Roundtable - Meridian Australis
Roundtable is dedicated to exploring classic novels from Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and other genres of speculative fiction, through an authorial lens. We aren't going to spend an hour giving a novel a rating out of 10, or complaining about our unfulfilled ships... probably. Our rotating cast of up-and-coming authors analyse and evaluate stories to identify what makes them tick, why we love them, and what other storytellers can learn from their successes and failures.
Roundtable is an extension of Meridian Australis, a Melbourne-based speculative fiction collective home to authors from all works of life, hoping to put Australia's best and brightest on the map. We're made and run by writers, for writers.
Hosted by Harvey Weir. Edited by Andrew Nathan Roberts. Original music by Andrew Nathan Roberts.
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- Update frequency
- every 34 days
- Average duration
- 56 minutes
- Episodes
- 11
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Kayla Morton Interview - Those Who Burn the Brightest, Queer Voices in Fiction, and Independent Publishing
Harvey is joined by Australian debut author Kayla Morton for a chat about Those Who Burn the Brightest, her first published novel. They discuss the ins and outs of the publishing process, industry tw…
T. R. Napper Interview - 36 Streets, The Escher Man, and the publishing industry
Piranesi - Susanna Clarke
Harvey is joined by Matt to discuss Susanna Clarke's 2021 novel, Piranesi. We analyse and argue over the text's compelling narrative voice, its sense of mystery, and its exploration of the nature of …
Ancillary Justice - Ann Leckie
Guest host Arden Baker is joined by Kaz / A. M. Bueman and Ciar to discuss Ann Leckie's 2013 award-winning novel Ancillary Justice, the first in a trilogy of high-concept space opera novels that expl…
The Sierra and The Transmogrification of Ordinary Things
Harvey is joined by fellow Meridian Australis members Cat and Jason, to discuss their stories The Sierra and The Transmogrification of Ordinary Things, which are featured in the AUSTRAL Anthology. AU…
Canang Sari and Synecdoche - AUSTRAL Anthology Special
Harvey is joined by fellow Meridian Australis members Arden and Will, to discuss their stories Canang Sari and Synecdoche, which are featured in the AUSTRAL Anthology. AUSTRAL is the self-published p…
Lanny - Max Porter
The Traitor Baru Cormorant - Seth Dickinson
This Is How You Lose the Time War - Max Gladstone & Amal El-Mohtar
Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes