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Book talk and author interviews aimed at helping you discover your next favourite read, presented by Good Reading Magazine.
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Jess Kitching on love, loss and new beginnings in, 'The Secrets of Strangers'
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May 20, 2026 |
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Kerry Jewell on her compelling, candid and darkly funny novel, 'A Little Unwell'
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May 02, 2026 |
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Martin McKenzie-Murray on the shadow world of first responders in 'Sirens'
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Luke Taylor on Peter Marralwanga, Painter of the Djang of Western Arnhem Land
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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Jane Messer on her compelling memoir, 'Raven Mother: War, family and inheritance'
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Theresa Miller on stepping up to the microphone and making an impact in 'Speak Up'
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Vikki Petraitis on a forty-year-old true crime mystery, 'The Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron'
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Debra Dank on family, culture, connection and the power of memory in 'Ankami'
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Vicki Bennett on her story of love, war, and inter-generational healing, 'The Letters'
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Nov 23, 2025 |
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Chris Blake on his crime thriller set on New Zealand's wild west coast, 'Softly Calls the Devil'
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Nov 23, 2025 |
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Henry Reynolds on Australian colonisation from the top down in 'Looking From the North'
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Amra Pajalic on her thrilling Balkan war murder mystery, 'Time Kneels Between Mountains'
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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Joanna Nell on her heart-warming story celebrating life and love in, 'The Funeral Crashers'
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Suzanne Leal on her HNSA award-winning book for young adults, 'The Year We Escaped'
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Tasma Walton and Robbie Arnott on their ARA HNSA 2025 prize-winning novels
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Katie Edmiston from Queensland State Library on 'How do you Library?'
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Garry Disher on the fifth in the Hirsch crime thriller series, 'Mischance Creek'
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Inga Simpson and Tannya Harricks on their picture book for children, 'The Peach King'
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Sep 27, 2025 |
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Blake Johnston on surfing success, change and resilience in 'Swellbeing'
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Mark Greenwood and Frané Lessac on their children's picture book, 'The Legend of Jessie Hickman'
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Jessica Mansour-Nahra on her first novel, an eerie gothic psychological thriller, 'The Farm'
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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Belinda Castles on discovering literary Sydney on foot in 'Walking Sydney'
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Toni Jordan on greyhounds, gambling and growing up, in her new novel, 'Tenderfoot'
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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Tanya Scott on her high-octane debut crime thriller, 'Stillwater'
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Jul 26, 2025 |
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Adam Courtenay on the dynamic, complex and driven man in his memoir 'My Father Bryce'
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Mike Amor on the highs and lows of a career as a foreign correspondent in 'News Cowboys'
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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Olivia Purvis on her first book for young children, 'Where's Moon?'
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Belinda Lyons Lee on her gothic horror story, 'The Haunting of Mr and Mrs Stevenson'
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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Kaarina Parker on a remarkable woman of the Ancient Roman Empire, 'Fulvia'
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Jun 28, 2025 |
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Sarah Di Lorenzo on the steps to transform your liver health in 'The Liver Repair Plan'
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Simon Mustoe on unlocking the power of nature in 'How to Survive the Next 100 Years'
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May 21, 2025 |
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Erna Walraven on her memoir about zoo-keeping and feminism, 'Hear Me Roar'
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May 13, 2025 |
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Jessica Townsend on the fourth in her Nevermoor series, 'Silverborn The Mystery of Morrigan Crow'
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May 07, 2025 |
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Raina MacIntyre on science, reason and the threat to 200 years of progress in 'Vaccine Nation'
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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Dianne Wolfer on the retelling of an Australian classic in 'The Colt From Old Regret'
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Kate Grenville on her family pilgrimage in 'Unsettled: A Journey Through Time and Place'
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Stephen Gapps on his new book 'Uprising: War in the colony of New South Wales, 1838–1844
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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'How to Be Normal' Q&A with author Ange Crawford and Cerdon College Merrylands
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Judy Friedlander's new book for kids, 'The Bee Squad: Boosting Biodiversity in Your Neighbourhood'
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Porscia Lam on a life-changing journey in 'The Unlocking: An Autism Story'
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Ronni Salt on her debut crime thriller about guns, drugs and small town life in 'Gunnawah'
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Judy King on a childhood betrayed and reclaimed in 'Agnes'
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Garth Nix on his new novel for kids, 'We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord'
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Isobelle Carmody on a reluctant hero on an epic quest in 'Comes the Night'
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Chris Baker on life, love, memory and taking the plunge in 'Swimming Sydney'
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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Chris Hammer on small town crime and blood relatives in 'The Valley'
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Beverley McWilliams on her 2024 HNSA prize-winning novel for children, 'Spies in the Sky'
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Melissa Lucashenko on her HNSA award-winning novel, 'Edenglassie'
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Kathy Mexted on the incredible stories of Australian women who reach for the sky in 'Take Flight'
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Emily Rodda on her epic three part fantasy adventure, 'Landovel'
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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Tim Winton on a story of catastrophe, survival and the power of humanity in 'Juice'
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Justin Fox on the pathway to his first novel, 'Quietly Waiting'
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Dr Norman Swan on his latest book, 'So You Want to Know What's Good For Your Kids?'
