'It’s 1992 in Burnie, Tasmania and 12-year-old Justin lives alone with his mum. When she is well, Mum is perfect. She knows he likes his carrots raw and his toast cooled, and she knows how to sooth his growing pains. But when she is sick she cries uncontrollably and never gets out of bed.
'High school is on the horizon and Justin is bursting with adolescent energy. But his mum’s mental illness hangs over him like a shadow and he feels the need to grow up fast.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Get Up Mum
Australia
:
ABC Radio National
,
2019
19654313
2019
series - author
radio play
autobiography
'Get Up Mum is based on the childhood memoir of author Justin Heazlewood and charts one year in the life of a 12-year old growing up in Tasmania in the early '90s.
'As a child, Justin had a hobby — obsessively capturing the voices of his family and friends on tape, including his Mum who lives with schizophrenia.
'This series is an intimate portrait of what it is like to be both a kid and a carer, and a time capsule of one family's life trying to comes to grips with mental illness in the best way they can.
'So pop in a tape and catch Justin's story, as he switches between love and loneliness, cuddles and chaos, and his quiet lament: "of all the voices Mum hears, I wish one of them could be mine."'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
A Conversation with Justin Heazlewood
David Little
(interviewer),
2019
23469675
2019
single work
podcast
interview
'Readings bookseller David Little chats with Justin Heazlewood about his memoir, Get Up Mum.' (Production summary)
'...Justin Heazlewood – songwriter, actor, humorist and author of new memoir Get Up Mum (Affirm Press) – shares his daily routine and his experience of the book writing process, from the thrill of routine to dealing with the hole in your days when you finish a big project, and his advice to writers and artists.' (Introduction)
'Justin Heazlewood – best known as the ARIA award-nominated comedian The Bedroom Philosopher – had his very first bad memory aged six. His mother told his nan and pop they’d never see their grandchild again. With the little boy bawling, she dragged him to the car, slammed the door and drove off.' (Introduction)
'Justin Heazlewood – best known as the ARIA award-nominated comedian The Bedroom Philosopher – had his very first bad memory aged six. His mother told his nan and pop they’d never see their grandchild again. With the little boy bawling, she dragged him to the car, slammed the door and drove off.' (Introduction)
'...Justin Heazlewood – songwriter, actor, humorist and author of new memoir Get Up Mum (Affirm Press) – shares his daily routine and his experience of the book writing process, from the thrill of routine to dealing with the hole in your days when you finish a big project, and his advice to writers and artists.' (Introduction)
A Conversation with Justin Heazlewood
David Little
(interviewer),
2019
23469675
2019
single work
podcast
interview
'Readings bookseller David Little chats with Justin Heazlewood about his memoir, Get Up Mum.' (Production summary)
