Home – what it means to us, why it matters and how it shapes our sense of self.

Award-winning writers Ceridwen Dovey, David Ellison and George Haddad discuss their contributions to Griffith Review 87: No Place Like Home. Their work explores the hauntings of heritage, the secrets of our domestic interiors and the emotional resonance of place, revealing the myriad material, cultural and social consequences of home.

Head for home with Ceridwen, David and George in conversation with Griffith Review editor Carody Culver.

Ceridwen Dovey is an award-winning writer of fiction (Only the Astronauts, Only the Animals, Mothertongues; Blood Kin, In the Garden of the Fugitives) and creative non-fiction (On J.M. Coetzee, Inner Worlds Outer Spaces). She is the recipient of an Australian Museum Eureka Award for her science writing, and is co-founder of The Archival Futures Film Collective. Ceridwen is currently a Macquarie University Research Fellow (where she is exploring the art and science of exoplanets) and a Powerhouse Artistic Associate.

David Ellison is a Senior Lecturer in literary studies in the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences at Griffith University. He writes on Victorian domesticity and noise among other things.

George Haddad is a writer, artist and academic. His two books, Populate and Perish and Losing Face have both won awards, including The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist prize. He is a lecturer at the Writing and Society Research Centre, Western Sydney University.

Carody Culver is the editor of Griffith Review. She was a contributing editor for Peppermint magazine and has written for publications including Sydney Review of Books, Kill Your Darlings, The Toast and Books+Publishing. Her chapbook, The Morgue I Think the Deader It Gets, was published by Cordite in 2022 and she’s been a featured Australian poet on the Best American Poetry blog.