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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 #129 by The Departure

Happy Śmigus-Dyngus Day! Or Easter Monday for others…

‘Daring to Drop the ‘D’ Word’ – Sincere Ceremonies Karen Brady

‘Why do embalmed bodies feel hard to touch?’ – Are You Dying To Know? YouTube

PODCAST: ‘Let's talk about death, baby’ – Life’s Blooming with James Valentine with Andrew Denton & Kerrie Noonan

Dying to Know Day (August 8) free online webinar about planning your own event. Register HERE Tues 29 April, 2025, 1-1:45pm AEST.

Alluvium Water Cremations Transparency Tour: Mornington, Tasmania, Sat 17 May, 2-3.30pm Details: Facebook event

AHFA presents: Grief and Creative Practice with Chloe Coelho. Wed 28 May, 7-8.30pm AEST. Register HERE

NDAN Panel Discussion on Limited Tenure Burial. Guest panelists: Denise Ora, Ben Kelly, Dr Pia Interlandi, Joe Sehee and Dr Samuel Holleran. Online, Mon 28 April 2025, 6pm. Register HERE

Life Options Death Doula course, online 10 module with Denise Love, Ruth Boydell & Barb Ferguson. Next intake: April 30 2025, all courses can be found HERE

Speakers to be announced soon for the first of the Good Grief Lounge series at the Northern Arts Hotel Castlemaine, Sat 3 May, 11am-1pm. Details HERE

REMINDER: this weekend --- Climate Café at Castlemaine Community House, Saturday & Death Café Maldon on Sunday.

TRACKS: from the new Divide & Dissolve album Insatiable

DEAD AIR #128 by The Departure

How can we ethically display the dead in museums? What about resin casts of those who died violently in Pompeii? – The Conversation

'When my baby passed away, my work cancelled my maternity leave’ - mamamia

Harkness Memorial Park first stage designs revealed.

Climate Café at Castlemaine Community House, Sat 26 April, 9am-12.30pm. To book call Wolf: 0439 353 931 or email: lucidlifeaus@gmail.com

Death Café Maldon, Sun 27 April,10am. Pure Gold Holistic & Wellbeing, 1 Spring St, Maldon. Held every last Sunday of the month at 10am.

The Last Word Podcast with Nastassia Jones, Co-Founder of the Last Hurrah Funerals and Comedian Jonathan Schuster - podbean

Submit stories for Deep Listening – The Mourning After

The Palliative Care Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Coalition’s The End Wise Project aims to amend the regulations in Australia, allowing access to psilocybin-assisted therapy for those in palliative care.

‘Island of the Dead’ Doco with Heidi Grieg from KI Doula Services - Compass ABC TV

Launch of Critical Info in Frankston can be watched online Tues 15 April, 6.30-7pm - YouTube

REMINDER d’Vine Creation Coffin Weaving Workshop in Melbourne, 10 & 11 May 2025. Facilitated by: Zimmi Forest - Fibre Artist & Maria Lazovic - Death Doula & Psychotherapist. Book HERE

TRACKS: Young & Successful - DIÄT / Anxiety - C.C.T.V / Hey Mr. Dogman! – Powerplant