Mel's first guest is Emily Maguire, discussing her recently-released book Rapture. In the second half of the show, Mel explores Australian Gospel: A Family Saga with author Lech Blain.
Mel chats with Katerina Gibson on her new book 'The Temperature', a collection of short stories about climate change in contemporary Australia. Then, Samah Sabawi discusses her novel 'Cactus Pear For My Beloved'…
In collaboration with the Emerging Writers' Festival, Mel chats with three authors, William Huang, Katy Chan, and Elizabeth Bourke, and premieres three unique audio pieces exploring ideas from AI, memory and creativity and…
The monthly Lit Glit salon returns with A Manual For Cleaning Women, a pulverising selection of short stories from the previously unsung queen of story, Lucia Berlin.
Mel speaks with Ella Mitas on her new cookbook Ela! Ela! and Leah Jing McIntosh, curator/writer and founder of Liminal Magazine, for an overview of inagural Liminal festival at The Wheeler Centre.
This week, Mel Fulton is joined by RRR broadcaster and Author, Sam Elkin as they discuss his new book "Detachable Penis: A Queer Legal Saga" and his journey from Lesbian to Transgender Lawyer…
Dominic Gordon, author of Excitable Boy: Essays on Risk, joins Mel to talk about his collection of non-fiction stories, memories, and feelings from his young life and coming of age in Melbourne's inner…
Literati Glitterati launches its monthly book club with a special live edition in the Triple R Performance Space. We unpack the inaugural book of the month: Dorothy Porter’s iconic lesbian crime thriller, The…
Author & journalist Bri Lee joins today's show to talk about her debut novel 'The Work' which was released April 3rd. Listen to the nuanced discussion about the process of writing this book…
Mel Fulton speaks to author Bonny Cassidy about her memoir, Monuments, which explores the consequences of colonial settlement across generations within the lens of a white Australian family of mixed origins and…
James Colley, television comedy writer and producer from Western Sydney best known for his work as Head Writer on Gruenjoins Mel to talk about his new part young-love rom-com, part David and…
Join Mel Fulton this week with Natalie Paul, CEO of Beatrix Bakes and author of new book titled Beatrix Bakes Another Slice. The two chat about all things sweet and delicious! Also…
The idea for Abbey Lay's debut novel came to her on a bus ride in Mexico... next thing she knew she was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Award for an Unpublished Manucript in…
In this episode, Mel talk to poet Kate Middleton about how television affects her teenage and grown-up self through her new poetry Television - a poetry collection that is part criticism, part autobiography.
Jess Zanoni fills in for Mel and chats to Panda Wong - a writer, poet and co-editor of Best of Australian Poems 2023 (Puncher and Wattmann), co-edited with Gig Ryan. The anthology captures…
Jess fills in for Mel, and speaks to local Melbourne poet, Kiara Lindsay on her new debut poetry collection, A portrait of me running as fast as the plant is growing.
Sara M. Saleh is a writer, a poet, human rights lawyer, organiser, and the daughter of Palestinian, Egyptian, and Lebanese migrants. She joins Mel to talk about two new books she's released this…
Eighteen year old Aaron is creative, resourceful and addicted to heroin. Kicked out of home by his mum and living rough on the streets of South Melbourne, he dreams of getting straight and…
How can we live meaningful and creative lives amid the housing crisis? Max Easton dials in to chat rugby league, punk rock and backyard tape projects in his new novel Paradise Estate…
Decorated Australian authors Charlotte Wood and Amanda Lohrey join Mel on the show this week, to discuss their new novels Stone Yard Devotional and The Conversion. It’s a happy accident that these two…
Siân Hughes, Cheshire-based poet, novelist and author of the 2023 Booker Prize longlisted Pearl, dials into the studio to discuss this lyrical and open-hearted debut. Siân shares the history of the medieval…
Multi-award winning Bundjalung writer Melissa Lucashenko joins Mel in the studio to talk about her latest novel Edenglassie: an epic tale that torches Queensland’s colonial myths, and asks Australians to ponder where…
This week, we step inside the colourful, questioning and ecstatically wild mind of debut author and Melbourne-based cartoonist Sarah Firth, whose illustrated essay collection Eventually Everything Connects: Eight Essays On Uncertainty is out…
In the final Radiothon instalment of Literati Glitterati for 2023, Mel takes a look at memoir, mental health, and the breadth and depth of neurodiverse writing. Roz Bellamy, editor of Archer magazine, swings…
Mel Fulton talks to Anna Kate Blair about the inspiration for her debut novel of 'The Modern'. Fellow Triple R host Clem Bastow drops by to chat about their debut non-fiction book 'Late…
Mel speaks to Katherine Brabon about her new novel 'Body Friend', writing with a chronic disability and how her relationship with her body changes daily. Nadine J Cohen joins the show to chat…
In the studio this week is Allee Richards, Melbourne theatre darling and award winning writer. Mel and Allee discuss her second novel, A Light in the Dark, which uses a tale of musical…