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.
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.