Poet Caitlin Maling tells Holden Sheppard about her poetry and why we should sometimes read books we hate

Episode 8 June 11, 2019 00:27:15
Poet Caitlin Maling tells Holden Sheppard about her poetry and why we should sometimes read books we hate
The Fremantle Press Podcast
Poet Caitlin Maling tells Holden Sheppard about her poetry and why we should sometimes read books we hate

Jun 11 2019 | 00:27:15

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Claire Miller Helen Milroy Georgia Richter Brooke Dunnell

Show Notes

In this episode of the Fremantle Press podcast poet Caitlin Maling chats to Holden Sheppard about her new collection Fish Song – which celebrates the beautiful coastline of Western Australia and the people and creatures that live on it. Caitlin says writing poetry is a fundamentally positive act that can help you come to terms with the precarious nature of an eroding coastline and an eroding way of life. She also advises new and emerging authors about the benefits of ‘hate reading’.
 
Music: ‘Letter to a Daughter of St George’, from the Meat Lunch EP: Songs from Floaters. Written by Alan Fyfe. Performed by Trevor Bentley (guitar and vocals – @trevormb) and Chris Parkinson (harmonica). Produced by Blake Carnaby of Nuglife studios with impresario work by Benjamin P. Newton.
 
Podcast editor: Lata Periakarpan
Mastered by: Aidan d’Adhemar

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