Hayley Campbell was a curious child who wanted to know what happens to us after we die. Not in the sense of an ‘afterlife’, but just the procedures and rituals and processes that a deceased person undergoes. Now an adult author, she gets up close and dirty with a whole range of issues surrounding death and dying.
Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2023
David Leser reads from his memoir ‘To Begin to Know- in the shadows of my father’, in which he attempts to understand the forces that shaped his father’s childhood and their subsequent relationship. Nikki Gemmel reads from ‘After‘, an astonishing examination of the aftermath of her mother’s suicide. ( This interview and read deals with the subject of assisted dying .)
Featured Music track : “Undertow” by Cye Wood
Recorded at Sydney Writers Festival 2016 and Byron writers Festival 2017 respectively.