‘Cut to Care’ – speculative fiction from Aaron Dries – The Read
Counselling could take a new form in the future, but new technology brings new risks.
Aaron Dries – The Interview
Recorded at CONFLUX Canberra 2022
AARON DRIES – Cut to Care
Category Archives: Science Fact and Fiction
Once Bitten – Twice Shy
John Barrie Button – The Man Who Died Twice.
Something a little different in this post, John hasn’t written the book yet ( he says there will be about 5 volumes!) but this is an inspiring interview with permaculture legend John Barrie Button about what it feels like to be bitten by one of the most venomous snakes in the world- An Australian Tiger Snake. And then 25 years later , survive complete liver failure!
Click on the image link above or the one below to hear this episode on the Libsyn site
Two reads for isolation!
Laura Jean Mackay -‘The Animals in That Country’ and ‘Parlour Games for Modern Families’ by Spiri Tsintziris and Myfanwy Jones.
Ever so slightly disquieting and scary, this novel imagines a very different kind of pandemic.
Interview- Laura Jean Mackay
Parlour Games for Modern Families
Stuck at home? Isolating with your partner or family? Running out of ideas to keep you all amused?
Well these two authors have got you covered- over 130 games that anyone can play using no more than a pencil, a piece of paper, imagination and a willingness , in some cases, to make a proper tit of yourself!
Wonderfully researched and easy to use, these two authors had agreat time testing all of these out so you know they work!.
Interview with Spiri Tsintziris
Please note:We are conducting all our interviews by phone in the interests of public safety – apologies for some lapses in audio quality!
damon gameau- 2040
Mitigating Climate Change
By now, most of us are concerned about the effects of Climate Change– the big question is, what can we as individuals do to help ameliorate it’s effects?
Damon Gameau has devoted a large part of his life trying to understand what human life is doing to our one, beautiful planet.
His illustrated book ‘2040‘, expands on the material covered by his film of the same title. He details many solutions that are already possible and being used to slow down the effects we are having on our environment.
Damon Gameau reads from ‘2040’
Damon Gameau interview
Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2019
SARAH KRASNOSTEIN – The Trauma Cleaner
Have you ever thought about who gets the real dirty work in our messy society?
I’m talking about cleaning up after suicides who have lain unmourned or missed for weeks, or hoarders who can’t control their desire to keep their whole live’s possessions. The industrial accidents, the crime scenes- there are some places you just don’t want to go but specially trained cleaners are often the second on the scene after other services and authorities and they have to have the knowledge ( and the stomach) to get places habitable or safe again.
Sarah Krasnostein followed one such person for several years and what she learned is detailed in this fascinating book. As you can imagine, the person who does this job has to have a well developed philosophy to cope with what they witness and have to deal with.
Rubber gloves essential!
Sarah Krasnostein reads from ‘The Trauma Cleaner’
Author Sarah Krasnostein
Interview with Sarah Krasnostein
Recorded at the Byron writers Festival 2018
CATCHING THUNDER- Kjetil Saeter & Eskil Engdal
CATCHING THUNDER- Kjetil Saeter & Eskil Engdal
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‘the story of the world’s longest sea chase’
True life thriller of the story of the Sea Shepherd ship the ‘Bob Barker’, braving arctic seas, storms and the longest sea chase ever in their pursuit of pirate vessels poaching the Patagonian Toothfish.
Kjetil and Eskil took leave from their job as Norwegian journalists and pursued the true owners of the pirate ship through multiple countries of registration and name changes by sifting through thousands of online records and logs while the crew and captain Peter Hammarstedt of the Bob Barker played a waiting game that had a most unexpected ending. Amazing achievement and a great read.
Authors Kjetil Saeter (L) and Eskil Engdal
Interview with Kjetil and Eskil
Kjetil Saeter reading from ‘Catching Thunder’
Recorded at the Byron Writers Festival 2018
A Post for Science Fiction Lovers!
Edition twenty: Rachel Craw – ‘Spark’; Krissy Kneen –‘ An Uncertain Grace’; James Bradley ‘ Clade’
Three science fiction authors for this week. In ‘Spark’ Rachel Craw has a group of teenagers, fumbling with their own emerging feelings and identities caught up in a tale of genetic engineering and superheroes, James Bradley explains the title of his work ‘Clade’ and reads from the opening chapter when the hero has elected to go on a mission to Antarctica, while Krissy Kneen in ‘An Uncertain Grace’ really gets our heads turned around with the idea of observing the world through other people’s eyes- even their skin!
Music track ‘ Robotica’ by Michael Fairley from ‘Boy from Mars’
Rachel Craw was recorded at the Somerset Festival of Literature; Krissy Kneen and James Bradley were recorded at the Sydney writers Festival.
Environmentally speaking: Charlie, Peter and Tim.
Edition Seven: Charlie Veron,–‘ A Life Underwater’, Peter Doherty ‘ ‘The Knowledge Wars’ and Tim Flannery –‘Atmosphere of Hope’
Charlie Veron ‘ the father of coral’, recounts “the view from my coffin” as he imagines looking back, Peter Doherty tells you how to sort climate fact from climate fiction, and Tim Flannery says don’t give up on the planet just yet.
Tim Flannery
Hear Tim Flannery read from his latest book in which he tells us not to give up hope of repairing the damage to the planet.