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The Perks Of Being A Book Lover PodcastS12:Ep256 - The Husbands with Guest Holly Gramazio + National Poetry Month - 4/23/25Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com.
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When we first heard the premise of Holly Gramazio’s novel The Husbands, we were intrigued. A woman’s husband goes up to the attic to retrieve something and down comes…a different husband. Wouldn’t we all sometimes like to exc...2025-04-231h 07
Litteraturens mønstreDyr i litteraturen med Ida Marie OlsenHvordan bruker forfattere dyr for å utforske eksistensielle spørsmål? Hva skjer når litteraturen gir dyrene en stemme? I denne episoden diskuterer vi disse spørsmålene og ser nærmere på et av litteraturens mest utbredte motiver, nemlig dyr. Vi får besøk av postdoktor Ida Marie Olsen som forteller hvordan dyr kan fungere som speilbilder og metaforer, men også hvordan de kan representere en motstand mot menneskets forsøk på å forstå og kontrollere verden. Sammen ser vi nærmere på to romaner som kan utfordre vår forståelse av det ikke-menneskelige: Moby Dick (1851) av Herman Melville og...2025-03-2139 min
Two Girls One Book - Book Club Podcast108. Short Stories Edition - The Favourites, All Fours, Sociopath & many more...Send us a textWelcome to this month's short stories episode. Today we willl be having spoiler free chats on all of the following books:The Animals In That Country - Laura Jean McKayThe Favourites - Layne FargoTest Kitchen - Neil D. A. StewartAdelaide - Genevieve WheelerAll Fours - Miranda JulyThe Garnett Girls - Georgina MooreFledging - Rose DiellThe Impossible Thing - Belinda BauerThe Paris Trilogy - Colombe Schneck...2025-03-111h 01
Secrets from the Green RoomUbud Writers and Readers Festival Special Series: Episode 54: Laura Jean McKayIn a special series direct from the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival Laura Jean McKay chats with Irma about the experience of touring her books to the UK, why she threw up in a caravan sink after finishing her novel, how the publishing landscape for short fiction has changed over the last two decades, a disastrous book event that ended up in an Oscar-winning performance, writing about big political themes, the surreal experience of recording her audiobook during the pandemic, why winning prizes can be a lonely experience, the overwhelming and unexpected support of the sci-fi community, how to...2024-11-1150 min
Pratchat - a Terry Pratchett and Discworld book clubOnly Fowls and Horses (“Hollywood Chickens” and “From the Horse’s Mouth")Author and poet* Dr Laura Jean McKay joins Liz and Ben for two of Terry Pratchett’s short stories about intelligent animals: “Hollywood Chickens” (1990) and “From the Horse’s Mouth” (1972).
In 1973 Hollywood, a truck full of chickens overturned on a busy highway, depositing a population of chickens on the verge. A decade and a half later, scientists try to piece together the story of how they developed and evolved in pursuit of a very specific goal…
In the town of Blackbury, rag and bone man Ron is amazed to discover that his carthorse, Johnno, can talk. Will the...2024-11-071h 56
Totally Lit!Australian Short Story Festival - Laura Jean McKayWelcome to Totally Lit, the podcast that celebrates the vibrant world of literature. In this episode, host Ky Garvey invites you to explore the upcoming Australian Short Story Festival, set to take place from November 22nd to 24th in Fremantle, Western Australia. This exciting event promises a wealth of activities, including writing workshops, panel discussions, interviews, and a literary mock debate, featuring some of the finest short story writers from Australia and beyond.
Ky sits down with acclaimed author Laura Jean McKay, who will be presenting at the festival. Laura, known for her award-winning novel "The Animals...2024-11-0714 min
The Book ShowWriting with an agenda — Laura Jean McKay, Laurie Steed and Chemutai GlasheenToday we take to you to two writers festivals: In Perth, Laura Jean McKay, Laurie Steed and Chemutai Glasheen reflect on what it means to bring their convictions to the page, and by the seaside in Sorrento, Victoria, poet, essayist and short story writer Nam Le retraces his roots as a storyteller.At the Perth Festival Writers Weekend, Claire Nichols spoke to three authors whose recent short story collections unapologetically focus on their respective passions. Laura Jean McKay writes about non-human animals in her collection Gunflower and in her Miles Franklin shortlisted novel The Animals in That...2024-09-3054 min
The Asian BookshelfThe Asian Bookshelf discusses Jon Gresham’s debut novel Gus: The Life & Opinions of the Last Raffles’ Banded Langur (Epigram Books 2024). Presenter Devika Misra, and writer, T.A. Morton, talk to Jon about his debut dystopian novel, Gus: The Life & Opinions of the Last Raffles’ Banded Langur, nature’s response to the world we have created, the role of the novel, social media, talking animals, the local and the universal, laughter, Grand Theft Auto set in Singapore with raging monkeys, and wildness in literature. Books mentionedGus: The Life & Opinions of the Last Raffles’ Banded Langur, Jon Gresham (Epigram Books 2024)The Odyssey, Homer, Trans. Emily Wilson (Norton 2017)Ulysses by the...2024-06-3021 min
Auscast Literature ChannelEpisode 40: “The Accident” by Fiona Lowe + “Suddenly Single at Sixty” by Jo PeckWhen a car veers off the road with devastating consequences, the small wheatbelt town of Garringarup is left reeling, but no one's worlds are more shattered than those of Hannah and Freya, the partners of the passengers. On a day when wedding bells should have been ringing, their lives are torn apart by the web of lies the accident has exposed. Think Jodi Picoult meets Liane Moriarty and you have an idea of the fast-paced, page turning ethical dilemmas explored by Fiona Lowe in “The Accident”. + Dumped by her husband of twenty-five years, Jo P...2024-06-2642 min
TsundokuEpisode 40: “The Accident” by Fiona Lowe + “Suddenly Single at Sixty” by Jo PeckWhen a car veers off the road with devastating consequences, the small wheatbelt town of Garringarup is left reeling, but no one's worlds are more shattered than those of Hannah and Freya, the partners of the passengers. On a day when wedding bells should have been ringing, their lives are torn apart by the web of lies the accident has exposed. Think Jodi Picoult meets Liane Moriarty and you have an idea of the fast-paced, page turning ethical dilemmas explored by Fiona Lowe in “The Accident”. + Dumped by her husband of twenty-five years, Jo P...2024-06-2642 min
Not Quite Write InterviewsInterview with Laura Jean McKay at Words on the Waves 2024 (#6)Ed and Amanda chat with Arthur C. Clarke, Victorian Prize for Literature, and ABIA award-winning author, Laura Jean McKay, following the Strange Creatures panel at the Words on the Waves Writers Festival. Laura shares her experience of preempting the Covid pandemic with her book, 'The Animals in That Country,' and what it was like to watch life mimicking her art.
