Art, Design, Media

Loved Melbourne Knowledge Week? Missed MKW, but wish you had been there? This episode summarises and spotlights key moments from each event—Melbourne’s Future as a Digital City, What Does Waste Mean to You?, and A Space to Shape Place. Featuring recordings that capture our favourite moments from each of these events, this episode turns back the clock, taking us to Melbourne Knowledge Week 2022.Thank you to the speakers featured in this episode: Brock Hogan is RMIT’s Director of Place Activation. Julia English is a PhD candidate in Fashion and Textiles at RMIT.Sean Trewick is the CEO and Executive Director of Circular Economy Victoria. Zandy Powell is the Manager of Partnerships and Networks for the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group. Alexia Maddocks is a research fellow on the Digital CBD Project.Chris Berg is the Principal Research Fellow and Co-Director of the RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub.Hosts: Michelle Swersky, Callie Beuermann and Joel HumphriesProducers: Mia Purvis, Michelle Swersky, Callie Beuermann and Joel HumphriesSupervising Producer: Carly Godden

Thank you to our guests: Julia English is a PhD candidate in Fashion and Textiles at RMIT.Zandy Powell is the Manager of Partnerships and Networks for the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group. William Sullivan is a fashion design student at RMIT. Dr Georgia McCorkill is a fashion designer, creator and lecturer in the RMIT School of Fashion and Textiles.Benjamin Swersky is the co-founder of Melbourne-based cardboard bed company, Yona.Erika Martin is the Head of Ethics and Sustainability at Melbourne-based label ELK.Host: Callie BeuermannProducers: Mia Purvis, Michelle Swersky, Callie Beuermann and Joel HumphriesSupervising Producer: Carly Godden

Renowned artist and RMIT researcher Vicki Couzens discusses concepts of sovereignty, resilience and the importance of language in the sharing of culture.  Vicki Couzens is a Gunditjmara woman from the Western Districts of Victoria and specialises in indigenous language revitalisation. Host: Chris Alphonso Producers: Chris Alphonso and Anthea Yang Supervising Producer: Carly Godden

Writer, critic and academic Delia Falconer discusses her book 'Signs and Wonders: dispatches from a time of beauty and loss', a series of essays exploring and reflecting on our relationship with the natural world.  This episode was developed as part of RMIT Culture's collaboration with the 2021 Melbourne Writers Festival, and forms part of a series on creatives responding to crises.  Host: Hayden Spurell Producers: Hayden Spurrell and Lauren Webster Supervising Producer: Carly Godden 

This episode aims to unpack the genre of narrative nonfiction, observing the traits and tricks of reading and writing this exciting and growing genre. With the help of industry experts including Arwen Summers, Emma Shortis, Emily Hart, Youjia Song and Emily Clements, the ideas and understandings of narrative nonfiction unfold.Thanks to our guests:RMIT alumni, author and editor Emily Clements published her memoir, The Lotus Eaters, in 2020. Her nonfiction has been shortlisted for the Feminazi Memoir Prize, the Ada Cambridge Prize and highly recommended for the Scribe Nonfiction Prize. Her fiction has been twice shortlisted for the Rachel Funari Prize and earned the Melbourne Young Writers Award.Emily Hart is the commissioning editor at Hardie Grant Books in Melbourne, working on a variety of non-fiction titles.Emma Shortis is a historian and lecturer at RMIT. Emma is the author of the narrative nonfiction title Our Exceptional Friend: Australia’s Fatal Alliance with the United States.Youjia Song is the 2020 Spark Prize recipient, awarded for her narrative nonfiction proposal 'The Pursuit of Impossible Dreams'. This is the story of a woman’s defiant decision to have a second child at the start of China’s One-Child Policy, told by the daughter who inherited her mother’s fearlessness.Arwen Summers is Hardie Grant Books' nonfiction publisher. She has over 13 years' experience in publishing and has a particular interest in narrative nonfiction. She's published authors, both established and debut, including Alanna Hill, Malcolm Turnbull, Emily Clements, Clive Hamilton and Ginger Gorman. Discovering and nurturing fantastic emerging writers of narrative nonfiction is one of the highlights of her job.Host: Joel Humphries and Sophie NewnhamProducers: Callie Beuermann, Joel Humphries, Sophie Newnham, and Mia PurvisSupervising Producer: Carly Godden

