Acknowledgement of Country//

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Artist, writer and curator SJ Norman joined Rosie earlier this week to speak about his recently released collection of short stories Permafrost. Permafrost 'inverts and queers the gothic and romantic traditions, each story represents a different take on the concept of a haunting or the haunted.' The collection is published by University of Queensland Press.//

Lady Lash is a Kokatha and Greek musician who has brought her magic to stages including the Sydney Opera House, prime rooftop bars, grass roots festivals and arts venues across the country. As a family woman searching for deeper meaning through sound and voice, Lash’s is a musical vision of eclectic rarities that is embodied by culture and experience. She caught up with Priya earlier in the week to speak about her new album Spiritual Misfit, which was released with Heavy Machinery Records on 22 November.//

Content warning: the following interview contains themes of domestic and family violence, which may be distressing to some listeners. Support is available at 1800 RESPECT/1800 737 732, as well as at inTouch/1800 755 988.//

Amani Haydar is an award winning artist, lawyer, mother, and author of The Mother Wound, published by Pan MacMillan Australia. Amani speaks on the familial and cultural contexts in which family and domestic violence operate. The Mother Wound is a story that explores intergenerational trauma, dispels myths about victim/survivors, and explores how to grow around your grief with writing that is hopeful, devastating, and impactful.//

Matt Chun and Jennine Khalik join us to talk about The Sunday Paper, a new publication launching 6 December that displays the strong solidarity and co-resistances between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Palestinian communities in so-called Australia. Jennine Khalik is a Palestinian writer who has 8 years of experience working as a journalist in Australian newsrooms. Matt Chun is an artist and writer whose latest self-published work Do You Ever Wonder? came out earlier this month. The Sunday Paper is available for pre-order here.

Lew Ching or LC speaks with us about the impacts of current travel restrictions with the new COVID-19 variant on international students at Australian universities. LC is a Singaporean Chinese psychology major and youth work student at the Australian National University, and has been living in Canberra since 2017. LC also works part time as a peer support worker and as a youth worker.//

Songs//

Crest of Gold - Lady Lash//