Fully Lit

Impact Studios and The Sydney Review of Books

What is Australian literature today? How does it connect to its roots in our recent and ancient pasts? And where is it headed? Welcome, or welcome back, to the Sydney Review of Books podcast - now known as Fully Lit: a podcast about Australian writing, presented by Anna Funder. Over eight episodes, you'll hear from John Kinsella, Nicholas Jose, Jeanine Leane, Anita Heiss and other luminaries of Australian letters as they dissect the work of Alexis Wright, Peter Carey, Patrick White, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Christina Stead and many more. Fully Lit is brought to you by the Sydney Review of Books, Impac...

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Fully Lit

Episodes (31)

Wed Feb 11th 23. The Critics’ Report: Freedom, Funding and ‘Social Cohesion’
Jan 29th 22. How to Read a Poem
Jan 15th 21. Geordie Williamson on Alexis Wright

Fully Lit

Feb 11, 2026
51¼ minutes
41 MB

23. In this episode of Fully Lit Live, we present The Critics Report, an event hosted by the Sydney Review of Books at the State Library of NSW in December 2025. Moderated by SRB deputy editor Tiffany Tsao, the conversation brings together critics, editors and scholars to assess a year that placed unprecedented pressure on Australian arts and cultural institutions — and on the artists and writers who depend upon them. Australia’s 2025 Venice Biennale entrants and Martu writer Karen Wyld, along with journalist Antionette Lattouf, all felt the impact of efforts to set the boundaries of acceptable expr...

Fully Lit

23. The Critics’ Report: Freedom, Funding and ‘Social Cohesion’

Impact Studios and The Sydney Review of Books

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