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Sean Williams, Connor Chamberlain and John Goodwin on the 40th Volume of 'Writers of the Future'
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Elifie Shiosaki on the galaxy of Noongar stories in her new poetry collection, 'Refugia'
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Aug 25, 2024 |
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Shelley Davidow on love in Berlin and the creative urge in 'The Girl With the Violin'
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Michael Robotham on twenty years of crime fiction and his new thriller, 'Storm Child'
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Katherine Allum on her debut novel set in the American Southwest, 'The Skeleton House'
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Jul 06, 2024 |
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Yuot Alaak on an incredible journey in his memoir, 'Father of the Lost Boys'
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Dr Clare Bailey on enjoying the things you love to eat in 'The Fast 800 Keto Treats Recipe Book'
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Gerard McCann on the long unspoken truth of child sexual abuse in his memoir 'Anatomy of a Secret'
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Julia Lawrinson on a life less ordinary in her memoir, 'How to Avoid a Happy Life'
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Jun 23, 2024 |
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Ben Miller on his illustrated fairytale mash-up, 'Diary of a Big Bad Wolf'
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May 29, 2024 |
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Nadia Wheatley on Charmian Clift's final, unfinished novel, 'The End of the Morning'
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May 21, 2024 |
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Anne Buist and Graeme Simsion on a mental health story of heart and humour, 'The Glass House'
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Kathy Lette on getting the better of the patriarchy in 'The Revenge Club'
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Dr Vanessa Pirotta dives into the mysterious world of whales in 'Humpback Highway'
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Sydel Sierra on the power of cryptocurrencies and how to invest the right way in, 'All Time High'
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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Candice Fox on disrupting the hero trope in her latest thriller, Devil's Kitchen
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Mar 23, 2024 |
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Rachael Johns on love, romance and the power of books in 'The Other Bridget'
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Julie Janson on the dangerous lives of Aboriginal women in colonial New South Wales in 'Compassion'
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Nam Le on his new book of poetry, '36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem'
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Mar 09, 2024 |
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David Goodwin on working at the coal-face of retail in 'Servo: 'Tales from the Graveyard Shift'
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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Mariah Sweetman on the thrilling story of her great-great grandfather in 'Robert Runs'
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Feb 24, 2024 |
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Alecia Simmonds on love and marriage in 'Courting: An Intimate History of Love and the Law'
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Feb 17, 2024 |
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Dassi Erlich's memoir 'In Bad Faith' goes inside the secret ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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James Foley on his brilliant colour graphic novels for kids, Brobot, Gastronauts and Stellarphant
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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Linda Margolin Royal on a story inspired by the Japanese Schindler, 'The Star on the Grave'
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Jan 27, 2024 |
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Skye McKenna on the continuing magical journey for fledgeling witch Cassie Morgan in 'Woodwitch'
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Isobel Bevis on connecting children to Noongar culture in 'Nedingar' - Ancestors
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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Helen Milroy on her two new books for young children, 'Bush Bugs' and 'Crow Baby'
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Annette Higgs on her first novel set in 19th-century Tasmania, 'On A Bright Hillside in Paradise'
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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Jack Heath on an unforgettable romantic weekend away in 'Kill Your Husbands'
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Tracy Ryan on two remarkable Renaissance women of the Navarre in 'The Queen's Apprenticeship'
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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Charlotte Wood on contemplating life's big questions in 'Stone Yard Devotional'
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Nov 18, 2023 |
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Rachelle Unreich on 'A Brilliant Life: My Mother's Inspiring Story of Surviving the Holocaust'
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Nov 04, 2023 |
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Katharine J Adams on the dark and magical world of her new YA novel, 'Tonight, I Burn'
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Quentin Beresford goes inside Australia's biggest corporate scandals in 'Rogue Corporations'
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Andy McNab on 'The Rescue: The True Story of the SAS Mission to Save Hostages from the Taliban'
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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Robyn Davidson on time, memory and a life driven by curiosity in 'Unfinished Woman'
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Amelia Mellor on her 2023 Historical Novel prize-winning YA book, 'The Bookseller's Apprentice'
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Gail Jones on her 2023 Historical Novel Society Australasia prize-winning book, 'Salonika Burning'
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Paul Bangay on his journey from child gardener to design icon in 'A Life in Garden Design'
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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Val McDermid on the latest in the DCI Karen Pirie series of crime thrillers, 'Past Lying'
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Oct 14, 2023 |
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Levi Pinfold on illustrating a magical world for the 'The Harry Potter Wizarding Almanac'
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Oct 08, 2023 |
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Molly Schmidt on small-town racism and the power of human connection in 'Salt River Road'
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Oct 07, 2023 |
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Sasha Kutabah Sarago on the Indigenous ideal of beauty and her journey to understand it in 'Gigorou'
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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James O'Hanlon on discovering the incredible world of spiders in 'Silk and Venom'
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Sep 30, 2023 |
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Anna Funder on Eileen O'Shaughnessy, the woman who made George Orwell in 'Wifedom'
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Sep 23, 2023 |
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Susan Duncan on love, community and the pleasures of life in 'Sleepless in Stringybark Bay'
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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Madonna King on 'Saving Our Kids The Inside Story of Taskforce Argos'
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Sep 16, 2023 |
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Deborah Fitzgerald on 'Her Sunburnt Country The Extraordinary Literary Life of Dorothea Mackellar'
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Sep 16, 2023 |
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Kirsty Manning on a story of courage and resilience in 'The Hidden Book'
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Sep 09, 2023 |
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Wendy Holden on the inside story of the young Diana Spencer in 'The Princess'
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Otto English goes in search of the truth behind the myths in 'Fake Heroes'
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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Roger Simpson on the truth behind the Jane Halifax character in Halifax Resurrection.
