Craig San Roque reads ‘The Long Weekend in Alice Springs’ over 8 episodes.
Broadcasting weekly on 8CCC 102.1FM Mondays at 9am & 4pm + available On Demand below!
The Long Weekend is an award-winning, cult-favourite graphic novel, adapted and drawn by Joshua Santospirito, based on an essay that explores the Jungian concept of the cultural complex; and idea about group behaviour that was left largely unexplored until very recently in the academic world.
Craig San Roque, the author the original essay, acts as narrator throughout a long series of poetic thoughts and places. Over the course of a long weekend in the central Australian desert town of Alice Springs he grapples with an analysis of his own culture and the pain which it intentionally and unintentionally inflicts upon other cultures.
Find out more about the graphic novel – Winner of the 2014 NT Literary Awards “Chief Minister’s Non-Fiction Book Award” – at joshuasantospirito.com.
The Long Weekend in Alice Springs Podcast/ Audio Book:
Reading by Craig San Roque
Recording by Ross Muir @ Red Dirt
Produced by Christopher Brocklebank italk Studios
Published by 8CCC Radio 102.1FM
Supported by AAACE (Australasian Association of Arts and Cultural Education).
Find out more about the graphic novel illustrated by Joshua Santospirito at joshuasantospirito.com
Episode 1 – Friday Night
In which Tom Singer asks a question and Dr Roq replies
Episode 2
I see a campfire in my backyard
Episode 3 – Saturday
Maps
Episode 4
Exterminate
Episode 5
Walking through Town
Episode 6
Stones, stars and the end of Saturday
Episode 7 – Sunday
Picnic and the Cannibals
Episode 8 – Monday Night
HOPE… On the South Side of Town
+ Epilogue – Feed The Puppies
“A Long Weekend that has lasted 10 years” – Read an article from the Alice Springs News
Read the original essay – A Long Weekend
As featured in ‘The Cultural Complex’ eds, Singer and Kimbles. Brunner-Routledge 2004