Bad Diaries Podcast

Diving into the world of diaries – the good, the bad and everything in between.

Writers Jenny Ackland and Tracy Farr are fascinated by diaries: their own and other people’s. They’ve curated 25 Bad Diaries Salons across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand since 2017, and in 2023 they started a podcast to keep the discussion going. In Seasons 1 & 2 (2023 & 2024), Jenny and Tracy chat with each other and with some of the nearly 80 authors who have read at Bad Diaries Salons. For Season 3 and beyond, Tracy's taken over the reins.

Contributors

Host

Jenny Ackland

Jenny is the creator of Bad Diaries Salon — the salon birth mother, the Diary Queen.

Jenny was co-host of Seasons 1 & 2 (2023—2024) of Bad Diaries Podcast. From 2025, she's focussing on the podcast My Mum’s Bad Diaries, which she's created with her daughter, Lily.

Jenny is the author of three acclaimed novels and you can read more about her here. Perhaps you heard her on ABC radio, talking about the salons and reading from her (old, bad) diaries.

Jenny lives, works, writes and podcasts from Melbourne, Australia.

Follow Jenny on Instagram.

https://jennyackland.com/

Host

Tracy Farr

Tracy is Bad Diaries Salon mother hen, keeper of spreadsheets, maker of marks.

From 2025, Tracy's flying solo as host of Bad Diaries Podcast.

A writer who used to be a scientist, Tracy has three novels out in
the world. You can read more about Tracy here.

Tracy was born in Melbourne, grew up in Perth, but for nearly
30 years she has lived in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Tracy is @hissingswan on Instagram and Bluesky

https://tracyfarrauthor.com/about/