The post Interview with Laura Jean McKay at Words on the Waves 2024 (#6) first appeared on Not Quite Write.2024-06-1814 min
The Saturday QuizWriting with Worms with Sofija Stefanovic and Liam PieperLiam Pieper and Sofija Stefanovic are old friends who went to high school together. They've since both gone on to write moving and funny memoirs about their childhoods. Sofija wrote about being an immigrant kid in Australia during the dissolution of Yugoslavia, while Liam used his teenage experience of selling pot around the suburbs of Melbourne from the back of his pushbike to tell a story of family, addiction and learning how to live with yourself. And now they tackle the quiz together to promote the Melbourne Writers Festival.Go see Sofija talk with Prize-winning writers...2024-05-1038 min
The Deal With Animals with Marika S. Bell94. Rapid Environmental Change with Dr. Rachel Blakey and Dr. Kasey Fowler-Finn (S10)Send us a textEpisode 1 Series 10: Anthropogenic Behavior Change TranscriptThis episode covers the effects of rapid environmental change on animals, urban ecology, adaptation challenges, and conservation efforts and emphasizes the significance of understanding animal communication and sounds in urban areas.Guests: Rachel is an Assistant Professor at Cal Poly Pomona. She is an ecologist who is intrigued by how dynamic disturbances (like fire and human disturbance) impact animal behavior and community assembly. Her work is often inspired by conservation problems faced by her natural resource management c...2024-05-0651 min
Pratchat - a Terry Pratchett and Discworld book clubReal Men Don’t Drink...Decaf (Monstrous Regiment)Kiwi writer and poet Freya Daly Sadgrove joins Liz and Ben from Sydney as we adjust our uniforms and march into the horrible realities of war (class, gender and literal) to discuss Terry Pratchett’s thirty-first Discworld novel, 2003’s Monstrous Regiment.
Polly Perks has cut off her hair, put on some trousers and joined the army under the name of Oliver, all so she can find her strong but gentle-minded brother, Paul. Is soon turns out that her regiment, led by the infamous Sergeant Jackrum who swears to look after “his little lads”, is quite possibly the last one...2024-04-082h 47
Pratchat - a Terry Pratchett and Discworld book clubThe First News Blast (Discworld book and RPG news)Our Monstrous Regiment episode still isn’t quite ready, so we’ve had to push it to April. In the meantime, Ben gets nerdy about some recent Discworld and Pratchett news about books and roleplaying games.
A few brief notes:
“50 Years of Terry Pratchett” was actually announced in November 2021, marking fifty years since the publication of The Carpet People in 1971. (In Ben’s defence, those early pandemic years all blur into one.) It kicked off with a new print and audiobook edition of that book; the new audio version was read by David Tennant! The new Discworld...2024-03-2426 min
7amRead This: Melissa Lucashenko is the Poet Laureate of RatbagsMelissa Lucashenko writes about big ideas and brutal experiences, but she does so with grace, with generosity and – maybe above all else – a rich sense of humour.In this episode, from Schwartz Media’s podcast Read This, Michael sits down with Melissa for a conversation about her new book, Edenglassie, and they discuss history, eccentric characters, and why writing a love story is a revolutionary act.Reading list:Hard Yards, Melissa Lucashenko, 1999Too Flash, Melissa Lucashenko, 2002Mullumbimby, Melissa Lucashenko, 2013Too Much Lip, M...2024-01-0325 min
Discover The Spellbinding Full Audiobook Now, Story Seekers!Gunflower by Laura Jean MckayPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/730397to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Gunflower
Author: Laura Jean Mckay
Narrator: Casey Withoos
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 59 minutes
Release date: January 1, 2024
Genres: Short Stories
Publisher's Summary:
The brilliant new short story collection from the Arthur C. Clarke Award–winning author of The Animals in That Country. A family of cat farmers gets the chance to set the felines free. A group of chickens tells it like it is. A female-crewed ship ploughs through the patriarchy. A support group finds solace in a world without men. With her trademark humour, energy, and flair, McKay of...2024-01-015h 59Get Latest Full Audiobooks in Literature, Short StoriesGunflower by Laura Jean MckayPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/730397to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Gunflower
Author: Laura Jean Mckay
Narrator: Casey Withoos
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 59 minutes
Release date: January 1, 2024
Genres: Short Stories
Publisher's Summary:
The brilliant new short story collection from the Arthur C. Clarke Award–winning author of The Animals in That Country. A family of cat farmers gets the chance to set the felines free. A group of chickens tells it like it is. A female-crewed ship ploughs through the patriarchy. A support group finds solace in a world without men. With her trademark humour, energy, and flair, McKay of...2024-01-015h 59The Book ShowRichard Flanagan on the atomic bomb, HG Wells and a kissBooker winner Richard Flanagan on why writing his latest book Question 7 "felt like a strange dream". Also, the artist's muse in fiction and how a mistake led to Laura Jean McKay's latest book. 2023-11-2753 min
Published...Or NotLaura Jean MacKay and Darren MortShort stories are like a bag of mixed lollies there’s going to be something that sparks interest. Laura Jean McKay has given us just that with ‘Gunflower’, especially as they are grouped into Birth, Life and Death. Darren Mort takes us into the challenging world of child custody when parents separate in his novel, ‘Isla’s Song’.2023-10-1200 min
The Garret: Writing & PublishingLaura Jean McKay on writing our present and futureLaura Jean McKay is a fiction writer, and her latest work is the short story collection Gunflower. Her previous novel, The Animals in That Country, was awarded the international Arthur C. Clarke Award, as well as the Victorian Prize for Literature and the ABIA Small Publishers Adult Book of the Year. Laura was awarded the NZSA Waitangi Day Literary Honours in 2022. You can read the transcript for this interview here. About The Garret Follow The Garret: Writing and Publishing and our host Astrid Edwards on Instagram. Explore our back catalogue (and t...2023-10-0925 min
Arts & IdeasNew Thinking: Modernism, exile and homelessnessDH Lawrence described outcasts living by the Thames, Mina Loy made art from trash, calling her pieces “refusées", Wyndham Lewis moved from England to North America in search of fame and stability after having been spurned by the cultural establishment in Britain. In this conversation about new research, Jade Munslow Ong discusses the way widening the canon of writers traditionally labelled as “modernist” might allow a greater understanding of attitudes towards homelessness and poverty in the early decades of the twentieth century. Dr Laura Ryan was a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Galway researching modernism and hom...2023-10-0929 min
