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Press & Media
Audio & Video Interviews
Audio, Video and Live Interviews
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23 November 2024: Podcast interview with Australian Book Lovers.
4 October 2024: Live talk at New Annual's Truth to Power Cafe.
22 September 2024: Radio interview with Sunday Extra on Radio National.
11 August 2024: Live author talk at Betty Loves Books, Newcastle.
27 June 2024: Radio interview with 2SER Sydney.
18 May 2024: Author talk at the Write Here Festival.
15 May 2024: Podcast interview on The Balanced Brain.
8 May 2024: Radio interview with ABC's The Art Show.
4 May 2024: Radio interview with ABC Radio Sydney.
2 March 2024: Author talk at Port Macquarie Library.
26 February 2024: Author talk at Murray Bridge Library.
26 February 2024: Author talk at Mount Barker Library.
24 February 2024: Appearance on ABC Radio National.
2 February 2024: Podcast interview on The Readings Podcast.
23 January 2024: Author talk at Gatton Library.
17 January 2024: Appearance on Australian Book Lovers Podcast.
27 December 2023: Podcast interview with Bare Books.
23 November 2023: Brief video interview with The Newcastle Herald.
10 November 2023: Television appearance on the SBS show The Swiping Game.
6 November 2023: Podcast appearance on Radio A and A.
9 October 2023: Radio interview with 4ZZZ.
8 September 2023: Appearance on The Write Words Podcast.
14 July 2023: Guest speaker for Australian Justice Health Network Webinar.
9 June 2023: Radio interview with 4ZZZ.
2 June 2023: Radio interview with ABC Radio Canberra.
20 May 2023: Live talk at the Addi Road Writer's Festival. (YouTube link)
6 May 2023: Podcast interview on The Writing Wall.
24 April 2023: Podcast interview on Not Ideal, But We're Going With It.
19 April 2023: Live panel talk at The Lock-Up.
1 April 2023: Live panel talk at the Newcastle Writers Festival.
15 November 2022: Live online interview with San Francisco Public Library.
20 0ctober 2022: Radio interview on ABC Radio National.
