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DEAD AIR #131 by The Departure

Revivification at the Art Gallery of WA is a strange and tender revival of experimental composer Alvin LucierABC News

‘Not a single person shied away’: how a year chronicling end-of-life stories changed one photographer’The Guardian Julian Kingma ‘The Power of Choice’ book, New South Books AND exhibition, SOL Gallery Fitzroy, opening Wed 21 May 2025, 6-8.30pm (until 1 June).

End of life doulas respond to being excluded from the federal government’s new End of Life Pathway – Lisa Herbert, The Bottom Drawer Book

Grief Garments Do you know someone bereaved by suicide and who might be interested to transforming an item from their persons wardrobe into a Grief Garment in Sydney in August? EOI open until 31 May, applicant form available HERE

PODCAST: Victoria Spence: Death doula and funeral business owner on a mission to bring deaths back to the personalSBS SEEN with Yumi Stynes.

PODCAST: The Imperfects Podcast Life After Jock with Lauren Zonfillo

CDAS online conference 2025 ‘Death and Transitions’ 11 - 13 June 2025. (full $166 half $83). Full program HERE. FREE sessions: Where do we die? Our preferences for our space of death - Online, book HERE. Fri 13 June, 4-5am AEST! - Ain't got time to die screening followed by a Q&A with Martin Krafft. Book HERE. Also Fri 13 June, 4-5am AEST?

CALL FOR PAPERS: Death Literacy submission deadline: 20 Oct 2025. Guest Editor Dr. Kerrie Noonan, to be published in a Special Collection for Palliative Care & Social Practice, Sage Journals. Submission info HERE.

TRACKS: Two Suns – Ragana / The Surgery – Uboa & Solus Varak / Future Plans - Batpiss

DEAD AIR #130 by The Departure

‘My parents holding hands after their assisted deaths: Martin Roemers’ most personal photograph’ – The Guardian

BOOK: Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death - Booktopia

Article: What Do Animals Know About Death? - NYTimes

Pope Francis’ Funeral, a Visual Guide – BBC News & on ABC IView

TED MED Talk: A burial practice that nourishes the planet, Caitlin Doughty

Pre-VAD & Post-VAD Support Groups – Dying with Dignity

Design + Death Beyond the Grave, Open House Melbourne and Design Week Melbourne. Four events over 15-25 May.

Call for Abstracts: Young children’s perspectives on (multispecies) death and dying. Due 15 May, e: deathandchildren@gmail.com Submission info HERE

Call for papers: The Journal of Disappearance Studies, first issue. Info e: jds-editorial@bristol.ac.uk Info HERE

Research Degree Opportunity: Do-It-Yourself Commemoration of the Dead with DeathTech team at Uni of Melb. Full-funded PhD scholarship, e: nansenb@unimelb.edu.au EOIs due 31 May. Info HERE

Subscribe to CDAS newsletter - e: cdas@bath.ac.uk

REMINDERS: TONIGHT – NDAN Panel discussion on Limited Tenure Burial, Mon 28 April, 6pm AEST, online. Book HERE TOMORROW – Info session on hosting a Dying To Know Day event, Tues 29 April, 1-1:45pm AEST, online. Register HERE SATURDAY - Northern Arts Hotel Castlemaine, Sat 3 May, 11am-1pm. Details HERE

 TRACKS: Dying – XTC / Choc-A-Bloc – Anika / Can’t Say No – Beasts of Bourbon

DEAD AIR #125 by The Departure

‘Creativity and Funeral Rites; The use of creative arts during wakes, funerals & memorials’ with Joh Fairley - AHFA Wed 26 March 2025, 7-8.30pm AEDT.

Lifting The Lid Death Festival, 14-16 Nov 2025, apply via the Presenters Application Form HERE

The 2025 Festival of Death and Dying 22-23 Nov, Rushcutters Bay, Sydney. Super early-bird tickets available now.

Castlemaine Fringe Festival - Remembrance Rave with DJ Alkaline Hydrolysis (that’s me!) is on at the Flamin’ Galah Fringe Hub, Mechanics Lane. Wed 2 April 6-8pm. Please add your songs to the playlist, it can be accessed through the Castlemaine Fringe Festival webpage HERE it’s FREE and an all ages event so children are welcome! I can't guarantee all the songs will be played as we only have two hours, but please add your choices to the mix.

Amy Firth – Funeral Music Guide: a playlist for every mood and occasion - The Classics, Uplifting, Emotive Songs, Unique & Unusual

How To Kill A Witch: A Guide For The Patriarchy, by Claire Mitchell & Zoe Venditozzi - Booktopia

Sign up for the University of Bath - Centre for Death & Society newsletter HERE

Interview with actor Letty and producer Theresa from ‘Constellations’ for the Castlemaine Fringe Festival. Book tickets for a show HERE – Wesley Hill Hall - 28, 29, 30 March & 4, 5, 6 April. $30/$25. Sunday sessions have Q&A directly following the event.

TRACKS: You – Marcia Hines / You Are The Sunshine Of My Life – Stevie Wonder / Everybody Dies – Billie Eilish