Read ThisMelissa Lucashenko is our Poet Laureate of RatbagsMelissa Lucashenko writes about big ideas and brutal experiences, but she does so with grace, with generosity and – maybe above all else – a rich sense of humour. This week, Michael sits down with Melissa for a conversation about her new book, Edenglassie, and they discuss history, eccentric characters, and why writing a love story is a revolutionary act.Reading list:Hard Yards, Melissa Lucashenko, 1999Too Flash, Melissa Lucashenko, 2002Mullumbimby, Melissa Lucashenko, 2013Too Much Lip, Melissa Lucashenko, 2018Edenglassie, Melissa Lucashenko, 2023The Fortunes of Richard Mahony, Henry Handel Richardson, 1925For the Term of His Natural Life, Marcus Clarke, 1874The Secret Hour...2023-10-0426 min
Literati GlitteratiLaura Jean McKay & Ella Skilbeck-PorterMel Fulton speaks to award-winning author Laura Jean McKay about her new short story collection Gunflower, which is set to be available on October 3rd.Mel also speaks to acclaimed poet and artist Ella Skilbeck-Porter about her debut poetry collection These Are Different Waters. 2023-09-2743 min
Tell Me What To ReadTell Me What To Read - Australia's Weekly Guide to Books (July 19 Edition)In this episode of Tell Me What to Read host Ben Hunter sits down with fellow Booktopians Shanu and Amy to chat about all things cooking, memoirs and hot romance. Books mentioned: Baking Yesteryear by B Dylan HollisThe Plain Cake Appreciation Society by Tilly PammentWhy We Are Here by Briohny DoyleWildfire by Hannah Grace *signed copies are available for pre-order while stocks last! Pageboy by Elliot Page Knife Drop by Nick Digiovanni The Animals In That Country by Laura Jean McK...2023-07-1921 min
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast#UWRF22 Festival Highlights | Speculative Fiction: Exploring Our FutureSpeculative fiction immerses us in a vision of the world that could become true from a plethora of latent possibilities. Speculative fiction uses storytelling as a tool to educate and influence people's perspectives by creating a world that expands on contemporary society. Renowned authors Laura Jean McKay, Norman Erikson Pasaribu and Sequoia Nagamatsu will speak to the power of speculative fiction to pose the question: what if?Tune in to the latest episode of #UWRF22Highlights here:YouTube: bit.ly/YouTubeSpeculativeFictionSpotify: bit.ly/SpotifySpeculativeFictionApple Podcasts: bit.ly/ApplePodcastsSpeculativeFiction2023-03-1651 min
Stories Behind the Story with Better ReadingWhat Are You Reading? Summer Edition: Chris FlynnChris Flynn talks to Cheryl Akle about what he’s reading. Chris’s latest book, Here Be Leviathans, is out now. Books discussed (NB: Some titles might not be published yet)She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-ChanLiberation Day by George SaundersThe Signature of All Things by Elizabeth GilbertDays Without End by Sebastian BarryI am Legend by Richard MathesonEdenglassie by Melissa LucashenkoGunflower by Laura Jean McKayThe Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Will...2023-01-1115 minStories Behind the Story with Better ReadingWhat Are You Reading? Summer Edition: Chris FlynnChris Flynn talks to Cheryl Akle about what he’s reading. Chris’s latest book, Here Be Leviathans, is out now. Books discussed (NB: Some titles might not be published yet)She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-ChanLiberation Day by George SaundersThe Signature of All Things by Elizabeth GilbertDays Without End by Sebastian BarryI am Legend by Richard MathesonEdenglassie by Melissa LucashenkoGunflower by Laura Jean McKayThe Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Will...2023-01-1115 min
In Context with pattrice jonesTalking Animals with Laura Jean McKayLaura Jean McKay is the author of the award winning novel Animals in that Country, which explores what happens when a pandemic takes interspecies communication to a whole new level. She joins pattrice to talk about how real cows, dingoes, and even mosquitos inspired the work, as well as the realities of the creative process.2022-12-2141 min
New Books in Animal StudiesLaura Jean McKay, "The Animals in that Country" (Scribe US, 2022)In this episode, I talk to Dr. Laura Jean McKay about her award-winning novel The Animals in that Country (Scribe US, 2020).Hard-drinking, foul-mouthed, and allergic to bullshit, Jean is not your usual grandma. She’s never been good at getting on with other humans, apart from her beloved granddaughter, Kimberly. Instead, she surrounds herself with animals, working as a guide in an outback wildlife park. And although Jean talks to all her charges, she has a particular soft spot for a young dingo called Sue.As disturbing news arrives of a pandemic sweeping the country, Jean...2022-11-181h 21
New Books in LiteratureLaura Jean McKay, "The Animals in that Country" (Scribe Us, 2022)In this episode, I talk to Dr. Laura Jean McKay about her award-winning novel The Animals in that Country (Scribe, 2020).Hard-drinking, foul-mouthed, and allergic to bullshit, Jean is not your usual grandma. She’s never been good at getting on with other humans, apart from her beloved granddaughter, Kimberly. Instead, she surrounds herself with animals, working as a guide in an outback wildlife park. And although Jean talks to all her charges, she has a particular soft spot for a young dingo called Sue.As disturbing news arrives of a pandemic sweeping the country, Jean real...2022-11-181h 21
Storytelling AnimalsTalia Lakshmi Kolluri on Writing the Animal VoiceSupport this podcast with a monthly donation on Patreon--help reach 30 supporters by episode 40: https://patreon.com/storytellingpodToday's guest is fiction writer Talia Lakshmi Kolluri, author of the new collection What We Fed to the Manticore. In our interview we discuss animal senses, meaning and purpose, as well as the research she did to learn to see the world through nonhuman eyes. Toward the end she reads an excerpt of one of her stories, the first time we have done a reading on this podcast but hopefully not the last! Interview starts at 4:18.L...2022-10-0544 min
Loverbouquin#50 : On a lu quoi en cet été 2022 ?Elles se retrouvent enfin. Elles vous retrouvent aussi, enfin ! Laura & Flavie se sont laissées un peu cet été pour aller vadrouiller, vivre un peu, se poser et lire par monts et par vaux. Elles parlent de lectures cathartiques, de synchronicités, de leur difficulté à choisir leur prochain livre et de leur amour pour vous, belles personnes qui les écoutent.