8 September 2022: Live talk at History Illuminated 2022.
2 August 2022: Radio interview on ABC Radio Newcastle.
25 March 2022: Radio interview on 2NUR FM.
18 March 2022: Panel host at the Write Here! festival.
14 March 2022: Podcast interview with Survivor Stories.
7 March 2022: Host of episode eight of Broken Chains podcast.
7 March 2022: Podcast interview with Talking Inclusion.
28 February 2022: Host of episode seven of Broken Chains podcast.
27 February 2022: Host of Jailbreak Radio on 2SER 107.3 (YouTube link).
21 February 2022: Host of episode six of Broken Chains podcast.
19 February 2022: Live talk at Broken Chains art exhibition.
14 February 2022: Host of episode five of Broken Chains. podcast
29 January 2022: Live interview at Port Macquarie Library.
13 December 2021: Radio interview on ABC Radio National's Earshot.
5 December 2021: Podcast interview on Talking Time with Lukas and Alicia.
28 September 2021: Host of episode four of Broken Chains podcast.
27 September 2021: Podcast interview with Radio A and A.
21 September 2021: Host of episode three of Broken Chains podcast
14 September 2021: Host of episode two of Broken Chains podcast.
07 September 2021: Host of episode one of Broken Chains podcast.
26 March 2021: Live panel interview at the Write Here! festival.
10 March 2021: Podcast interview with The Exiled Voice.
15 February 2021: Video interview with Murray Bridge Library.
6 February 2021: Podcast interview with West Coast Radio.
28 December 2020: Podcast interview with Prison Pipeline on KBOO FM.
24 November 2020: Video interview with Nelson Public Libraries.
15 October 2020: Podcast interview with Felony Inc.
30 September 2020: Podcast interview with Bare Books.
9 September 2020: Live online talk with Port Macquarie Hastings Library.
3 September 2020: July webinar portions aired on 4ZZZ radio.
1 September 2020: Video talk published by Hawkesbury Library Service.
30 Jul 2020: Webinar interview on Part 2: Towards a World Without Prisons.
12 June 2020: Podcast interview with Grow Where You’re Planted.
4 April 2020: Live talk at the Newcastle Writer's Festival (cancelled due to COVID).
11 November 2019: Radio interview with 2NUR FM.
4 June 2018: Radio interview by ABC Radio Melbourne.
Printed Publications and Citations
Print Interviews & Published Works
4 October 2024: Interview with ABC News.
11 September 2024: Advocacy mentioned in the academic journal Incarceration.
1 September 2024: Interview appearing in The Monthly.
5 August 2024: Interview appearing in The Sydney Morning Herald.
23 May 2024: Interview with Croakey Health Media.
20 May 2024: Article published in Pen magazine.
18 May 2024: Interview with The Saturday Paper.
3 May 2024: Interview with The Maitland Mercury.
18 March 2024: Letter published by the Medical Journal of Australia.
12 February 2024: Interview in The Murray Valley Standard.
22 December 2023: Book release featured in Thrive magazine (Page 35).
24 November 2023: Interview and book review in The Newcastle Herald.
15 November 2023: Interview in the Law Society of NSW Journal.
11 November 2023: Book review and interview in The Australian.
15 July 2023: Interview with The Newcastle Herald.
26 May 2023: Interview with Vice.
5 May 2023: Interview with author Hayley Walsh.
4 May 2023: Article published in the Alternative Law Journal.
19 April 2023: Coverage of Damien's art on The Conversation.
17 April 2023: Coverage of Damien's art on Art/s and Theology Australia
13 April 2023: Interview in The Newcastle Herald regarding Loud Sky.
17 November 2022: Interview in Australian Doctor.
14 October 2022: Interview appearing in several regional NSW newspapers.
7 October 2022: Interview in The Sydney Morning Herald.
16 September 2022: Damien's Portraits of Crime exhibition mentioned in The Newcastle Herald.
6 September 2022: Brief on the need for Medicare in prisons published by University of Newcastle.
27 July 2022: Article published by Eureka Street.
2 June 2022: Interview with Sydney Criminal Lawyers.
13 April 2022: Interview in Thrive magazine(Page 24).
3 February 2022: Article published in Issue 46 of The Movement.
16 December 2021: Interview in Library Journal.
10 December 2021: Quoted in Communities & Justice's press release.
1 December 2021: Article published in PacifiCrim.
16 October 2021: Interview in Novo News.
1 October 2021: Review of This Is Ear Hustle in Library Journal, mentioning Damien's art.
13 September 2021: Opinion piece published by The Big Smoke.
6 September 2021: Chapter published in Advances in Librarianship.
14 August 2021: Opinion piece published by Newcastle Weekly.
24 July 2021: Interview in The Newcastle Herald Weekender.
22 July 2021: Interview in Newcastle Weekly.
1 May 2021: Article and editorial published Paper Chained issue four.
11 November 2020: Interview with Nelson Public Libraries.
3 November 2020: Interview in INCITE magazine.
29 August 2020: Interview in by Port Macquarie News.
8 May 2020: Interviewed by Sydney Criminal Lawyers.
31 March 2020: The Daily Mail writes an article about Damien’s article on quarantine hotels.
31 March 2020: Opinion piece on quarantine hotels published by 10 daily.
1 January 2020: Preview of Scarred published by Paper Chained.
29 November 2019: Article about Scarred in The Hamilton Local. (Page 16)
28 November 2019: Scarred published.
17 November 2019: Interview in The Newcastle Herald.
7 November 2019: Interview in Newcastle Weekly. (Page 31)
10 October 2019: Quoted in Eureka Street article on prison education.
10 July 2019: Opinion piece on prison pen-pals published by 10 daily.
4 June 2019: Opinion piece on prison education published by 10 daily.
8 May 2019: Opinion piece on prison libraries published by 10 daily.
3 May 2019: Interviewed by 10 daily.
31 May 2018: Interviewed by ABC News
25 October 2017: Short story published by Paper Chained.
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