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DEAD AIR #113 by Hayley West

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

DEAD AIR #110 by Hayley West

A Guide to Writing on Death, Dying, and Grief – Talk Death

Blueprint drawn up to deliver ‘unprecedented transformation’ of end of life care - The Guardian

ELDAC (End of Life Directions for Aged Care) - Overview of Voluntary Assisted Dying in Australian States and Territories.

Enduring grace and the truth of our belonging’ by Chloe Hope, Death & Birds - Substack 

ONLINE: Exploring the Masculine Response to Death and Grief - Wed 4 Dec, 7-8.30pm AEDT Register HERE

 IN PERSON: Expiry D8, at MPavilion, Melbourne - Thu 5 Dec, 6:30-9:30 pm & Thu 12 Dec 2024, 6:30-9:30 pm

 ONLINE: Death care for the Australian LGBTQIA+ community - Sat 7 Dec, 9-11am AEDT Register HERE

TRACKS: Paranoia – C.C.T.V / Young & Successful – DIÄT / Hey Mr. Dogman! – Powerplant / The Lottery – Uranium Club

DEAD AIR #104 by Hayley West

I'll be back Monday 3rd June 2024, stay well!

DEAD AIR is sponsored by Trash Cult; venue, bar, film, book & record store. 15 High Street, in the Burra of Eaglehawk 

‘An American journalist read her own obituary online, and soon discovered the strange world of obit pirates’ – ABC News

‘When natural burial doesn’t meet the needs of mourners’ – The Bottom Drawer Book

SPECIAL GUEST Samantha Rennie. Art of Grieving Workshop, Community House Castlemaine BOOK HERE Three sessions: Sat 11 May, 9.30am-4pm + Wed 15 May, 7-9.30pm + Wed 22 May, 7-9.30pm

Online talk: Traditions in Death and Burial, Dr Helen Frisby – Presented by NDAN BOOK HERE. Thurs 6 June, 9am AEST.

Online talk: Grieving Lahaina: Past and Present. Presented by The Collective for Radical Death Studies BOOK HERE. Sat 11 May, 7am AEST.

Free Palestine Rally every Sunday 12pm Jarra/Victory Park, Castlemaine. Insta: @freepalestinecentralvic

TRACKS: Bakirköy Havsi – Zen / Are You Dead – Rainbows are Free / Obur Dünya – Cem Karaca, Mogollar