!!! Attention cet épisode contient des spoilers concernant Ma cousine Rachel de Daphné du Maurier et Kitchen de Banana Yoshimoto !!!
Zombi - Joyce Carol Oates
Littoral - Wajdi Mouawad
Café sans filtre - Jean Philippe B...2022-09-2559 min
Poradnik na koniec świataSplataj (się)! || Małgorzata SugieraSploty jako metoda? Jak najbardziej! O splotach jako wzbogaconych egzystencjach więcej-niż-ludzkich opowiada w najnowszym odcinku prof. Małgorzata Sugiera. Usłyszycie o inspirujących przykładach relacji opisanych w książkach takich autorek jak Robin Wall Kimmerer czy Laura Jean McKay. Czytaj, rozglądaj się, performuj i przechwytuj - wszystko dla dobra planety.2022-06-2719 min
BookShook32 The Animals In That Country - 2nd half discussionWelcome to BookShook! This episode is all about the second half of May’s book, The Animals in that Country by Laura Jean McKay published in 2020 (from page 140 if you're reading alongside). The idea of the podcast is that we’ll read the first half of a book together (that I and perhaps you have never read) and then I'll share my thoughts in part 1 of the podcast published on the second Friday of the month. And then in part 2 (published on the last Friday of the month), I'll discuss the second half of the book. We’ll see together...2022-05-2718 minBookShook31 The Animals In That Country - 1st half discussionWelcome to BookShook! This podcast is all about the first half of May’s book, The Animals in that Country by Laura Jean McKay published in 2020 (up to page 140 “I need a rinse under the tap and a lie-down” if you're reading alongside). The idea of the podcast is that we’ll split a book into two equal halves — a book that I and perhaps you have never read. In the first podcast, published on the second Friday of the month, we’ll discuss the first half. And then in the second podcast (published on the last Friday of the month - 2...2022-05-1322 minBookShook30 For Whom The Bell Tolls - 2nd half discussionWelcome to BookShook! This podcast is all about the second half of April’s book, For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway published in 1940 (from chapter 19 on Page 266. if you're reading alongside). The idea of the podcast is that we’ll read the first half of a book together — one that I and perhaps you have never read) and then I'll share my thoughts in part 1 of the podcast published on the second Friday of the month. And then in part 2 (published on the last Friday of the month), I'll discuss the second half of the book. We’ll see tog...2022-04-2938 minBookShook29 For Whom The Bell Tolls - 1st half discussionWelcome to BookShook! This podcast is all about the first half of April’s book, For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway published in 1940 (up to Ch.19 (page 266) if you're reading alongside). The idea of the podcast is that we’ll split a book into two equal halves — a book that I and perhaps you have never read. In the first podcast, published on the second Friday of the month, we’ll discuss the first half. And then in the second podcast (published on the last Friday of the month - 29th April), we’ll look at the second half...2022-04-0849 min
Listen To Into A Thrilling Full Audiobook While Traveling.Growing Up in Country Australia by Rick MortonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578024to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Growing Up in Country Australia
Author: Rick Morton
Narrator: Rebecca Bower, Rick Morton, Tamala Shelton, Various
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 53 minutes
Release date: March 29, 2022
Genres: Memoirs
Publisher's Summary:
Black Inc.'s bestselling Growing Up series goes to the country Growing Up in Country Australia is a fresh, modern look at country Australia. There are stories of joy, adventure, nostalgia, connection to nature and freedom, but also more grim tales - of drought, fires, mouse plagues and isolation. From the politics of the country school bus to the class...2022-03-299h 53
Listen to Trending Full trial Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, MemoirsGrowing Up in Country Australia by Rick MortonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578024 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Growing Up in Country Australia Author: Rick Morton Narrator: Rebecca Bower, Rick Morton, Tamala Shelton, Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 53 minutes Release date: March 29, 2022 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Black Inc.'s bestselling Growing Up series goes to the country Growing Up in Country Australia is a fresh, modern look at country Australia. There are stories of joy, adventure, nostalgia, connection to nature and freedom, but also more grim tales - of drought, fires, mouse plagues and isolation. From the politics of the country school bus to the...2022-03-2903 minBookShook28 Bewilderment - 1st half discussionWelcome to BookShook! This podcast is all about the second half of March’s book, Bewilderment by Richard Powers published in 2021 (p147 "ROBBIE EVEN ENJOYED INFLATING THE BOAT" to the end if you're reading alongside). The idea of the podcast is that we’ll read the first half of a book together — one that I and perhaps you have never read) and then I'll share my thoughts in part 1 of the podcast published on the second Friday of the month. And then in part 2 (published on the last Friday of the month), I'll discuss the second half of the book. We’...2022-03-2531 minBookShook27 Bewilderment - 1st half discussionWelcome to BookShook! This podcast is all about the first half of March’s book, Bewilderment by Richard Powers published in 2021 (up to page 447 “ ROBBIE EVEN ENJOYED INFLATING THE BOAT” if you're reading alongside). The idea of the podcast is that we’ll split a book into two equal halves — a book that I and perhaps you have never read. In the first podcast, published on the second Friday of the month, we’ll discuss the first half. And then in the second podcast (published on the last Friday of the month - 25th March), we’ll look at the second half...2022-03-1133 min
Hamilton Today with Scott ThompsonBiden signs order to tackle cryptocurrency, Employees' response to returning to the office full time, More news from the Conservative leadership race? Will people respect each other's choice to wear masks after the mandate ends? Companies keeping business in Russia starting to feel the squeeze & moreThe Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson...
