DEAD AIR #151

The uneasy history of horror films and disability – The Conversation

Discovery in desk's nook paints picture of Australia's oldest continuously operating crematorium – ABC NEWS

Join The Empty Chair Campaign – add your deceased person to the online memorial, every empty chair tells a story, say their name, tell their story.

Can I Keep My Parents' Skulls & Tattoos? - YouTube

Bringing Death Back Into Life workshop led by myself, Jenny Blake & Nici Wright. Saturday 11 – Sunday 12 April, VENUE TBC. EOIs are open now, please follow this link to register your interest:  EOI Form This workshop facilitated by Australian Home Funeral Alliance, in conjunction with Social Health Australia and the Death Literacy Institute, is funded by the Wicking Trust as part of their Bringing Death Back into Life: Community-led Programs grants - Showing Up for Older Australians: a community approach to building death literacy in rural/regional Australia. 

End of Year Anti-Party Grief Shuffle Death Café, hosted by the Queer as Death Collective. NECCHi East Coburg Neighbourhood House Coburg. Sun, 7 Dec, 1-4pm AEDT. Book HERE

LAST WEEKEND: ‘Piece of Mind’ Finishes Sunday 30 November 2025, Fri/Sat 7.30pm, Sun 2pm. Castlemaine Theatre Company, Etty St. Tickets HERE.

TRACKS: Chicken Song & Suburb - Xylouris White

DEAD AIR #139

Australia-first trial shows promising results for psychedelic-assisted therapy in palliative care –St.Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne

Father-son morticians turn tattoos into wall art – Popular Science & Save My Ink Forever

The Casketeers Life And Death Across The Globe – SBS On Demand

The Mourning After Exhibition and Public Program, continues until 20 Sept, RMIT Design Hub in Melbourne. Week 6 Current Workshops HERE / Wed 27 Aug, 11.30am-1pm: Meditating with eco-grief. / Thur 28 Aug, 11.30am-1pm: Taking it with you: tactile explorations. / Fri 29 Aug, 3-5pm: The Tomorrow Party: a time-travelling workshop.

Natural Grace Australia and Heaven & Earth Eco Burial Shrouds at the Zero Waste Festival 2025 Sat 6 Sept, Fed Square, Melb. FREE donations welcome, 10am-6:30pm.

Community Planting Day, Melbourne General Cemetery Sat 30 Aug, 10am–1pm RSVP by Wed 27 Aug, register HERE

ONLINE: The Death Dialogues - Calling All Men! Sun, 31 Aug 9:30 -10:30 am AEST online, book HERE

Death cafés: the quiet cultural movement helping artists and communities talk about dying - ArtsHub

TRACKS: Waile – WITCH / A Min We Vo Nou We – Los Sympathics de Porto Novo

DEAD AIR #120

Ancient Egypt’s First Fully Preserved Funeral Home Has Been Discovered In The City Of The Dead – all that is interesting

Can I Keep My Parents' Skulls & Tattoos? – Ask a Mortician (YouTube)

Bereavement Assistance - bereavementassistance.org.au

Potter’s Filed Funerals (social enterprise) - pottersfieldfunerals.com.au

‘Theatre of the Last Breath’ by Annie Caulfield at Grass Roots Death Care Support the project HERE

ONLINE: 2025 CDAS Conference ‘Death in transition’ 12-13 June 2025

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 24 Feb. Limited places available.

TOMORROW: Community Lunch, Tues 11 Feb, 12.30pm Castlemaine Town Hall. This lunch is dedicated to dear friend and long-serving volunteer, Austin Crocker, who died unexpectedly last week. Time will be set aside to honour and remember Austin’s memory.

TRACKS: Fat Hans Gone Mad - Party Dozen / Dread - Thank