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Kate Mildenhall on connecting women's stories across time in 'The Hummingbird Effect'
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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Peter Papathanasiou on a West Australian road trip like no other in 'The Pit'
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Aug 19, 2023 |
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Dennis Glover on the legend and the legacy of R F Scott's Antarctic expedition in 'Thaw'
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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Matt Majendie on life and death with the big-wave surfers in 'Nazare'
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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Sam Twyford-Moore on the ins and outs of Australian actors in Hollywood in 'Cast Mates'
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Aug 12, 2023 |
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Frank Bongiorno on Mungo MacCallum's classic 'The Good, The Bad and the Unlikely'
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Mark Brandi on the cargo of hopes, dreams and disappointment aboard 'Southern Aurora'
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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Professor Phil Hansbro on the science and the sense behind 'The Good Gut Anti-Inflammatory Diet'
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Kelly Rimmer on the courageous Special Operations Executives of World War II in 'The Paris Agent'
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Peter Burke on the atheist among the Swan River missionaries in 'The Silk Merchant's Son'
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May 28, 2023 |
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Katherine Kovacic on the connection we have with our canine friends in 'Australia's Dogs'
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May 21, 2023 |
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Om Dhungel on losing everything and finding Australia in 'Bhutan to Blacktown'
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May 14, 2023 |
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Anthony Cooper on the war correspondents on a suicide mission in 'Despatch From Berlin, 1943'
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May 12, 2023 |
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Kerri Sackville on the joys and benefits of a little alone time in 'The Secret Life of You'
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May 11, 2023 |
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Kim Anderson on the controversial Australian portrait that changed the nation in 'The Prize'
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May 11, 2023 |
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Catherine Therese on her first novel 'Things She Would have Said Herself'
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May 11, 2023 |
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Justin Cronin on building strange new worlds where nothing is as it seems in 'The Ferryman'
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May 01, 2023 |
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Anne Tiernan on family trauma and running from the past in her first novel, 'The Last Days of Joy'
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Dianne Yarwood on life, death, friendship and great food in 'The Wakes'
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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Toni Jordan on her hilarious new comedy about losing control, 'Prettier If She Smiled More'
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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Ros Ben Moshe on the healing power of laughter in 'The Laughter Effect'
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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Stephanie Bishop on her dark and compulsive novel about creativity and desire, 'The Anniversary'
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Pip Williams on the transcendent power of books in 'The Bookbinder of Jericho'
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Margaret Simons on one of Australia's most influential women in 'Tanya Plibersek On Her Own Terms'
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Christine Kenneally on institutional abuse, murder and justice in 'Ghosts of the Orphanage'
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Mar 11, 2023 |
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Kate Auty on the true story of the Forrest River massacre, 'O'Leary of the Underworld'
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Ali Lowe on keeping up with murder in 'The Running Club'
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Mar 04, 2023 |
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Paul Ashford Harris on the cycles of history in 'Love, Oil and the Fortunes of War'
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Deepti Kapoor on a world fuelled by greed, pleasure and violence in India's 'Age of Vice'
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Feb 11, 2023 |
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Paul Biegler answers a big question in 'Why Does It Still Hurt?'