What is the latest with the situation in Ukraine? US President Biden has signed an order that tackles cryptocurrency as its usage starts to blow up. Twitter’s latest version has a way to bypass the Russian restrictions.Two in five workers say that they’ll actively look for another job if they’re asked to return to working at the office full time. Has the redemption of Patrick Brown changed things for the Conservative leadership race? Also, Jean Charest has thrown his name into the running for Conservative leadership. With m...2022-03-111h 02BookShook26 The Quiet American - 2nd half discussionWelcome to BookShook! This podcast is all about the second half of February’s book, The Quiet American by Graham Greene published in 1955 (from Part 2 chapter IV on page 99 or 50% if you're kindling if you're reading alongside). The idea of the podcast is that we’ll read the first half of a book together — one that I and perhaps you have never read) and then I'll share my thoughts in part 1 of the podcast published on the second Friday of the month. And then in part 2 (published on the last Friday of the month), I'll discuss the second half of the b...2022-02-2525 minBookShook25 The Quiet American - 1st half discussionWelcome to BookShook! This podcast is all about the first half of February’s book, The Quiet American by Graham Greene published in 1955 (up to Pt2 Chapter IV on Page 99 if you're reading alongside). The idea of the podcast is that we’ll split a book into two equal halves — a book that I and perhaps you have never read. In the first podcast, published on the second Friday of the month, we’ll discuss the first half. And then in the second podcast (published on the last Friday of the month - 25th February), we’ll look at the second...2022-02-1128 minStorytelling AnimalsLaura Jean McKay on Decentering Humans in Art and in LifeI talk with author Laura Jean McKay about her Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning novel The Animals in That Country, using fiction to give voice to other animals, and how literature can help us recognize that humans are not the center of the universe--that instead we are part of a larger, in some ways scary and humbling but also more wondrous world.Buy the book here: https://scribepublications.com/books-authors/books/the-animals-in-that-country-9781950354375Read about Laura Jean McKay's experience visiting a great ape sanctuary here: https://www.academia.edu/37308424/You_Are_Here_creative_non_fiction2022-02-0853 min
Freedom of SpeciesAnimal VoicesIt is common for animal advocacy campaigns to describe animals as voiceless, and portray humans as speaking on their behalf. This is incorrect, animals DO have voices! Davita and Trev discuss the theory behind animal voices, with contributions from Nicole Beasley and Belinda Morris. We explore the links to other social justice issues, and why we should listen to and amplify animal voices with our advocacy. You'll get to hear the voices of many animals, including the rooster pictured in the podcast photo Tilt! Links: Baby Bats Babble Like Human Toddlers: https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-08-20/ba...2021-12-2600 min
Beyond The ZeroEnd of Year Special with Thommy WaiteEnd of year special !
Co-hosted by Thommy Waite !
Featuring Michael Horn (Drunk Pynchon) Bram Presser, Martin Shaw, Travis Meyer, Iain Smith, James Rosewarne, Lauren Teixeira, Sean McCallum, Dustin Illingworth, Greg Gerke, Seth from Waste Mailing List, Ryan Alexander, David Keenan, Jake Dean, Adam Ouston, Michale Winkler, Courtney S Gray and George Salis.
Books of 2021 (and best books read)
Grimmish - Michael Winkler
Monument Maker - David Keenan
Mona - Pola Oloixarac
The Employees - Olga Ravn
Any Day You Can Die - Thommy...2021-12-232h 02
James and Ashley Stay at HomeWhat are you reading? The best book recommendations of 2021The best (and most!) book recommendations of the year! We share the 'What Are You Reading?' highlights from a wide range of our 2021 guests, including Nardi Simpson, David Vann, Kavita Bedford, Luke Stegemann, Ruhi Lee, Joanna Nell, Fiona Murphy, Heather Taylor Johnson, Jacinta Dietrich and – of course – James and Ashley. Books discussed in this episode (all 44 of them): Bindi by Kirli Saunders The Road to Woop Woop by Eugen Bacon The End: My Struggle Book 6 by Karl Ove Knausgaard Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter Shadow Child by PF Thomése Eight Lives...2021-12-071h 05
The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 568: A Very Coode Street Gift Guide RoundtableThe holiday season is upon us, another strange, unforgettable year is almost done, and here at Coode Street it's time for our annual gift guide/year in review, where we recommend some books we loved during the year.
This time out we invited special guests and good friends James Bradley, Alix E. Harrow, and Ian Mond to join us to recommend just a few of the books we'd loved the most during 2021. Perhaps more than in any other year, this was a time when we all were almost surprised at how much great reading we found.
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One for the Books021: A Spooky SpectacularHalloween is here! We’re creeping it real with our top picks for some of our fave spook-tacular reads. Trick and treat yo’self with this go-to list! Witch-ing you a happy Halloween!
