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DEAD AIR #73 by Hayley West

The Guardian: ‘Boil in the bag’ environmentally friendly funerals arrive in the UK

ABC News: Launceston store launches range of products to help bereaved parents remember their babies and YouTube

Pregnancy Loss Podcast, Episode 11 ‘what I wish I knew after pregnancy loss’ and Instagram page

ONLINE: Dr Kerrie Noonan in conversation with Author of ‘The Great Dead Body Teachers’ Jackie Dent. Tues 8 Aug 2023, 7-8:30pm. Register HERE 

ONLINE: Seth Viddal - Human Composting in Colorado. Sat 12 Aug 2023 9- 11am. Book HERE

ONLINE: Death Doula Dialogues with Tracey Rusden of EOL Bucketlist & Heidi Greig of Kangaroo Island Doula Service. Fri 4 Aug 2023, 7- 8:30pm. Book HERE

GRAVE AFFAIRS, Goldfields Gothic Festival. Speakers: Lyndie Shaw, Bec Gallagher & Caitlin Epps Hayley West & Amanda Collins. Facilitated by Jenny Valentish. Sat 5 Aug 2023, 2.30pm. Book HERE

Celebrating D2KDay! A lighthearted talk around the fear of death with Peter McConvill & Margie McConvill. Tues 8 Aug 2023, 2-4pm Daylesford Neighbourhood Centre. To book email: events@dncentre.org.au or ph: 5348 3569.

TRACKS: Eighties - Killing Joke / Seven Years - Eyeless in Gaza / Mr. Clarinet - The Birthday Party

DEAD AIR #55 by Hayley West

Hearse driving course IFISS

Institute of Palliative Medicine, Kozhihode India 17-19 Feb. 2023, Curios Global Competition – Submissions due 12 Feb.

'Digital Necromancy: Users’ Perceptions of Digital Afterlife' Tues 28th Feb 2023, 7-8 PM GMT

The Death Positive Library UK

BOOK: ‘The Sustainable Dead: Searching for the Intolerable’ edited by Ruth McManus

‘Accounting for Death: an historical perspective’ [Necroaccountability] Call for papers due 15 Sept. 2023.

Who will get rid of your sex toys when you die? And where do you dispose of them?

TRACKS: The Sinking Bell (Blue Sheep) - Boris & sunn O))) / Omens and Portents 1: The Driver - Earth

DEAD AIR #50 by Hayley West

‘Dying to Ask’ Heathcote Community House, Tues 13 December 2022, 10.30am-Noon

Gothic Networks - Webs, Traps and Global Trends conference #GANZA23 Online 24th-25th of January 2023 9.30am AWST. Hosted by Gothic Association of New Zealand and Australia (GANZA) & Curtin University, tickets: https://tinyurl.com/y73j7knj

Eulogy by Aaron Freeman.

Why don't we allow ourselves to grieve pets the same way we do people? ABC Kia Handley https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/newcastle-hunter-catch-up/pet-grief/101656784

TRACKS: Lungs On Fire – WITCHSNAKE / Immortality Roars – Rudra / (Here Comes The) Arrows of Fortune - Emily Robb / Troubled – Outright / The New Sensation - IDLES