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Amy & Book Club

Amy & Book Club

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Amy & Book Club is a bookish podcast with benefits. Amy Matthews is joined by series regulars Justina Ashman, Abby Guy, Millie Heffernan, Payton Hogan and Harry Stewart and by a cast of guesties, both special and specialer. Featuring genre deep dives, author Q&As, and a live book club with a signature cocktail/mocktail, we’re your new favourite interactive book club with an accessibly academic flair. Listen to the pod, embrace the community on socials, and tune in to the livestream for the monthly book club – whether you’re a new book lover or a seasoned bibliophile, we can’t wait to meet you!

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  • Comics are Really Cool: Interview with Georgina Chadderton (George Rex Comics)

    Comics are Really Cool: Interview with Georgina Chadderton (George Rex Comics)
    Jul 16 2026

    This week Amy, Millie and Justina are joined by local Adelaide artist, zine-maker, community organiser and author of the graphic memoir Oh Brother, Georgina Chadderton – aka George Rex Comics. Join us as we chat all about making comics, shifting between zine-making and traditional publishing, interdisciplinary creativity, building grassroots arts community, revelling in niche Australian comedy and how to explain Vegemite to Canadians.

    🫵 Our BOTM is ZINES by YOU! We'll all be making our own zines this month – join us and craft along at home!

    MENTIONS

    💥 COMICS: Oh Brother by Georgina Chadderton; The Adventures of Tin Tin by Hergé; Asterix by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo; Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson; Johnny the Homicidal Maniac by Jhonen Vasquez; Too Much Coffee Man by Shannon Wheeler; Milk and Cheese by Evan Dorkin; Pat Grant (Blue, The Grot); Mandy Ord (When One Person Dies the Whole World is Over, Bulk Nuts); Alison Bechdel (Fun Home; Are You My Mother?); Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O’Malley; The Adventure Zone by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy and Carey Pietsch; Aśka (The Friendship Paradox)

    📖 BOOKS: 45 and 47 Stella Street by Elizabeth Honey

    🎬 FILMS: The Muppets (2011); The Rage in Placid Lake (2003); Strictly Ballroom (1992)

    📺 TV: Invader Zim (2001–2006); Flight of the Conchords (2007–2009); The Mighty Boosh (2004–2007); Aunty Donna’s Big Ol’ House of Fun (2020)

    🦦 OTHER: Zina Warrior Print Fest; Papercuts Comics Festival; Greenlight Comics; Emerging Writers Festival; Format Festival; Thought Bubble Comic Art Festival; Adelaide Writers’ Week; Pull Pop Push: Revealing the Magic of Pop Up Books at State Library SA; Studio Ruby Chew; Perth Comic Arts Festival; Melbourne Rare Book Week

    LINKS:

    • Follow Georgina on IG: @georgerexcomics
    • Visit Georgina’s website and check out their comics reading list
    • Read Georgina’s graphic memoir Oh Brother
    • Watch the full episode on YouTube: @AmyAndBookclub
    • Follow the Amy & Podcast on IG: @amyandbookclub
    • Follow the Amy & Podcast on TikTok: @amyandbookclub
    • Join the Amy & Book Club: Amy & Bookclub
    • Follow Amy Matthews on IG: @amymatthewsauthor
    • Follow Amy Barry on IG: @amybarryauthor
    • Our theme music is by Mass Wisteria. Stream their single "Same Old" here.

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • But it is that serious: From Zines to Metamorphoses

