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Better Reading Book Chat: episode 12
Better Reading's Cheryl Akle and Jane Tara discuss their favourite new releases, Cheryl's recent trip to Gundagai, and her new column in The Australi…
5 years, 2 months ago
Richard Flanagan: on the rotting underbelly of the Tasmanian salmon industry
Booker Prize-winning author Richard Flanagan talks to Cheryl Akle about his latest non-fiction book, Toxic, which uncovers the rotting underbelly of …
5 years, 2 months ago
Reverend Bill Crews: on twelve practical life lessons for the secular and spiritual alike
Reverend Bill Crews AM talks to Cheryl Akle about his straight-talking and inspiring manifesto on what it takes to be a better human and how to pay i…
5 years, 2 months ago
Better Reading Book Chat: episode 11
Better Reading's Cheryl Akle and Jane Tara discuss their favourite new releases, forensics, art, and their love of dogs.
Books mentioned:
Toxic by Rich…
5 years, 2 months ago
Christina Sweeney-Baird: on imagining a man-killing virus for The End of Men... before COVID-19
Christina Sweeney-Baird talks to Cheryl Akle about the research that went into writing about a man-killing virus in her debut novel The End of Men, a…
5 years, 2 months ago
Book Chat: 2021 Better Reading Top 100
Cheryl Akle and Jane Tara discuss the 2021 Better Reading Top 100.
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5 years, 2 months ago
Adam Thompson: on Aboriginal heritage, muttonbirding and storytelling
Aboriginal (pakana) writer, Adam Thompson talks to Cheryl Akle about the importance of maintaining Aboriginal heritage sites, muttonbirding and his j…
5 years, 2 months ago
Nikki Gemmell: on writing about Australia's dark history
Bestselling author Nikki Gemmell talks to Cheryl Akle about colonisation, Australia's dark history, and how this inspired her thrilling new historica…
5 years, 2 months ago
Kate Foster: on raising a neurodiverse child
Kate Foster talks to Cheryl Akle about her debut children's book Paws, and how her own experience with a neurodiverse child inspired her to write it.…
5 years, 3 months ago
Better Reading Book Chat: episode 9
Better Reading's Cheryl Akle and Jane Tara discuss what they're both reading… and the winning books at the Australian Book Industry Awards.
Books ment…
5 years, 3 months ago