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Benison O'Reilly and Seana Smith on the new and updated edition of the Australian Autism Handbook
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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Sam and Paul Harvey on the Smash Hits of Nick Kyrgios
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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James Weir on the heroes and villains of reality TV in 'The Hemsworth Effect'
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Jack Heath on the latest book in the deliciously dark and twisted Timothy Blake series 'Headcase'
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Frank Bongiorno on the first full political history of Australia 'Dreamers and Schemers'
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Anita Heiss on 'Growing Up Wiradjuri: Stories from the Wiradjuri Nation'
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Nov 20, 2022 |
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Don Watson on a window into Australia's past and present in 'The Passion of Private White'
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Nov 19, 2022 |
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Tom Keneally on his 2022 Historical Novel Society's prize-winning story 'Corporal Hitler's Pistol'
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Nov 12, 2022 |
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Katrina Nannestad on her prize-winning story for children 'Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief'
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Nov 12, 2022 |
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Jennifer Whelan and Deirdre Brandner on their new 'Bear' series of books for young children
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Nov 05, 2022 |
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Allen C Jones on a tale of apocalypse and survival in 'Her Death Was Also Water'
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Nov 05, 2022 |
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Paddy Manning on the high-stakes life of Lachlan Murdoch in 'The Successor'
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Inga Simpson on her love letter to cricket and music 'Willowman'
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Oct 29, 2022 |
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Janet Evanovich on the riotous new Stephanie Plum mystery thriller 'Going Rogue'
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Cressida Cowell on the maps of the imagination in 'Which Way To Anywhere'
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Oct 22, 2022 |
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Amelia Mellor on the magic of books and exploring history in 'The Bookseller's Apprentice'
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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Mia Swainson on simple ways to live a climate positive lifestyle in ' Happy Planet Living'
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Dominique Roques on sourcing the ingredients for the great fragrances in 'In Search of Perfumes'
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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Andy McNab on the true story of the secret mission to catch a Taliban warlord in 'The Hunt'
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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Ross Garnaut on securing Australia's zero-carbon future in 'The Superpower Transformation'
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Danielle Clode on a slow-moving Australian icon in 'Koala: A Life in Trees'
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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Roger Simpson on getting inside the mind of a forensic psychologist in 'Halifax: Transgression'
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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Ruth Ware on isolation and claustrophobia in her latest psychological thriller 'The It Girl'
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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Michelle Lee on the challenges and rewards of rowing the world's great oceans in 'Alone'
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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Kate Temple on her first solo book for kids 'The Dangerous Business of Being Trilby Moffat'
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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Geoff Nadin on the Stewart Dawson family fortune won and lost in 'Treasure House'
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Sep 18, 2022 |
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Elaine Pearson on a life in pursuit of human rights in 'Chasing Wrongs and Rights'
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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Joelle Gergis on the challenge we face in 'Humanity's Moment: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope'
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Zoulfa Katouh on love in the time of war in 'As Long As The Lemon Trees Grow'
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Andy McNab on his latest book for kids 'My Mum Is A Spy'
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Isabel Vincent on sisters who rescued Jewish opera stars from the Third Reich in Overture of Hope
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Michael Veitch on the unsung heroes of the WWII Coastwatchers in 'Australia's Secret Army'
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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Dr Ben Bravery on putting the heart back into healthcare in 'The Patient Doctor'
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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Nilesh Makwana on 'Terminal 4 An Entrepreneur's Journey From Bicycle to Business Class'
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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Kathy Reichs on forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan's 21st thriller 'Cold, Cold Bones'
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Daryl Van Tongeren on how to understand and use the quiet power of an ancient virtue in 'Humble'
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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Tori Haschka on a heart-rending story of how food connects and heals in 'A Recipe For Family'
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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Sam Vincent on an honest and hilarious story of succession in 'My Father And Other Animals'
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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J.P. Pomare on the private investigator haunted by his home town in 'The Wrong Woman'
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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Leigh Straw on the true crime story that gripped Australia in the 1920s in 'The Ballroom Murder'
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Jul 31, 2022 |
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Sophie Green on a story of friendship and fresh beginnings in 'The Bellbird River Country Choir'
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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Brian Freeman on Jason Bourne's biggest threat yet in 'The Bourne Sacrifice'
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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Alistair Paton on the curious history of Australia's amateur scientists in 'Of Marsupials and Men'
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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Colin Burgess on the astonishing survival story in a Nazi death camp in 'Destination Buchenwald'
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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Christine Sykes on the joy of movement and friendship in 'The Tap Cats of the Sunshine Coast'
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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Lisa Barr on love, sex, history and the epic struggle to reclaim stolen art in 'Woman On Fire'
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Jul 10, 2022 |
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James O'Loghlin on crime, punishment and redemption in 'Criminals'
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Michael Robotham on the third in the Cyrus Haven crime fiction series, 'Lying Beside You'
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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Carmel Bird on reading, writing and remembering in her memoir 'Telltale'
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Jun 26, 2022 |
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Geraldine Brooks on the grim legacy of American slavery, racism and injustice in 'Horse'
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Jun 11, 2022 |
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Sandi Logan on the most unlikely drug-running grannies in Australian history in 'Betrayed'
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Jun 04, 2022 |
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Phil Barker on the rise and fall of Australian magazines in 'Axed! Who Killed Australian Magazines?'
