The Printed Word

Join Royce Kurmelovs in conversation with Ben Brooker as they discuss the timely and important new book Just Money.

The debt business is booming. Millions of Australians grapple with credit cards, mortgages and student debt repayments each day. As the result of a car crash without insurance, investigative journalist Royce Kurmelovs finds himself among them. When a debt collector knocks on his door, he embarks on a journey through the underbelly of the Australian financial system. Though friends tell him not to worry, that it’s ‘just money’, he learns the opposite is true: our relationship with debt is a convergence of class and power, making it an urgent social justice issue for a growing number of people.

Adelaide writer and arts worker Kylie Maslen has been living with invisible illness for more than half her life. In her brilliant new personal essay collection, Show Me Where it Hurts, she explores how her struggles with chronic pain and mental health have shaped her life in every aspect of her daily life – from work to dating, from living in the present to planning for the future. She’ll talk to Jo Case about her experiences and insights, and how she’s found comfort, connection and joy through pop music, art, literature, TV, online culture – and her beloved AFL.