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The Everlasting feat. Lewis Woolston

July 01, 2026

This week, we’re joined by Lewis Woolston, author of the short story collections The Last Free Man, Remembering the Dead, and the topic of our discussion in this episode—The Everlasting. We chat about short story writing, the process, forming a collection, place and literature, religion, and the marginal versus the mainstream in current literary culture. A great discussion with one of Australia’s best.Purchase The Everlasting here: https://tinyurl.com/3h2b4uus This is a public episode. If you...

Remembering Babylon

June 25, 2026

This week, we discuss the recently departed Australian author, David Malouf. Specifically, his book Remembering Babylon, a strange novel that starts out with a castaway British boy being raised by Aboriginal Australians, and unfurls into something much more mysterious and enigmatic. We talk about historical fiction, how Australian racial history has been Americanised, as well as how colonial history in Australia is often framed (spoiler alert: too often, it is boring!).As mentioned in this ep...

Getting LARPed feat. Russell Walter

May 27, 2026

This week, we’re joined by Substack essayist, thinker, and fellow Australian Russell Walter who is also host of The Chudstack Review podcast. We talk about his essay on why LARPing (live action role playing) is important and Good Actually, as well as the idea of “quixotic hero”, an archetype that we need in these troubled times.Read Russell’s LARPing essay here. This is a free episode. But Getting Lit listeners now have several options to support the show. You can subscribe on Substack here o...