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May 29, 2022 |
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Wendy Davis on speaking up in 'Don't Make a Fuss: It's Only the Claremont Serial Killer'
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May 28, 2022 |
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Dr John Tickell on 'Your Best Immunity: Build Resistance the ACE Way'
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May 22, 2022 |
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Matthew Spencer on his brilliant debut crime thriller 'Black River'
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May 21, 2022 |
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Margaret Cunneen SC on a remarkable career in 'The Boxing Butterfly'
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May 11, 2022 |
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Caroline Petit on an epic love story across three continents in 'The Natural History of Love'
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May 10, 2022 |
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Caroline Beecham on an exceptional World War 2 heroine in 'Esther's Children'
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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Sophie Cachia on a life-changing moment in 'And Then There Was Her'
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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Victoria Purman on the unsung heroes of World War I in 'The Nurses' War'
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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Chloe Hooper on the dark and light of storytelling in 'Bedtime Story'
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Three generations of Silbery women on personal memories and life's lessons in 'Out of the Box'
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Apr 24, 2022 |
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Diane Connell on a force to be reckoned with in 'The Improbable Life of Ricky Bird'
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Shelley Burr on the unsolved disappearance that haunts a small farming community in 'WAKE'
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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A F Steadman on the magical world of unicorns in 'Skandar and the Unicorn Thief'
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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Catherine Deveny on emerging from oppression and finding her tribe in 'True North'
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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Jackie Huggins and Ngaire Jarro on a remarkable indigenous serviceman in 'Jack of Hearts QX11594'
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Mark Tedeschi on the double murder case that gripped Australia in 'Missing Presumed Dead'
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Ruth Wilson on the healing power of literature in 'The Jane Austen Remedy'
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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Lauren Chater on the secrets locked up in 17th century clothing in 'The Winter Dress'
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Mar 27, 2022 |
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Eliza Hull on the trials of disabled parenting in 'We've Got This: Stories By Disabled Parents'
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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Rosie Andrews on a dark and disturbing period in English history in 'The Leviathan'
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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Jane Caro on the horrors of family violence in 'The Mother'
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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Annabel Abbs on the story of Britain's first great cookery author in 'The Language of Food'
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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Julie Bennett on the grand passion of opera and the underbelly of ambition in 'The Understudy'
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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Megan Albany on an exceptionally ordinary life and death in 'The Very Last List of Vivian Walker'
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Feb 12, 2022 |
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Michael Schur on 'How To Be Perfect: The Correct Answer To Every Moral Question'
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Feb 12, 2022 |
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Margaret Taft on a remarkable partnership in 'Leo and Mina Fink: For The Greater Good'
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Feb 12, 2022 |
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Dr Michael Mosley on eating well, burning fat and managing weight long term in 'The Fast 800 Keto'
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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Jillian Cantor on recasting an American classic in 'Beautiful Little Fools'
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Jan 30, 2022 |
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Indyana Schneider on the pleasure and the pain of first love in '28 Questions'
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Jan 30, 2022 |
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Kerri Maher on the history-making story of Sylvia Beach in 'The Paris Bookseller'
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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Michael Trant on creating an authentic Australian story in 'Wild Dogs'
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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Tony Wellington on 'Freak Out: How a Musical Revolution Rocked the World in the Sixties'
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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Ben Sanders on the hardboiled crime fiction of New York City in 'Exit.45'
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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Ann Patchett on what it all means in 'These Precious Days'
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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John Hughes on recasting the stories of the ancients in 'Tales From The Greek'
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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Jock Serong on the harrowing story of love and adventure on the high seas in 'The Burning Island'
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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Christine Manfield on bringing the world of Indian cuisine back home in 'Indian Cooking Class'
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Nov 06, 2021 |
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David Hunt on Australia's journey from colony to nationhood in 'Girt Nation'
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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Lynne McGranger on a full and joyous life in 'Acting Up: Me Myself and Irene'
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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Jaclyn Moriarty on 'The Astonishing Chronicles of Oscar From Elsewhere'
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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Inga Simpson on the perils of a post-apocalyptic world in 'The Last Woman in the World'
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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Peter Fitzsimons on 'The Incredible Life of Hubert Wilkins: Australia's Greatest Explorer'
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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Christian White on the dangers lurking behind the peaceful facade of suburbia in 'Wild Place'
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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Katrina Nannestad on the remarkable true story of the Wolfskinder in 'We Are Wolves'
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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Heather Morris on a remarkable story of courage and survival in 'Three Sisters'
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Oct 02, 2021 |
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Nicci French on turning the everyday into a nail-biting psychological thriller in 'The Unheard'
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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Samantha-Ellen Bound on magical realms in 'Seven Wherewithal Way'
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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Damien Cave on the Australian way of dealing with risk in 'Into the Rip'
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Sep 26, 2021 |
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Robert Wainwright on an Australian icon in 'Nellie: The Life and Loves of Dame Nellie Melba'
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Karen Foxlee on the healing power of magic and friendship in 'Dragon Skin'
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Delia Falconer on how we are changing our inner world in 'Signs and Wonders'
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Sep 11, 2021 |
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Garry Linnell on the serial killer who shocked the world in The Devil's Work
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Sep 11, 2021 |
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Lisa Millar on conquering fear and hitting a deadline in 'Daring to Fly'
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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Rosalba Jeffreys on bringing the story together for Robert Jeffrey's The Final Cut
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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Leigh Straw on Madam Monnier and Perth's notorious Roe Street brothels in The Petticoat Parade
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Aug 29, 2021 |
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Professor Ian Lowe on the complexities of the nuclear industry in Australia in Long Half-life.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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Sarah Bailey on the thrill of the cold case in The Housemate
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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John M Green on the third book in the Dr Tori Swyft international spy thriller series, Double Deal
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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Tim Ayliffe on the rise of the white supremacy movement in The Enemy Within.
