Guest host Jessamy Gee is joined by writer and speaker Jasper Peach to discuss the notion of 'writing your way', and the 'radical expression of selfhood' that writing is within in the modern…

Justine Costigan (filling in for Amy) chats with poet, linguest, translator and technology writer Judith Bishop. She discusses her latest piece for the the ABR, an essay titled A.I Will kill/save us: Hype…

Poet and musician Daniel Ward joins Mel to discuss their third publication Lavender Poems. Lavender Poems, published by No More Poetry, contains 150 poems, written consecutively over 50 days of each of…

Award-winning local author Katherine Brabon joins to Mel to discuss themes in her latest book, Cure. The book explores chronic illness, mother-child dynamics, and what it's like to live with an illness without…

Former Breakfaster Sarah Smith steps in for the Spin Cycle team while they're on summer hiatus for a series of long form conversations. This week she chats with Breakfasters resident film critic, journalist…

Noongar writer Claire G. Coleman says that Enclave, her fourth novel, is just as exciting to see out in the world as her first.

Claire tells Banksia presenter Vanessa Morris that she's…

'Found, Wanting' is author Natasha Sholl's memoir about attempting to rebuild her life in the aftermath of her partner Rob's sudden death at the age of 27 years old and deal with cultural…

‘Cold Enough For Snow’ is Jessica Au’s tightly crafted, award-winning second novel that wrestles with the tension that comes with words unspoken. As mother and daughter travel through Japan together, the unbridgeable emotional…

Winner of the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for fiction, 'Smokehouse' is a collection of interlinked short stories all set in a small-town community in Southern Tasmania. Author Melissa Manning's book follows a fundamental…

Comedian Matt Okine talks about his debut novel ‘Being Black ‘n Chicken, & Chips’, and its adaptation for a younger audience; and visual artist Tai Snaith chats about her exhibition ‘A World of…