
32.9K
Downloads
154
Episodes
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 04, 2020
Kaneto Shindo's Kuroneko: A Tale of Fire and Ice
Wednesday Nov 04, 2020
Wednesday Nov 04, 2020
This week Michelle is joined by Jimmy and special guest, Khoa Tran, to discuss Kaneto Shindo's Kuroneko. Join us as we discuss revenge, class, mythology, identity and whether or not Khoa can make his hair swish like a cat's tail.

Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
Love it or Hate it? The New BBC/Netflix Dracula
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
The new Netflix adaptation has divided audiences: some love it, some hate it. This week, Stephanie and Kirstin give their verdict (spoiler: they neither loved nor hated it!)

Wednesday Nov 28, 2018
FrankenReads @ Macquarie Session 3: Frankenstein Goes to the Movies
Wednesday Nov 28, 2018
Wednesday Nov 28, 2018
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein we will be releasing recordings from the FrankenReads event at Macquarie University in September.
This week's recording features the following presentations:
“’Yes Master, No Master’: The Cinematic Development of Igor in the Frankenstein Narrative” by Guy Webster
“Monstrous Scions: Frankenstein and Posthumanist Mythology” by Paul Sheehan

Wednesday Nov 14, 2018
FrankenReads @ Macquarie Session 2: New Perspectives on Frankenstein
Wednesday Nov 14, 2018
Wednesday Nov 14, 2018
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein we will be releasing recordings from the FrankenReads event at Macquarie University in September.
This week's recording features the following presentations:
“The Tangled World of Frankenstein and Conflict of Laws” by Harry Melkonian
“Frankenstein in Hyperspace: The Return of Twenty-first-century Digital Technologies to the Origins of Virtual Space in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein” by Kirstin Mills

Wednesday Oct 31, 2018
FrankenReads @ Macquarie Session 1: Revisiting Frankenstein
Wednesday Oct 31, 2018
Wednesday Oct 31, 2018
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein we will be releasing recordings from the FrankenReads event at Macquarie University in September.
This week's recording features the following presentations:
“’My Beloved Sister’: The Other Family in Frankenstein” by Lee O’Brien
'Using “the living animal” to re-animate “lifeless clay”: The role of vivisection in the creation of Frankenstein's monster' by Libby King
“’The reflections of my hours of despondency and solitude’: Narrating Solitude in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein” by Geoffrey Payne
For more info and some bonus materials visit our website at: https://www.fromthelighthouse.org

Wednesday Oct 25, 2017
The Spoooooky Halloween Show
Wednesday Oct 25, 2017
Wednesday Oct 25, 2017
Do you like spoooooky novels? Tv shows? Movies? Podcasts? Why do we like to be scared, anyway? To celebrate Halloween, Stephanie and Jimmy are joined by Dr Kirstin Mills to discuss werewolves, vampires, mermaids, ghosts, witches, and the delicious thrill of terror.