death letter project

DEAD AIR #177 by The Departure

DEAD AIR #177
Hayley West, 94.9MAINfm

Labor endorses voluntary assisted dying telehealth access in platform shift – ABC News

Anthony Albanese personally opposed to Labor's push on telehealth voluntary assisted dying – ABC News

The women running death salons for people of color to process grief: ‘It allows for freedom’ - The Guardian US

The Death Letter Project - Keith Quayle, Writer, Advocate for Trans and Gender Diverse People in Prison.

The Collective for Radical Death Studies - CRDS serves as a source of knowledge for how death practitioners, death care professionals, students and scholars alike can all better understand death ways of people of colour and marginalised groups. The literary canon is a collection of source material.

Beholden - on sanity, grace, and the barely there space... Chloe Hope, Death & Birds

Weaving a Shroud Carrier - a weekend immersion into shrouding Castlemaine.  Join us in Castlemaine for a weekend immersion into the art of shrouding, where we will collectively weave a shroud carrier from invasive Cats Claw vine. Led by master weaver Zimmi Forest, d’Vine Creations and facilitated by Hayley West of The Departure, this open and inclusive workshop explores the how, why, and when of shrouding, alongside broader conversations about death, dying, and grief, with an optional opportunity to experience being shrouded. All materials and morning teas are provided; bring your own lunch, your questions, and your personal experiences. Sat 10 Oct, 9:30am – 4pm & Sun 11 Oct, 10am-3.30pm. Venue tbc, Castlemaine. $380/ $730 if booking for 2 people. Book HERE

The Australian Hearse Nationals hearse parade is happening this Sunday 2 August for the Goldfields Gothic: Festival of Dark Ideas! Stand on the Main Street at 10.30am, and cheer us on! We'll be leaving from the Machinery Shed Museum for a couple of laps around town. The hearses will then park in the grass area just above the Machinery Shed for perusal and chats. I'll have either a shrouded body in a carrier in the back, or my hand woven coffin, I haven't decided yet... Come and vote for your favourite hearse - The Death Star! We recently starred in the LOCALS film made by Liz Geddes at Castlemaine Documentary Festival. I've entered in two categories - Best Hearse Post 1980 & Best Display

Community & Care - Death & Grief: Practical, artful ways to show up for the end of life. Starts this Sunday - 4 online sessions held on Sundays from 6-8pm (Aug 2, Aug 23, Sep 13, Oct 4). COST: $240 early bird / $270. A special $30 community discount using the code CARE has been created.

TRACKS: Doorway – Kathryn Mohr / I Don’t Know Why – Yoko Ono

DEAD AIR #107 by The Departure

DEAD AIR #107
Hayley West, 94.9 MainFM

‘I’m a death expert. I designed eight questions to help you think about dying’ The Guardian

Ray Martin: The Last Goodbye - SBS On Demand

The Death Letter Project – Tina FiveAsh LETTER: Lance Proctor | Embalmer / Death Mask Creator

Festival of Death and Dying, Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 November

BOOK: Memento Mori: The Art of Contemplating Death to Live a Better Life by Joanna Ebenstein Purchase HERE

BOOK: Lonely Planet's Guide to Death, Grief and Rebirth Purchase HERE

TALK: ‘Stories of connection and community in planning for end of life’ with Frances Logan and Harpreet Kalsi-Smith, Saturday 9 November, 9-11am AEDT BOOK HERE

Queer as Death Collective – Death Café. Naarm/Melbourne, Sunday 10 November, 3-6pm BOOK HERE

TRACKS: BYE BYE - Kim Gordon / Breathe - Kai Cult

DEAD AIR #94 by The Departure

DEAD AIR #94
Hayley West, 94.9 MainFM

DEAD AIR is sponsored by Trash Cult; venue, bar, film, book & record store. 15 High Street, in the Burra of Eaglehawk.

‘Dying well: why Australians are turning to ‘Buddhish’ deaths’ The Guardian

Death Letter Project  - death letter by Sufira-Mingara

‘An Indian model faked her death for cervical cancer awareness. Many were appalled, some say it motivated them to get tested’ ABC News

Australian Sacred Deathcare Series, May 2024 events

BOOK: ‘When Death Falls Apart: Making and Unmaking the Necromaterial Traditions of Contemporary Japan’ by Hannah Gould

 Free Palestine Rally every Sunday 12pm Jarra/Victory Park, Castlemaine. Insta: @freepalestinecentralvic

TRACKS: K5 - Proximity / Open Gate / Elephant