Ep 308 - Live from the Sorrento Writers Fest

ON TODAY'S SHOW It's our live recording from the Sorrento Writers Fest! We were delighted to have Marg Downey join us for a chat Anna from the Op Shop for BSF We discuss the significance of ANZAC Day Plus another very special guest... Dame Edna lives on!   THE COCKTAIL CABINET – brought to us by Prince Wine Store and Myles Thomson. As we project forward to our special raffle prizes which includes some stunning local wine packages Corrie and Caro briefly review our PWS Pinot packs Moorooduc Estate Pinot Noir 2024 Peninsula Pinot Noir 2023 - Crittenden Estate Yabby Lake Vineyard Pinot Noir 2022   BSF - For Red Energy BOOK:     We each nominate a book about war which has stayed with us Anna: Dreamers of the Day - Mary Dora Russell Caro: All The Frequent Troubles Of Our Days - Rebecca Donner Corrie reviews A Boy In Winter - Rachel Seiffert SCREEN: ​​Caro and Anna review Back to Black the new Amy Winehouse flick Thank you to Cobram Estate Olive Oil: FOOD: Anna  has a recipe: Chicken with apple cider Serves 4 100mls apple cider 80 mls chicken stock Chat potatoes thickly sliced 1/2 Spanish Onion - cut into wedges 2 pink lady apples - cut into wedges 10 thyme sprigs 1/2 cup Olive Oil 4 Chicken Pieces - duchess, cut, wing on 3 slices speck/prosciutto 2 tbsp apple vinegar cider 1 - Preheat over to 220 Combine spuds, onion, apple, thyme and 60mls of Cobram Estate Olive Oil in roasting pan. Season. Cook for 20 minutes 2 - Wrap chicken in speck/prosciutto. Place on top of potato mixture. Drizzle remaining oil. Add cider and stock to pan and roast until chicken is cooked. 15 minutes. Serve with Green Salad. DID YOU SEE THAT? Cape Wickham named Australia's top golf course... But Victoria is punching above its weight across the board with golf courses in Australia! SIX QUICK QUESTIONS for Red Energy. CARO TO CORRIE: in preparation for this years festival what is one amazing literary fact you’ve uncovered? CORRIE TO ANNA: On the one year anniversary of Barry Humphries’ death what remains your favourite ever BH line? ANNA TO CARO : What remains your best ever book to film adaptation? CARO TO ANNA: Which literary hero would you most like to sit next to at dinner? ANNA TO CORRIE: Can Which literary hero would you like to bring back from the dead to write one more novel? CORRIE TO CARO: How Speaking of ghosts if you could ghost write one football biography whose would it be?​​

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