Working Class Literature, Emma O’Neill-Sandham

An episode of the Wide Open Air Exchange podcast, hosted by Christine Gallagher, titled "Working Class Literature, Emma O’Neill-Sandham" was published on May 9, 2025 and runs 75 minutes.

May 9, 2025 ·75m · Wide Open Air Exchange

Summary

A conversation about Western Sydney Literature and Working Class Literature with creative writer Emma O’Neill-Sandham who is a PhD researcher at the University of Sydney. Emma's research and creative writing are in part informed by her own life experiences in Western Sydney. This episode features Emma reading parts of her creative nonfiction piece 'The Salon' set in her mother's home hair salon. Emma is interested in stories that are told from Western Sydney cultural perspectives, and her research is spotlighting the creative works of other writers from the western suburbs. Part of Emma's doctoral research is exploring working class and Western Sydney themes through a novel she is writing as a creative practice part of her PhD. Among other milestones Emma has been awarded a Varuna Fellowship, a Western Sydney Emerging Writers Fellowship, and a Master of Creative Writing qualification from Macquarie University.

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