife’ before moving on to their current isolation reading.
This discussion is best enjoyed after you've read ‘The Drover’s Wife' so follow the link below if you haven’t read it before.
If you’d like to join The Short Story Club (currently meeting online) then book in for the morning or evening meetings through our events page at library.yarracity.vic.gov.au, where you’ll also find information on how to access each week’s story. Otherwise, keep an eye on our podcast and our social media channels to follow along from home. We have stories by Kurt Vonnegut and Robin Perry Politan coming up soon.
You can access Henry Lawson’s ‘The Drover’s Wife’ at https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/While_the_Billy_Boils/The_Drover%27s_Wife
Marcia and David Recommend: Henry Lawson's Collected Fiction (available on Cloud Library) Seven Little Australians - Ethel Turner (available on Project Gutenberg) The poems of Banjo Paterson (also available on Project Gutenberg) Clive James’ Unreliable Memoirs (wait till the branches reopen for this one)
In Stay-at-Home Baby Storytime 6, Aandi guides you through “Grand Old Duke of York”.
Children's Librarian Aandi guides you through a Baby Storytime for you to deliver at home during our temporary closure. Learn how to prepare your child for a lifelong love of books, reading and learning with easy to follow steps and sing-a-longs. String a set of episodes together for an endlessly-customisable babytime.
In Stay-at-Home Baby Storytime #5, Aandi guides you through “Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear”.
Children's Librarian Aandi guides you through a Baby Storytime for you to deliver at home during our temporary closure. Learn how to prepare your child for a lifelong love of books, reading and learning with easy to follow steps and sing-a-longs. String a set of episodes together for an endlessly-customisable babytime.
Podcast thumbnail features a photo by Brina Blum from Unsplash.
In Stay-at-Home Baby Storytime #4, Aandi guides you through “Patty-Cake Patty-Cake”.
Children's Librarian Aandi guides you through a Baby Storytime for you to deliver at home during our temporary closure. Learn how to prepare your child for a lifelong love of books, reading and learning with easy to follow steps and sing-a-longs. String a set of episodes together for an endlessly-customisable babytime.
Podcast thumbnail features a photo by Brina Blum from Unsplash.
The Short Story Club discusses a short story every meeting, before moving on to other reading recommendations. In this episode, Connor and Tegan discuss food, feminism and fairy tales in Carmen Maria Machado’s ‘Eight Bites’ before moving on to their current isolation reading.
This discussion is best enjoyed after you've read 'Eight Bites' - you'll find the link to do so if you haven't below. A warning - the discussion touches on eating disorders and body image.
If you’d like to join The Short Story Club (currently on Zoom) book in for the morning or evening meetings through our events page at https://library.yarracity.vic.gov.au, where you’ll also find information on how to access each story. Otherwise, keep an eye on our podcast and our social media channels to follow along from home. We have stories by Kurt Vonnegut, Robbie Arnott and Ursula Le Guin coming up soon.
Carmen Maria Machado’s ‘Eight Bites’ is part of her short story collection ‘Her Body and Other Parties’. You can download it for free through Cloud Library, or access just ‘Eight Bites’ through Gulf Coast at http://gulfcoastmag.org/journal/29.2-summer/fall-2017/eight-bites/
Yarra Libraries Recommends: Her Body and Other Parties – Carmen Maria Machado (available on Cloud Library) The Supper Club – Lara Williams (available on Cloud Library) Tegan recommends: Hot Dog Taste Test by Lisa Hanawalt Connor Recommends: Call the Midwife. You can find the latest two series on ABC iview.
“It’s a story of these two best friends, the narrator and Dan, who have met each other at that time in your life when you have finally found your people. And, because you’ve found your people, you sort of throw yourselves at each other really hard…. but by the time we meet them they’ve exhausted each other. They still mean a lot to each other, but they need to change their friendship.” – Ronnie Scott
In partnership with the Kill Your Darlings First Book Club, Yarra Libraries brings you this conversation between first-time-novelist Ronnie Scott and First Book Club Host Ellen Cregan. In it, they touch on Melbourne in summer, close friendship and the Fitzroy Pool.
Ronnie Scott’s debut novel, ‘The Adversary’, is a sticky, summer novel. In it, a young man in Brunswick has devoted his winter to recreational showers, staring at his phone, and speculating on the activities of his best friend and housemate, Dan. But now summer is coming, and Dan has found a boyfriend and a job, so the young man is being pushed out into the world, in search of friendship and love.
Ronnie Scott writes essays and criticism for newspapers, websites and magazines. In 2007 he founded The Lifted Brow, an independent literary magazine. He's a Lecturer in the Writing and Publishing discipline at RMIT University. ‘The Adversary’ is his first novel.
Established in 2014, the Kill Your Darlings First Book Club partners with local publishers to each month promote a new release debut book of fiction or non-fiction that KYD is gunning for everyone to read!
Through a series of events, online content, podcast coverage and profiles, the KYD First Book Club encourages wide-ranging and long-lasting conversations about these authors and their books both on and off the screen.
Thanks to Kill Your Darlings for their partnership on this event.
