The path of true love is often bumpy,  family relationships can  be complicated , life is full of  tragedy and hilarity. Stories of human lives, whether fictional  or based on real events ,are never boring.
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DEBRA ADELAIDE - The Women's Pages
Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2016
CLAIRE AMAN- Bird country
Recorded at the Bellingen Writers Festival 2018
SARAH ARMSTRONG - Promise
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EUGEN BACON - Unlimited Data
Recorded at the Bellingen Reader's and Writers Festival 2023
INEZ BARANAY - Turn Left at Venus
BRONWYN BIRDSALL - Time and Tide in Sarajevo
Recorded at Studio 3 Bangalow 2022
EMILY BITTO - Wild Abandon
Sometimes we have to face our fears - but what if we are not ready? How many of us have gazed at lions and tigers and felt just a bit scared?
Recorded at the Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival 2022
JESSE BLACKADDER -' 60 Seconds'
MARK BRANDI - The Rip
Recorded at Bellingen Writers Festival 2019
NAIMA BROWN - The Shot
Recorded at Studio 3 Bangalow 2023
MICHAEL BURGE - Tank Water
Recorded at Kyogle Writers Festival
PAUL BURMAN - The Snowing and Greening of Thomas Passmore , The Grease Monkey's Tale
HELEN BURNS - Andal's Garland
Recorded at Studio 3 Bangalow 2021
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LAUREN CHATER-' GULLIVER'S WIFE'
T.M CLARK-'Tears of the Cheetah'
AOIFE CLIFFORD - All These Perfect strangers
Recorded at Sydney Writers Festival 2016
SALLY COLIN-JAMES -One Illumined Thread
Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2023
DANIELLE CORRIE - Teida's Story
Recorded by the Author 2023
SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM - This Devastating Fever
Recorded at Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival 2023
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PAUL DALGARNO - A Country of Eternal Light
Recorded at the Bellingen Reader's and Writers Festival 2023
TRENT DALTON - Love Stories
Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2022
RHETT DAVIS - Hovering
Recorded at the Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival 2023
MARELE DAY- Lambs of God
Recorded at the Byron Writers Festival 2019
TISHANI DOSHI - Small Days and Nights
Recorded at the Byron Writers Festival 2019
ROBERT DREWE - Whipbird
Whipbird
Recorded Byron writers Festival 2017
The True Colour of the Sea
A new collection of short stories from Robert Drewe. This read takes us to a confrontation with cannibals, or at least their 21st century descendants !Recorded at the Byron writers Festival 2018
HEBE DE SOUZA -BLACK BRITISH
Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2016
Briohny Doyle - Adult Fantasy
Briohny Doyle blends personal experience with cultural critique to examine what it means to turn 30 in today’s world. Where are the social occasion markers , the rites of adult passage? And are they relevant anyway in today’s society?
Recorded at the Sydney writers Festival 2017
JARRAH DUNDLER - Hey Brother
Recorded on Arts Canvass Bay FM 99.9 2018
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NICHOLAS FARGUE - I was behind you
Recorded at Sydney Writers Festival 2016
ANGELA FLOURNOY - The Turner House
Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2016
KATE FORSYTH - The Wild Girl
Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2016
ANTONY FUNNELL AND ROSS FITZGERALD - So Far, So Good
Recorded at the Byron Writers Festival 2019
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ALISON GIBBS- REPENTANCE
Recorded for 'Arts Canvass' Bay FM Bangalow 2021
ALISON GIBBS - EMILY PRESENTS
Recorded at the Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival 2022
Published by Griffith Review #74"Escape Routes" 2022
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JED HART - Block 33
Recorded at Studio 3 Bangalow 2022
Ashley Hay - The Railwayman's Wife
Recorded at Sydney writers Festival 2017
The Railwayman’s Wife is set in Thirroul, a coastal mining town in southern N.S.W at the end of the Second World war. The heroine Ani, struggles to keep her family together after her husband dies in a mining accident.Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2016
ELIZA HENRY-JONES -Salt and Skin
Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2023
BEN HOBSON - To Become a Whale
Recorded on Arts Canvass Bay FM 99.9 2018
Ben Hobson - The Death of John Lacy
Ben Hobson takes us into a world now forgotten - that of male camaraderie in a frontier world - in this book it is the Ballarat goldfields. Two brothers support each other in a dangerously lawless society.Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2023
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LISA IRELAND - 'The Shape of Us'
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TONI JORDAN- Our Tiny, Useless Hearts
There's nothing lovelier than a romantic dream, until you wake up and it turns into a bit of a nightmare!
