On the Couch with Beck Lister…part chat show, part therapy is a live chat show hosted by Beck (Rebecca) Lister with musician Douglas Lee Robertson. Each show, three artists join Beck on the couch to chat about their arts practice, influences, disappointments, successes and hopes. Douglas provides the ambience with the On the Couch theme song and individual tunes for each guest.
Join us on Sunday June 21st with guests Jacinta Parsons - writer and broadcaster; Jess Ribeiro - artist and musician; and Professor Clare Wright OAM - historian, author and broadcaster. Produced by Anvil Production.
WINNER, NSW Literary Awards Book of the Year, 2026
WINNER, The Australian Political Book of the Year, 2025
WINNER, Queensland Literary Awards: University of Queensland Non-Fiction Book Award, 2025
WINNER, Northern Territory History Award, 2025
SHORTLISTED, Prime Minister’s LIterary Award, Australian History, 2025
SHORTLISTED, Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, Non-Fiction, 2025
SHORTLISTED, Age Book of the Year, Non-fiction, 2025
SHORTLISTED, NSW History Awards, Australian History Prize, 2025
SHORTLISTED, The Australian Political Book of the Year, 2025
‘A masterpiece.’ Thomas Mayo
‘The most painstaking and beautiful reconstruction of mission life…feels like a revolutionarily good piece of history…exhilarating to read…so gripping.’ Annabel Crabb
In this engaging narrative, Wright follows the story of petitions on bark created by the Yirrkala community in Arnhem Land in 1963, protesting bauxite mining on traditional lands.