Best of the Festivals

From feisty debates and discussion from major writers festivals, to folk and hip hop from some of the past year’s great musical events. An RN summer season program.

Best of the Festivals is a society podcast hosted by ABC listen, with 47 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.

ABC listen hosts Best of the Festivals, a society show with 47 episodes published.

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  Why local news matters: a discussion from the Williamstown Literary Festival

  Jan 16, 202552 minS0

  <p>Who's watching your local council, keeping you abreast of issues in your neighbourhood, and celebrating your community's achievements? </p><p>That used to be the role of your local newspaper, but now many of us don't have one. A discussion about why local news matters from the Williamstown Literary Festival in Victoria.</p><p>Guests:</p>Alice Pung, author and adjunct professor in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University.Dr Josie Vine, a Senior Lecturer also at RMIT;Margaret Simons, journalist and author;<p>Hosted by Dr John Weldon, associate professor at Victoria University.</p>

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  Dirty laundry -- what are the consequences of bringing the personal into the public realm?

  Jan 15, 202547 minS0

  <p>At the 2024 Sydney Writers Festival, host George Haddad is on stage with three memoirists who have mined their family's experiences in their professional lives: comedian Rhys Nicholson, writer and presenter Benjamin Law, and author and academic Dr Amy Thunig.</p>

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  At the Byron Writers Festival: Indian born activist, poet and novelist Menna Kandasamy

  Jan 14, 202554 minS0

  <p>At the Byron Writers Festival, Radio National’s Claire Nichols spoke with Menna Kandasamy about her life growing up in a house of academics and rebels, the challenge of being an activist, and why she continues despite the threats.</p>

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  Author and poet Nam Le and his new book -- 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem

  Jan 13, 202552 minS0

  <p>At the 2024 Sorrento Writers Festival in Victoria, Australian author and poet Nam Le, speaking with Radio National’s Sarah L'Estrange about his latest literary offering 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem.</p>

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  Translators are the publishing industry’s unsung heroes

  Jan 12, 202552 minS0

  <p>At the 2024 Sydney Writers Festival, Jemma Birrell speaks with three award-winning translators who have introduced anglophone audiences to some of the most celebrated writers in French, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Ukrainian.</p><p>Guests: Authors Jennifer Croft, Daniel Hahn and Stephanie Smee with Jemma Birrell, the Head of Writing at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney.</p>

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