Erna Walraven has had many hats, wildlife consultant, author, and now memoirist. This book makes you want o go now before the way of life she observes disappears entirely.
Recorded at the Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival 2022
International Women’s Day has just passed and it occurs to me that all women who are mothers or not possess Superpowers! This fun account of women who suddenly gain a portal to a parallel world – in the backyard, that grants wishes – need I go on! Needless to say, with Superpower comes Super Responsibility!
Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2022
Wendy McCarthy is a leading light in feminism and politics in Australia. In this read she outlines the struggles to gain equality for women in the past and in the interview she hopes for more consolidation in the future.
Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2022
As a nation we have an image of ourselves which p perhaps doesn’t quite match up to the reality. Are we a ‘classless’ society? Do we believe we are truly multicultural? Time for some navel gazing and soul searching and some deep honesty about our past, present and future.
Recorded at Kyogle Writers Festival 2022
Jason John believes pastoral care begins with poetry! Here are two of his favourite poems and a revealing interview.
Recorded at the Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival 2022
Time for a bit of poetry in your week. Chris Mansell reads from her two current books of poetry: 101 Quads and Foxline.
Recorded at Kyogle Writers Festival 2023
Great Holiday reading ( even if you are back at work!) award winning author Sophie Overett takes us into the strange and mystical world of the Rabbits -a novel of loss and love.
Recorded at the Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival 2022
So as we are approaching 2023 out thoughts turn towards life changes and health issues. So here is Rosie Ross to tell you it’s not all bad! (Men should listen to this too – for empathy!)
How the change of life, doesn’t have to be life changing – you can cope!
And then there’s not getting enough sleep!
Recorded at the Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival 2022
Harry Saddler writes thoughtful books about what we are doing to the natural world. There are no simple answers to the problems that humans have created for the animal kingdom. In this holiday season, let us all think a little more deeply about our footprint on the natural world.
Recorded at Kyogle Writers Festival 2022
Trent Dalton’s beautiful sensitive stories about love and devotion sprang from spending two weeks parked on a busy street corner with his trusty blue Olivetti typewriter inviting total strangers to share their stories with him. At times when no-one took up his offer, he would observe and imagine. The end result is an uplifting collection that never slips into over sentimentality.
Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2022