La Petite Mort: Peter Goldsworthy Is Going To Die

Marieke Hardy Is Going To Die

LA PETITE MORT: PETER GOLDSWORTHY IS GOING TO DIE
Every second week on MHIGTD we explore a conversation about mortality and survival with human beings who have skin in the game. And today we're asking the question: What happens when you're a doctor who is diagnosed with a terminal illness?

Novelist and GP Peter Goldsworthy was faced with this specifically life-changing predicament in 2018 when a chance medical check-up revealed a blood cancer diagnosis.

‘My first stray thought: cancer is a gift. I’m lucky to have it. What priceless material for a doctor-writer.’

Peter has won literary awards across a range of genres, including the Commonwealth Poetry Prize, the FAW Christina Stead Award for fiction, and, together with composer Richard Mills, the inaugural Helpmann Award for Best New Work for the opera Batavia. His most recent novel is Minotaur, published by Penguin Viking in 2019; his 1995 novel Wish has been reissued in the Text Classics series, his 1988 novel Maestro as an Angus & Robertson Australian Classic, and Honk If you Are Jesus (1992) last year in the Untapped heritage series. His novels have been widely translated, and adapted for the stage. He has also written opera libretti for the composers Luke Styles and Graeme Koehne. Online, his poetry can be read and heard at The Poetry Archive, and read at The Australian Poetry Library and at The Poetry Foundation.

Peter Goldsworthy (author page)
The Cancer Finishing School (available here)

Marieke Hardy Is Going To Die is a podcast made by Marieke Hardy (IG @marieke_hardy).
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Whilst acknowledging the privilege that comes with having the space to discuss death and mortality, we want to also recognise that discussing these topics can raise some wounds. Should you wish to seek extra support, please consider the following resources:

https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/online-grief-support-groups

https://www.grief.org.au/ga/ga/Support/Support_Groups.aspx

https://www.headspace.com/meditation/grief

https://www.mindful.org/a-10-minute-guided-meditation-for-working-with-grief/

https://griefline.org.au/get-help/

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