Yarra Libraries Recommends: The Adversary – Ronnie Scott Hotel du Lac – Anita Brookner (available on Cloud Library) Cherry Beach – Laura McPhee Browne (audiobook on RB Digital) Being Black n’ Chicken, and chips – Matt Okine (audiobook on RB Digital) Little Stones – Elizabeth Kuiper (available on Cloud Library) Room for a Stranger – Melanie Cheng (audiobook on RB Digital) Witches: What Women Do Together – Sam George Allen (Audiobook available through Cloud Library) Call Me Evie – J.P. Pomare (audiobook on RB Digital) Beautiful Revolutionary – Laura Elizabeth Woollett (available on Cloud Library)
This is an edited recording. Our theme song is Add And by Broke For Free.
In Stay-at-Home Baby Storytime #3, Aandi guides you through “Three Little Ducks”.
Children's Librarian Aandi guides you through a Baby Storytime for you to deliver at home during our temporary closure. Learn how to prepare your child for a lifelong love of books, reading and learning with easy to follow steps and sing-a-longs. String a set of episodes together for an endlessly-customisable babytime.
Podcast thumbnail features a photo by Brina Blum from Unsplash.
The Short Story Club discusses a short story every meeting, before moving on to other reading recommendations. In this episode, Nell O’Bryan and Meaghan Dew discuss memory, music and nostalgia in Haruki Murakami’s ‘With the Beatles’ before moving on to their current isolation reading.
If you’d like to join The Short Story Club (currently on Zoom) book in for the morning or evening meetings through our events page at https://library.yarracity.vic.gov.au, where you’ll also find information on how to access each story. Otherwise, keep an eye on our podcast and our social media channels to follow along from home. In the next meeting we’ll discuss Carmen Maria Machado’s ‘Eight Bites’.
Haruki Murakami’s ‘With the Beatles’ can be downloaded through RB Digital – it’s in the February 16th issue of The New Yorker. You can also access it through The New Yorker’s website.
Nell Recommends: escaping into a world of posh English people through BBC’s Pride and Prejudice or Evelyn Waugh’s ‘Brideshead Revisited’. While the latter is still in copyright in Australia you can find the 2008 adaptation on SBS on Demand. As for Jane Austen, many of her titles are available as e-books through Cloud Library. Wet t-shirts not included. She (Nell, not Jane Austen) also recommends Hannah Kent’s ‘Burial Rites’.
Meaghan Recommends: More historical fiction with ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ by George Saunders. You can find it as an e-book on Cloud Library and as an audiobook on Borrowbox. She also recommends ‘Star Crossed’ (on Cloud Library and RB Digital) or ‘The Lost Love Song’ – both from rom-com legend Minnie Darke.
In this episode Aandi walks you through the rhyme "Open, Shut Them"
Children's Librarian Aandi guides you through a Baby Storytime for you to deliver at home during our temporary closure. Learn how to prepare your child for a lifelong love of books, reading and learning with easy to follow steps and sing-a-longs. String a set of episodes together for an endlessly-customisable babytime.
Podcast thumbnail features a photo by Brina Blum from Unsplash.
Children's Librarian Aandi guides you through a Baby Storytime for you to deliver at home during our temporary closure. Learn how to prepare your child for a lifelong love of books, reading and learning with easy to follow steps and sing-a-longs.
String a set of episodes together for an endlessly-customisable babytime.
Podcast thumbnail features a photo by Brina Blum from Unsplash.
“It was a very dynamic time for Australian culture. And for writing Australian stories of all kinds; whether it’s writing in fashion, or in film, or in novels. Just sort of saying – to hell with the cultural cringe, let’s make something amazing here.” – Sally Gray
If there was ever anyone qualified to speak authoritatively about Fabulousness, it’s writer and cultural historian Dr. Sally Gray. Linking fashion, art, sexual politics and diverse urban subcultures, her latest book traces how four friends: fashion designers Linda Jackson and Jenny Kee, and artists David McDiarmid and Peter Tully, came together and formed a vibrant cultural milieu. Starting in the streets of Melbourne’s inner north, her discussion with fashion curator Laura Jocic circles the world before landing firmly home in the midst of the Whitlam election, gay liberation and the making of a distinct Australian style.
This is an edited recording. Our theme is Add And by Broke for Free.
Sally Gray Dr Sally Gray is a writer, curator, artist, concept developer, creative producer, advocate and teacher. Her numerous cultural projects have been realised, nationally and internationally under the umbrella of the arts consultancy she founded in May 1994.
Her exhibitions – covering architecture, art, design, photography, fashion, queer cultures and cultural history – have appeared in Beijing, London, Melbourne, Sydney and regional galleries and museums in Australia. Her scholarly work as a cultural historian – writing on art, fashion and urban life – has been published in books, book chapters and journal articles.
Yarra Libraries Recommends Friends, fashion & fabulousness : the making of an Australian style – Sally Gray Australian style : the who's who of fashion – Lisa Teh, Thom Whilton To note: notation across disciplines - Hannah Mathews (ed) (2017) David McDiarmid: when this you see remember me – David Mcdiarmid (2014) Linda Jackson's rainbow menagerie – Linda Jackson Romance Was Born – Anna Plunkett, Luke Sales and Georgina Safe
“I hope young women read it and think ‘there’s all types of ways to be and love’” – Laura McPhee-Browne on her hopes for ‘Cherry Beach’
Laura McPhee-Browne’s debut novel, ‘Cherry Beach’ follows friends Hetty and Ness as they leave Melbourne for Toronto to live abroad for the first time. She discussed the book with Ellen Cregan at Bargoonga Nganjin, North Fitzroy Library for the February Kill Your Darlings First Book Club.
