DEAD AIR #123

‘It can be really frightening’: knowing the common signs that a loved one is dying can help in their final days - The Guardian

Australia 'behind the game' when it comes to helping families navigate child loss - ABC News

A snippet from The Imperfects podcast with Gina Chick - Don’t Fight Life episode.

Interview with Jill Rivers - Forget-Me-Not Good Grief Workshops, The Coolroom, Northern Arts Hotel. Saturdays 1 March, 8 March, 15 March 11am -1pm, All ages, free. Book HERE Installation Ceremony: 22 March, Djaara Park, Castlemaine. Contact Jill Rivers E: hello@art-fullliving.com Ph. 0418 389 189.

Remembrance Rave, Join me! DJ Alkaline Hydrolysis on Wed 2 April 6-8pm for the Castlemaine Fringe Festival. Please add tracks to the Spotify Playlist HERE Event details HERE

‘Saying goodbye to your pet or companion animal?’ Pet Death Doula information day, Saturday 26 April, 9am-4pm $25. Axedale Stables-Animal Assisted Therapies. Please register, Ph. Jenny 0427 517 194 or Tania 0427 922 582.

Prepare your digital legacy plan - Learn how to create a digital legacy plan to help your family manage your digital assets when you are no longer able to. Friday 21 March, 11am-12pm Castlemaine Library, free. Book HERE

See you at the Glenlyon Market this Saturday 15 March, 9am-1pm! I’ll be on my own stall in the Hall talking about all things death and dying, as well my art work for the 2025 Harvest, Radical Fields regional arts festival on the following Saturday 22 March.

TRACKS: The Words That Maketh Murder – PJ Harvey / The Mistery of Love – Marianne Faithfull & PJ Harvey

DEAD AIR #122

‘Weaving Power and Remembrance: The Witches of Scotland Tartan’ – High Priestess

Qatar Airways says crew handled dead passenger 'appropriately' – BBC News

‘Her Small White Hands’ artwork by Sarah Walker. In 2021, Geelong Gallery asked Sarah to respond to Frederick McCubbin's 'A Bush Burial' for their wall commission series – sarahwalker.work

Interview with Diedre & Teamo about their Castlemaine Fringe Festival show ‘Life's 2 Short - Our Mums Are Dead‘ Sunday 23 Mar 2025, 7:30-8:30pm. Thompsons Family Funerals, 123 Mostyn St, Castlemaine. Having lived more than three quarters of their lives already, Beryl and George (Deirdre Gibb & Teamo Henderson) take a light-hearted and yet deadly serious look at the grand exit. Cremation is not the only burning issue in this thought provoking debut performance. There will be music and juggling. $10/$15 BOOK HERE

Don’t be Caught Dead podcast – ‘Embracing Mortality: Hayley West on Art, Death, and Community’ – including Apple podcasts, Spotify & YouTube

Forget-Me-Not Good Grief Workshops, The Coolroom, Northern Arts Hotel. Saturdays 1 March, 8 March, 15 March 11am -1pm, All ages, free BOOK HERE Installation Ceremony: 22 March, Djaara Park, Castlemaine. Contact Jill Rivers E: hello@art-fullliving.com T: 0418 389 189.

TRACKS: I'm In Your Mind - King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard / Dear God - XTC

DEAD AIR #121

ARTICLE: ‘Kununurra couple working hard to protect, preserve town's gravesites’ – ABC News

ARTICLE: Venezuelan Migrant’s Body Used for Science: Her Family Had No Idea - mitú

PDF: Tips and resources for early grief – Joh Fairley, Nyx Funerals

YOUTUBE: Where is the body kept? – ‘Are you dying to know?’

PODCAST: Launch of The Trojan Hearse Podcast – Pia Interlandi & Peta Murray. PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival – TOMORROW Tues 25 Feb, 6:30pm. The Altar Electric, 299 Johnston Street, Abbotsford.

PODCAST: Don’t be Caught Dead podcast – THIS THURSDAY 27 Feb starring me talking to the great Catherine Ashton 😊

WORKSHOPS: Forget-Me-Not Good Grief Workshops, The Coolroom, Northern Arts Hotel. Saturdays 1 March, 8 March, 15 March 11am -1pm, all ages, free. Book HERE Installation Ceremony: 22 March, Djaara Park, Castlemaine. Contact Jill Rivers hello@art-fullliving.com Ph. 0418 389 189.

ONLINE: ‘TikTok + Grief: An Online Symposium on TikTok, Loss and Connection’ - Mon, 10 Mar, 4-7pm AEDT. Book HERE

WORKSHOP EOI: 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 TODAY 24 Feb. There are limited places available.

BOOK: The Digital Departed ‘How We Face Death, Commemorate Life, and Chase Virtual Immortality’ by Timothy Recuber

PAPERS: Responsible Technology for Death and Dying – paper submission deadline: 30 Nov. Contact: Prof. Elvira Perez Vallejos, e: elvira.perez@nottingham.ac.uk

TRACKS: Love is the Drug - Roxy Music / I Don’t Know How to be Your Friend - Redd Kross