DEAD AIR #142

Elizabeth Gilbert ‘The Alpha Wolf’ – Moth Stories

The Importance of Black Feminine Beautification Rituals for Funerals in American Religion – Talk Death

Seniors Festival 2025 1-31 October, Mt Alexander Shire events HERE, including End of Life Planning talk with Hayley West, Wed 15 Oct, 10-11am & the Community Lunch and Mini-Expo (The Departure & the Central & Northern Victorian Death Doula Network & The Departure will have a stall) on Tues 7 Oct.

Death Doulas Australia - Denise Love from Life Options has launched a new website to help connect Australians with death doulas in their region. To be included please send an email to ask.deniselove@gmail.com with these details: Name - Region (town, city, state) - Email - Phone No. - Facebook or Instagram - Website (if any).

The Mourning After Exhibition and Public Program, finishes this Saturday 20 Sept, RMIT Design Hub in Melbourne. Week 9 Final Workshops HERE Tues 17 Sept, 11.30-13:00, AI + the Afterlife workshop with Caitlin McGrane, Larissa Hjorth and Tamara Borovica. Thurs 18 Sept, 11.30 -13.00, Mapping Climate Feelings with Linda Knight, Larissa Hjorth and Tamara Borovica for young people. Sat 20 Sept, 12.30 -14.00, What still sustains is led by Jacina Leong for arts workers.

BOOK: Darby, Love . . . (Alive Things Mom Said to Me Before She Died) On Instagram: @darby_hudson

TRACKS: The Mystery of Love – Marianne Faithful & PJ Harvey / Yeah Yeah Yeah – Delaney Davidson

DEAD AIR #141

Suicide Prevention Day Wednesday 10 September

Interview with Rachel from Castlemaine Safe Space. Candlelight vigil at Castlemaine Safe Space, 74 Mostyn St, Wed 10 Sept, 7-8.30pm (candle lighting 8pm). All welcome, free.

Resources from the CHARLEE website: Supporting LGBTIQA+ people during public discussions about suicide loss

CHARLEE (Connection, Hope, Action, Resources and Lived Experience Education) is a project of Switchboard Victoria for LGBTIQA+ community with lived experiences of suicide. Rainbow Door (every day, 10am-5pm). Ph: 1800 729 367 Txt: 0480 017 246

Out Of The Shadows Walk an initiative of Lifeline. Wed 10 Sept, walk 9km for the 9 Australians who die every day by suicide. 

Hope Assistance Local Tradies (HALT) is a national grass-roots suicide prevention charity. Tough Conversations with Henry Rollins - Jeremy Forbes from HALT interview - YouTube

MATES is a charity to address suicide among Australian & New Zealand construction workers. Fly the Flag Week 8-12 Sept.

The 5th Annual Lifting The Lid International Festival of Death and Dying is online 14–16 Nov.

The Mourning After Exhibition and Public Program, continues until 20 Sept, RMIT Design Hub in Melbourne. Week 8 Current Workshops HERE Wed 10 Sept, 11.30-14:00, Kopi Healing Workshop - with Indigenous artist Maree Clarke. Thurs 11 Sept, 11.30 -13.00, Grief Mapping - a reflective postcard-making workshop led by Larissa Hjorth and Tamara Borovica. Fri 12 Sept, 11.30 -13.00, Chat with the Dead - a workshop allowing participants to have a live conversation with a deathbot.

Howl & Hold a radical grief zine, open submissions, due 31 Oct.

PODCAST: Reach In, Reach Out: The Impact of Suicide Loss and Bereavement - Podbean

TRACKS: Fade Into You – Mazzy Star / (iii) moribund – Faetooth / Cathedral – Yellow Eyes

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