What’s a young woman who sees a greater future than marrying one of the local dopehead boys to do? She goes to the local library, reads a lot of books, and falls in love with the idea of one last , incredible roadtrip with one of the heroes of the beat generation – Jack Kerouac.
Recorded at Kyogle Writers Festival 2022
The Theme of this year’s Byron Writers Festival was ‘Radical Hope’ – but Chelsea Watego wore a T- shirt with F….Hope emblazoned across it.
As she laughingly points out in the interview, no wonder they didn’t ask her to sit on that panel!
This read starts with a personal grief that she then extrapolates to the national grief of First Nations people – and she says -it is a deeper, unending grief- that needs more than two weeks leave to assuage.
Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2022
Mark Tedeschi’s previous books have been novels that were reconstructed case histories of famous criminal cases- but this work is about a case that Mark himself prosecuted for. As Mark says in the interview, it is highly unlikely that a white, middle class woman with children will just ‘disappear’ – it is nearly always foul play.
For those of you who love Crime Fiction, the BAD crime festival is coming up September 8th at the Mitchell Library in Sydney. We will be there!
Recorded at the Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival 2022
Tim Dean tells us why chimpanzees would run things differently on social media, and how to get the most out of your Tim Tam. A deeply thoughtful look at why we are the way we are and why we maybe need to rethink ourselves.
Recorded at the Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival 2022
Mystical realism, meditations on our connectedness to all life, all woven into fabulous tales centered on one family.
Recorded at the Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival 2022
We’ve all got a secret fear but sometimes you just have to challenge yourself. And of course sometimes caution is a good thing!
Recorded at the Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival 2022
Emily grew up on a remote Western Australian island where her family fished for crayfish. This is a recollection of a simpler lifestyle now long gone, that still had its struggles.
Recorded at Kyogle Writers Festival 2022
Gillian Meares was considered one of the best writers of her generation. Her life was cut short by illness but she lived a life without boundaries.
Recorded at the Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival 2022
Observations on the beauty of the natural world, questions about our role in life and resolutions for the future. A gentle, reflective look at the complexities of modern existence.
Recorded at the Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival 2022
Emily Bronte has been cloned and cast as the headliner in a Literary Festival! Well if we can do it for plants, why not famous, dead authors? However, not everyone is happy with the idea.
Recorded at the Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival 2022