DEAD AIR #118

Chewton Cemetery stolen equipment! See their Facebook post - Please contact Castlemaine Police if you see or hear anything. Reward offered.

Deathweavers is a free and private online community for deathworkers. Sign up HERE to join the site. Insta: @deathweavers

‘How to plan a DIY Funeral: Is it even possible?’– Taboo Education YouTube

‘Public Grief, Public Space’, Brunswick Mechanics Institute, Fri 31 Jan, 6:30-8pm AEDT. Book HERE

TerraCon 2025 -‘Embracing the Future of Terramation’ 4&5 Feb, Tacoma WA, USA

The 2nd International Death Literacies Symposium, Brussels, Belgium, 17&18 March 2025.

AHFA presents: ‘Creativity and Funeral Rites; The use of creative art during wakes, funerals & memorials’ with Joh Fairley of Nyx Funerals, Wed 26 March, 7-8.30pm AEDT. Book HERE

LGBTQ+ Legal Planning Online Workshops - W1 ‘Legal Tips and End of Life Decisions’ Tues 4 Feb, 6-7pm. W2 ‘Advance Care Planning’ Tues 11 Feb, 6-7pm. Facebook post Email: Zoe Hinton, zhinton@acon.org.au

NDAN Presents - ‘The churchyard itself is a great-nuisance. The lively burial grounds of the eighteenth century with Dr Dan O’Brien’ Fri 7 Feb, 7-9pm AEDT Book HERE

 TRACKS: A Want a Break Thru – The Hykkers / In the Jungle – The Hygrades / Love and Death – Ebo Taylor

DEAD AIR #115

‘Writing my will sent me into an existential spiral’ – The Guardian

Postal Service for the Dead

Madagascar's Unique Funeral Culture: From Taboo to Turning the Bones - Taboo Education, YouTube

ONLINE TALK: ‘The Bioscope as a cartographic tool to facilitate conversations about death’ with Chetan Shastri. Presented by AHFA, Wed 22 Jan, 7-8.30pm AEDT Book HERE 

CALL FOR PAPERS: Symbols of Mortality Exhibition (UK) and Conference (online), 22 Feb, 8pm - 23 Feb, 3:30am AEDT. Conference paper abstract due 10 Jan - email: symbolsofmortality@gmail.com

EOI Blog posts: The Collective for Radical Death Studies EOI (ongoing): Field Notes blog.

Festival of Death and Dying Berlin 31 Jan – 2 Feb 2025

TRACKS: Funkier Than A Mosquito’s Tweeter - Nina Simone (Jazzeem’s All Styles Remix) / Hot On The Heels Of Love - Throbbing Gristle

DEAD AIR #113

TALK DEATH - Anti-Claus Traditions and Christmas Witches and Christmas Death Traditions

MOVIE: NOSFERATU (director Robert Eggers of The Lighthouse) at the Theatre Royal Castlemaine. Thu 16 Jan - 8pm, Fri 17 Jan - 5pm, Sat 18 Jan - 8pm, more session times soon…

CONFERENCE: 2025 National Compassionate Communities forum in Brisbane. Save the date - 9 September. More information to follow. We are inviting Compassionate Communities from across Australia to come together to network and learn from each other - while also facilitating a discussion with the broader palliative care sector who will be meeting for the Oceanic Palliative Care Conference 10-12 September in Brisbane.

ONLINE: AHFA presents - ‘The Bioscope as a cartographic tool to facilitate conversations about death.’ Speaker Chetan Shastri. Wed 22-January 2025 from 7-8.30pm AEDT. Book HERE  

ONLINE: NDAN Presents - ‘The churchyard itself is a great-nuisance. The lively burial grounds of the eighteenth century.’ Speaker Dr Dan O’Brien. Book HERE - Fri 7 Feb, 7-9pm AEDT.

IN PERSON: End of Life Practitioner Knowledge and Skills Workshops, Sat 22 & Sun 23 March 2025, 10am-4pm. Life Rites Funerals, Hurstville NSW. Submit EOI HERE by 24th Jan 2025

ONLINE: Denise Love Death Doula Course commences Feb 5, Zooms at 7pm over 10 consecutive Wednesdays. Email: gazzalove@gmail.com

HOLIDAY SEASON GRIEF: Refuge in Grief https://www.instagram.com/refugeingrief ‘How do you to help a grieving friend during the holidays?’. Grief Australia - https://www.grief.org.au

Castlemaine Community House free celebration will include lunch and dessert, music, activities, presents and a visit from Santa! Wedn 25 Dec, 12.30pm, Castlemaine Town Hall. Book online at cch.org.au or call 5472 4842.

TRACKS: Lungs on Fire - Witchsnake / Immortality Roars - Rudra / Troubled - Outright