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Jul 31, 2021 |
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Nikki Gemmell on love, female creativity and finding your voice in Dissolve
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Jul 31, 2021 |
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John Doyle on an Australian sporting legend in Blessed: The Breakout Year of Rampaging Roy Slaven
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Jul 31, 2021 |
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Tim Richards on the joys of Australian train travel in Heading South
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Jul 25, 2021 |
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Lisa Jewell on inventing characters and solving a crime as you write in 'The Night She Disappeared'
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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Auntie Di on forgiving the past and discovering her true identity in 'Daughter of the River Country'
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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Larissa Behrendt on the mother-daughter trip of a life time in After Story
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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Dr Norman Swan takes on the wellness 'bullshit' in So You Think You Know What's Good For You?
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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Brigid Lowry on kindness, honesty and nourishing the soul in 'A Year of Loving Kindness to Myself'
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Jun 06, 2021 |
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Helen Vines on separating fact from fiction in 'Eve Langley and the Pea Pickers'
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Brian Herd on planning for your ageing parents in Avoiding The Ageing Parent Trap
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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David Price on Western Australian frontier justice in 'Dark Tales from the Long River'
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May 31, 2021 |
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Sinéad Stubbins on achieving self perfection, and her debut book 'In My Defence I Have No Defence'
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May 31, 2021 |
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Clare Moleta on writing her debut novel and bridging the real and imagined in Unsheltered.
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May 23, 2021 |
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Kate Holden on the Croppa Creek killing that rocked NSW in 'The Winter Road'
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May 04, 2021 |
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Kyle Mewburn on a life in transition in her memoir 'Faking It'
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May 03, 2021 |
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Rod Barton on his accidental entry into the world of espionage in 'The Life of a Spy'
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May 02, 2021 |
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T W Lawless and Kay Bell on recreating a real Australian character in 'Furey's War'
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May 02, 2021 |
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Kathryn Heyman on her memoir, 'Fury', and summoning the power to redraw the roadmap of her life
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May 02, 2021 |
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Elfie Shiosaki on Noongar women's stories of resilience in 'Homecoming'
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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Rebecca Wilson on the untold story of Ned Kelly's little sister Kate Kelly
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Apr 11, 2021 |
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Lisa Genova on why forgetting isn't as bad as you think, and her first non-fiction book 'Remember'
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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Madelaine Dickie and Sam Carmody on Australian surf culture in Lines to the Horizon
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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Elizabeth Becker on three extraordinary female wartime journalists in 'You Don't Belong Here'
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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Debra Oswald on the ethical and legal dilemmas of exploring family violence in The Family Doctor
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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Helen Fitzgerald on blue light discos and small town disasters in 'Ash Mountain'
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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Tanya Bretherton on the post-WWII Sydney women who killed in 'The Husband Poisoner'
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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Susan Johnson on unlikely friendships in 'From Where I Fell'
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Feb 28, 2021 |
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Gretel Killeen on the highs and lows of mother-daughter love in My Daughter's Wedding
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Feb 28, 2021 |
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'Mistakes come from vulnerability' - Katie McMahon on her salacious debut, 'The Mistake'
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Feb 28, 2021 |
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Madeleine Ryan on autism, self love, and her introspective debut 'A Room Called Earth'
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Feb 28, 2021 |
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Michael Brissenden on criminal thrills and a lost Sydney in 'Dead Letters'
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Feb 07, 2021 |
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Maggie Hamilton on reconnecting with others in 'When We Become Strangers'
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Jan 31, 2021 |
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B Michael Radburn on the thunderous new novel in the Taylor Bridges series, 'The Reach'
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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Aaron Smith on Australia's cultural and moral divide in 'The Rock'
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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Craig Sisterson shares the very best of Southern Cross Crime
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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'There was a need to finish what Tilly Dunnage started' - Rosalie Ham on The Dressmaker's Secret
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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'We need a different approach': Tim Flannery on solving our climate crisis in 'The Climate Cure'
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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'You are your baby's favourite rockstar' - Anita Collins on 'The Music Advantage'
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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Alan Carter on returning to Sergeant Nick Chester and the Wakamarina Valley in 'Doom Creek'
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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Ronni Kahn on finding her calling in 'A Repurposed Life'
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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Heather Morris on the art of listening in 'Stories of Hope'
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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Stella Budrikis on the 1907 trial that gripped Perth, 'The Edward Street Baby Farm'
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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Ian McGuire unpacks his gritty story of revenge and the past, 'The Abstainer'
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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Leon Silver on the true family story of love and survival in his book 'The Miracle Typist'
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Sep 13, 2020 |
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Petronella McGovern unpacks her tense psychological thriller 'The Good Teacher'
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Sep 03, 2020 |
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Kate Mildenhall talks dystopia, motherhood & the sailing trip of a lifetime in 'The Mother Fault'
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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Meg Keneally on confronting (and escaping) the past in her colonial-era novel The Wreck