Laura McPhee-Browne is a writer and social worker living in Melbourne, on Wurundjeri land. Her short stories have been published widely in Australia. Laura also volunteers as a fiction editor for the literary magazine Verity La. ‘Cherry Beach’ is her first novel. lauramcpheebrowne.com
Established in 2014, the Kill Your Darlings First Book Club partners with local publishers to each month promote a new release debut book of fiction or non-fiction that KYD is gunning for everyone to read!
Through a series of events, online content, podcast coverage and profiles, the KYD First Book Club encourages wide-ranging and long-lasting conversations about these authors and their books both on and off the screen.
Thanks to Kill Your Darlings and Text Publishing for their involvement with this event.
Content Warning: This recording contains discussion relating to mental illness and suicide
This is an edited recording. Our theme song is Add And by Broke For Free.
Yarra Libraries Recommends Cherry Beach – Laura McPhee-Browne Our Magic Hour – Jennifer Down Normal People – Sally Rooney (also available as an ebook through CloudLibrary and an e-audiobook through RB Digital) Conversations with Friends – Sally Rooney (also available as an ebook through CloudLibrary and an e-audiobook through RB Digital)
“What I particularly wanted to hit was probably the most pervasive myth about autism, which is that autistic people lack empathy” – Graeme Simsion
Graeme Simsion’s first novel, ‘The Rosie Project’, was outrageously successful. The film rights were sold, the book published around the world and a new career launched. Last year, several books into his life as a bestselling author, Graeme returned to Don Tillman with ‘The Rosie Result’.
Graeme joined Kylie Carlson, Coordinator of Community Learning and Partnerships, for an in-conversation at Richmond Theatrette. Introduced by a performance from Tom Middleditch, Graeme went on to discuss the autism myths he hoped to challenge with ‘The Rosie Result’, diagnosing (or not diagnosing) his characters, and the challenges in getting even a bestselling novel turned into a film. Stay tuned at the end for an update on that last bit…
This is an edited recording. Thanks to Graeme Simsion, Text Publishing, Kylie Carlson, Tom Middleditch and Avenue Books. Our theme song is Add And by Broke For Free.
Don’t forget to have a look at our A Month To Romance events – screenings of ‘It Happened One Night’, ‘The Apartment’ and ‘You’ve Got Mail’ followed by an in-conversation between Toni Jordan (The Fragments) and Minnie Darke (Star-crossed and The Lost Love Song).
Yarra Libraries Recommends The Rosie Project – Graeme Simsion (also on Borrowbox) The Rosie Effect – Graeme Simsion (also on Borrowbox) The Rosie Result – Graeme Simsion (also on Borrowbox) The Kiss Quotient – Helen Hoang (also on CloudLibrary) The Bride Test – Helen Hoang (also on Cloudlibrary) The Hating Game – Sally Thorne Red, White and Royal Blue – Casey McQuiston The Wedding Party – Jasmine Guillory Polite Society – Mahesh Rao Star Crossed – Minnie Darke (also on Cloudlibrary) Fall Girl – Toni Jordan
“…Timothy Leary dispending LSD to his inner circle of postgraduate students”
For the last twelve days leading up to Christmas you’ve heard a Yarra Libraries team member championing the book they loved most in 2019. We hope it gave you some inspiration for your holiday reading, your gifting, and your to-read list for 2020.
On the Twelfth Day of Reading it’s Allison Newman recommending T.C. Boyle’s ‘Outside Looking In’.
“I loved it because the style was just so engaging, and also it was about powerful women in a time in history where women didn’t get to live the lives that they wanted…”
It’s almost the end of the year so what better time to celebrate our year in reading. For the 12 days leading up to Christmas you’ll hear a Yarra Libraries team member championing the book they loved most in 2019. Think of it as some inspiration for your holiday reading, your gifting, or your to-read list for 2020. On the Eleventh Day of Reading it’s Community Programs Officer Nic Alea. They recommend The Seven Or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna by Juliet Grames.
On the Tenth Day of Reading it’s Community Programs and Outreach Librarian Todd Barrowclough. He recommends 'She Begat This: 20 Years of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' by Joan Morgan.
It’s almost the end of the year so what better time to celebrate our year in reading. Every day for the next 12 days you’ll hear a Yarra Libraries team member championing the book they loved reading most this year. Think of it as some inspiration for your holiday reading, your gifting, or your to-read list for 2020.
On the Ninth Day of Reading it’s Marcia from Carlton Library recommending Tamsyn Muir’s ‘Gideon the Ninth’.
It’s almost the end of the year so what better time to celebrate our year in reading. For the 12 days leading up to Christmas you’ll hear a Yarra Libraries team member championing the book they loved most in 2019. Think of it as some inspiration for your holiday reading, your gifting, or your to-read list for 2020.
On the Eighth Day of Reading it’s Cary Longman from Carlton Library recommending Nell Zink’s Doxology.
