Show Notes
What do libraries mean to you?
All The Best partnered with the State Library of NSW to mark 200 years and to celebrate 60,000 years of storytelling. The live storytelling event was the Special Collections: A night of live storytelling at the Library Bar at the State Library of NSW. We heard so many beautiful stories on the night from the storytellers and the audience! This is just part 1! Look out for part 2!
History or Hoarding? by Rachael Cusick In this first story, Rachel Cusick tells us about the whispers from the library quarters that go beyond the books you see on the bookshelves. That story was performed live by Rachel Cusick. What's really cool about this is that it was also a sneak peek into a new ABC podcast hosted by Annabel Crabb. You can listen to the first few episodes of the podcast here: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/history-or-hoarding-with-annabel-crabb
Three Poems by Nathan Mudyi Sentance Award-winning Wiradjuri poet Nathan Mudyi Sentance returns to the site of his first job to read some poems that were connected to his time working there, where he noticed how libraries record and can rewrite culture. The poems were We Refuse to Be Shooed, The Diary That Lied and Too Quiet for the Living Written and performed by Nathan Mudyi Sentance. https://archivaldecolonist.org/about/
Write a letter by Rania Omar Libraries are not just passive places; they are places to act. In this last story, we hear from another poet, Lebanese-Australian storyteller and activist Rania Omar, who urges us to etch ourselves into the personal and political page. Written and performed by Rania Omar
All The Best Credits Host: Gabriella Accaria Kwame Slusher is our Production Manager Catarina Fraga Matos is our Community & Programming Manager The All The Best Executive Producer is Mel Bakewell Imogen Brosnan is our Digital Media Trainee Patrick McKenzie writes our newsletter, and a special shout-out to all our amazing volunteers Shining Bird composed our theme music, and Annie Hamilton designed the artwork
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