Rereaders

In this episode of a new season of The Rereaders, we speak to the writer and photographer Alan Weedon about the author Alexander Chee, and his essay 'Girl' from his 2018 essay collection How To Write An Autobiographical Novel.

In the first episode in a new season of The Rereaders, we speak to Fiona Wright about the author Leslie Jamison.

Mel, Dion and Areej have some sad news, and some fun reminiscence of what they love most about their work at The Rereaders. Listen all the way to the end for a bonus surprise!

In this week’s podcast we watch a monster being born in Haifaa al-Mansour’s literary biopic Mary Shelley (2:02). Then we turn pages about monsters of a different kind in the memoir Eggshell Skull by Bri Lee (18:03). And finally, we analyse the cultural politics of a new clothing category: activewear (31:44).

In this week’s podcast we watch Sophie Hyde’s ABC dramedy miniseries, 'F*!#ing Adelaide' (3:10). Then we take the temperature of the romantic comedy film by watching 'Set It Up' on Netflix (18:02). And finally, we investigate reading hacks to increase our powers of knowledge (31:09).

In this week’s podcast we scare ourselves familial by watching Ari Aster’s supernatural horror film Hereditary (3:34). Then we read the essay anthology Balancing Acts: Women in Sport (19:11). And finally, we watch Rachel Perkins’ ABC TV adaptation of Ivan Sen’s neo-western, Mystery Road (37:07).

In this week’s podcast we watch Michele Lee’s intensely Melburnian lit-world satire 'Going Down' at the Malthouse Theatre (3:19). Then we peer through the looking glass of Alice’s onscreen adventures in ACMI’s exhibition 'Wonderland' (17:23). And finally, we rake over the ashes of colonialism at the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (30:42).

In this week’s podcast we watch Steven Soderbergh’s mental-health thriller film 'Unsane' (4:56). Then we read 'Home Fire', Kamila Shamsie’s Women’s Prize for Fiction-shortlisted novel (18:29). And finally, we get lost in Showcase’s TV adaptation of an Australian gothic classic: 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' (32:51).

In this week’s podcast we take in 'Terror Nullius', the controversial Australiana art film by Soda Jerk (3:13). Then we watch SBS On Demand’s buddy dramedy series 'Homecoming Queens' (17:35). And finally, we gently pat ourselves with discursive serums and crèmes as we exfoliate the meanings of skincare (30:20).

In this week’s podcast we enter 'Wild Wild Country', the Netflix documentary about the notorious cult of Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. Then we listen to Kylie Minogue’s new album, 'Golden'. And finally, we totally harsh the emotional grammar of Generation X in Rebecca Schuman’s Longreads essay, ‘You’ve Reached the Winter of Our Discontent’.