Amie Kaufman’s heroine is a sailor, a shipowner and a magician. This is the introduction to an epic saga that has been translated into 30 languages and won multiple awards
Recorded at Conflux 2023
Matthew R. Davis is an author and heavy metal musician who has published over 70 short stories and poems. This novel follows a young man spiraling disillusionment with life in a small town, and the the danger he places himself and others in as he attempts to change his life.
Recorded at Conflux 2023
It’s one thing to work as a private detective wearing a disguise- but what if you can completely change your form and face at will? Phillip Berrie’s protagonist thinks he is unique , a ‘mutant’, but in investigating another case suddenly finds out a confronting truth about his possible origins and the source of his ‘superpower’.
Recorded at Conflux 2023
Danielle Clode has been hanging about with koalas for some years and what she has discovered about them greatly enlarges our knowledge of how best to help keep our koala populations flourishing. This book is scientific and poetic.
Recorded at Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival 2023
Counselling could take a new form in the future, but new technology brings new risks.
Recorded at CONFLUX Canberra 2022
Something a little different in this post, John hasn’t written the book yet ( he says there will be about 5 volumes!) but this is an inspiring interview with permaculture legend John Barrie Button about what it feels like to be bitten by one of the most venomous snakes in the world- An Australian Tiger Snake. And then 25 years later , survive complete liver failure!
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Ever so slightly disquieting and scary, this novel imagines a very different kind of pandemic.
Stuck at home? Isolating with your partner or family? Running out of ideas to keep you all amused?
Well these two authors have got you covered- over 130 games that anyone can play using no more than a pencil, a piece of paper, imagination and a willingness , in some cases, to make a proper tit of yourself!
Wonderfully researched and easy to use, these two authors had agreat time testing all of these out so you know they work!.
Please note:We are conducting all our interviews by phone in the interests of public safety – apologies for some lapses in audio quality!
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.
Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2019
Have you ever thought about who gets the real dirty work in our messy society?
I’m talking about cleaning up after suicides who have lain unmourned or missed for weeks, or hoarders who can’t control their desire to keep their whole live’s possessions. The industrial accidents, the crime scenes- there are some places you just don’t want to go but specially trained cleaners are often the second on the scene after other services and authorities and they have to have the knowledge ( and the stomach) to get places habitable or safe again.
Sarah Krasnostein followed one such person for several years and what she learned is detailed in this fascinating book. As you can imagine, the person who does this job has to have a well developed philosophy to cope with what they witness and have to deal with.
Rubber gloves essential!
Author Sarah Krasnostein
Recorded at the Byron writers Festival 2018
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True life thriller of the story of the Sea Shepherd ship the ‘Bob Barker’, braving arctic seas, storms and the longest sea chase ever in their pursuit of pirate vessels poaching the Patagonian Toothfish.
Kjetil and Eskil took leave from their job as Norwegian journalists and pursued the true owners of the pirate ship through multiple countries of registration and name changes by sifting through thousands of online records and logs while the crew and captain Peter Hammarstedt of the Bob Barker played a waiting game that had a most unexpected ending. Amazing achievement and a great read.
Authors Kjetil Saeter (L) and Eskil Engdal
Recorded at the Byron Writers Festival 2018