BOOKS MENTIONED:
Helter Skelter: The True Story of The Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi with Curt Gentry
The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay
The Herd by Andrea Bartz
The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood
Catching Teller Crow by Ambelin Kwaymullina and Ezekiel Kwaymullina
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podcast – the drax files radio hourshow #319: angela meyer & laura jean mckayTwo authors this week: one writing about a narcissistic man from the future, hijacking the mind of a woman from the 1860s [and they both can’t handle it …] & the other author depicting a world where humans can communicate with animals [and by and large humanity can’t handle it!]. enjoy a fabulous conversation [which... Read More2021-08-0900 minthe drax files radio hourshow #319: angela meyer & laura jean mckayTwo authors this week: one writing about a narcissistic man from the future, hijacking the mind of a woman from the 1860s [and they both can’t handle it …] & the other author depicting a world where humans can communicate with animals [and by and large humanity can’t handle it!]. enjoy a fabulous conversation [which... Read More2021-08-0900 minJames and Ashley Stay at HomeWhy reading makes you better in bed with Amy & Laura of Secret Book StuffJames and Ashley interview Amy and Laura, multitalented writers, social entrepreneurs, and radio hosts/podcasters from Newcastle, NSW. In it, they discuss the story behind Secret Book Stuff, transformative writing, and, of course, why reading makes you better in bed. You can learn more about Secret Book Stuff on their website, follow them on Instagram and Facebook, or explore their various radio shows/podcast appearances. Books and authors discussed in this episode - Hold Your Own by Kae Tempest; - In Cold Blood by Truman Capote; - High Fidelity by Nick Hornby;2021-07-2041 min
The Writer and the CriticEpisode 82: The Animals in That Country | SorrowlandOn this episode of The Writer and the Critic your hosts, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond waste no time in diving straight into their discussion of The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay [3:20] and Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon [47:50].
Also recommended is the novella The Deep by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson & Jonathan Snipes, which Ian reviewed for Locus.
If you've skipped ahead to avoid spoilers, please come back at 1:23:10 for final remarks.
Next month, the two books up on the slab will be:
All the Fabulous...2021-07-171h 29The Writer and The CriticEpisode 82: The Animals in That Country | SorrowlandOn this episode of The Writer and the Critic your hosts, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond waste no time in diving straight into their discussion of The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay [3:20] and Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon [47:50].
Also recommended is the novella The Deep by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson & Jonathan Snipes, which Ian reviewed for Locus.
If you've skipped ahead to avoid spoilers, please come back at 1:23:10 for final remarks.
Next month, the two books up on the slab will be:
All the Fabulous...2021-07-171h 29
Auckland Writers FestivalFESTIVAL GALA NIGHT - TRUE STORIES TOLD LIVE: STRANGER THAN FICTION (2021)A triumphant return to the Aotea stage for this most loved Festival event, which signifies the start of three full days of public programming. Surprise and delight will ensue as eight terrific writers take the stage to tell a true, no script- no- prop, personal story using ‘stranger than fiction’ as a prompt.
This year’s champions include: poet and comms queen Kate Camp, French style photographer and influencer Garance Doré, current Poet Laureate David Eggleton, Iranian-NZ filmmaker and essayist Ghazaleh Golbakhsh, literary legend Witi Ihimaera, Australian prize-winner Laura Jean McKay, comedian and author Tom Sainsbury and poet Aigagalefili Fepulea’i Tapua’i...2021-07-071h 56The Writer and The CriticEpisode 81: The Space Between Worlds | Mrs Death Misses DeathOn this episode of The Writer and the Critic your hosts, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond indulge briefly in some COVID commiseration before beginning into their discussion of The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson [4:30] and Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden [39:10].
If you've skipped ahead to avoid spoilers, please come back at 1:17:00 for final remarks.
Next month, the two books up on the slab will be:
The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay
Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon
Read ahead and join in the spoilerific fun!2021-06-121h 21The Writer and the CriticEpisode 81: The Space Between Worlds | Mrs Death Misses DeathOn this episode of The Writer and the Critic your hosts, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond indulge briefly in some COVID commiseration before beginning into their discussion of The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson [4:30] and Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden [39:10].
If you've skipped ahead to avoid spoilers, please come back at 1:17:00 for final remarks.
Next month, the two books up on the slab will be:
The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay
Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon
Read ahead and join in the spoilerific fun!2021-06-121h 21
Stories Behind the Story with Better ReadingBetter Reading Book Chat: episode 9Better Reading's Cheryl Akle and Jane Tara discuss what they're both reading… and the winning books at the Australian Book Industry Awards.Books mentioned:The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip WilliamsPhosphorescence by Julia BairdBorn Into This by Adam ThompsonSuch a Fun Age by Kiley ReidThe Animals in that Country by Laura Jean McKayA Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing by Jessie TuSweet Sweet Revenge LTD by Jonas JonassonThe Bone Code by Kathy Re...2021-05-0313 minStories Behind the Story with Better ReadingBetter Reading Book Chat: episode 9Better Reading's Cheryl Akle and Jane Tara discuss what they're both reading… and the winning books at the Australian Book Industry Awards.Books mentioned:The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip WilliamsPhosphorescence by Julia BairdBorn Into This by Adam ThompsonSuch a Fun Age by Kiley ReidThe Animals in that Country by Laura Jean McKayA Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing by Jessie TuSweet Sweet Revenge LTD by Jonas JonassonThe Bone Code by Kathy Re...2021-05-0313 min
Book Island - Book Reviews by WritersStella Prize NomineesThis week, Tim and Lisa dive into a pair of Stella Prize nominees: Ellena Savage's personal anthology Blueberries, and Laura Jean McKay's groundbreaking The Animals in that Country. 2021-04-2940 min
Our Hen House: Vegan & Animal Rights Movement | Stories from the Frontlines of Animal LiberationEpisode 589: The Animals in That Country ft. Laura Jean McKayLaura Jean McKay joins us on the podcast this week for a riveting, literary conversation. Author of the award-winning novel The Animals in that Country, Laura discusses the challenge of writing dialogue for animals, why she rewrote her novel more than once, and shares her thoughts on anthropomorphism in literature. Laura reads a captivating passage and reflects on a chance encounter with a lone male kangaroo in the Australian bush that influenced her decision to do away with the communication barrier between humans and non-human animals in her book. Laura and Mariann also discuss how The Animals in that...2021-04-241h 11
Better off ReadEp 93: Elements 7 - Plot. Ingrid Horrocks talks to Pip Adam about water and her work Where We Swim.In the first episode in the Plot season of Elements, I talk to Ingrid Horrocks about plot and narrative and what it is to write it.
