Two Poets - Chris Mansell and Richard Tipping
Narratives Library National Edition
Release Date: 05/27/2022
Literary Time Travelling - Suzanne Gervay and Sally Collin-James
Narratives Library National Edition
Two very different authors , but both wonderful storytellers with deep messages. Suzanne Gervay – Heroes of the Secret Underground Suzanne Gervay OAM is also a lifetime Social Justice Literature Award winner. Suzanne’s family were Holocaust survivors who escaped to Australia after the war. In this read we witness the start of the oppression of the Jewish people in one family when three children accidentally travel through time. This is a Young Adult book but suitable for adults also. Sally Collin-James - One Illumined Thread Three women, across two millennia, the thread linking them is...
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From Vikings to death in a Sauna - Lisa Hannet and Dennis Altman
Narratives Library National Edition
As always on the Narratives Library National Edition, our authors will read for a about 5 minutes then discuss their work. Always illuminating! DENNIS ALTMAN – Death in the Sauna A crime story that leads us from a gay sauna, to the intrigues of of an international AIDS conference. This is celebrated gay activist Altman's 17th book and draws on his considerable experience of the gay underworld and the political rivalry. LISA HANNET - Vikings Women: Life and Lore We have all read and watched stories about the Vikings, but mainly about what the men in those societies did....
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The Narratives Library -Fantasy and Crime -Lucy Sussex and Anne Buisst
Narratives Library National Edition
This edition, a crime thriller and a fantasy novel. Just to keep you balanced! ANNE BUISST- Locked Ward A psychiatrist with a bipolar disorder suspects the police have arrested the wrong person in a murder case. An insightful story about how women are often more vulnerable than men when it comes to mental health issues, written by an author who has had over 25 years of clinical and research experience in perinatal psychiatry. LUCY SUSSEX – Tour Guide in Utopia So when is the 'perfect age' in history? Some of us look backward , but previous generations looked forward to an imagined...
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Craig Silvey and Nat Amore
Narratives Library National Edition
It was Youth Book week so I have featured these two outstanding Young Adult Authors. As always on Narratives they read fromtheir own work and then discuss the book, their lives and being a writer. NAT AMOORE - WE RUN TOMORROW Nat Amoore hosts a podcast on kidslit, rides a skateboard and had very cool sneakers which matched the illustrations in her book ‘ We run tomorrow’ – She had the longest line at the book signing tent. CRAIG SILVEY - RUNT Craig Silvey is a multi award winner for his past books Jasper Johns (2010) , and Honeybee. (2019) ‘Runt’, a beautiful story of a girl...
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Small Towns, Bad Towns and Bad Times - BAD Crime Writing Festival 2022
Narratives Library National Edition
The Second podcast of three authors featured at the BAD Crime Writers Festival in Sydney in 2022. These three authors will also be featured in this years festival - Margaret Hickey, Suzanne Leal and Rae Cairns. Held annually in the glorious atmosphere of the Mitchell State Library of NSW, BAD features more than 60 top crime writers with fascinating talks and panels and many lead up events through the year. These three authors move you from small country towns with secrets, to Northern Ireland troubles and a woman tracked by terrorists to a story of how war has a history that can...
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White Coat Crime- Three crime authors from BAD Crime Writers Festival 2022
Narratives Library National Edition
BAD Crime Writers Festival is Australia's premier crime writers gathering. Over 5 days of special guests, authors reads, top crime experts, lawyers, barristers , and more get together and discuss all things criminal, dramatic and mysterious. Held in the historic Mitchell Library in Sydney it is a fun event for lovers of crime novels and authors. In this podcast I have selected three authors whose books centre around crime committed under the cover of medical institutions - Mercedes Mercier 'White Noise'; Lyn McFarlane ' The Scarlet Cross' and Susan White with 'Cut'.All these auhtors have...
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Zined Out in Byron Bay
Narratives Library National Edition
The first ever Byron Print Fair was held in April in Byron Bay and Ziners from far and wide attended. For organiser Benjo Kazue it was the culmination of months of planning. This podcast contains interviews with more than a dozen of the artists, publishers, poets and fans who attended.
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Michael Sharmon - On with the Music- 12 years in Hong Kong
Narratives Library National Edition
Michael Sharmon left Australia in 2010 for Hong Kong to pursue a career in musical theatre. What followed was 12 amazing years of writing, producing, directing and performing around the country - sometimes 5 shows in one day! He looks back very fondly on this time and the opportunities it afforded him. Four original tracks of music.
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George Smilovici
Narratives Library National Edition
George Smilovici was a highly successful comedian who is now a musician who divides his time between Cuba ( where he grew up) and Byron Bay Australia. He is a guitarist and composer with a 14 piece band in Cuba and says he sometimes puts a few jokes in his solo shows just for old times sake. This interview with Karena Wynn-Moylan was first broadcast on Bay FM 99.9 on September 22, 2022.
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Phia
Narratives Library National Edition
Melbourne singer/songwriter, multi instrumentalist and choir leader Phia has a brand new self titled album. Karena Wynn-Moylan talks to her about the songs on the album, motherhood and music, and coming back to Australia after success overseas. Four songs from the Album - Someone Out There, All My Friends, Coffee After 3, and Full Circle.
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