About me
and the show
I’m a writer, journalist, radio presenter and author. My work has been published in THE GUARDIAN, THE TIMES, THE AGE, DUMBO FEATHER, TIME OUT and THE BIG ISSUE. (And some other titles that won’t fit into that very long sentence.)
Back in 2006, I podcasted a draft of THE TERRIBLE BUSINESS OF SALMON AND DUSK. It clocked up more than a million downloads. This podcast is a completely new and expanded version of that story.
Really good stuff. Myke Bartlett delivers not only an engaging story, but a real atmosphere through clever use of sound and music. Though the real diamond is the writing, dark intelligent, and evocative..
— digitalpodcast.com (2006 version)
The spoken-word text is real prose, not the wannabe. movie-script of the star-struck deluded. There are passages where Myke seems to write purely in quotes from a text that not yet exists, but is brought into being as you listen. This includes some astonishing turns of phrase that force you to re-read lines. you come across a line that is so remarkable that you have to quickly read it again as if the delight might be frightened from the page or as if it was the text-based reincarnation of a multi-striped hard-boiled lollie that changed its taste mid-lick across your tongue. Myke’s prose is something like that, and I think you can tell he has fun playing with descriptions.
— eventmechanics.com (2006 version)
The Terrible Business of Salmon & Dusk 