Fully Lit
Fully Lit
Podcast Description
Welcome, or welcome back, to Sydney Review of Books podcast - now known as Fully Lit: a podcast about Australian writing, presented by Anna Funder.
Over eight episodes, you'll hear the work of writers like Alexis Wright, Peter Carey, Patrick White, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Christina Stead and many more, with interviews and discussion from writers and critics like John Kinsella, Nicholas Jose, Jeanine Lane, Anita Heiss and others.
What is Australian literature today?
How does it connect to its roots in our recent and ancient pasts? Where is it headed?
Fully Lit is brought to you by Sydney Review of Books, Impact Studios, and the UTS Writing and Publishing program.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast explores themes of Australian literature, its connections to both recent and ancient histories, and its evolving nature. Notable episodes include discussions on prominent Australian authors like Alexis Wright and Patrick White, as well as critical commentaries on contemporary challenges in publishing and storytelling.
What is Australian literature today? How does it connect to its roots in our recent and ancient pasts? And where is it headed?
Welcome, or welcome back, to the Sydney Review of Books podcast – now known as Fully Lit: a podcast about Australian writing, presented by Anna Funder.
Over eight episodes, you’ll hear from John Kinsella, Nicholas Jose, Jeanine Leane, Anita Heiss and other luminaries of Australian letters as they dissect the work of Alexis Wright, Peter Carey, Patrick White, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Christina Stead and many more.
Fully Lit is brought to you by the Sydney Review of Books, Impact Studios, and the UTS Writing and Publishing program.
Poetry month has been and gone, but we have plenty more to say about poetry and poetry criticism!
So we’re bringing you a 2024 episode of ‘Poetry Says,’ wherein host Alice Allan reflects on Ben Etherington’s 2015 essay ‘The Poet Tasters‘ – a forensic and statistical critique of Australian poetry that brought Alice’s career as a poetry reviewer to an abrupt stop.
What kind of critical culture do you get when most critics are also poets? And how can the reviewer not break out into a cold sweat when appraising the work of friends and colleagues?
Featuring
Alice Allan is a Melbourne writer and editor who brought her show, ‘Poetry Says’ to a close earlier this year, with its 300th episode.
Further reading and listening
Read ‘The Poet Tasters‘, Ben Etherington‘s 2015 essay in the Sydney Review of Books,
Then read ‘The Poet Eaters‘ – Alice Allan and James Jiang on poetry reviewing ten years after ‘The Poet Tasters.’
‘Poetry Says‘ was published from 2016 to early 2025.
Credits
Regina Botros – producer
Sarah Gilbert and James Jiang – executive producers
Fully Lit is brought to you by UTS Impact Studios and the Sydney Review of Books.
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