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Stories Behind The Story: Hannah Richell on The Unexpected Ways Life Can Transform After Loss
Hannah Richell joins Cheryl Akle to talk about grief, love, writing and the unexpected ways life can transform after loss. Hannah shares how writing …
8 hours ago
Stories Behind The Story: Hannah Richell & Michelle Prak on Their Favourite Phases When Writing
Hannah Richell (The Search Party, The River Home) and Michelle Prak (The Rush) have a laugh and talk about their books One Dark Night and The Rush. L…
2 weeks ago
Stories Behind The Story: Holden Sheppard & Peter Polites on Their Unique, Diverse Backgrounds
Holden Sheppard (Invisible Boys, The Brink) and Peter Polites (Down The Hume, God Forgets About the Poor) chat about the adaptation of Holden's book …
3 weeks ago
Libby Trainor Parker on Finding Healing Through Advocacy
Libby Trainor Parker talks to Cheryl about endometriosis, chronic pain, infertility, pregnancy loss, grief, and finding healing through advocacy, sto…
4 weeks ago
Stories Behind The Story: Sarah Trad on Hospitality and Building Her Dream House
Sarah Trad talks to Cheryl Akle about Lebanon and the culture’s deep connection to hospitality, her travels around the world, renovating and creating…
1 month ago
Stories Behind The Story: Joan Sauers on Film and Mysteries
Joan Sauers talks to Cheryl Akle about her love of mystery series, the writing skills she learned from her father, Hollywood, and the differences bet…
1 month, 1 week ago
Stories Behind The Story: Victoria Purman on Journalism, Publishing and Vintage Books
Victoria Purman talks to Cheryl Akle about her former career in journalism, her path into publishing, her writing routines, and her love of both vint…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Stories Behind The Story: What Are You Reading? The App with Caroline Overington
Cheryl talks to Caroline about Better Reading’s new project, What Are You Reading? The App, an Australian, community-focused book tracker that lets r…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Stories Behind The Story: Francesca Albanese on War and Power
Francesca Albanese talks to Cheryl about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, the impact of technology on modern warfare, and her career in academia and…
2 months ago
Stories Behind The Story: Dervla McTiernan on Ruthless Editing and Finding Home in Australia
Dervla McTiernan talks to Cheryl about her brain tumour diagnosis, her writing routine, the brutality of editing, and how living in Australia has res…
2 months, 1 week ago