The Garret: Writing & Publishing

by Bad Producer Productions

The Garret is a podcast for lovers of books and storytelling.

Always about Australian writers and their craft, in 2023 The Garret expanded focus and also interviews industry figures about what gets published (and why).

The Garret is educational in outlook. A defining feature of The Garret is our transcripts. Each interview is published with a complete transcript (so you don’t have to write anything down while you listen).

The Garret is a labour of love on behalf of all emerging writers. It does not operate for revenue or profit. If you would like to support The Garret, simply subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts and join the conversation on Instagram or Twitter.

You can also follow our host Astrid Edwards at astridedwards.com.

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Recent Episodes
  • Ep 274: Alexis Wright on writing Praiseworthy
    May 4, 2024 – 41:27
  • Ep 273: Sam Elkin on his queer legal saga
    Apr 30, 2024 – 24:37
  • Ep 272: Laurie Steed on writing the short story form
    Apr 28, 2024 – 30:38
  • Ep 271: Kate Larsen on why the relationship is the project
    Apr 25, 2024 – 24:07
  • Ep 270: James Bradley on the colonisation of the oceans
    Apr 14, 2024 – 23:54
  • Ep 269: Amanda Lohrey on investigating meaning via fiction
    Apr 8, 2024 – 25:40
  • Ep 268: Nam Lee on 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem
    Mar 17, 2024 – 26:04
  • Ep 267: Catriona Menzies-Pike on the art of literary criticism
    Mar 13, 2024 – 29:54
  • Ep 266: Sara Saleh on writing poetry and creating 'The Gaza Suite'
    Feb 25, 2024 – 36:31
  • Ep 265: Tracey Lien on writing family, home and place
    Feb 11, 2024 – 25:28
  • Ep 264: Christos Tsiolkas on sex, middle age and the importance of criticism
    Feb 4, 2024 – 28:08
  • Ep 263: Kirli Saunders on poetry and multi-disciplinary practice
    Jan 25, 2024 – 28:25
  • Ep 262: LIVE | Richard Flanagan at The Capitol discussing 'Question 7'
    Jan 22, 2024 – 43:40
  • #1 industry interview of 2023: Beejay Silcox on literary prize judging
    Jan 14, 2024 – 25:25
  • #1 poetry interview of 2023: Maxine Beneba Clarke on banning work for kids
    Jan 12, 2024 – 23:45
  • #1 fiction interview of 2023: Pip Williams on recreating the past in fiction
    Jan 9, 2024 – 26:08
  • #1 nonfiction interview of 2023: Debra Dank on writing memoir
    Jan 7, 2024 – 22:22
  • Ep 261: Lucy Treloar on writing about the hard things well
    Dec 18, 2023 – 23:37
  • Ep 260: Brigid Mullane on how to be a publisher
    Dec 13, 2023 – 24:15
  • Ep 259: Tony Birch on working class storytelling in Australia
    Dec 10, 2023 – 32:18
  • Ep 258: Charlotte Wood on the difference between hope and courage
    Dec 5, 2023 – 33:09
  • Ep 257: Hedley Thomas on writing 'The Teacher's Pet'
    Dec 3, 2023 – 33:36
  • Ep 256: Tyson Yunkaporta on writing right and wrong
    Oct 23, 2023 – 37:08
  • Ep 255: Melissa Lucashenko on the past, present and Edenglassie
    Oct 15, 2023 – 26:27
  • Ep 254: Laura Jean McKay on writing our present and future
    Oct 9, 2023 – 25:53
  • Ep 253: Mirandi Riwoe on writing women, freedom fighters and a bygone era
    Sep 20, 2023 – 25:12
  • Ep 252: Sara Saleh on writing women's history into fiction
    Sep 13, 2023 – 37:44
  • Ep 251: Chris Masters on the perils and import of investigative journalism
    Sep 6, 2023 – 30:48
  • Ep 250: Leigh Sales on interviewing, journalism and stories that matter
    Sep 3, 2023 – 30:33
  • Ep 249: LIVE | Robbie Arnott at Canberra Writers Festival
    Aug 31, 2023 – 51:05
  • Ep 248: LIVE | Kate Mildenhall at Canberra Writers Festival
    Aug 29, 2023 – 57:42
  • Ep 247: Erin Riley on justice, social work and queer memoir
    Aug 16, 2023 – 24:19
  • Ep 246: Anna Funder on liberating the wife of Orwell, Eileen O'Shaunessy
    Aug 13, 2023 – 35:02
  • Ep 245: Briohny Doyle on elegy, time and the non-human world
    Aug 6, 2023 – 28:26
  • Ep 244: Beejay Silcox on literary criticism and the art of judging
    Jul 31, 2023 – 25:25
  • Ep 243: Maxine Beneba Clarke on book bans and writing poetry for young people
    Jul 5, 2023 – 23:45
  • Ep 242: Sally Young on researching Australia's media monsters
    Jun 28, 2023 – 26:03
  • Ep 241: Kate Larsen on poetry, the state of Arts funding and our online world
    Jun 22, 2023 – 26:06
  • Ep 240: Isabelle Oderberg on writing to break the silence around miscarriage
    Jun 15, 2023 – 31:09
  • Ep 239: Sarah Krasnostein on Peter Carey and Arts criticism
    Jun 12, 2023 – 23:03
  • Ep 238: Ghassan Hage and Randa Abdel-Fattah on 'The Racial Politics of Australian Multiculturalism'
    Jun 4, 2023 – 25:22
  • Ep 237: Omar Sakr on poetry, fiction and the perception of both
    May 31, 2023 – 21:45
  • Ep 236: Overland: Natalia Figueroa Barroso and EJ Clarence
    May 24, 2023 – 23:14
  • Ep 235: Ellen van Neerven on racism and misogyny in sport
    May 17, 2023 – 27:18
  • Ep 234: Pip Williams on writing commercial historical fiction
    May 14, 2023 – 26:08
  • Ep 233: Zoya Patel on moving from memoir to fiction
    Apr 26, 2023 – 26:35
  • Ep 232: Eloise Grills for The Stella Shortlist
    Apr 20, 2023 – 20:41
  • Ep 231: Adriane Howell for The Stella Shortlist
    Apr 18, 2023 – 19:27
  • Ep 230: Louisa Lim for The Stella Shortlist
    Apr 16, 2023 – 23:54
  • Ep 229: Debra Dank for The Stella Shortlist
    Apr 13, 2023 – 22:22
Recent Reviews
  • AnthonyCMoore
    Thanks, Astrid!
    Great show, really helped me in my nonfiction writing. I love approaching my writing as a craft, and studying my craft to get better.
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