This week, Mel is joined in the studio by Cher Tan.

Cher Tan is an essayist, critic and editor living and working on unceded Wurundjeri land. She has lived in Kaurna Yerta/Adelaide and…

In this episode, Mel speaks to Kaveh Akbar, an Iranian-American poet and scholar, on his new book, Martyr!

The book is a semi-autobigraphical tale, in which the main character Cyrus Shams shares some…

Kaveh Akbar is an award-winning Iranian-American poet, and he joins Mel for a long-form chat about his first novel Martyr! which follows Cyrus Shams, who is lost and searching for meaning in life…

Ahead of her appearance at the Melbourne Writers Festival, best-selling author Leslie Jamison dials in from her home in New York at almost midnight for a meaty chat with Mel about her new…

Mel is joined in the studios by writer and poet Miranda Darling to talk about her latest novel, Thunderhead (out now with Scribe). The two unpack the inner world of the main character…

James Colley, television comedy writer and producer from Western Sydney best known for his work as Head Writer on Gruen joins 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 next thing she knew she was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Award for an Unpublished Manucript in…

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.