This novel is one long prose poem divided into 36 smaller ‘poems’. They are punchy, wry and solemn – meditations on life and relationships. Here Nam Le reads two of them beautifully.
Recorded at the Byron Writers Festival 2024
Megan Wynne-Jones reads three poems from her collection ‘Speak it Like a River’. The book is delightfully filled with sketches, collages and photo montages which sometimes relate to her poems other times are just flights of her imagination. The images were all produced by her and even her children! A lovely bedside book to dip into.
Recorded at Studio 3 Bangalow 2024
The Alternatives follows four , brainy sisters as they navigate a path back to a closer relationship. This read is from the first chapter of the book as they attend a lesson in the geological formation of Ireland. Caolinn told me that in Ireland, to call someone ‘alternative’ is not a compliment!
Recorded at the Byron Writers Festival 2024
History has glossed over, forgotten or just outright ignored the roles of women in wars down through the ages. Women have been soldiers, caterers, comfort companions , weapons maintainers, and more. In fact no historical army travelled without them.
Recorded at the Byron Writers Festival 2024
Imagine being thrown into a Guatemalan jail for no reason with no way of knowing when you could be freed? This experience and that of her fellow female cellmates, sets Clemence on a journey to discover how the world treats women in poorer countries, the many ways they are oppressed and helps us understand why they would risk everything to try and gain a better life for themselves and their families.
Recorded at Studio 3 Bangalow 2025
Dean Manning found a stylish old suitcase on a council throw out. He took it home never knowing it would take over five years of his life, as the contents revealed the history of the mysterious ‘Mr. Blank’. His curiosity about this person drove him to research and write this man’s story.
Recorded at Studio 3 Bangalow 2025
Susan Johnson took her mother to Greece believing she would enjoy the history and culture, but after many misunderstandings it turns out she would have been happy anywhere as long as she was with her daughter.
Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2023
Lea Ypi grew up in Albania believing the government party line about it being a perfect society. When that world collapsed, almost over night, she had to completely reassess her values and beliefs.
Recorded at Byron writers Festival 2023
It’s time we all started eating more delicious bush foods. How do we cook them, what do we use them in? Mindy Woods, a top Indigenous chef, tells you how in a beautifully photographed book.
Recorded at the Byron Writers Festival 2024
Paramedics are called to rush to a sports field. But what happened at this suburban soccer game? Karen Viggers has written a novel about an increasing incident problem in children’s sport – parents who can’t keep themselves from defending their own child’s game.
Recorded at the Byron Writers Festival 2024