The Exophonic Writer Podcast
Hi, I'm Zoe! 🙋♀️ I'm a Visual Linguist and Exophonic Writer based in Melbourne, Australia. Join me each episode while I podcast my quest to understand how exophony is changing the world.
Exophony (or the art of creative writing in a non-native language) is an old practice that's getting more and more prominence in recent years.
Some questions that keep me awake at night (which fuel this podcast) are:
✨Why do writers choose to write in a non-native language over their mother tongue? How does this choice impact their work?
✨Is the world welcoming the works of exophonic writers? Or are they treated as less good than native authors?
✨Are exophonic writers embracing our own imperfect styles or are we trying to appear as close to native as possible?
✨ What will normalising exophonic practices mean for global readers and literature?
If that sounds like what you need to hear right now, press play and embark with me in an exophonic creative journey! 🎧 SEASON 2, COMING AUGUST 1ST 2025! 🎧
The Exophonic Writer Podcast
15- Exophonic Chats: How First Language Identity is a Fundamental Part to Bring into Theatre Play with Fabio Motta
Hello friends, please join me in my conversation with our first guest to the podcast.
(Woohoo!)
His name is Fabio Motta and he's an award-winning, Italian-born Australian actor and educator who kindly joined us to chat about the importance of bringing our first language selves to the stage (or the page, or the canvas, etc.)
We also talked about his language-related struggles when he first moved to Australia at 8 years old and he even taught us a cool new word: Grammelot. ✨
I say we really started off with the right foot in the 'having guests' arena, I'm so happy and inspired by our chat! ☺️
You can connect with Fabio at:
https://www.fabiomotta.org/
https://www.theclowningworkshop.com/
Also, thanks so much to my friend Josh for linking me to some awesome exophonic creators. Josh is an amazing writing coach, so if you feel you can use a little companionship in the writing process, he is your guy.
Connect with him at: https://www.joshsamuels.com.au/
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