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“That's taxpayer’s money that is going to support research and development and pilot projects to develop a food system that is based on environmental destruction and greed and disregard for animals, fish, and any of the other marine mammals that might be around it.” - Andrianna Natsoulas Andrianna Natsoulas is the campaign director for Don't Cage Our Oceans, an organization that exists to keep our oceans free from industrial fish farms. Offshore finfish farming is the mass cultivation of finfish in marine waters, in underwater or floating net pens, pods, and cages. Offshore finfish farms are factory farms that harm public health, the environment, and local communities and economies that rely on the ocean and its resources. Don’t Cage Our Oceans are a coalition of diverse organizations working together to stop the development of offshore finfish farming in the United States through federal law, policies, and coalition building. And, although it is not yet happening, right now the US Administration and Congress are promoting this kind of farming, which would be nothing short of disastrous for the oceans, the planet and the people and animals who live here. dontcageouroceans.org…

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Catherine Jinks’ Panic 39:44

2 days ago39:44

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The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Catherine Jinks is the award winning author of more than forty books. You’ve met her on Final Draft when we discussed her novel The Attack… Catherine’s new novel is Panic. Bronte’s gone viral in the worst possible way. After being doxed by an ex she needs to get out of town, fast. Taking a job caring for an elderly woman on a farm sounds like the perfect job; low-key, private and the farm is a health retreat. What wasn’t in the brochure was a group of sovereign citizens attempting to disconnect from mainstream society. Bronte isn’t sure whether to be worried or bemused, all she knows is she’s got nowhere else to go. Final Draft is produced and presented by Andrew Pople Want more great conversations with Australian authors? Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week . Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you’re reading! Twitter - https://twitter.com/finaldraft2ser Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/…

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Book Club - Eileen Chong's We Speak of Flowers 4:24

4 days ago4:24

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Eileen Chong is an award winning poet. You’ve met her on Final Draft with her last collection A Thousand Crimson Blooms and today she’s joining us with her new collection We Speak of Flowers. We Speak of Flowers comprises 101 interconnected fragments that can be read in any order, attempting to make sense of grief in the face of great pain. Loved this review? You can get more books, writing and literary culture every week on the Final Draft Great Conversations podcast. Hear interviews with authors and discover your next favourite read! Book Club is produced and presented by Andrew Pople Want more great conversations with Australian authors? Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week from 2ser. Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you’re reading! Twitter - https://twitter.com/finaldraft2ser Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/…

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Book Club - Catherine Jinks’ Panic 3:39

6 days ago3:39

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Catherine Jinks is the award winning author of more than forty books. Her new novel is Panic. Katoomba’s a small community. There’s not a lot of places to hide when people know your name and Bronte’s gone viral in the worst possible way. Getting social media drunk and angry is never a good idea and now Bronte’s been doxed by her YouTube famous ex and she needs to get out of town, fast. Fortunately the gig economy is full of jobs for people desperate enough to take them… Caring for an elderly woman on a farm sounds like the perfect job; low-key, private and the farm is a health retreat. Bronte’s on the first train and ready to wait out her notoriety in the countryside around Bathurst. It should be idyllic, unfortunately what wasn’t in the brochure was a group of sovereign citizens attempting to disconnect from mainstream society. Bronte isn’t sure whether to be worried or bemused, all she knows is she’s got nowhere else to go. Catherine Jinks’ stories have a ripped from the headlines quality and Panic is no exception. The narrative captures a bitter melange of our modern insecurities and then throws our protagonist Bronte headfirst into them. Bronte is eminently sympathetic. She’s likeable, but not saccharine and when we meet her she’s already throwing hands with the internet douches, so we know she’s got the right idea. Bronte’s also capable but not well resourced and so we must follow her as she’s buffeted by fate's ill winds. That Bronte lands on the doorstep of a group of sovereign citizens is an increasingly more likely plot twist. Once the curious province of current affairs programs, we now know these groups exist, trying to escape their problems by denying the authority of the government they don’t feel like following anymore. In Panic the group are a mix of the extreme and the sympathetic as they try through bluster and hubris to talk themselves into reality. Veda and Troy want to escape their debts and live off the land, but they can’t even get to town and back in an unregistered car. Bronte’s dilemma is to be both caring and vulnerable. She’s stuck caring for Veda’s mum Nell. Nell has her own secrets and when her health takes a turn they threaten to spill out and ruin the whole show. Now Bronte must battle to stay out of danger as the sov cits raise the stakes and the police answer in kind. Panic is a engaging thriller, filled with pacy writing and larger than life characters that will have you guessing. The setting and structure bring clever elements of horror to the tale, even as we dive deep into the procedural dilemmas of trying to emancipate yourself from local government and authority. If you’re finding the headlines a little too real lately, then Panic might be just the escape to help you work through the issues in an entertainingly hyperreal way. Loved this review? You can get more books, writing and literary culture every week on the Final Draft Great Conversations podcast. Hear interviews with authors and discover your next favourite read! Book Club is produced and presented by Andrew Pople Want more great conversations with Australian authors? Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week from 2ser. Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you’re reading! Twitter - https://twitter.com/finaldraft2ser Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/…

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Sean Wilson’s You Must Remember This 32:57

10 days ago32:57

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The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Sean Wilson is a writer, playwright and communications professional. Sean is the author of Gemini Falls. He has been shortlisted for the Patrick White Playwrights Award by Sydney Theatre Company. Sean joins us today with his new novel You Must Remember This. On a warm autumn evening Grace decides to go for walk. It must be autumn judging from the temperature, and Grace was going to… she’s well, surely it will come back to her. Grace's daughter Liz assures her she’ll like her new room, but nothing feels quite right and Grace is sure things keep going missing. Ranging across Grace’s life, You Must Remember This is a story of love and family and the struggle to hold onto your very sense of self in the face of failing memory. Final Draft is produced and presented by Andrew Pople Want more great conversations with Australian authors? Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week . Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you’re reading! Twitter - https://twitter.com/finaldraft2ser Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/…