It’s almost the end of the year so what better time to celebrate our year in reading. Every day for the next 12 days you’ll hear a Yarra Libraries team member championing the book they loved reading most this year. Think of it as some inspiration for your holiday reading, your gifting, or your to-read list for 2020.
On the Seventh Day of Reading it’s Eliza Coyle from Carlton Library recommending 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami.
It’s almost the end of the year so what better time to celebrate our year in reading. Every day for the next 12 days you’ll hear a Yarra Libraries team member championing the book they loved reading most this year. Think of it as some inspiration for your holiday reading, your gifting, or your to-read list for 2020.
On the Sixth Day of Reading it’s Kellie from Carlton and North Fitzroy Libraries recommending Rebekah Robertson’s About a Girl.
It’s almost the end of the year so what better time to celebrate our year in reading. For the 12 days leading up to Christmas you’ll hear a Yarra Libraries team member championing the book they loved most in 2019. Think of it as some inspiration for your holiday reading, your gifting, or your to-read list for 2020.
It’s almost the end of the year so what better time to celebrate our year in reading. Every day for the next 12 days you’ll hear a Yarra Libraries team member championing the book they loved reading most this year. Think of it as some inspiration for your holiday reading, your gifting, or your to-read list for 2020. On the fifth day of reading it’s Daniella Ruff from Carlton Library recommending Josephine Rowe's Here Until August.
It’s almost the end of the year so what better time to celebrate our year in reading. Every day for the next 12 days you’ll hear a Yarra Libraries team member championing the book they loved reading most this year. Think of it as some inspiration for your holiday reading, your gifting, or your to-read list for 2020. On the fourth day of reading it’s Kipp from Richmond Library recommending Polly and Buster by Sally Rippin.
It’s almost the end of the year so what better time to celebrate our year in reading. Every day for the next 12 days you’ll hear a Yarra Libraries team member championing the book they loved reading most this year. Think of it as some inspiration for your holiday reading, your gifting, or your to-read list for 2020. On the third day of reading it’s Meaghan Dew from Carlton Library.
It’s almost the end of the year so what better time to celebrate our year in reading. Every day for the next 12 days you’ll hear a Yarra Libraries team member championing the book they loved reading most this year. Think of it as some inspiration for your holiday reading, your gifting, or your to-read list for 2020. On the second day of reading it’s Sam Boivin from Fitzroy Library.
Each day leading up to Christmas a Yarra Libraries staff member reviews a book they loved reading in 2019. On the First Day of Reading Bargoonga Nganjin, North Fitzroy’s Connor Borchard-Burns recommends 'Daisy Jones and the Six' by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
Our theme song is Add And by Broke for Free
“There is a woman somewhere in Australia who will be dead next week, and the only thing we don’t know about her is her name.” – Jane Gilmore
Journalist Jane Gilmore discusses the myths we’re subconsciously sold about violence against women through the way it’s covered in the media. In ‘Fixed it: Violence and the representation of women in the media’ she analyses media headlines, highlights trends and discusses ways to fix newsrooms themselves. Jane was in conversation with Margaret Simons at Bargoonga Nganjin, North Fitzroy Library. This is an edited recording.
Fixed It “‘Fixed It’ demonstrates the myths that we’re subconsciously sold about violence against women and undercuts them in a clear and compelling way. This is a bold, powerful look at the stories we are told – and the stories we tell ourselves – about gender and power, and a call to action for all of us to think harder and do better.”
Jane Gilmore Jane Gilmore was the founding editor of The King’s Tribune. She is now a freelance journalist and a regular columnist for The Age and Sydney Morning Herald. Jane has a Master of Journalism from the University of Melbourne and has a particular interest in feminism, media and data journalism.
Margaret Simons Margaret Simons is an award-winning freelance journalist and the author of thirteen books and numerous articles and essays.
Yarra Libraries Recommends Eggshell Skull – Bri Lee Fixed It – Jane Gilmore Hunger – Roxane Gay Invisible Women – Caroline Criado-Perez
MeToo – Miriam Sved (ed.)
Not that bad: dispatches from rape culture – Roxane Gay (ed.) On Violence - Natasha Stott Despoja See What You Made Me Do – Jess Hill She Said - Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey This House of Grief – Helen Garner
Our theme song is "Add And by Broke for Free"
“Always choose a plant purely on the lighting you have, rather than the aesthetic. Because I say there is nothing nice about a dead plant in your house.” – Jason Chongue
Jason Chongue didn’t want to ruin gardening by making it his job, but starting The Plant Society has brought the therapeutic joys of gardening to a brand new cohort. In ‘Place Society: Create an Indoor Oasis for Your Urban Space’ and ‘Green: Plants for Small Spaces, Indoors and Out’ he demystifies gardening, and makes certain people aren’t afraid to make mistakes.
This is an edited recording of our live event at Bargoonga Nganjin, North Fitzroy Library, where he discussed his first book with Collections and Reader Development Librarian (and plant murderer), Meaghan Dew.
‘Plant Society’ is now available at Yarra Libraries and ‘Green’ will join it this December. Find a copy at your local branch or place a reservation on our website.
