Jordy Rosenberg, Tilde, Ghost Bird, Blockade IMARC, Raise the age

Thursday, 31 October 2019 - 7:00am to 8:30am

Acknowledgement of country

Max, and poet Vincent Silk, interview author Jordy Rosenberg at the Sydney Writers Festival 2019. They speak about Jordy's recent novel Confessions of the Fox, trans visibility in literature and historical and speculative fiction.

Scout, the creative director of Tilde The Trans and Gender Diverse Film Festival and Tommy Hart, director of 'Kids on Fire,' join us to discuss the Tilde program launch happening tonight 31 October at Hares and Hyena's.    

Lisa Fuller, a Wuilli Wuilli woman, joins us to discuss her new novel Ghost Bird, a YA novel about two sisters from her hometown. 

Porobibi, West Papuan Student activist and 3CR broadcaster, spoke with Michaela Stubbs on Day 1 of the IMARC blockade about the blockade's links to mining, genocide and resistance in West Papua.

Speaking live from the IMARC blockade, Marisol, 3CR broadcaster and Lasnet activist, shares community views on mining, multinationals and First Nations rights.  
 
Monique Hurley, lawyer from the Human Rights Law Centre, discussing the age of criminal responsibility and the calls to raise the age. A bill has recently been tabled in federal parliament calling for the age of criminal responsibility to be raised to 14.

Songs

Oetha - Cruisin'

Okenyo - Buckle Up