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Michael Robotham: on the golden age of Australian crime fiction
Bestselling author Michael Robotham talks to Cheryl Akle about the resurgence in Australian crime fiction, and how he creates authentic characters. H…
4 years ago
Melissa Fu: on the importance of place and identity in Fiction
Melissa Fu talks to Cheryl Akle about the importance of identity and place, and how she adapted her novel Peach Blossom Spring from a short story she…
4 years, 1 month ago
Diane Armstrong: on her experience as a child holocaust survivor
Diane Armstrong talks to Cheryl Akle about her experience as a child holocaust survivor and how her family escaped to Australia. Her latest novel, Da…
4 years, 1 month ago
Caroline Petit: on giving women a voice in historical fiction
Caroline Petit talks to Cheryl Akle about her journey from the US to Australia, and how the forgotten wife of a 19th-century naturalist inspired her …
4 years, 1 month ago
Robbi Neal: on cancer, family and overcoming hardship
Robbi Neal talks to Cheryl Akle about her experience with cancer, and how her latest novel, The Secret World of Connie Starr, was influenced by her f…
4 years, 1 month ago
Carrie Cox: on marriage, love and loss
Journalist and author Carrie Cox talks to Cheryl Akle about how she uses fiction as a vessel to explore marriage and long term relationships. Her lat…
4 years, 1 month ago
Annabel Abbs: on why we need more food in fiction
Annabel Abbs talks to Cheryl Akle about their shared love of cookbooks and why there needs to be more food in fiction. Her latest novel, The Language…
4 years, 1 month ago
Catherine Deveny: on honesty, dyslexia and being an ‘arts tradie’
Catherine Deveny talks to Cheryl Akle about growing up with dyslexia, being an ‘arts tradie’, and how honesty is easy. Her memoir, True North, is out…
4 years, 1 month ago
Averil Kenny: on her deep connection to rural life
Averil Kenny talks to Cheryl Akle about growing up in rural Australia and how this bleeds into her writing. Her latest novel, The Girls of Lake Evely…
4 years, 1 month ago
Stella Rimington: on her experience as Director General of MI5
Bestselling author Stella Rimington DCB talks to Cheryl Akle about her experience as Director General of the MI5 and how this translates into her wri…
4 years, 1 month ago