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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S L Lim on desire, art and the power of resistance in 'Revenge: Murder in three parts'
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Aug 27, 2020 |
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Andrew Boe on Australia's flawed justice system in 'The Truth Hurts'
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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Jess Scully on how a better world is possible in 'Glimpses of Utopia'
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Aug 04, 2020 |
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Rose Carlyle on exciting twists and evil twins
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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AUGUST BOOK CLUB - A chat with Charlotte McConaghy
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Aug 02, 2020 |
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'Beyond the Pale': Adrian Tame on his time at Australia's most notorious paper in 'The Awful Truth'
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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Paddy Manning shares the human cost of climate change in 'Body Count'
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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Julie Sprigg on the life of a physiotherapist in Ethiopia in 'Small Steps'
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Jul 09, 2020 |
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Greg James & Chris Smith on the exciting finale of the 'Kid Normal' series
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Jun 10, 2020 |
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'Fear isn't just natural, it's necessary': Eva Holland on the science behind phobias in 'Nerve'
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May 31, 2020 |
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Craig Cormick and Harold Ludwick on changing Australia's history in 'On a Barbarous Coast'
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May 28, 2020 |
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Hayley Katzen on bushfires and belonging in her memoir 'Untethered'
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May 17, 2020 |
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Lucy Worsley on a lifetime of loving Jane Austen
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May 08, 2020 |
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Jon Doust on the misadventure of a lifetime in 'Return Ticket'
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Apr 28, 2020 |
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Fiona Harris & Mike McLeish on tackling schoolyard drama in their parental comedy 'The Drop-Off'
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Apr 28, 2020 |
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Shannon Molloy on 'Fourteen', his memoir of growing up gay in Central Queensland
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Mar 31, 2020 |
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Lauren Chater on telling the untold story of a classic in 'Gulliver's Wife'
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Mar 31, 2020 |
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'Australia saved me': Ayik Chut Deng on life as a Sudanese child soldier in 'The Lost Boy'
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Mar 31, 2020 |
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'Are some deceptions necessary?': Suzanne Leal on betrayal and family secrets in 'The Deceptions'
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Mar 31, 2020 |
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Pip Williams on missing words and forgotten women in 'The Dictionary of Lost Words'
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Mar 30, 2020 |
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Laura Jean McKay on crafting a talking animal apocalypse in 'The Animals in That Country'
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Mar 29, 2020 |
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Karina Kilmore on merging journalistic drama with docklands crime in 'Where the Truth Lies'
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Mar 23, 2020 |
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'He would wake up screaming': Ariana Neumann on uncovering her father's past in When Time Stopped
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Mar 02, 2020 |
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John Kinsella on dialogue, rapacity and living a rural life in his memoir 'Displaced'
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Mar 01, 2020 |
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Karen Brooks on unearthing forgotten women in her bewitching historical novel 'The Darkest Shore'
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Feb 23, 2020 |
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Sophie Hardcastle on the colours of the sea and reclaiming your body 'Below Deck'
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Feb 18, 2020 |
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Tanya Bretherton on the serial murders that gripped Sydney in 'The Killing Streets'
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Feb 17, 2020 |
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Emily Clements on sex, self and travel in her memoir 'The Lotus Eaters'
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Jan 30, 2020 |
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Anita Abriel on the true story of survival and hope in 'The Light After the War'
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Jan 30, 2020 |
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Genevieve Gannon on the real case of an IVF mixup that inspired her family drama 'The Mothers'
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Jan 28, 2020 |
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How 25 years in the Victorian Police Force shaped D L Hicks' debut crime novel 'The Devil Inside'
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Jan 07, 2020 |
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Emma Viskic took a road trip with Jock Serong, Sulari Gentill and Robert Gott
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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‘It’s not beyond us to achieve this’: Peter Singer's plan to eradicate world poverty
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Dec 03, 2019 |
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'It wasn't pretty': Benjamin Gilmour on his darkest month working as a paramedic in Sydney
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Nov 28, 2019 |
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'Journalists have license to put their nose where it's not wanted': Chris Hammer on ‘Silver’
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Nov 21, 2019 |
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'It's a sunny place for shady people': Michael Connelly on returning to LA in 'The Night Fire'
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Nov 12, 2019 |
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Heather Rose on sand, sunburn and building a bridge to Bruny
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Nov 06, 2019 |
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'Dude, it was like an exorcism': Holden Sheppard on writing his YA LGBTQI+ novel Invisible Boys
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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'I will always be sad when I read those chapters': Mary Moody on cancer, compost and cracking on
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Oct 21, 2019 |
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Katherine Johnson on the hidden history of 19th century human zoos
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Oct 15, 2019 |
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Heather Morris on the woman who survived Auschwitz and a Siberian Gulag
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Oct 02, 2019 |
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Jamil Jivani on why young men are being turned to violence, and what we can do to stop it
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Sep 19, 2019 |
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'We had no idea what life was going to be': Bernadette Agius on raising a son with Down syndrome
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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Ondine Sherman on Alaskan hunters, bad grammar and a bustling backyard zoo
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Sep 09, 2019 |
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Philippa Gregory: 'It’s extraordinary how little ordinary women have been recorded in history.'
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Sep 03, 2019 |
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Paullina Simons: 'This isn't a romance. It's a love story.'
