14 Podcast Episodes
Beejay Silcox on literary criticism and the art of judging
Beejay Silcox on literary criticism and the art of judging
Beejay Silcox is a writer and literary critic, and also the Artistic Director of the Canberra Writers Festival. Her lite... Read more
31 Jul 2023
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25mins
'Slut Trouble' by Beejay Silcox
'Slut Trouble' by Beejay Silcox
This week on the ABR Podcast we revisit a shortlisted story from the 2016 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize: ‘Slut ... Read more
22 Jun 2023
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24mins
AWW23: Creme de la Phlegm - Melinda Harvey, Jeanine Leane, Caroline Overington & Beejay Silcox
AWW23: Creme de la Phlegm - Melinda Harvey, Jeanine Leane, Caroline Overington & Beejay Silcox
Chair: Catriona Menzies-Pike It was Goethe who declared "call the dog, he is a reviewer". Reviewers are almost universal... Read more
27 Mar 2023
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57mins
Beejay Silcox on rhapsodising Helen Garner rightly
Beejay Silcox on rhapsodising Helen Garner rightly
The Writers on Writers series aims to tease some of Australia’s literary treasures out of the Aladdin’s cave of canonici... Read more
25 May 2022
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10mins
Beejay Silcox on 'Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller' by Nadia Wassef
Beejay Silcox on 'Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller' by Nadia Wassef
In 2002, Nadia Wassef founded – with her sister, Hind, and their friend, Nihal – the Cairo-based independent bookstore D... Read more
26 Jan 2022
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18mins
Beejay Silcox on Sally Rooney
Beejay Silcox on Sally Rooney
It’s difficult to imagine a more hotly anticipated novel than Irish author Sally Rooney’s Beautiful World, Where Are You... Read more
29 Sep 2021
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18mins
Theodore Ell in conversation with Beejay Silcox
Theodore Ell in conversation with Beejay Silcox
On 4 August 2020, Theodore Ell was living in Beirut, Lebanon, when an explosion erupted at the local port, killing more ... Read more
28 Jul 2021
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42mins
Krissy Kneen in conversation with Beejay Silcox
Krissy Kneen in conversation with Beejay Silcox
Throughout her childhood, Krissy Kneen was surrounded by make-believe. At the centre of this enchanted world was her gra... Read more
19 May 2021
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39mins
Beejay Silcox on Louise Milligan
Beejay Silcox on Louise Milligan
In the wake of Brittany Higgins's startling allegations of sexual abuse in Parliament House, Beejay Silcox revisits her ... Read more
31 Mar 2021
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13mins
Beejay Silcox on Kazuo Ishiguro
Beejay Silcox on Kazuo Ishiguro
In 2017, Kazuo Ishiguro won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his masterful novels, which, in the judges’ words, uncove... Read more
2 Mar 2021
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15mins