Charting the Australian Fantastic Podcast
By Charting the Australian Fantastic
Charting the Australian Fantastic PodcastNov 15, 2020
Monstrous De-Extinctions: Deborah Sheldon's Thylacines
In this podcast episode, Bettina Charlotte Burger, Lucas Mattila, Theodora Charalambous together with their beloved office dog Bean discuss Deborah Sheldon’s Thylacines, monster theory and the not all that unlikely de-extinction of the thylacine!
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Intro & Outro derived from "Memorized" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/
"Memorized"
by Josh Woodward is licensed as a work under the Creative Commons 4.0
(CC BY 4.0) license. For more information, read about it here:
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On the Beach
In this podcast episode, Leonie John, Bettina Charlotte Burger, Gillian Polack, and Lucas Mattila discuss Nevil Shute's 1957 On the Beach - listen in for Gillian's unique inside into mid-century Melbourne culture!
You can follow Gillian Polack on Twitter - https://twitter.com/GillianPolack and on bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/gillianpolack.bsky.social
You can follow us on bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/spec-australia.bsky.social
and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/speculativeaus1/
Intro & Outro derived from "Memorized" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/
"Memorized" by Josh Woodward is licensed as a work under the Creative Commons 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) license. For more information, read about it here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Kaaron Warren Interview (Part Two)
In this interview with Kaaron Warren, Bettina Burger & Lucas Mattila continue conversing with her about her authorial origins, the role of authors in our ever-more troubling futures, her short stories "Another Week in the Future, An Excerpt" and "Hive of Glass" as well as her 2016 novel The Grief Hole.
You can follow Kaaron Warren on Twitter - https://twitter.com/KaaronWarren and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kaaron_warren/. And you can check out her podcast with fellow Australian Horror Writers: Let the cat in -- at http://ltcipodcast.com/
You can follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SpeculativeAus1 and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/speculative... for the latest updates and more content!
Kaaron Warren Interview (Part One)
In this interview with Kaaron Warren, Bettina Burger & Lucas Mattila converse with her about her authorial origins, the role of authors in our ever-more troubling futures, her short stories "Another Week in the Future, An Excerpt" and "Hive of Glass" as well as her 2016 novel The Grief Hole.
You can follow Kaaron Warren on Twitter - https://twitter.com/KaaronWarren and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kaaron_warren/. And you can check out her podcast with fellow Australian Horror Writers: Let the cat in -- at http://ltcipodcast.com/
You can follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SpeculativeAus1 and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/speculative... for the latest updates and more content!
Kathleen Jennings Interview (Part Two)
Kathleen Jennings and Bettina Burger continue exploring the geographical differences of fantasy literatures based in various countries.
You can follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SpeculativeAus1 and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/speculative...for the latest updates and more content!
Kathleen Jennings Interview (Part One)
In this interview, Kathleen Jennings and Bettina Burger are exploring the geographical differences of fantasy literatures based in various countries.
You can follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SpeculativeAus1 and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/speculative...for the latest updates and more content!
Amanda Bridgeman Interview
In this interview, Lucas Mattila interviews Amanda Bridgeman. They talk about movies, the market and Bridgeman's novel: The Subjugate, Book I of the Salvation Series. They also talk about screenwriting, writing within existing universes and what writing a pandemic book is like during a pandemic.
You can follow Amanda Bridgeman at her website: https://amandabridgeman.com.au/
on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bridgeman_Books
on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bridgeman_b...
or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmandaBridge...
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for the latest updates and more content!
The Swan Book
In this episode, Lucas, David and Cassandra discuss Alexis Wright's notoriously difficult The Swan Book!
Kylie Chan Interview (Part Two)
In this episode, Bettina Burger interviews bestselling author Kylie Chan in the context of Australian Speculative Fiction! This is the second part of the interview, so we think you should check out the first part if you haven't already!
Intro & Outro derived from "Memorized" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/
"Memorized" by Josh Woodward is licensed as a work under the Creative Commons 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) license. For more information, read about it here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Social Media Links:
Follow Kylie Chan at: https://twitter.com/kyliecchan
Follow us for the latest updates and developments at: https://twitter.com/SpeculativeAus1
Kylie Chan Interview (Part One)
In this episode, Bettina Burger interviews bestselling author Kylie Chan in the context of Australian Speculative Fiction! This is the first part, and we highly recommend listening to the whole thing!
Intro & Outro derived from "Memorized" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/
"Memorized" by Josh Woodward is licensed as a work under the Creative Commons 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) license. For more information, read about it here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Social Media Links:
Follow Kylie Chan at: https://twitter.com/kyliecchan
Follow us for the latest updates and developments at: https://twitter.com/SpeculativeAus1
Gothic & Horror Podcast, discussing Lois Murphy's Soon
In this episode of the podcast, Bettina Burger, David Kern and Lucas Mattila, along with special guest Dr. Katrin Althans, come together and discuss Lois Murphy's Soon!
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Lucas, David, Tina and special guest Kathrin Althans discuss Picnic at Hanging Rock.
Local Elevator by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300012
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Sci-Fi: Terra Nullius & Illuminae
David, Tina, Jill & Lucas discuss Terra Nullius & Illuminae!
Dystopia & Utopia : The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf
This time, David, Lucas and Tina are joined by Tiana and discuss The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf!
"Water" by Ellen Van Neerven
Tina, Lucas & David get together to discuss Ellen Van Neerven's short story from Heat and Light, "Water" and debate whether its Sci-fi or Magical Realism, among other things.
Magical Realism
Tina, David and Lucas join up together via ZOOM for the first (chronological) time!
Fantasy - White Tiger
In this episode of the Podcast, Tina, David and Lucas are joined by Tiana and discuss White Tiger!
Inaugural Speculative Fiction Podcast Episode - Introduction to Speculative Fiction
Featuring Bettina Burger and Lucas Mattila from the University of Dusseldorf and David Kern from the University of Cologne, the three scholars and lecturers discuss speculative fiction as a whole, as part of their cooperation with the Centre for Australian Studies.