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Aug 27, 2019 |
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'This man was broken': Tony Buti on Australia's only successful Stolen Generations claimant
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Aug 12, 2019 |
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Melbourne co-authors Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus have never had an argument
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Jul 30, 2019 |
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James Dunk on illness, chaos and delusion in Australia's early colonies
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Jul 02, 2019 |
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The death-defying adventures of Katherine Rundell
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Jul 01, 2019 |
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'We prefer to forget': Armando Lucas Correa on the doomed voyage of the S.S. St. Louis
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Jun 25, 2019 |
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Alli Sinclair on how scaling mountains turned her into a storyteller
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Jun 20, 2019 |
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Craig Ensor's literary love story set in an Australia ravaged by climate change
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Jun 10, 2019 |
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Alex Landragin didn’t write the most daring debut novel in decades – he stole it
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Jun 03, 2019 |
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How Aboriginal peoples brought Australian animals to the attention of the world
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May 31, 2019 |
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‘Majestic, murky, malevolent and magnificent’: Irishman James Delargy on the outback
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May 27, 2019 |
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Finn Brunton on what you need to know about cryptocurrency
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May 05, 2019 |
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Mary-Rose MacColl on a royal derailed and Diana's undoing
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Apr 30, 2019 |
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Markus Zusak: 'We are all made of stories'
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Apr 16, 2019 |
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Felicity McLean on Australian Gothic, missing children and Jatz Crackers
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Apr 15, 2019 |
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Susan Hurley on her thriller inspired by a botched medical trial
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Apr 10, 2019 |
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Matt Howard's accidental life in books
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Apr 08, 2019 |
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Stephen Davis on how we can win the War on Truth
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Apr 04, 2019 |
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Karen Brooks on how chocolate 'changed the complexion of society'
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Mar 28, 2019 |
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Jaclyn Moriarty: 'I think I'm a bit hopeless at life'
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Mar 26, 2019 |
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How photography at the Australian Museum aided Darwin's theories
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Mar 22, 2019 |
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Would Jack Heath mind being eaten?
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Mar 22, 2019 |
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Simon Cleary on the artistry of tattoos and Australia's longest war
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Mar 19, 2019 |
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Peggy Frew on the novel she began as a teenager
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Mar 12, 2019 |
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Jeremy N Smith on befriending a powerful hacker called Alien
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Feb 18, 2019 |
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Jennifer Spence on slipping back into your own past
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Feb 13, 2019 |
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Jacqueline Kent on falling in love with the man behind Wake in Fright
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Feb 07, 2019 |
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Yotam Ottolenghi on why writing Simple was ‘excruciatingly difficult’
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Feb 03, 2019 |
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Dave Warner & Alan Carter on why Aussie & NZ crime fiction is better than Scandi noir
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Jan 13, 2019 |
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Pip Drysdale on using military strategy during breakups
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Jan 07, 2019 |
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John Newton on Australia's 'mongrel cuisine'
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Dec 10, 2018 |
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Frauke Bolten-Boshammer on pink diamonds and red dust
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Nov 26, 2018 |
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Paul Ham on the grisly death of Christendom’s most defiant sect
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Nov 22, 2018 |
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Lee Child on Jack Reacher's fork in the road
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Nov 20, 2018 |
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Karen Foxlee on the world-broadening magic of encyclopedias
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Nov 19, 2018 |
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Chloe Hooper on the Black Saturday bushfires: ‘It was like lighting a bomb’
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Nov 15, 2018 |
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Minette Walters on the silver lining of the Black Death
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Nov 14, 2018 |
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The deadly sins of Mikey Robins
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Nov 01, 2018 |
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Three young fans quiz YA author Lynette Noni
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Oct 29, 2018 |
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Stephanie Alexander on how to attack a pomegranate
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Oct 22, 2018 |
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Ben Quilty on the book that should be in every school, lounge room and library
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Oct 22, 2018 |
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Laura Tingle on political chaos and YA fiction
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Oct 07, 2018 |
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John Purcell: 'I always thought books were deadly, deadly boring'
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Oct 04, 2018 |
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Holly Throsby on why a book tour trumps a music tour
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Oct 01, 2018 |
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Wanda Wiltshire on creating the perfect love triangle
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Sep 03, 2018 |
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Meg Gatland-Veness: 'It all started when a kid died'
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Aug 23, 2018 |
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Gus & Steve Worland on tackling men's mental health with dad jokes
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Aug 13, 2018 |
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Bri Lee, author of Eggshell Skull, is furious about the Australian legal system (and chickpeas)
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Aug 01, 2018 |
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Kate Rossmanith on investigating remorse, bias in the legal system and 'animating the soup'
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Jul 30, 2018 |
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Chris Hammer on Scrublands, reporting from Texas and Gaza, and tough love from Peter Temple
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Jul 25, 2018 |
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Australia has pokies the way America has guns: Drew Rooke's investigation into the gambling industry
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Jul 10, 2018 |
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Crime on Display: Sarah Bailey on a movie set murder and her divisive detective, Gemma Woodstock
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Jun 24, 2018 |
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Sulari Gentill on the Pyjama Girl Murder, Australia's Fascist New Guard, and stories in the stars
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Jun 22, 2018 |