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…

Join Mel for the debut episode of Literatti Glitterati in its new permanent time slot as they celebrate Women's International Day with an extraordinary salon of writers reading their work. International Women's Day…

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…

This week, Mel is joined in the studio by Madison Griffiths, writer, artist and producer of critically acclaimed podcast Tender. Madison discusses her debut novel Tissue, which is a candid depiction…

How do we become who we are? In this edition of Literati Glitterati, Mel chats to the authors of two books consumed by precisely this question. 

The first is Where I slept…

Mel is joined by English writer, Max Porter.

Multi award-winning UK novelist and master of the tiny perfect book, Max Porter, joins Mel on the show this week. The pair riff on magic…