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From the Lighthouse is a literary podcast published out of the Department of English at Macquarie University. Your hosts Dr Stephanie Russo and Dr Michelle Hamadache love to talk about anything to do with books, from the latest bestsellers and prize-winners, film and television adaptations of books to bookish news. Join us as we chat all things literary. For more information visit the MQ English Department webpage at www.engl.mq.edu.au
Episodes
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Friendship as Contest: Interview with Dr Neil Durrant on Nietzsche and Friendship
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
This week, Stephanie, Michelle and Jimmy are joined by Faculty Executive Director, Dr Neil Durrant to discuss his new book, Nietzsche's Renewal of Ancient Ethics, which explores the importance of contest in friendships.
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
MQ PACE: Michelle Council interviews Clémence Michallon about The Quiet Tenant
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
As part of this year's MQ PACE project, Michelle Council interviews journalist and best-selling author, Clémence Michallon, about her novel, The Quiet Tenant.
Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
Interview with Dr Adrian Renzo and Dr Liz Guiffre on the Princess of Pop - Kylie Minogue
Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
This week, Stephanie is joined by Dr Adrian Renzo of Macquarie University and Dr Liz Guiffre of UTS to discuss their new book Kylie, on Kylie Minogue's self-titled debut album, which was recently released by Bloomsbury's 33 and 1/3 series.
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Cast Mates: Interview with Sam Twyford-Moore
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
In this episode of From the Lighthouse, Michelle talks with Sam Twyford-Moore about his latest book, Cast Mates that delves into Australian cinema and the actors who made it at home and in Hollywood.
Wednesday Dec 07, 2022
Wednesday Dec 07, 2022
As part of this year's MQ PACE project on Indigenous Australian Fiction, Kate Milne discusses Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms by Anita Heiss (pronounced "Hice") and Nardi Simpson's Song of the Crocodile.
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
MQ PACE Indigenous Australian Fiction: Jasmine Oke on Enclave
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
As part of this year's MQ PACE project on Indigenous Australian Fiction, Jasmine Oke discusses Claire G. Coleman's Enclave with Indigenous artist and Macquarie University alumnus, Dylan Barnes.
Wednesday Nov 09, 2022
MQ PACE Indigenous Australian Fiction: Annie Paterson on The Old Lie
Wednesday Nov 09, 2022
Wednesday Nov 09, 2022
As part of this year's MQ PACE project on Indigenous Australian Fiction, Annie Paterson discusses Claire G. Coleman's The Old Lie as an example of Indigenous Speculative Fiction genre.
Wednesday Nov 02, 2022
Interview with Clint Caward on Love Machine
Wednesday Nov 02, 2022
Wednesday Nov 02, 2022
Join Michelle as she interviews Clint Caward as he discusses his award-winning novel Love Machine.
Clint Caward is a novelist and freelance writer who has written for Overland, Meanjin, Southerly and reviews books for national publications. He has been awarded multiple domestic and international residences, been shortlisted for The Walter Stone Life Writing Award and won The Jim Hamilton Unpublished Manuscript Award. His novel Love Machine is published by Penguin. He currently teaches novel writing at Macquarie University.
Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
175th Anniversary of Jane Eyre
Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
This week we celebrate the 175th Anniversary of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre! In this episode, Gothic Literature specialist Kirstin Mills is joined by Master of Research candidate Rachel Baldacchino to explore what makes this Victorian novel and its many adaptations so enduringly popular.
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
Interview with Bruna Gomes on Poetry
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
Bruna Gomes, Australian-Brazilian poet, talks to Michelle about how to write poems and find inspiration, even during difficult times.
Bruna Gomes is an Australian-Brazilian novelist and poet. Her writing plants cultural and emotional history with new seeds. She is the author of How to Disappear (Encircle, 2021) and Triple Citizenship (Encircle, 2022). Her work is featured in various online journals, such as the Cordite Review, Dodging the Rain, The Pangolin Review, Paper Crane Journal, Cacti Fur, and The Quarry. In 2022, she was a writer in residence at The Museum of Loss and Renewal in Italy. Bruna was the winner of the 2020 Mosman Youth Awards in Literature. She was the recipient of the Fred Rush Convocation Prize (2022) and the Association of Heads of Independent Girls Schools Prize (2022). She was born in Boston, Massachusetts and lives on the Northern Beaches of Sydney.