    But it is that serious: From Zines to Metamorphoses
    Jul 8 2026
    Welcome to week two of Zine Month! Today Amy, Justina, and Payton are joined by friends of the pod Gemma Neall and Shona Edwards. These wonderful guests are zine experts AND classicists — just about the coolest cross-section of interests a person could possibly have. So in this episode we make a journey from ancient poetry to Shakespeare and then all the way to Ronald Reagan, Spockanalia, and Riot Grrrls. But mainly we will find out how zine-making can cut through imposter syndrome, strengthen communities, and challenge the calcified practices of academia. Just don’t forget rule #1: Always make the zine. This month, in lieu of setting a ‘book club pick’ we’ll be making zines, and we want you to create along with us! We hope these episodes inspire you to get crafty — please do send us your zines over on Instagram (@amyandbookclub) and follow along to see whatever unhinged ones we come up with (we’ll be sharing ours in our ‘book club’ episode on July 23). MENTIONS Poetry/booksAeneid by VirgilHeroides by OvidIliad by Homer, translated by Emily WilsonMetamorphoses by Ovid, translated by Stephanie McCarterNox by Anne CarsonOdyssey by Homer, translated by Emily WilsonPygmalion by George Bernard Shaw (play)Pygmalion by OvidSong of Achilles by Madeleine Miller FilmMy Fair LadyPretty Woman Authors/poetsGallusHoraceNatalie HarkinOvidPropertius Sources:Barthes, Roland. ‘The Death of the Author.’ In: Newton, K.M. (eds) Twentieth-Century Literary Theory. Palgrave, London. 1997. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25934-2_25Halberstam, Jack. The Queer Art of Failure. Duke University Press, Durham and London. 2011. https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822394358Haraway, Donna. ‘Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perspective.’ Feminist Studies, vol. 14, no. 3, 1988, pp. 575-99. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/3178066Harkin, Natalie. Archival-Poetics. (Archival-Poetics; No. 1 Colonial archive), (Archival-Poetics; No. 2 Haunting), (Archival-Poetics; No. 3 Blood memory). Sydney, Vagabond Press. 2019.Harkin, Natalie. ‘Weaving Blankets of Story and Hearts of Gold: An Archival-poetics Praxis.’ Cordite Poetry Review. 2021. https://cordite.org.au/essays/weaving-blankets-hearts-of-gold/2/ Zine resources:Mental health: madzines.orgRiot Grrrls: riotgrrrlarchive.commons.gc.cuny.edu/zines/Spockanalia: archive.org/details/SpockanaliaV1404 Media Zine about ICE Surveillance: www.404media.co/icezine/International Ronald Reagan Fan Club: https://yaf.org/news/reagan-ranch-center-unveils-new-exhibits-featuring-reagan-letters-photographs-and-memorabilia/https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/from-ronnie-to-a-fan-more-than-100-reagan-letters-for-sale/https://www.paulfrasercollectibles.com/blogs/memorabilia/ronald-reagan-document-archive-to-sell-at-profiles-in-history?srsltid=AfmBOorlAUDuM-y6ioA1GeIhFvWNc_ADvhjys-nA25KiMF-E3tAt0aew LINKS 📓 Where to find our guests: Gemma NeallShona EdwardsFor information on how to join the Australasian Ovidian Society, follow this link 🎵 Our theme music is by Mass Wisteria. Stream their single SAME OLD here: https://linktr.ee/masswisteria#465207993 🌸 Our Socials: IG: https://www.instagram.com/amyandbookclubTT: https://www.tiktok.com/@amyandbookclubYT: https://www.youtube.com/@AmyandBookClub 💛 Where to find Amy: Amy Matthews on IG: https://www.instagram.com/amymatthewsauthor/Amy Barry on IG: https://www.instagram.com/amybarryauthor/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrAmyTMatthewsauthorWebsite: https://amymatthewsauthor.com/ Thank you so much for listening!💞 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • An Anti-Capitalist Fun Time: Intro to Zines

    An Anti-Capitalist Fun Time: Intro to Zines
    Jul 2 2026
    New month, new us! This July we’ll be drawing, writing, cutting, pasting, photocopying, folding and talking all things zines and zine-making. To kick off the month, we dove into Justina’s personal zine collection to find the answers to all our burning zine questions. What is a zine? Where do you find them and how do you make them? How do you archive something so varied and ephemeral? And, most importantly, is it pronounced ‘zeen’ or ‘zyne’? MENTIONS 🫵 Our BOTM is ZINES by YOU! We'll all be making our own zines this month – join us and craft along at home! ✂️ ZINES: How to Make a Zine by Bec Sheedy (becsheedydraws); Fortune Favours the Frog by Gemma Neall (gememberthat); ‘the idea of a rectangle’ by Damien Warman (dmnwrmn); Round Zodiac by Adil Soh Lim (infinitesimal_speck); Frogery House by Gemma Neall; A Selection of Some of Our Favourite Guys from Star Wars by Lizzi Morris and Hope Lumsden-Barry (Picolitre Press); This Was Grandpa’s Paper by Declan Brown (tid.bit); I have too many dice by Theo (exitpursuedbytheo); Renaicore: 16th Century inspired outfits for a modern age by Jez Gleeson (jezmezzewz); Speakeasy zines by the Flinders Speakeasy Team; Freshly Baked Cats by Justina Ashman (javerstina); Bird Watch by Unknown; How to Sound Like a Birdwatcher by Kelly (pidgy_art); The 4 stages of vet visits by Katie Gray (katiegrayart); ‘Nosferatu’: Shadow Puppet Zine by Bria McCarthy (bomburia); Charming Medieval English Names for Girls by Kelly; Instead of Preparing for the Zine Fair I Played 30 Hours of Baldur’s Gate 3 by Justina Ashman; Instead of Preparing for the Zine Fair I Had a Dental Emergency by Justina Ashman; Magic and Mishaps by Jake Holmes (jaketoothandnail); Escape from Incel Island by Margaret Killjoy; Gay Plants – Issue One: Monsters; Queer Workerism Against Work: Strategising Transgender Labourers, Social Reproduction & Class Freedom by Kate Doyle Griffiths; The Fast and the Furious and the Gender Abridged by Justina Ashman; 🎮 VIDEO GAMES: Baldur’s Gate 3 (2023); Mario Kart (1996); Baldur’s Gate (1998) 🎬 FILMS: Nosferatu (1922) 🎭 THEATRE: The Importance of Being Earnest (National Theatre, 2024) 🦦 OTHER: Amon Carter Museum of American Art; The Sticky Institute; Festival of the Photocopier; Zina Warrior Print Fest; National Young Writers Festival; Hallozeen; Greenlight Comics LINKS: Watch the full episode on YouTube: @AmyAndBookclubFollow the Amy & Podcast on IG: @amyandbookclub Follow the Amy & Podcast on TikTok: @amyandbookclubJoin the Amy & Bookclub: Amy & Bookclub Follow Amy Matthews on IG: @amymatthewsauthor Follow Amy Barry on IG: @amybarryauthorOur theme music is by Mass Wisteria. Stream their single "Same Old" here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    45 mins
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