DEAD AIR #149

Lifting The Lid International Festival of Death & Dying – online, 72 hours of conversations, workshops, art, and connection opening up vital, life-affirming dialogues about death and dying.14-16 Nov 2025. Hayley West- ‘Art, Voice, New Ritual’ 6.30pm Sun 16 Nov AEDT. Info & tickets HERE

Gone to a wetter place: the Queenslanders disrupting the death industry with water cremations – The Guardian

Don’t Be Caught Dead podcast – ‘Facing Death Head-on – A Doula’s Guide to End-Of-Life Care’ Catherine Ashton talks to Barb Ferguson.

Shannon’s Bridge, ‘Why saying someone in their end-of-life phase “isn’t allowed to come home from hospital” is complete nonsense’. – Facebook Post

GUESTS: Kate Stones, Jane Montgomery-Griffiths & Stephen Mitchell (Director) are visiting to talk about the new Castlemaine Theatre Company production ‘Piece of Mind’ by Emma Wood. 14-30 November 2025, Fri/Sat 7.30pm, Sun 2pm. Castlemaine Theatre Company, Tickets HERE.

DEAD AIR #122

‘Weaving Power and Remembrance: The Witches of Scotland Tartan’ – High Priestess

Qatar Airways says crew handled dead passenger 'appropriately' – BBC News

‘Her Small White Hands’ artwork by Sarah Walker. In 2021, Geelong Gallery asked Sarah to respond to Frederick McCubbin's 'A Bush Burial' for their wall commission series – sarahwalker.work

Interview with Diedre & Teamo about their Castlemaine Fringe Festival show ‘Life's 2 Short - Our Mums Are Dead‘ Sunday 23 Mar 2025, 7:30-8:30pm. Thompsons Family Funerals, 123 Mostyn St, Castlemaine. Having lived more than three quarters of their lives already, Beryl and George (Deirdre Gibb & Teamo Henderson) take a light-hearted and yet deadly serious look at the grand exit. Cremation is not the only burning issue in this thought provoking debut performance. There will be music and juggling. $10/$15 BOOK HERE

Don’t be Caught Dead podcast – ‘Embracing Mortality: Hayley West on Art, Death, and Community’ – including Apple podcasts, Spotify & YouTube

Forget-Me-Not Good Grief Workshops, The Coolroom, Northern Arts Hotel. Saturdays 1 March, 8 March, 15 March 11am -1pm, All ages, free BOOK HERE Installation Ceremony: 22 March, Djaara Park, Castlemaine. Contact Jill Rivers E: hello@art-fullliving.com T: 0418 389 189.

TRACKS: I'm In Your Mind - King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard / Dear God - XTC

DEAD AIR #121

ARTICLE: ‘Kununurra couple working hard to protect, preserve town's gravesites’ – ABC News

ARTICLE: Venezuelan Migrant’s Body Used for Science: Her Family Had No Idea - mitú

PDF: Tips and resources for early grief – Joh Fairley, Nyx Funerals

YOUTUBE: Where is the body kept? – ‘Are you dying to know?’

PODCAST: Launch of The Trojan Hearse Podcast – Pia Interlandi & Peta Murray. PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival – TOMORROW Tues 25 Feb, 6:30pm. The Altar Electric, 299 Johnston Street, Abbotsford.

PODCAST: Don’t be Caught Dead podcast – THIS THURSDAY 27 Feb starring me talking to the great Catherine Ashton 😊

WORKSHOPS: Forget-Me-Not Good Grief Workshops, The Coolroom, Northern Arts Hotel. Saturdays 1 March, 8 March, 15 March 11am -1pm, all ages, free. Book HERE Installation Ceremony: 22 March, Djaara Park, Castlemaine. Contact Jill Rivers hello@art-fullliving.com Ph. 0418 389 189.

ONLINE: ‘TikTok + Grief: An Online Symposium on TikTok, Loss and Connection’ - Mon, 10 Mar, 4-7pm AEDT. Book HERE

WORKSHOP EOI: AHFA & Good Death Impact Network workshops: Adelaide 5-6 April & Melbourne 12-13 April 2025. To be considered, submit an EOI: https://shorturl.at/r9w3D closes TODAY 24 Feb. There are limited places available.

BOOK: The Digital Departed ‘How We Face Death, Commemorate Life, and Chase Virtual Immortality’ by Timothy Recuber

PAPERS: Responsible Technology for Death and Dying – paper submission deadline: 30 Nov. Contact: Prof. Elvira Perez Vallejos, e: elvira.perez@nottingham.ac.uk

TRACKS: Love is the Drug - Roxy Music / I Don’t Know How to be Your Friend - Redd Kross