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New readings uploaded!

Seasonal Literary Greetings!

A big thank you to all the authors who participated this year in the Narratives Library recordings. We are well on our way to having the largest archive of author’s voices reading their own words in the world!

This year we recorded over One Million Hits on the website( and we don’t even advertise!)

Speaking of advertising, we are partnered with Australian online book store Booktopia, and all of our book images and author images will take you to their book store for great discounts.

So just because you may need some more books after Christmas , here is a link to their big Boxing Day Sale!

Please buy a book through this link – ( I think we get about 20 cents, but every bit helps!

Click on image to go to Booktopia

We will resume posting after New Year but in the meantime our whole library of reading snippets and interviews is on the website to peruse.

We welcome feedback and suggestions and we will be endeavouring to get to new festivals and events in 2020.

Happy Holidays!

L.A Larkin author and Karena Wynn-Moylan founder of the Narratives Library

Posting this special pic of myself and author L.A Larkin who has a new book coming next year based on her research in the Northern Arctic. Her famous literary dog Pickles is very unwell this Christmas and we wish him a speedy recovery!

New readings uploaded!, Science Fact and Fiction

SARAH KRASNOSTEIN – The Trauma Cleaner

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!

Sarah Krasnostein reads from  ‘The Trauma Cleaner’

 

 

Author Sarah Krasnostein

Interview with Sarah Krasnostein

 

Recorded at the Byron writers Festival 2018

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Narratives National Edition is live now!

Special half hour editions of Narratives are now being broadcast every week on Monday evenings at 7.05pm   on the Community Radio Network.

Sometimes I will have space on my show Arts Canvass to play these but not all of them and there are some fantastic author’s reads and interviews on these shows.

SO, you can go to the PODCASTS page on my Narratives Library website and listen there, on your phone, tablet or computer.

       

First up this week is Hannah Kent with ‘The Good  People’ and Robert Drewe with ‘Whipbird‘.

We are contemplating developing an special Narratives App so you can just log in and listen anywhere on your phone and tablet. Let me know if this idea appeals to you! (Also let me know if you would like to be sponsor of this project – I can take up to four depending on level of support. )