Books, Podcasts & More
The team at Tender Funerals Canberra Region have collected their favourite examples of creativity and contemplation around death and dying in our popular culture. We have fiction and non-fiction, audio and video, the written word and even some visual art. We welcome suggestions for items to include. We hope you enjoy them.
Short Film Review – The Karman Line
In this beautifully presented short film starring Olivia Coleman, the threshold between our atmosphere and space serves as a metaphor…perhaps for dying, for grief or for loss.
Film Review – A Man Called Otto
A complex and moving comedy/drama about a widower struggling with grief and finding purpose.
Film Review – ‘Good Grief’
A moving film from Dan Levy about love, grief and how they can change over time
Podcast Review – ‘Griefcast’
We review Cariad Lloyds ‘Griefcast’, a thoughtful and humorous series of conversations about grief, loss and supporting each other through it.
Podcast Review – “The Burial Files”
This 9 part series tells the extraordinary tale of how 30,000 graves were relocated to make possible the building of Sydney’s Central Station.
Film Review – “Living”
A heartfelt and nostalgic film about a man coming to terms with a terminal diagnosis.
Podcast Review – “Death”, Episode 173 of The Allusionist
fascinating and moving conversation about the language and nature of death and grieving between host, Helen Zaltzman and guests Cariad Lloyd, a comedian, writer and host of the Griefcast podcast, and Evie King, author of ‘Ashes to Admin: Tales from the Caseload of a Council Funeral Officer’
Book Review – All the Ghosts in the Machine
So much of our lives is recorded online, so how and why should we control what happens to our digital legacy after death? And is it even possible?
Film Review – What We Did On Our Holidays
A touching and feel-good family movie that explores what happens when we don’t talk about the herd of elephants in the room
Documentary Review – Matt Okine is Going to Die
Comedian Matt Okine takes a slightly more serious tone to explore what the options for dying and death in Australia are and what they mean to him.
Book Review – Ashes to Admin: Tales from the Caseload of a Council Funeral Officer
A touching, thought-provoking and often humorous memoir of a council worker charged with providing funerals for people who don’t have anyone to do it for them.
Podcast Review – ‘Ologies’ episode, ‘Thanatologies’
Thanatologist Cole Imperi sits down with host Alie Ward to discuss death, dying and answer the question ‘What is a thanatologist?’
Community Contribution – “A Pill for Every Ill”
We are very pleased for the first offering from Our Community Shares to be from Julia Emmert, a much-respected elder of the Braidwood community and a long-time supporter of Tender Funerals Canberra Region. Julia reflects on how she found a way to sit patiently with...