In this episode of Shelf-Employed Allen Tiller and LeeSpeed discuss the National Library of Australia’s Australian Women’s Writers appeal, which is raising funds to digitise 17 historic female authors works, including Judith Wright, Dame Mary Gilmore and Henry Handel Richardson (Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson). Not only great writers, but also extraordinary advocates for change, these women shaped Australian literature, and Australian society. Their letters, journals, manuscripts and memories live at the NationalLibrary, but these precious collections can currently only be seen inside the library’s premises in Canberra.

In this episode, Lee and special guest Eliza give Allen a rundown of their recent visit to Open Book Howdens printing facility. This tour was facilitated through Writers SA, and featured a guest author presentation, a tour of the prnting presses and the OpenBook Howden shop warehouse.

In this episode of Shelf-Employed: The Indie Publishing Podcast, Allen Tiller and Lee Speed chat with Janette Menhenett, who publishes under the pseudonym J. R. Brydon. Janette is a poet, author, event organiser, podcaster and oral history recorder. Janette aids in convening the Gawler & Adelaide Plains Festival of Words, among other writing conventions.