Yarra Libraries Recommends Plant Society – Jason Chongue Green – Jason Chongue Get Plants: how to bring green into your life – Katherine Price Urban botanics : an indoor plant guide for modern gardeners – Emma Sibley My tiny indoor garden : houseplant heroes and terrific terrariums in small spaces – Lia Leendertz Tiny tabletop gardens : 35 projects for super-small spaces - outdoors and in – Emma Hardy Plant love : how to care for your houseplants – Alys Fowler Succulents : the ultimate guide to choosing, designing, and growing 200 easy-care plants – Robin Stockwell
Writing in response to climate change and the Black Saturday bushfires respectively, Alice Robinson and Alice Bishop emotionally connect their readers with disaster to brilliant, devastating effect. They both joined Mel Cranenburgh (3RRR presenter of Back Story) at Carlton Library to discuss their novels.
In Alice Robinson’s ‘The Glad Shout’ (Affirm Press), we follow a young mother and her child in Melbourne as they struggle through the aftermath of an unprecedented storm. In Alice Bishop’s ‘A Constant Hum’ (Text Publishing) individual experience following a devastating bushfire is explored in a series of short stories. Together, they explore the impact of climate-change fueled environmental events, response to loss, breaking down our ability to disconnect from disaster and the route they took to writing and structuring their stories.
This is an edited recording. Thanks to Alice Bishop, Alice Robinson, Mel Cranenburgh, Text Publishing and Affirm Press. Our theme song is Add And by Broke For Free.
Yarra Libraries Recommends The Glad Shout – Alice Robinson A Constant Hum – Alice Bishop Anchor Point – Alice Robinson The Trespassers - Meg Mundell Dyschronia – Jennifer Mills The Arsonist – Chloe Hooper (also available on Borrowbox and Cloud Library) Things We Didn’t See Coming – Steven Amsterdam City of Trees – Sophie Cunningham
School Holidays are back and so are we! If you’re spending more time with the children in your life you might be wondering... how do I encourage them to love reading? Don’t stress, when it comes to helping kids grow into voracious readers our Children’s Librarian Lizzie Gilmour is a professional. Have a listen to her top five tips for raising an avid reader.
Tips inspired by Mem Fox’s ‘Reading Magic’.
Our theme music is ‘Add And’ by Broke for Free.
Yarra Libraries Recommends Reading Magic - Mem Fox (also available as an ebook in Cloud Library)
Repetition and Rhyme Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy - Lynley Dodd The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Eric Carle Giraffes Can’t Dance - Andrea Giles LLama LLama Red Pyjama - Anna Dewdney Green Eggs and Ham - Dr Seuss
As a dedicated Richmond fan, author and journalist, if George Megalogenis knew that if he was going to write a football book he wasn’t going to stick to the sport alone. In 'The Football Solution : How Richmond’s Premiership can save Australia' George investigated the history of the Richmond Football Club, its rivalry with Collingwood, and the lessons Australian politics could learn from Richmond’s win in 2017. He discussed the book at Richmond Library on Election Day in 2018. This is an edited recording.
George Megalogenis George is an author and journalist with three decades of experience in media. 'The Australian Moment' won the 2013 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for non-fiction and the 2012 Walkley Award for Non-Fiction. It formed the basis of his ABC documentary series Making Australia Great. George is also the author of 'Faultlines', 'The Longest Decade', 'Australia’s Second Chance' and 'The Balancing Act'. He’s also a massive Richmond fan.
Our theme is Add And by Broke for Free.
Yarra Libraries Recommends The Football Solution : How Richmond’s Premiership can save Australia - George Megalogenis From the Outer : Footy like you’ve never heard it - Sometimes, Alicia (ed.) Balancing Act : Australia between Recession and Renewal - George Megalogenis The Australian Moment : how we were made for these times - George Megalogenis
“No one really wants to talk about the writing, they just want to talk about the murders” - Sarah Schmidt
Sarah Schmidt’s debut novel, 'See What I Have Done', is an incredible look inside the mind Lizzie Borden, famously accused of murdering her father and stepmother in 1892. In this recording, Sarah Schmidt discusses the story she felt compelled to tell with Kylie Carlson, Coordinator of Community Learning and Partnerships at Yarra Libraries. This is an edited recording of a live event.
Among other awards and shortlists, 'See What I Have Done' won Best Fiction at the Australian Book Industry Awards in 2018. You can find it in branch at Yarra Libraries, or through the RB Digital App.
Yarra Libraries Recommends See What I Have Done - Sarah Schmidt (also available on RB Digital) Half Wild - Pip Smith (also available on Borrowbox and Cloud Library) The Portrait of Molly Dean - Katherine Kovacic (also available on Cloud Library)) From the Wreck - Jane Rawson Burial Rites - Hannah Kent (also available on Borrowbox and Cloud Library) The Wonder - Emma Donoghue (also available on Borrowbox) The Good People - Hannah Kent (also available on Borrowbox) The Secret Art of Poisoning - Samantha Battams
“Young people are naturally so brilliant and so challenging that they challenge our norms, and rightly so. If we don’t fear them we certainly don’t respect them. We don’t give them enough of a voice. In so much of what we do we don’t value the voice of young people and their ideas. And it’s to our detriment.” – Sarah Hopkins
Yarra Libraries presents author Sarah Hopkins in conversation with Briohny Doyle. Sarah discusses the experiences and research that shaped her latest novel, The Subjects. The Subjects details the path a group of teenagers are offered as an alternative to entering a correctional facility. The teenagers understand, to a degree, that their treatment is experimental – but the more they learn the more they understand about where they fit in the schemes of others.