Some of the things we talk about are:
Ingrid's new book is Where We Swim published by VUP https://vup.victoria.ac.nz/where-we-swim/
Ingrid wrote a great piece for The SpinOff about reading during a pandemic and you can read that here https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/28-03-2021/the-climate-crisis-is-seeping-into-books-and-making-them-really-really-weird/
You can read an excerpt from W...2021-04-1357 min
Smart TalkLaura Jean McKay and Philip Armstrong discuss animals in literature at Word Christchurch 2020Philip Armstrong's poetry and Laura Jean McKay's award-winning novel The Animals in That Country feature animals as significant characters. The authors talk at 2020 Word Christchurch.Animals feature as characters in both Philip Armstrong's poetry and Laura Jean McKay's award-winning novel The Animals in That Country. The authors talk at 2020 Word Christchurch. Listen to Laura Jean McKay talking with Philip Armstrong about The Animals in That Country and Sinking LessonsLaura Jean McKay's novel The Animals in That Country imagines a world in which a new virus gives those humans who catch it the...2021-03-2545 min
Adelaide Writers' WeekAWW21 The Virus is Here: Pandemics in Fiction - Emily St. John Mandel and Laura Jean McKayAs the Lockdowns of 2020 began, Laura Jean McKay’s story of a world collapsing in the midst of a viral epidemic, The Animals in That Country, seized the popular imagination: a hallucinogenic tale of Zoo Flu with wild symptoms that enable inter-species communication. Emily St. John Mandel’s break-out novel Station Eleven is a gripping, eerie story of civilisation’s collapse in the wake of a flu that wipes out 99% of the world’s population. It sold nearly two million copies worldwide. Both are prescient, terrifying and ultimately hopeful.Chaired by Sophie Cunningham2021-03-2455 min
Final Draft - Great ConversationsBook Club - Laura Jean McKay’s The Animals in That CountryLaura Jean McKay is the winner of the 2020 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards.The Animals in That Country takes us north. Jean is a guide in a wildlife preserve. Irascibly anti-social, Jean drinks too much, smokes too much and picks fights online. Except for Thursdays when she cleans herself up and looks after her granddaughter. Jeans son Lee may have done a runner, but he did leave behind Kimberly and Jean is fiercely protective of Kim, even if Kim’s mum Ange has little time for Jean.Jean and Kimberly love to plan for the day...2021-03-1806 min
2ser Book ClubLaura Jean McKay's The Animals in That CountryLaura Jean McKay is the winner of the 2020 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards.The Animals in That Country takes us north. Jean is a guide in a wildlife preserve. Irascibly anti-social, Jean drinks too much, smokes too much and picks fights online. Except for Thursdays when she cleans herself up and looks after her granddaughter. Jeans son Lee may have done a runner, but he did leave behind Kimberly and Jean is fiercely protective of Kim, even if Kim’s mum Ange has little time for Jean.Jean and Kimberly love to plan for the day when they will have thei...2021-02-0804 min
Final Draft - Great ConversationsLaura Jean McKay’s The Animals in That CountryGreat Conversations features interviews with authors and writers, exploring books, writing and literary culture from Australia and the world.Today's episode features Laura Jean McKay discussing her Victorian Premiers Literary Award winning novel The Animals in That Country.The Animals in That Country explores a pandemic sweeping across Australia that leaves the infected with mild cold symptoms, pink eyes and the ability to hear and communicate with animals!The story takes us into a conservation reserve where Jean works as a guide; as much from her love of animals as her love for...2021-02-0628 minSmart TalkThree more authors at the Word Christchurch festival read original stories about courageHosted by John Campbell, some of Word Christchurch's most distinguished writers respond to the theme of courage: Behrouz Boochani, Laura Jean McKay, and Witi Ihimaera. The second of two hours.Hosted by John Campbell, three distinguished writers share stories created for this event. Their narratives are deeply revealing about the authors' own lives, but also the state of Aotearoa New Zealand Listen to Witi Ihimaera, Laura Jean McKay, and Behrouz Boochani reading stories in the company of John Campbell at Word Christchurch 2020Highlights of the sessionBehrouz BoochaniKurdish-Iranian...2021-02-0451 min
Sisteria PodcastEpisode Twenty-Five: Laura Jean McKayDelightful writer Laura Jean McKay joins us to discuss releasing a novel about a pandemic during a pandemic, performing animal voices for her audiobook, and healthier ways to consuming the news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-01-1134 min
Yarra Libraries PodcastYarra Libraries Recommends: Our Favourite Reads of 2020It Has Been A Year – but one in which one thing lifted our moods consistently. You guessed it – it’s books. Whether you’re gift shopping, planning books to entertain you during some much-deserved leave or planning your holds for 2021 we hope these recommendations from Yarra Libraries staff help you out. We couldn’t possibly list all the books we enjoyed this year, but in this podcast you’ll find some of our favourite non-fiction, fiction, junior fiction and YA from 2020. We hope whatever you do for the rest of the year it includes at least a small break with a book. Happ...2020-12-2225 min
Write Around the MurrayAnimal Magnetism: Jane Rawson, Chris Flynn, Laura Jean McKay and James Bradley.Prehistoric animals, a pandemic and climate catastrophe are at the pointy ends of a three-way conversation between the latest novels of Chris Flynn, Laura Jean McKay and James Bradley. Jane Rawson explores an uncanny confluence of science, imagination and world events with our panellists.
Animal Magnetism was part of the Write Around the Murray program for 2020.
