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Edits & Annotations
by Roderick Centre for Australian Literature and Creative Writing
A podcast from the Roderick Centre for Australian Literature and Creative Writing. Season 2 now releasing!
Episodes
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Bonus episode: Introducing Exhume
Join Tenille on this special bonus episode as she chats to Bianca Martin and Johanna Wiggers, the founders and editors of Exhume, about curation, editing, and the future of literary criticism in Australia. Exhume is a new critical literary space designed to explore themes relevant to a history of...
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S2 E10 Jane Rawson: On Writing and Thinking About Nature
In our final episode of the season, Mia talks to Jane Rawson, Island magazine editor and author of Human/Nature, about how to find nature everywhere and to write for joy even when everything seems doomed.
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S2 E9 Mykaela Saunders: On Speculative Fiction and Sovereignty
In the penultimate episode of season two, writer, critic, and editor Mykaela Saunders joins Tenille to discuss writing Goori futures, colonisation and sovereignty in speculative fiction, and the necessity of hope.
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S2 E8 Bonny Cassidy: On Monuments, Truth Telling and Glitches in Writing
Bonny Cassidy is the author of three poetry collections and one book of nonfiction, as well as a book critic and internationally recognised scholar of Australian literature. Formerly an academic, she is now an independent creative writing mentor and psychology student. In 2025 she was shortlisted...
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S2 E7 Isobelle Carmody: On Keeping Track of Worlds
Isobelle Carmody is one of Australia's most well-known and prolific writers. In this episode, she chats to Bethany about how the industry has changed throughout her career, how she keeps track of the worlds she creates, and what it’s like to have other people write PhDs about your work.
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S2 E6 Nicole Crowe: On Crime, Structure and Sh*t First Drafts
Crime writer Nicole Crowe joins Tenille to talk about her funny and thrilling debut novel The Washup, along with first book jitters, the mysteries of the publication process, writing place, and her best advice for aspiring writers.
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S2 E5 Jessica Mansour-Nahra: On the Ongoing Relevance of the Gothic
Join us for episode five! Jessica Mansour-Nahra chats with Bethany about her debut novel The Farm, which remasters 18th century gothic for the 21st century. Jessica shares her writing process and discusses scene setting, international rights, and the ongoing relevance of gothic literature.…
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S2 E4 Khin Myint: On Writing as a Way to Compassion
In our fourth episode of the season, 2025 winner of the Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award Khin Myint joins Tenille to speak about finding compassion in writing, the complicated intersections of class, race, and gender, and his stunning debut memoir, Fragile Creatures.
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S2 E3 Candice Chung: On Care and the Language of Food
Our incredible lineup of guests in Season 2 continues! Join writer, editor and food reviewer Candice Chung as she and Mia discuss being anti love-language, crafting the I in memoir, and food as means of communicating frustration and fear, anxiety and affection.
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S2 E2 Emily Maguire: On Writing, Religion and Rapture
What insight can writing give into religion? How does a character emerge from a draft? And what's the connection between Frida Kahlo and a 9th-century female pope? Award-winning writer and 2025 Roderick Centre Visiting Fellow Emily Maguire joins Tenille to discuss creative collisions, writing...
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S2 E1 Steve MinOn: On Corpses and Cultural Estrangement
We're kicking off our second season in the company of the brilliant Steve MinOn, whose debut novel First Name Second Name spans four generations, ranging from the Queensland gold fields of the 1860s, to Brisbane and back up north again . . . with a walking corpse. Steve joins Bethany to talk…
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E&A x EWF E3 Sarah Burke: On the Stories Written Within
Sarah Burke is a PhD candidate at the Indigenous Education and Research Centre at James Cook University, Townsville. She was selected for the QPAC/Playlab Sparks program in 2023 and was awarded the 2020 Mabel Innes Prize for Lyric Verse. Her creative writing moves across forms and genres…
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E&A x EWF E2 Chelsea Roles: On Biographical Poetry and True Crime
Chelsea is a PhD student at James Cook University, Townsville. Her research explores the intersection of true crime, life writing and feminist poetry. She was awarded the P.F Rowland Memorial Prize in 2023 for producing the most outstanding BA Honours thesis in English. Her current project poses...