The Subjects is currently a Red Hot Read at Yarra Libraries, and you can find it, along with Briohny Doyle’s titles, at your local branch.
This is an edited recording of an event at Richmond Library.
Yarra Libraries Recommends The Subjects – Sarah Hopkins (also available RBdigital audio) The Island will Sink – Briohny Doyle Adult fantasy: Searching for true maturity in an age of mortgages, marriages, and other adult milestones – Briohny Doyle The Overstory – Richard Powers (also available Borrowbox audio and Cloudlibrary ebook) A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Ken Kesey Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro (also available Cloudlibrary ebook) The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes (also available Borrowbox audio) The Secret History – Donna Tartt (also available RBdigital audio) Emile, or, Treatise on Education – Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“I was like ‘Well, did this really happen? Did this place really look this way?’ and I sort of gave myself permission to not care because everyone writing about the same place is going to come up with fifty different descriptions…”
Hannah lives in Zimbabwe during the reign of Robert Mugabe: it’s a country of petrol queues and power cuts, food shortages and government corruption. Yet Hannah is lucky. She can afford to go to school, has never had to skip a meal, and lives in a big house with her mum and their Shona housekeeper. Hannah is wealthy, she is healthy, and she is white. But money can’t always keep you safe.
Elizabeth Kuiper’s ‘Little Stones’ is a coming-of-age story built on the author's childhood in Zimbabwe. Elizabeth joined us in June for an in-conversation with Ellen Cregan, Kill Your Darlings First Book Club Coordinator, at Bargoonga Nganjin, North Fitzroy Library. Together they presented a Yarra Libraries edition of the Kill Your Darlings First Book Club, a series of discussions and events featuring debut authors and their books.
You can find or place a hold on Little Stones at your local branch of Yarra Libraries, and at several branches it’s a Red Hot Read.
This is an edited recording. Thanks to Elizabeth Kuiper, Ellen Cregan, Kill Your Darlings and Readings. Our theme song is ‘Add And’ by Broke for Free.
Yarra Libraries Recommends: Little Stones – Elizabeth Kuiper We Need New Names – NoViolet Bulawayo Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight: an African childhood – Alexandra Fuller Kill Your Darlings – https://www.killyourdarlings.com.au/
“I would hope that the readers say ‘these are mighty people, these are great people in this book’ and maybe they’ll think of others outside the book that are equally mighty people” – Tony Birch
In 'The White Girl', Tony Birch tells the story of Odette Brown raising her granddaughter Sissy on the fringes of a small country town. When the menacing Sergeant Lowe arrives, any freedom that Odette and Sissy enjoy comes under grave threat.
In conversation with Laura La Rosa, Tony speaks of domesticity, love, trauma, grief, and some of the true stories of the Stolen Generation that informed 'The White Girl'.
This is an edited recording of a live event held at Richmond Library.
'The White Girl' is currently a Red Hot Read at Yarra Libraries. You can find a copy or place a reservation at your local branch. If you’d prefer to visit our website, you can use it to place a reservation or access the e-book or audiobook through our digital resources.
TONY BIRCH Tony Birch is the author of Ghost River, which won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing and Blood, which was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award. He is also the author of Shadowboxing and three short story collections, Father’s Day, The Promise and Common People. In 2017 he was awarded the Patrick White Literary Award. Tony is a frequent contributor to ABC local and national radio and a regular guest at writers’ festivals. He lives in Melbourne and is a Senior Research Fellow at Victoria University.
LAURA LA ROSA Laura La Rosa is a proud Darug woman, originally from Western Sydney, now living on Wurundjeri land. She is the founder of creative collective, Woolf Communications, as well as a writer, producer, and graphic designer.
Passionate about grassroots collectivism and storytelling, Laura's work is focused on fostering disruptive discourse and the elevation of vital voices through various mediums. A dabbling columnist, Laura has appeared in The Age, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Real, and Eureka Street.
YARRA LIBRARIES RECOMMENDS The White Girl – Tony Birch Ghost River – Tony Birch Common People – Tony Birch Blood – Tony Birch Shadow Boxing – Tony Birch Father’s Day – Tony Birch The Promise – Tony Birch The White Girl (electronic resource) Common People (electronic resource) Blood (electronic resource) The Best Australian Stories 2017 - Maxine Beneba Clarke (editor) From the Outer: Footy like you’ve never heard it – Alicia Sometimes and Nicole Hayes (editors)
School Holidays are here again, and chances are you’re spending more time than usual with the children in your life. There's no time to lose! Grab a silly book and read it. You could do worse than take the advice of Children’s Librarian Aandi. Not only is he definitely silly, but he has spent an awful lot of time entertaining children. Have a listen to him explaining what makes silly books so great for reading aloud, and which five he’d recommend.
Our theme music is Add And by Broke for Free.
Yarra Libraries Recommends
Two Dumb Ducks – Maxwell Eaton III
The Book With No Pictures – B.J. Novak
Johnny Boo Does Something - James Kochalka
Can You Make a Scary Face – Jan Thomas
It Might Be an Apple - Shinsuke Yoshitake
“I wanted to describe this and tell this story. That there is connection between Manus and Canberra, between Manus and Australian society.” - Behrouz Boochani
Yarra Libraries presents, in partnership with the Ewing Trust and Fitzroy Legal Service, this second recording from the Fitzroy Writers Festival 2019.
