By now, most of us are concerned about the effects of Climate Change– the big question is, what can we as individuals do to help ameliorate it’s effects?
Damon Gameau has devoted a large part of his life trying to understand what human life is doing to our one, beautiful planet.
His illustrated book ‘2040‘, expands on the material covered by his film of the same title. He details many solutions that are already possible and being used to slow down the effects we are having on our environment.
It seems the podcast world is fascinated with reopening cold cases at the moment and the book ‘Shark Arm’, is the re-examination of an infamous incident in 1935 in Sydney Australia in which a shark, in an aquarium, regurgitated a human arm. Author Kevin Meagher tells broadcaster Karena Wynn-Moylan a little of the secrets he and fellow author, Phillip roope uncovered.
Who can rock a gold bikini? 19 year old aspiring P.I Olivia Grace knew it was a big stretch given her height and shape- but what the heck, a girl has gotta be professional if she wants to succeed undercover, right?
Join in the fun, intrigue and teenage angst with Lisa walker’s protagonist as she zips between the Gold Coast and Byron Bay, hot on the trail of suspect goings on in the beach resort’s yoga studios!
This is a fast paced, funny, snappy dialogue kind of book. I’m waiting for the movie-
Lisa Walker reads from ‘The Girl with the Golden Bikini’
Megan Stack found herself working from home but being a full time professional journalist with two children, needed a little help around the house – which started her thinking about the value of that ‘help’ and how to calculate the contribution of ‘women’s work’.
She has written an indepth examination of just what is defined as’women’s work’, and attempted to calculate the value of this work to our society. Thought provoking, and probably just plain provoking to some who have tended to devalue the sorts of tasks that millions of women perform daily.
Here she reads from her book at the point where she begins to think about those other women who come to work for her, their origins, their expectations , in contrast to her own life.
The prospect of an ever increasing drying and inflammable countryside is one Australians are having to come to terms with.
No longer just a ‘dry year’, 2019/2020 has brought an awareness to Australia and the rest of the world of what climate change is going to wreak upon our lives.
Historically, fire has always been present in the Australian landscape – sometimes under human control , sometimes naturally produced . What will be the impact in the future?.
Stephen J Pyne is an acknowledged world expert on fire and his book ‘Burning Bush – A fire history of Australia’ is an in depth. Scholarly and scientific account of how fire has shaped one of the driest continents on earth.
He is going to read from the beginning of his book, where he documents white arrival in Australia and afterwards we will talk about the implications of a drier world.
Australian Musician and keen surfer Ash Grunwald has produced a book of interviews with people who he admires who are ‘double trouble’ – multi skilled musicians who also surf well, and vice-versa.
Narratives interviewer Karena Wynn-Moylan turns the tables on him by interviewing him about his book but first he gives a short read from one chapter.