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E&A x EWF E1 Jade Reilly: On Writing for Healing
Jade Reilly is an emerging writer from Toowoomba, Queensland. She is a criminologist working in social policy who uses her unique insights into criminal behaviour to write crime fiction that explores the dark side of human nature but with a touch of hope. Keep an eye out for her debut novel that...
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S1 E10 Behind the Scenes: On PhDs and Podcasts
In this bonus episode, go behind the scenes and join Bethany, Mia and Tenille as they discuss their creative writing PhDs, writing in regional areas, and their favourite moments of producing season one of Edits & Annotations.
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S1 E9 Kate Grenville: On Writing Women into History Using Fiction
Kate Grenville has published 18 books over her 40-year career. Her novels include The Idea of Perfection, Lilian’s Story, Joan Makes History, The Secret River, and Restless Dolly Maunder, which was shortlisted for the Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary award. In this episode, Kate talks to...
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S1 E8 Cher Tan: On Art, Capitalism and the Internet
In this episode, Tenille chats with essayist and critic Cher Tan about her book Peripathetic, what makes a great book review, the impact of the internet on writing and culture, and producing art in the era of late capitalism.
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S1 E7 Paul Hardisty and Andri Snær Magnason: On Environmental Writing
In this panel episode, Mia speaks with former CEO of the Australian Institute of Marine Science, Dr Paul Hardisty, and award-winning Icelandic writer, Andri Snær Magnason, on how to craft powerful environmental stories. How do we find language big enough to describe the magnitude of the climate...
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S1 E6 Boori Monty Pryor: On the Power of Storytelling
Boori Monty Pryor has had an extraordinary career as both a writer and musician, penning award-winning children's books and television shows and touring schools around Australia. In this episode, Boori speaks with Tenille about working across different mediums, the connection between music and...
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S1 E5 Alli Parker & Tania Blanchard: On Writing from Family Memories
Alli Parker is the author of At the Foot of the Cherry Tree and Tania Blanchard is the author of six novels, The Girl from Munich, Suitcase of Dreams, Letters from Berlin, Daughter of Calabria/Echoes of War, A Woman of Courage, and An Undeniable Voice. Each of these books are inspired by family...
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S1 E4 Melanie Saward: On Genre-Hopping: From Romance to YA
Melanie Saward is a proud Bigambul and Wakka Wakka woman and a writer, editor, academic and 'publishing all rounder'. Her debut novel Burn was published in 2023 and her first romantic comedy novel, Love Unleashed, was published in 2024. Her newest work, A Good Kind of Trouble, is a heart-warming...
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S1 E3 Alice Robinson and Kate Mildenhall: On Time and Technology
In this special feature episode, Tenille speaks with Alice Robinson (Anchor Point, The Glad Shout, If You Go) and Kate Mildenhall (Skylarking, The Mother Fault, The Hummingbird Effect) about the related themes across their work: the environment, time, motherhood, and where technology may take us.
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S1 E2 Hannah Kent: On Speculations and Archives
Hannah Kent is the author of three novels: Burial Rites, The Good People and Devotion. She also wrote the screenplay for the psychological thriller, Run Rabbit Run. She chats to Bethany about finding stories in the archives and the ethical considerations when it comes to speculating someone…
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S1 E1 Manisha Anjali: On Writing from Dreams
Naag Mountain is a book born from a dream. In this episode, writer and artist Manisha Anjali describes the craft of writing from the subconscious to explore cultural identity and hidden histories. She delves into the process of producing writing that is rich in sensory and imaginative description...
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Season 1 trailer
How does a book come into being? What does the creative process entail? How do you build a writing life? Join creative writing PhD candidates Bethany, Mia and Tenille on season one of Edits & Annotations as they discuss these questions (and more!) with an array of talented writers and…
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