Learn how to write a winning pitch for your narrative nonfiction proposal. Writers and publishers, Ronnie Scott, Arwen Summers and Emily Clements, take you through the most important steps: how to write a synopsis and chapter outline, what to include in your sample chapter, how to stand out with your title and biography, and how to finish it off (formatting and polishing).Guest BiographiesRonnie Scott is an author and academic. He is a senior lecturer in the writing and publishing discipline at RMIT University and program manager of the Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing). He's a lead researcher on Folio: The Story of Australian Comics 1980-2020. His novel The Adversary (2020) was shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Award and the ALS Gold Medal.Arwen Summers is Hardie Grant Books' nonfiction publisher. She has over 13 years' experience in publishing and has a particular interest in narrative nonfiction. She's published authors, both established and debut, including Alanna Hill, Malcolm Turnbull, Emily Clements, Clive Hamilton and Ginger Gorman. Discovering and nurturing fantastic emerging writers of narrative nonfiction is one of the highlights of her job.RMIT alumni, author and editor Emily Clements published her memoir, The Lotus Eaters, in 2020. Her nonfiction has been shortlisted for the Feminazi Memoir Prize, the Ada Cambridge Prize and highly recommended for the Scribe Nonfiction Prize. Her fiction has been twice shortlisted for the Rachel Funari Prize and earned the Melbourne Young Writers Award.Host: Callie BeuermannProducers: Callie Beuermann, Joel Humphries, Sophie Newnham and Mia PurvisSupervising producer: Carly Godden

This episode of the Art, Design And Media podcast is part of a special RMIT Culture and student produced series, Literature and Ideas.Authors Shokoofeh Azar and Zana Fraillon explore cross-sections between the refugee experience and literature. They share their experiences writing about migration, detention and border policies.Shokoofeh Azar is an Iranian-Australian author and journalist, who sought political asylum in Australia in 2011. Her first novel The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.Zana Fraillon is a multi-award winning author of books for children and young adults. Her novel The Bone Sparrow explores a refugee child’s experience in an Australian permanent detention centre.This first episode has been drawn from On Migration and Detention, a live panel hosted by Astrid Edwards, presented as part of RMIT Culture's Salon series.Hosts: Anthea Yang and Else FitzgeraldProducers: Anthea Yang, Chris Alphonso, Hayden Spurrell and Lauren WebsterSupervising producer: Carly Godden

How do writers come up with their nonfiction ideas? And what role does research play in the writing process? Join writers and publishers, Ronnie Scott, Arwen Summers and Emily Clements, in this illuminating and insightful discussion about how emerging writers find ideas, how to know when an idea is a good one, how peers can help you develop your ideas, and the role of research in narrative nonfiction.Thanks to our guests:Ronnie Scott is an award-winning author and academic. He is a senior lecturer in the writing and publishing discipline at RMIT University and program manager for the Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing). He's a lead researcher on Folio: The Story of Australian Comics 1980-2020. His novel The Adversary (2020) was shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Award and the ALS Gold Medal.Arwen Summers is Hardie Grant Books' nonfiction publisher. She has over 13 years' experience in publishing and has a particular interest in narrative nonfiction. She's published authors, both established and debut, including Alanna Hill, Malcolm Turnbull, Emily Clements, Clive Hamilton and Ginger Gorman. Discovering and nurturing fantastic emerging writers of narrative nonfiction is one of the highlights of her job.RMIT alumni, author and editor Emily Clements published her memoir, The Lotus Eaters, in 2020. Her nonfiction has been shortlisted for the Feminazi Memoir Prize, the Ada Cambridge Prize and highly recommended for the Scribe Nonfiction Prize. Her fiction has been twice shortlisted for the Rachel Funari Prize and earned the Melbourne Young Writers Award.Host: Callie BeuermannProducers: Callie Beuermann, Joel Humphries, Sophie Newnham and Mia PurvisSupervising producer: Carly Godden