Baz McAlister's guest appearances

Baz McAlister

Penmanship

Star Wars Spelt Out Podcast

Bob Iger

Susan Johnson

George Lucas

Natalie Portman

David Lynch

Steele Saunders

Darren Hayes

Cassian Andor

Richard Fidler

Sebastian Stan

Sarah Ferguson

Anthony Mitchell

Kate Johnson

Gideon Haigh

Charlie Ashby

OwlTail

After a little break, we are back to talk Bluey, blasters and bumps in the road with Baz McAlister from Force Material. We talk about the latest developments with Star Wars Celebration, what might have been on Episode 9 and figure out how to make a lot of Scottish people very upset.   Follow us on twitter: @starwarsspelt Follow us on instagram: @starwarsspeltout Drop us a nice email: starwarsspeltout@gmail.com Subscribe to our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsgw0WcCmz2UT1tSpZnGmpA   Theme music by Cam Chapman: @gullychaps   Follow Baz: @bazmcalister Follow Force Material: @ForceMaterial   Follow Josh Chapman: @chapmanjosh www.starwarsspeltout.com

After a little break, we are back to talk Bluey, blasters and bumps in the road with Baz McAlister from Force Material. We talk about the latest developments with Star Wars Celebration, what might have been on Episode 9 and figure out how to make a lot of Scottish people very upset. Follow us on twitter: @starwarsspelt Follow us on instagram: @starwarsspeltout Drop us a nice email: starwarsspeltout@gmail.com Subscribe to our Youtube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsgw0WcCmz2UT1tSpZnGmpA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsgw0WcCmz2UT1tSpZnGmpA</a> Theme music by Cam Chapman: @gullychaps Follow Baz: @bazmcalister Follow Force Material: @ForceMaterial Follow Josh Chapman: @chapmanjosh <a href="http://www.starwarsspeltout.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.starwarsspeltout.com</a>

Episode 106: 2022 or Bust! With Baz McAlister from Force Material

Baz McAlister is editor of Qweekend. When we meet at the News Queensland offices in late February, he is only a couple of months into his new job in charge of The Courier-Mail's weekly colour magazine. I had not met the man prior to this interview, but I had observed his Irish charm and wit from a packed auditorium during the 2015 Clarions, the annual Queensland media awards that Baz co-hosted and wrote the script for. Thanks to his background as a stand-up comic and snappy newspaper headline writer, his clever, media-centric jokes were a clear hit with the crowd of journalists, and the scene was topped off by the handsome kilt he wore on the night. Our conversation touches on Baz's upbringing in Northern Ireland and how his early interest in language was earned through reading fantasy and science fiction; how working at a Borders bookshop in the middle of Glasgow changed his reading habits; why he decided to leave the UK in search of a new life and career in Australia; how he began writing film reviews for the Brisbane street press, and later became a national arts editor; how his sub-editing and headline writing skills helped with his stand-up comedy debut, and how he learned to cope with bearing witness to terrible things such as watching footage of beheadings while working on the "backbench" of production staff at The Courier-Mail. Baz McAlister is originally from the rugged County Antrim coast of Northern Ireland and has worked in print media in Australia for 12 years. Based in Brisbane, he is currently the editor of News Corp Australia's Qweekend magazine, The Courier-Mail's Saturday insert. Baz is a multi-award-winning senior journalist who has been a feature writer, columnist and night editor for News and spent six years as national arts editor for Time Off and The Music, covering the entertainment scene in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. Baz is also a screenwriter who recently reached the quarterfinals of the Academy's Nicholl Fellowship for Screenwriting with a horror-drama feature. He has several television and film projects in various stages of development as writer. He also writes and performs stand-up comedy. Show notes and links to what was discussed in this episode: http://penmanshippodcast.com/episode-19-baz-mcalister/ Baz McAlister on Twitter: @BazMcAlister Penmanship on Twitter: @PenmanshipAU penmanshippodcast.com

Baz McAlister is editor of <a href="http://www.newscorpaustralia.com/brand/qweekend" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Qweekend</a>. When we meet at the News Queensland offices in late February, he is only a couple of months into his new job in charge of The Courier-Mail's weekly colour magazine. I had not met the man prior to this interview, but I had observed his Irish charm and wit from a packed auditorium during the 2015 <a href="http://www.clarions.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Clarions,</a> the annual Queensland media awards that Baz co-hosted and wrote the script for. Thanks to his background as a stand-up comic and snappy newspaper headline writer, his clever, media-centric jokes were a clear hit with the crowd of journalists, and the scene was topped off by <a href="https://twitter.com/bazmcalister/status/637532437220757504" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the handsome kilt he wore</a> on the night. Our conversation touches on Baz's upbringing in Northern Ireland and how his early interest in language was earned through reading fantasy and science fiction; how working at a Borders bookshop in the middle of Glasgow changed his reading habits; why he decided to leave the UK in search of a new life and career in Australia; how he began writing film reviews for the Brisbane street press, and later became a national arts editor; how his sub-editing and headline writing skills helped with his stand-up comedy debut, and how he learned to cope with bearing witness to terrible things such as watching footage of beheadings while working on the "backbench" of production staff at The Courier-Mail. Baz McAlister is originally from the rugged County Antrim coast of Northern Ireland and has worked in print media in Australia for 12 years. Based in Brisbane, he is currently the editor of News Corp Australia's Qweekend magazine, The Courier-Mail's Saturday insert. Baz is a multi-award-winning senior journalist who has been a feature writer, columnist and night editor for News and spent six years as national arts editor for Time Off and The Music, covering the entertainment scene in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. Baz is also a screenwriter who recently reached the quarterfinals of the Academy's Nicholl Fellowship for Screenwriting with a horror-drama feature. He has several television and film projects in various stages of development as writer. He also writes and performs stand-up comedy. Show notes and links to what was discussed in this episode: <a href="http://penmanshippodcast.com/episode-19-baz-mcalister/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://penmanshippodcast.com/episode-19-baz-mcalister/</a> Baz McAlister on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/bazmcalister" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@BazMcAlister</a> Penmanship on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/penmanshipAU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@PenmanshipAU</a> <a href="http://penmanshippodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">penmanshippodcast.com</a>

Episode 19: Baz McAlister