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.
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!
Mark Tedeschi – The Read
Mark Tedeschi – The Interview
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.
Tim Dean – The Read
Tim Dean – The Interview
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.
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.
Delian Falconer- The Read
Delia Falconer- The Interview
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.
Alison Gibbs – The Interview
Recorded at the Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival 2022
When Krissy Kneen began to research her family’s Slovenian history a long buried story emerged that involved more than just her Grandmother. She was determined to finally bring a piece of history into the light.
Krissy Kneen – The Read
Krissy Kneen – The Interview
Recorded at Kyogle Writers Festival 2022
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