Fill in host Besha Rodell is joined by Food and Culture writer Alicia Kennedy, known for her work featured in publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post and Bon Appétit, as…

Bronwyn tells of an old teacher getting schooled by Oprah; writer and comedian Kate McLennan takes us behind the scenes of the second season of Deadloch; Marieke Hardy treats us to a book…

The Trans Book Festival is back for its second year from the 17-19 April at the CBD's Wheeler Centre, focusing on uplifting and celebrating trans and gender diverse excellence in all narrative forms.

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Summer host Rachael Bettiens is joined by award winning Korean writer/translator Anton Hur. Anton discusses his decade spanning career, which includes translation work on Bora Chung's The Midnight Timetable and Park Seolyeon's Capitalists…

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…