Bad Diaries Podcast

Diving into the world of diaries – the good, the bad and everything in between. Writers Jenny Ackland and Tracy Farr are fascinated by diaries: their own and other people’s. They’ve curated 25 Bad Diaries Salons across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand since 2017, and in 2023 they started a podcast to keep the discussion going. In Seasons 1 & 2 (2023 & 2024), Jenny and Tracy chat with each other and with some of the nearly 80 authors who have read at Bad Diaries Salons. For Season 3 and beyond, Tracy's taken over the reins.

Bad Diaries Podcast is a society podcast hosted by Tracy Farr, with 20 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Tracy Farr hosts Bad Diaries Podcast, a society show with 20 episodes published.

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  Episode #3

  S3E3: Caroline Barron

  Aug 18, 202553 minS3

  <p>In this episode of Bad Diaries Podcast, Tracy talks with writer <b>Caroline Barron</b> about diaries, speaking your truth with kindness, and the power and particular melancholy of nostalgia.<br/><br/>Caroline is the author of two wonderful books – a memoir, Ripiro Beach, and a novel, Golden Days – and in this episode of the podcast, we talk about how both of these books use and connect with diaries. We talk about Caroline’s decades-long and very consistent diarykeeping practice, and we look at her latest project, My Year of Rereading, and how her diaries from the 1990s gave this 2...

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  Episode #2

  S3E2: Annabel Smith

  Jul 21, 202553 minS3

  <p>In this episode of Bad Diaries Podcast, Tracy talks with writer <b>Annabel Smith</b> about throwing her diary across the room, hearting Michael J. Fox, and singing SexyBack at karaoke. </p><p>Annabel has taken part in three Bad Diaries Salons, including our third ever salon back in 2017, in Perth. Annabel is also the creative force behind the live spoken word series <b>To Whom It May Concern: Complaint Letters Live</b>, and Tracy and Annabel talk about some of the similarities and differences with Bad Diaries Salon, and the pros and cons of reading live vs writing i...

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  S3E1: Chris Brickell

  Jun 16, 202550 minS3

  <p>In this episode of Bad Diaries Podcast, Tracy talks with writer and academic <b>Chris Brickell</b> about ferreting in the Hocken research collections, the joy of collaboration, and editing writers’ diaries for publication.<br/><br/>Tracy’s just back from a 6-week residency at Robert Lord Writers Cottage in Ōtepoti Dunedin, where she met Chris Brickell and Vanessa Manhire who, with Nonnita Rees, edited Robert Lord Diaries (OUP 2013). In this chat recorded for the podcast, Tracy starts by asking Chris whether it feels transgressive to open another person’s diary.<br/><br/>Chris is also editor of James Courage...

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  Bad Diaries Podcast

  Season 3 trailer

  Jun 6, 20252 minS3

  <p>Bad Diaries Podcast is ba-a-ack for Season 3!</p><p>Tracy Farr is flying Bad Diaries Podcast solo, poised to land a new season of interviews with writers, talking about our own and other people’s diaries.</p><p>Find Jenny Ackland on MY MUM'S BAD DIARIES.</p><p>Find Tracy's new novel WONDERLAND.</p><p>Follow BAD DIARIES PODCAST ahead of the first episode of the new season, dropping soon – or listen back to our earlier episodes while you wait.<br/><br/>As the podcast season progresses, as well as interviews, we’ll have news of live Bad Diaries Salon...

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  Episode #6

  S2E6: Claire Mabey

  Sep 9, 20241 hourS2

  <p>In this episode of Bad Diaries Podcast, Tracy talks with arts festival founder and director, arts events maven, book reviewer, books editor, essayist and novelist <b>Claire Mabey</b> about a life in the arts, the wisdom of teachers, and the transportive power of reading.</p><p>Claire’s debut novel, The Raven’s Eye Runaways, was published only two months ago, and is already making its mark, flying out across the book world. Hera Lindsay Bird called it “powerfully atmospheric” and “immersive”; Elizabeth Knox says it’s “sparky and spooky, humorous and luminous”. We dive inside the book, to talk about its...

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