Detained journalist Behrouz Boochani’s 'No Friend But The Mountains' is a vivid portrait of five years of incarceration and exile. The book details his perilous journey to Christmas Island and subsequent incarceration in an Australian government immigration detention facility on Manus Island. The book, written through hundred of What’sApp messages, was awarded the 2019 Victorian Prize for Literature and the Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction.
For this booked-out discussion with Sophie L'estrange, Janet Galbraith and Arnold Zable, Behrouz was streamed into the Fitzroy Reading Room from Manus Island.
Our Theme Song is Add And by Broke for Free.
Yarra Libraries Recommends No Friend But The Mountains - Behrouz Boochani No Friend But The Mountains - Behrouz Boochani (e-resource, Cloud Library) Refugees : why seeking asylum is legal and Australia's policies are not - Rachel McAdams They cannot take the sky : stories from detention - Neville, Angelica, (editor) They cannot take the sky : stories from detention - Neville, Angelica (editor) (e-resource, Cloud Library)
If you missed out on the first Fitzroy Writers Festival here’s your chance to listen to one of our sold-out sessions.
The Growing Up African in Australia anthology, compiled by award-winning author Maxine Beneba Clarke, brings together an array of stories from African-diaspora Australians. At the Fitzroy Writers Festival Maxine discussed the collection with contributors Faustina Agolley, Santilla Chingaipe, Nyadol Nyuon and Guido Melo.
You can find Growing Up African in Australia, published by Black Inc, at your local branch of Yarra Libraries. This panel was brought to you in partnership with the Ewing Trust and Yarra Youth Services. Theme song is Add And by Broke For Free.
Yarra Libraries Recommends Growing Up African in Australia – ed. Maxine Beneba Clarke Growing Up African in Australia (audio) – ed. Maxine Beneba Clarke Foreign Soil – Maxine Beneba Clarke The Hate Race – Maxine Beneba Clarke Carrying the World – Maxine Beneba Clarke Growing Up Asian in Australia – ed. Alice Pung Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia – ed. Anita Heiss Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia (audio) – ed. Anita Heiss Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia (ebook) – ed. Anita Heiss
“If a witch is a woman on the margins then we’re all witches – because in a patriarchy all women are marginalised in one way or another.” – Sam George-Allen
Witches, nuns, beauty vloggers, farmers, ballet dancers and weightlifters all feature in Sam George-Allen’s celebratory debut title Witches – What Women Do Together.
Sam joined us in March for an in-conversation with Ellen Cregan, Kill Your Darlings First Book Club Coordinator, at Bargoonga Nganjin, North Fitzroy Library. Together they presented a Yarra Libraries edition of the Kill Your Darlings First Book Club, a series of discussions and events featuring debut authors and their books.
This is an edited recording, with swears removed.
Our theme song is Add And by Broke for Free.
Poets Michael Farrell, Lian Low and Harry Reid held Carlton Library captive this February in a reading event organized in partnership with Australian Poetry. Jacinta Le Plastier introduced the poets, who previously read as part of The Big Bent: a poetic exploration of gender and queerness at Melbourne Writers Festival 2018. Their work ranges from first dates to kick flips and everywhere in-between.
This is an edited recording. There are a few swears and some adult themes.
Michael Farrell is a poet whose books include A Lyrebird: Selected Poems (BlazeVOX [books]), I Love Poetry (Giramondo) and Writing Australian Unsettlement: Modes of Poetic Invention 1796–1945 (Palgrave Macmillan). You can find his poetry at Yarra Libraries (and anywhere else you source your reading material).
Harry Reid is poet from Melbourne. They co-host Sick Leave, a monthly reading series at the Gasometer Hotel. Their work can be found in Overland, Australian Poetry Journal, Cordite Poetry Review and elsewhere.
Lian Low is a writer and recipient of The Wheeler Centre's inaugural Next Chapter scheme. She is currently working on a young adult speculative fiction novel.
If you liked this reading you might enjoy the Australian Poetry Soundcloud page. Have a look for more recordings of Australian poetry read aloud.
Yarra Libraries recommends from our collection: A Lyrebird : selected poems of Michael Farrell – Michael Farrell Out of the box : contemporary Australian gay and lesbian poets – Michael Farrell I Love Poetry – Michael Farrell Cocky’s Joy – Michael Farrell
“this is the great moment, the thing that women all over the world are united in, was this fight for the vote... because with the vote they’ll be able to change all these other things. Without the vote they are powerless.” – Clare Wright
As the first country to secure women the right to vote and stand for parliament, Australia led the way on one of the greatest moral issue of the early 20th Century. Yet this aspect of our history has largely been forgotten.
Clare Wright, award-winning historian, writer and public commentator, has made a career of shining light onto these forgotten aspects of Australian history. With You Daughters of Freedom she continues this work, bringing to life the women’s suffrage movement in Australia.
Late last year we had the privilege of hosting her at Bargoonga Nganjin, North Fitzroy Library, where she discussed the book with Natasha Cica, director of Kapacity.org.
