The Word Docs

18/06/2024

Who's this young feller and what ghastly prose did he write before he was published? Come to Unley Town Hall this Saturday and find out. I'll have two unpublished examples to show off, although I don't actually advise anyone reads them: they're awful!

18/04/2023

This week the Docs are diving into Laird Sean Williams’ fave research topic: matter transmitters!!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5wm9ntijvMlfsqq830UH9f?si=q5JRMn4HTuSPt_L_BQETuw&dd=1

11/04/2023

This week the Word Docs pop their wizarding hats on and discuss depictions of writers in fiction.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6DpcIReSBBDthaznLzqDwk?si=fGJ95fvzTJq6eSgOm-S8Qw&dd=1

03/04/2023

New Word Docs! Laird Sean Williams AVH and Amy T Matthews discuss the Creative Writing exegesis from their new home in Flinders’ ambisonic sound studio!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6umcmlPfjHMJ1vymptjfiA?si=80JrNZEURMeE96P2i3r6jw&dd=1

23/03/2023

We’re baaaaaaaaack baby!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5AJcdh1Hv7HCqpdTKMCKHd?si=EQIrcxTsSpG-IIiBz3NqIw

17/12/2022

We made this list of It’s this year! New season any second too!

14/10/2022

This sums up today.

14/10/2022

“Supreme confidence coupled with incompetence: the Alex Vickery-Howe Story”

23/09/2022

We’re baaaaack (soon!)

08/09/2022

Alex is understandably devastated at the loss of the Queen, whom he has loved from afar. The Word Docs are committed to seeing him through these dark days.
Vale Queen Elizabeth II

04/08/2022

Doc Alex goes in search of horror (and hate mail) in his latest opinion piece targeting Australia's Coalition. "The more you try to assure others that someone isn’t a monster, the more you reinforce the suspicion that they just might be." So true! Link below. Join him in conversation on Twitter.

https://johnmenadue.com/lurching-to-the-right-the-coalitions-spooky-response-to-a-political-horror-show/

27/07/2022

Guess who’s in the new immersive sound studio at Flinders? Be prepared for Word Docs with a laugh track…

28/06/2022

The Word Docs are elbowing their way back into the studio, so it's time to brush up on the old episodes, to get you in the mood for a new season of happy writing!
https://open.spotify.com/show/1ilvrfkQhiZKzGeaRc4LTM

08/06/2022

Doc Amy has a new book out on August 23 and it’s getting great early reviews 🤓🤠

https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780593335574?fs=e&s=cl

With this squeaky-clean western, Barry (End of the Night Girl, written as Amy T. Matthews) takes readers to 1886 Buck’s Creek, M...

13/05/2022

And of course Word Doc Laird Sean Williams is no slouch either! (In fact he may be clones - no one can do this much without a clone or two...)

https://www.projekt.com/store/theadelaidean-music-writing-and-
mathematics-are-my-three-great-loves/?fbclid=IwAR34pbpfq3tJg-MJ97V5KkuzSbPMjK5c7kjXh0dTxTimRPrm65laSdUip6g

A feature on TheAdelaidean written by Patrick Ogle https://t.co/WVNtgaDgJn https://t.co/fpBcbAu5jl

11/05/2022

Doc Amy also had an article out in the last week. Word Docs for the win.

https://textjournal.scholasticahq.com/article/35289-creating-new-climate-stories-posthuman-collaborative-hope-and-optimism?fbclid=IwAR3hjhzZR_7ggP5jfo_2AlAlzAvQpyDGb87w1RLtHByaBEommEc5Gdm0U6c

By Rachel Hennessy, Alex Cothren & 1 more. This paper considers an evolving project about climate change that will explore using collaborative creative writing strategies to emotionally support and engage writers.

09/05/2022

Doc Alex is on his soapbox for the good of all in this think piece 🤓

https://johnmenadue.com/natural-targets-the-intergenerational-politics-of-climate-change/

The young cannot afford short-term thinking, and they cannot let fear prevent them from acknowledging that change is happening.

07/04/2022

Two of the Word Docs will be presenting on their work today - and the third one will be chairing the session. So we're calling it. It's 'Word Docs Live and Uncensored'!
This afternoon. What a way to end a week.
email [email protected] for the link to attend

11/06/2021

We of The Word Docs podcast have been conspicuous by our absence lately, but we're back with a very special discussion concerning the trials and tribulations of adapting work for the stage - prompted by the critically acclaimed, sell-out showing of Alex's play Watchlist! Join Amy and Laird Sean, with special guests director Lisa Campbell and star Gianluca Noble, as we grill the author mercilessly. As is our wont.

Alex, Amy and Sean (aka Dr Alex Vickery-Howe, Dr Amy T Matthews and Dr Sean Williams)are professional writers who also lecture full-time at Flinders University…

04/06/2021

Alex’s pandemic play opens to raves 👏🍾

https://indaily.com.au/inreview/theatre/2021/06/04/theatre-review-watchlist/

Overflowing with wit and mercurial polemic, Watchlist at The Bakehouse is an ambitious comedy with a sharp message.

14/05/2021

Word Doc Alex Vickery-Howe looks chipper after the reveal of the vivid poster for the performance of his play Watchlist, which was deferred from last year thanks to lockdown. Onstage at last this month!

22/04/2021

After no deliberations at all, we've decided Sean is Greame, Alex is Tim (because of the Queen thing) and Amy is Bill.
A day well spent.

14/04/2021

Hey Wordies, we’ve been off air for a bit due to deadlines, new curriculum launch, album launches, book deals, and all the rest of the work/life tangle - but we miss you! We’ll be back slaving over a hot mic soon. Stay tuned for new eps!

24/03/2021

Congrats to our Sean, who is up for an award!

https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/nsw-premiers-literary-awards?fbclid=IwAR3KuHJnkaPU_QvQ_FIfs-DbJw_4fDLDCiHILnR-3U7Ny0O-v-62srroRgc

The NSW Premier’s Literary Awards have a proud history, both in celebrating achievement by Australian writers and in helping to establish values and standards in Australian literature.

15/12/2020

This week, our intrepid Word Docs dig down into the relationship between writers and their words. Can you separate the fiction on the page from the reality of its wider context? Which matters more, the message of the author or the impact of the work? And what happens when your favourite creator turns out to be an appalling human? Join Amy T. Matthews, Sean Williams and a particularly hyper Alex Vickery-Howe as they unpack that thorny relationship between story and storyteller.

https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/word-docs/warts-and-all-living-with-qiDN3eIVltn/

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