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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
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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 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 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and international residences, been shortlisted for The Walter Stone Life Writing Award and won The Jim Hamilton Unpublished Manuscript Award.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 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.
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
Interview with Kim Kelly on The Rat Catcher
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
This week, Michelle talks with Kim Kelly about her latest book, The Rat-Catcher—long-listed for the Australian Historical Fiction Prize.
Kim Kelly is the author of twelve books, including the acclaimed novella Wild Chicory and bestselling novels The Blue Mile and Her Last Words. She is a book editor and reviewer as well, because too much narrative action is never enough. Her latest novella, The Rat Catcher: A Love Story, was shortlisted for Viva La Novella 2021, and longlisted for the 2022 Australian Historical Fiction prize. The Rat Catcher is published by Brio Books. Kim lives and writes on Wiradjuri Country, in central-western New South Wales.
The Rat Catcher is available in paperback and ebook and can be purchased from Booktopia here. The audiobook is available now. Find out more about Kim and her work here.
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Ned Bukarica interviews Emma Batchelor
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Ned Bukarica interviews Emma Batchelor on her first novel Now That I See You.
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
As part of this year's MQ Student Writers’ Festival, Kobra Sayyadi and Matilda Harrisson interview Stuart Everly-Wilson on his first novel, Low Expectations.
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
MQ Student Writers‘ Festival: Interview with Alice Pung on One Hundred Days
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
As part of this year's MQ Student Writers’ Festival, Kobra Sayyadi and Matilda Harrisson interview Alice Pung on her new novel, One Hundred Days.