This is an edited recording, with audience questions revoiced by Yarra Libraries in some sections for clarity.
Natasha Cica is the director of Kapacity.org, former CEO of Heide Museum of Modern Art and founding director of the Ingliss Clarke Centre.
Clare Wright is an award-winning historian, writer and public commentator who has worked in politics, academia and the media. Her bestselling Beyond the Ladies Lounge: Australia’s Female Publicans, was published in 2003 and was followed in 2013 with The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka. Based on a decade of archival research into women’s roles in the Eureka stockage, it won the Stella prize in 2014, and was adapted into the successful young adult titles We Are the Rebels. You Daughters of Freedom is the second title in her Democracy series.
During our Classic Dystopias Film Series at Bargoonga Nganjin, North Fitzroy Library, we pondered why we’re drawn to dystopias and what we might be able to learn from them. In our panel discussion on the topic our unpleasant future experts (Metro editor Adolfo Aranjuez, Orphancorp author Marlee Jane Ward and Peter Allen from the Victorian College of the Arts) attempted to answer these questions and others following screenings of Metropolis, Bladerunner and Alphaville.
Yarra Libraries Recommends... these dystopian films and books Metropolis Bladerunner Alphaville Children of Men Gattaca Blade Runner 2049 Utopia - Thomas More From utopia to apocalypse : science fiction and the politics of catastrophe - Peter Yoonsuk Paik The Slynx – Tatiana Tolstaya The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins The Orphancorp Series – Marlee Jane Ward
Tell us which dystopian books and films you love @yarralibraries
Laura’s Elizabeth Woollett’s novel, Beautiful Revolutionary, draws heavily on the story of the Jonestown Massacre and the People’s Temple. Through the eyes of a young couple and others, Laura examines what attracted people to Jim Jones and how a search for meaning can become something more sinister. In this recording Veronica Sullivan and Laura discuss Beautiful Revolutionary (Scribe Publications) and the appeal of this particular story. This was a Carlton After Hours event. You can find or place a hold on Beautiful Revolutionary at your local branch of Yarra Libraries.
Yarra Libraries Recommends these items from our collection Beautiful Revolutionary – Laura Elizabeth Woollett The Love Of A Bad Man – Laura Elizabeth Woollett The Love of A Bad Man (e-resource) – Laura Elizabeth Woollett The Family – Chris Johnston The Girls – Emma Cline The Girls – Emma Cline (e-audiobook) The Girls – Emma Cline (e-book)
Pecha Kucha is a presenting format designed to stop people from going on, and on, and on. But with these stories you’ll wish there was more to listen to. In partnership with Here studios we regularly hold Pecha Kucha nights at Yarra Libraries, so we thought it was time to share the recordings from our very first. In it, author Nic Low shares a satirical short story, Gracie and Katrina Lollicato bring past artifacts into the present day, David Nichols speaks up for suburbia, Jason Tamiru protests ignorance, oppression and forgetting, Liz Conor describes the John Howard Ladies Auxiliary Fan Club and Arnold Zable talks family history and worlds inside worlds.
Yarra Libraries Recommends: Pecha Kucha Melbourne The Foundling Archive Arms Race – Nic Low The Bogan Delusion – David Nichols Trendyville: the battle for Australia's inner cities – David Nichols Bridging two worlds : Jews, Italians and Carlton – Arnold Zable Violin lessons – Arnold Zable Scraps of heaven – Arnold Zable Jewels and Ashes – Arnold Zable The fighter – Arnold Zable
On the scorching February day in 2009 that became known as Black Saturday, a man lit two fires in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley, then sat on the roof of his house to watch the inferno. In the Valley, where the rates of crime were the highest in the state, more than thirty people were known to police as firebugs. But the detectives soon found themselves on the trail of a man they didn’t know.
Chloe Hooper’s The Arsonist investigates this arsonist, his crime, and asks what the case illuminates about our own society. In conversation at Fitzroy Reading Room with award-winning author Tony Birch, Chloe details her approach to this difficult story and the reasons it needed to be told.
Yarra Libraries Recommends: The Arsonist (book) – Chloe Hooper The Arsonist (e-book) – Chloe Hooper The Tall Man – Chloe Hooper Hiroshima - John Hersey A Child’s True History of Crime – Chloe Hooper The Engagement – Chloe Hooper The Engagement (audiobook) – Chloe Hooper Father’s Day – Tony Birch Shadowboxing – Tony Birch Shadowboxing (ebook) – Tony Birch Shadowboxing (CD) – Tony Birch Blood – Tony Birch Blood (ebook) – Tony Birch Ghost River (e-book) – Tony Birch Ghost River – Tony Birch Common People (e-book) – Tony Birch Common People – Tony Birch The Promise – Tony Birch
Starting school can be daunting for kids and adults alike – and as with most problems, you know we have a book-based solution in mind. In today’s Kids’ Shelf recording, Yarra Libraries Children’s Librarian Bridget Gray recommends her top five back-to-school reads, and explains how picture books can help you approach subjects your child might find difficult in daily life.
Bridget’s Top Five Starting School – Jane Godwin I Am Absolutely Too Small For School – Lauren Child First Day – Andrew Daddo School’s First Day of School – Andrew Rex Today We Have No Plans – Jane Godwin & Anna Walker