Co-producers Tim Sneddon and Jeff Achtem explain how accessibility and the need for low-cost family festivals drove them to create the new Merribek Family Festival, walking listeners through their exciting program; Nina Sanadze…

Hosts Hamish McLachlan and Sam Elkin are joined by 3 guests on this self proclaimed 'Posh Edition' of Queer View Mirror.

Jarad Bruinstroop join the team to speak about his debut poetry collection…

Rowan Heath joins Hamish and Sam to discuss their short story, 'The Mannequin', which was the winner of the 2023 Australian Book Review Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. There were a total of…

The team speak to Shaneel Lal about their memoir "One Of Them", being the Young New Zealander of the year and successfully lobbying the New Zealand govt. to outlaw conversion therapy.

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First Nations artist Gail Mabo talks shouldering the legacy of her father, activist Eddie Mabo, and her new exhibition ‘Current’ at McClelland Gallery with fellow First Nations artists Lisa Wuap and Dominic White…

Social worker Erin Riley joins Gemma and Hamish to talk about their new book A Real Piece of Work, a collection of essays about "family, heartbreak, humanity, justice and swimming, and the messy…

Sam, Gemma and Hamish are firstly joined by Billy-Ray Belcourt, a writer from the Driftpile Cree Nation. They discuss his new novel, A Minor Chorus, which draws from his own identity as…

Director Ursula Sullivan on her gallery Sullivan and Strumpf and the changing commercial art landscape; Christos Tsiolkas & Dan Giovannoni on adapting the novel 'Loaded', as a play - exploring queer, migrant Melbourne;…

In this show, two editors discuss their different anthologies. Poet, director, playwright, spoken-word artist, and editor Mohammad Awad joins the show to chat about the new book that he co-edited called Admissions: Voices…

T Rex, secretary of Melbourne's chapter of Dykes on Bikes, talks about the recent transphobic and fascist rally, being there as a presence at the counter-rally, and the behaviour of the police. Then…