Recorded at Sydney Writers Festival 2016
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HANNAH KENT - The Good People
Recorded at the Byron writers Festival 2017
HANNAH KENT - Devotion
Hannah Kent's beautifully crafted book depicts a love between two young women which transcends all obstacles - even death. Set in the historical period of European migration to South Australia, this scene depicts the meeting of the two women, Hannah and Thea, in a misty pine forest.Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2022
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SOPHIE LAGUNA - Infinite Splendours
Recorded at the Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival 2022
SHIRLEY LE - Funny Ethnics
Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2023
SUZANNE LEAL – The Teacher's Secret
Recorded at the Sydney Writers Festival 2017
SUZANNE LEAL -The Deceptions
There's something about weddings and funerals that expose long hidden secrets and bring to the surface old betrayals and transgressions. Inspired by a true story.Recorded at BAD Crime festival Sydney 2022
LYNETTE LOUNSBURY - We Ate the road Like Vultures
Recorded at Kyogle Writers Festival 2022
ÂMELISSA LUCASHENKO- Too Much Lip
Recorded at the Byron Writers Festival 2018
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ANDREW MACKIE - The Tour
FIONA McARTHUR – Mother’s Day
Recorded at the Bellingen Writers Festival 2018
FIONA KELLY MCGREGOR - Iris
Recorded at the Bellingen Reader's and Writers Festival 2023
MALCOLM McFARLANE- Leopardwood
Recorded at the Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival 2022
CATHERINE Mc.KINNON – Storyland
Recorded at the Bellingen Writers Festival 2018
BRUCE MEDER - Ironic Cross
Recorded at Bellingen Writers Festival 2022
JANINE MIKOSZA - Homesickness
We all have triggers that remind us of where we grew up, or somewhere that is precious to our memory - what is it like to have many places in your past, some of them not pleasant?
Recorded at the Bellingen Reader's and Writers Festival 2023
KATE MILDENHALL - Skylarking
Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2016
VIRGINIA MIRANDA - The Game
Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2016
DI MORRISSEY - Arcadia
Recorded at the Byron Writers Festival 2019
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KAYTE NUNN- The Botanist's Daughter
Recorded on Arts Canvass at Bay FM 99.9 2018Â
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SOPHIE OVERETT- The Rabbits
We are all searching for personal connections - just like the characters in this book. Sometimes a little magic helps, sometimes just love.
Recorded at the Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival 2022
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LIAM PIEPER-'SWEETNESS AND LIGHT'
Recorded at Bellingen Writers Festival 2019
JOSH POMARE - Call Me Evie
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MIRANDI RIWOE - The Burnished Sun
Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2022
Fin. J Ross - Billings Better Bookstore and Brasserie
Recorded by the author.
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RAJITH SAVANADASA -RUINS
Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2016
DOMINIC SMITH - The Last Painting of Sarah De Vos
Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2016
GRAEME SIMSION -The Rosie Project, The Rosie Effect
Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2015
The Rosie Project Don Tillman comes up with the perfect solution to finding the perfect mate - get her to fill out a form! The Rosie Result Don Tillman , finally happily settled with Rosie, now has a son Hudson. But Hudson was never going to be a 'normal' child- in fact this whole book questions our definitions of what is 'normal'!Recorded courtesy of Friends of the Library Byron Bay.
The Best of Adam Sharpe Adam Sharpe spends his days working in I.T and his evenings playing piano in a bar just so he has company. Then a girl appears who looks like more than just company.Recorded at Sydney writers Festival 2017
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Graeme Simsion & Anne Buist - Two Steps Forward
Recorded at the Sydney Writers Festival 2017
TRACEY SPICER – The Good Girl Stripped Bare
Recorded at the Sydney Writers Festival 2017
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BARBARA TONER- Four Respectable Ladies Seek the Meaning of Wife
Recorded a the Byron Writers Festival 2019
LESLEY TRUFFLE - The Scandalous Life of Sasha Torte ; The Fabulous Hotel Du Barry
Recorded at Rydges Hotel Melbourne 2017
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MICHEL VIMAL du MONTEIL - Where there is a Will
A surfer is wiped out on a monster wave and presumed drowned. HIs family mourns and gathers for a will that encompasses global relationships, but slowly, miles down the coast, memory is returning.
Recorded at the Bellingen Reader's and Writers Festival 2023
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LISA WALKER - Sex, Lies and Bonsai
TOMMY WALLACH - Thanks for the Trouble
Recorded at Sydney Writers Festival 2016
BEN WALTER - What Fear Was
Recorded at the Kyogle Writers Festival 2022
CHRISTINE WELLS- 'The Juliet Code'
Recorded at the Byron Writers Festival 2018
PIP WILLIAMS - The Bookbinder of Jericho
Recorded at the Bellingen Reader's and Writers Festival 2023
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ARNOLD ZABLE -The Watermill
Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2022
MARKUS ZUSAK -Bridge of Clay
Recorded at the Byron Writers Festival 2019