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Book Club - Holden Sheppard's Invisible Boys 4:28

12 days ago4:28

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This week we've checked out the first episode of Holden Sheppard's Invisible Boys. Invisible Boys is the award winning debut novel from Holden Sheppard and is now a smash hit series on Stan. Holden even pops by to talk about pioneering queer storytelling and adapting his show for the screen. Loved this review? You can get more books, writing and literary culture every week on the Final Draft Great Conversations podcast. Hear interviews with authors and discover your next favourite read! Book Club is produced and presented by Andrew Pople Want more great conversations with Australian authors? Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week from 2ser. Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you’re reading! Twitter - https://twitter.com/finaldraft2ser Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/…

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Ashley Kalagian Blunt's Cold Truth 21:54

16 days ago21:54

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The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Ashley Kalagian Blunt is the author of Dark Mode , shortlisted for the 2024 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year. Her new novel is Cold Truth. Ashley is in conversation with Felix Shannon Harlow Close has made a career as an influencer uncovering the secrets of Winnipeg, dubbed ‘North America's strangest city’. The region is renowned for its sub-zero temperatures, dropping to minus 40 degrees – sometimes for months at a time. Yet, it’s not just the frigid winters and geographic seclusion that render Winnipeg peculiar. When Harlow’s father mysteriously disappears amid a brutal cold snap, suspicions of foul play arise. It’s not like Scott to miss phone calls – and he’s been even more cautious since that time he was catfished by a romance scammer. Unhappy with the pace of the police investigation, Harlow launches her own search, enlisting her sister Blaise’s reluctant help. Final Draft is produced and presented by Andrew Pople Want more great conversations with Australian authors? Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week . Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you’re reading! Twitter - https://twitter.com/finaldraft2ser Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/…

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Welcoming Felix Shannon to Final Draft 21:21

17 days ago21:21

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In a special, bonus episode, Andrew welcomes Felix Shannon as a regular on the Final Draft podcast. Felix is the renowned host of Death of the Reader and joins us with fresh ideas and a unique way of reading and discovering books.

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Karina May’s That Island Feeling 34:38

24 days ago34:38

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The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Karina is the author of Duck a l’Orange for Breakfast (April 2023), which was longlisted in the Indie Book Awards for Best Debut Fiction, and Never Ever Forever. Karina, alongside her friend and author Clare Fletcher, is the founder and co-host of the successful That Rom Com Pod. Karina’s joins Andrew today with her new novel That Island Feeling. Andie is determined to help her best friend Taylor through her divorce. A week on Pearl Island is just the beginning and Andie has an itinerary planned to help forget men and all their dramas. Andie certainly hasn’t prepared for double booked bucks parties and she definitely hasn’t planned for handsome, barefoot boat captains… Final Draft is produced and presented by Andrew Pople Want more great conversations with Australian authors? Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week . Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you’re reading! Twitter - https://twitter.com/finaldraft2ser Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/…

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Book Club - Sean Wilson's You Must Remember This 4:12

26 days ago4:12

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Sean Wilson is the author of Gemini Falls. He has been shortlisted for the Patrick White Playwrights Award by Sydney Theatre Company. Sean’s new novel is You Must Remember This. On a warm autumn evening Grace decides to go for walk. It must be autumn judging from the temperature, and Grace was going to… she’s well, surely it will come back to her. Hours later, and with her family panicked Grace will be helped home by the police. Grace's daughter Liz assures her she’ll like her new room, but nothing feels quite right and Grace is sure things keep going missing. As Grace searches for a foothold in her new home she finds that the past and the present seem to blur. Moments of time blend into memories and Grace is thrown back across her life trying to make sense of it all. I’m going to start with a strong recommendation because You Must Remember This is a novel that brings heart, intelligence and literary verve to the topic of dementia. Ranging across Grace’s life, You Must Remember This is a story of love and family and the struggle to hold onto your very sense of self in the face of failing memory. The reader travels with Grace through her life and through the stylistic device of a melange of chapters we are given some insight into Grace’s experience of the world. Between the pages Wilson has created a linear narrative and then parsed it erratically to try and capture Grace’s own sense of confusion and the unsettling nature of memories blurring. The overall effect is less of memory loss, than of the overwhelming sense that all of life is happening in an unfiltered and uncontrolled way. The figure of Grace is alluring for her vulnerability but also for her strength. As her past unfolds we learn about her childhood and come to see what shaped the woman she is. This story engages deftly and with compassion the issue of making Grace a whole person and not simply an object of pity. As we move between generations of mothers and daughters, always with Grace as our anchor we are shown how that life has worked on so many others. Novels have a tricky way of trying to impose order onto events and create these things we call stories. They give us hope that we will find meaning in a sequence of moments. This is very much something that Grace finds is slipping from her, ever more, the harder she tries to grasp it. In Wilson’s hands we are shown how Grace works through this and also how sometimes she simply must experience life in its jumble. It’s humbling as a reader to have our expectations overturned and then work to discover a new way of seeing through Grace’s eyes. You Must Remember This is a slim book that came to occupy an outsized space in my thoughts. It offers compassion and the opportunity to understand through the character of Grace and perhaps in the way we carry our experience of reading back into our everyday lives. Loved this review? You can get more books, writing and literary culture every week on the Final Draft Great Conversations podcast. Hear interviews with authors and discover your next favourite read! Book Club is produced and presented by Andrew Pople Want more great conversations with Australian authors? Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week from 2ser. Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you’re reading! Twitter - https://twitter.com/finaldraft2ser Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/…

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