Recorded 13/09/20202020-10-0900 min
Books Are My PeopleBooks Are My People - Episode #32 with special guest Midge Raymond and a focus on eco booksOn this episode Midge Raymond, publisher and author of My Last Continent, stops by for a visit. We share some of our favorite environmentally friendly reads including We Are Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler, Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver and other great books. Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS, iTunes, or SpotifyWant to join my writing workshop on October 18th from 10 - 11:30 am? Click here to register and learn more. You can purchase all the books I discuss on this episode by clicking this link! 2020-09-2129 min
Two Chairs TalkingEpisode 36: Marrying the genre next doorPerry and David talk about novels which blur the boundaries between genres: literary novels with strong elements of fantasy or science fiction. We can call them "genre adjacent" fiction.
Children of Men by P. D. James (00:23)
Never Let Me Go and The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro (00:52)
Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (04:34)
A Superior Spectre by Angela Meyer (08:28)
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami (07:36)
The Animals in that Country by Laura Jean McKay (08:27)
The Second Cure by Margaret Morgan (00:57)
Human Croquet by Kate Atkinson (10:19)
The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott (08:43)
What the Wind Brings by Matthew Hughes (12:43)
Interview with Matthew Hughes (21:09)
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Knowing AnimalsEpisode 148: The Animals in that Country with Laura Jean McKayOn this episode of Knowing Animals we chat to Laura Jean McKay. Laura is a lecturer in the School of English and Media Studies at Massey University in New Zealand. We discuss Laura’s new novel ‘The Animals in that Country’, which was published by Scribe in 2020. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/. Join AASA today! This episode if also brought to you by Animal Publics, a special Animal Studies series at the S...2020-09-0738 min
Science FrictionThe Animals: Laura Jean McKay, James Bradley, Chris Flynn's wild re-imaginings of other speciesA Neanderthal girl lives amongst us. A mammoth narrates history. The animals speak to us. 3 novelists with surreally timed stories.2020-06-3051 min
Climate Action ShowFood Security in the Time of Climate ChangeWe've all seen the empty supermarket shelves which are now thankfully full - we're just trying to figure out what it means. We have been assured by the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources in a report hurriedly released that we in fact have nothing to worry about. The spin in the report and the speed with which it was released is a clear indication that the federal government is worrying itself. Yet the discussion surrounding food security has skewered some basic assumptions we have about food security in this country and how this relates to climate change. The models bu...2020-06-0800 min
Party FavorzLiving In A Disco: Let It Play On X OnAfter experiencing some technical difficulties, Party Favorz is back with some funky disco house for your Memorial Day weekend fun. Living In A Disco is a culmination of a wide swath of genres from House, Jackin' House, NuDisco, Soulful House to Funk and straight up Disco.
There's more than enough here to keep the party going while flipping burgers, kicking back some brew while trying to make your own party with close friends and family while social distancing.
As everyone knows, Party Favorz is a HUGE fan of Disco and has been predicting its resurgence since the beginning of this...2020-05-2300 min
BackstoryLaura Jean McKay & Evelyn Araluen & Jonathan DunkEditors Evelyn Araluen and Jonathan Dunk discuss the upcoming issue of Overland literary journal which aims to bring the focus of the journal back to its radical roots while engaging with contemporary provocations, and author Laura Jean McKay tells us about her new book, The Animals in That Country.This week’s Comfort Read is ‘Love in The Time of Cholera’ and Mel asks listeners to share their thoughts on the classic novel using the hashtag #loveinthetimeofbackstory on Insta.With presenter Mel Cranenburgh.2020-05-2153 min
Published...Or NotLaura Jean McKay and Peter GroseIf you could talk to the animals would you listen to what they really wanted to say? Laura Jean McKay has set 'The Animals In That Country' in a time of a pandemic where the infected can do just that.Peter Grose relates the true story of piracy, mutiny and an epic voyage by ten convicts escaping the penal colony on Sarah Island in, ‘Ten Rogues’.2020-05-0700 minBackstoryBackstory - 8 April 2020Mel catches up with Anna Blackie, author of How to Adult: A Guide To Not Being A Trash Human And Other Life Lessons and chats to singer-songwriter Nicola Watson, whose album Welcome to the Bunker, Baby is out now on Bandcamp.This week’s Comfort Read comes from Donna Ward and Meet Me for Launch celebrates the release of Laura Jean McKay’s The Animals in That Country, out now through Scribe.2020-04-0941 min
Good Reading PodcastLaura Jean McKay on crafting a talking animal apocalypse in 'The Animals in That Country'Hard-drinking, foul-mouthed, and allergic to bullshit, Jean is not your usual grandma. She’s never been good at getting on with other humans, apart from her beloved granddaughter, Kimberly. Instead, she surrounds herself with animals, working as a guide in an outback wildlife park. And although Jean talks to all her charges, she has a particular soft spot for a young dingo called Sue.As disturbing news arrives of a pandemic sweeping the country, Jean realises this is no ordinary flu: its chief symptom is that its victims begin to understand the language of animals — first mammals, then birds and inse...2020-03-3023 min
Good Reading PodcastLaura Jean McKay on crafting a talking animal apocalypse in 'The Animals in That Country'Hard-drinking, foul-mouthed, and allergic to bullshit, Jean is not your usual grandma. She’s never been good at getting on with other humans, apart from her beloved granddaughter, Kimberly. Instead, she surrounds herself with animals, working as a guide in an outback wildlife park. And although Jean talks to all her charges, she has a particular soft spot for a young dingo called Sue.
As disturbing news arrives of a pandemic sweeping the country, Jean realises this is no ordinary flu: its chief symptom is that its victims begin to understand the language of animals — first mammals, then birds and inse...2020-03-3023 min
Knowing AnimalsEpisode 123: Story telling and Animal Voices with Laura Jean McKayIn this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Laura Jean McKay. Laura Jean McKay is a writer and literary animal studies researcher. Laura is about to take up a position as Lecturer in Creative Writing at Massey University in New Zealand. We discuss Laura’s story ‘King’ which appeared in Volume 21 of journal Antithesis in 2011. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/. Join AASA today! 2019-07-1528 min