Teachers Talk Like a House on Fire

Clare speaks to Rebecca Fernandes in this episode, examining the short stories that make up Cate Kennedy's collection 'Like a House on Fire'. The conversation demonstrates how to dip in and out of the range of stories to find connections - thematically, symbolically, and how they fit together in the 'playlist', to consider how Kennedy explores universal, ordinary experiences of individuals. It is acknowledged that there are key elements that connect moments in the stories together - the act of taking a photograph being a significant one, signifying a desire to create an artificial representation of one's life, and also displays of kindness, or acts of decency, that are scattered throughout the stories.