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Melina Marchetta: on writing for a whole new age group
Award winning author, Melina Marchetta talks to Cheryl Akle about reading the way she writes – across many genres, and how it was more difficult that…
6 years, 1 month ago
Peter Carey: The importance of story in troubling times #3
Two-time Booker Prize winner and three times Miles Franklin Literary Award winner, Peter Carey talks to Cheryl Akle about life in New York, writing a…
6 years, 1 month ago
Patrick Ness: on how complacency is the death of creativity
Award-winning author, Patrick Ness digs in deep with Cheryl as they talk about his life, fiction, YA versus adult fiction, and how he believes that c…
6 years, 1 month ago
Sami Tamimi and Tara Wigley: on food, their collaboration... and the perfect hummus
Foodie, Cheryl Akle has her dream guests on today - Sami Tamimi and Tara Wigley talk about food, the Ottolenghi empire, and their bestselling cookboo…
6 years, 1 month ago
Anna Funder: The importance of story in troubling times #2
Acclaimed author of Stasiland, Anna Funder talks to Cheryl Akle about the public and private sides of the pandemic, and how women are crucial in thes…
6 years, 1 month ago
Miranda Tapsell: life, performance and being a Top End Girl
Actress, producer and writer, Miranda Tapsell talks to Cheryl Akle about life, loneliness, growing up in Kakadu National Park, and taking the people …
6 years, 2 months ago
Kate Grenville: The importance of story in troubling times #1
Literary icon, Kate Grenville talks to Cheryl Akle about the importance of story, on truth, and not believing too quickly in the stories you're told.…
6 years, 2 months ago
Tayla Harris: AFL, boxing and 'that' photo
Aussie Rules star Tayla Harris talks to Cheryl Akle about her life, her love of sport and the famous photo that fed the trolls. An inspiring conversa…
6 years, 2 months ago
Katherine Scholes: Africa, storytelling, and fictional pandemics
Bestselling author, Katherine Scholes talks to Cheryl Akle about isolation, not only during a pandemic, but as a writer and storyteller, and her conn…
6 years, 2 months ago
Sophie McNeill: The Middle East and why We Can't Say We Didn't Know
Award winning reporter and author of We Can’t Say We Didn’t Know, Sophie McNeil talks to Cheryl Akle about her work in, and love of, the Middle East.…
6 years, 2 months ago