First ever Bad Diaries Salon, feat. Imbi Neeme, Jenny Ackland, Jane Rawson, Rosalie Ham and Cas Austin (Melbourne 2017)
Bad Diaries Salon
Bad Diaries Salon was established mid-2017 with a call out from Melbourne writer Jenny Ackland on Twitter – were there any writers who still had their old, bad teenage diaries, and would they be prepared to read them live, in front of an audience?
The response was overwhelming, and Bad Diaries Salon was born.
Each Bad Diaries Salon features writers reading, to a theme, from their diaries and other unpublished juvenilia. Each salon is a unique combination of theme and readers, a performance that is raw, unedited, original and candid: the written word, rediscovered and shared.
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Bad Diaries Podcast
Launched in May 2023 – spawn of Bad Diaries Salon, it’s only Bad Diaries Podcast!
Jenny and Tracy have started a podcast. Bringing the salon ba-goodness to the airwaves.
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Listen to episodes right here on the website, or find us wherever you find your podcasts.
Jenny Ackland
Jenny is the creator of Bad Diaries Salon — the salon birth mother, the Diary Queen.
You might know Jenny as an author. She’s published two acclaimed novels, and her third novel, Hurdy Gurdy, is out now. You can read more about Jen and her writing here. Perhaps you heard her on ABC radio, talking about the salons and reading from her (old, bad) diaries. She’s the creator, with daughter Lilika, of the podcast My Mum’s Bad Diaries.
Jenny lives, works, writes and podcasts from Melbourne, Australia.
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Tracy Farr
Tracy is Bad Diaries Salon mother hen, keeper of spreadsheets, maker of marks.
A writer who used to be a scientist, Tracy has two novels out in the world, and a third, Wonderland, in the wings. You can read more about Tracy and her writing here.
Tracy was born in Melbourne, grew up in Perth, but for more than 25 years she has lived in Aotearoa New Zealand.