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Caroline Overington: Missing William Tyrrell
19 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Best-selling author and Walkley Award-winning journalist, Caroline Overington, talks to Cheryl Akle about one of Australia's most baffling and he...
Karina Kilmore: journalism to fiction and the tie between the two
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Karina Kilmore was a journalist with more than 30 years’ experience before writing one of this year's most anticipated novels, Where the Truth Lies....
Candice Fox: visiting prison in the name of research
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bestselling author, and cracking storyteller, Candice Fox chats to Cheryl Akle about the darker side of writing crime, and the joy of new motherhood. ...
Richard Denniss: the economic impact of COVID19
07 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Denniss, the Chief Economist of The Australia Institute, talks to Cheryl Akle about about politics and economics, and what Australia will look...
Julia Baird: things that sustain you when the world goes dark
05 Apr 2020
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Julia Baird talks to Cheryl Akle about tough times, including the worldwide one now, and how to find the peace and stillness to not only survive it, b...
Ruby Hamad: white women's tears
29 Mar 2020
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Ruby Hamad talks to Cheryl Akle about white women's tears, in this confronting episode, reality check for the privileged position of the white woman. ...
Charles Firth: The Chaser and beyond
22 Mar 2020
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Co-founder of The Chaser, Australia's longest running fortnightly satirical newspaper, Charles Firth has Cheryl Akle laughing in this very entertainin...
Emily Maguire: feminism... and what it really looks like
15 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Macguire's book, This Is What a Feminist Looks Like shows us how we got to where we are today — and reminds us that some battles must be ...
Tea Cooper: boarding school to bestselling author
08 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tea Cooper, author of The Girl in the Painting discusses her life, from England to Australia, boarding school to bestselling author. Hosted on Acast. ...
Adele Parks
03 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode with the fascinating Adele Parks, you'll understand how she became a bestselling author - she's a born storyteller! Hosted on Acast. S...
Leah Purcell
01 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Creative powerhouse Leah Purcell talks books, films, storytelling... and the road she's taken to success. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...
Fiona Lowe
25 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From midwife to community nurse for teen girls to bestselling author, Fiona Lowe shares her journey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...
Dr Rupy Aujla
23 Feb 2020
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Dr Rupy Aujla talks to Cheryl Akle about cooking and food being medicine, health, and being a medical doctor today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...
Melissa Ashley
18 Feb 2020
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Melissa Ashley talks about the extraordinary Marie Catherine d’Aulnoy who ran a literary salon in Paris in the 1700s and published the very fir...
Fiona Macintosh 2
16 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bestselling author, Fiona McIntosh talks to Cheryl Akle about how it was inevitable that she would write a book about diamonds. Hosted on Acast. See a...
Pip Drysdale
13 Feb 2020
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Pip Drysdale talks about growing up in Africa and Australia, and her journey to becoming an author, via being an actor and musician. Hosted on A...
Garry Linnell
12 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Walkley Award winning journalist, Garry Linnell talks politics and then spins a yarn about the fascinating life of William Buckley, and the book he wr...
Bernadette Agius
04 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bernadette Agius talks to Cheryl Akle about her inspiring, heartfelt, and powerful journey as a mother of a child with Down syndrome, something she ex...
Christian White
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Christian White talks to Cheryl Akle in a follow-up podcast, on the success around his debut The Nowhere Child, and his second novel, The Wife and the...
Darry Fraser
28 Jan 2020
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Darry Fraser talks to Cheryl Akle about her life on Kangaroo Island and finding success with her novels. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ...
Jeff Sparrow
26 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Sparrow talks to Cheryl Akle about Fascism, hate and the power of troll culture on the internet, all featured in his latest book, FASCISTS AMONG ...
Katherine Johnson
20 Jan 2020
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Katherine Johnson talks to Cheryl Akle about her PhD and ethnic shows, or humans zoos, which were big business in Europe during the late nineteenth an...
Mary Moody
19 Jan 2020
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Mary Moody talks to Cheryl Akle about her incredible life and travels, and the death of her husband, which she writes about in The Accidental Tour Gui...
James Phelps
14 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Award-winning senior reporter James Phelps talks to Cheryl Akle about footballers, true crime and the bush rangers who pulled off this country's great...
Jane Cockram
12 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jane Cockram talks to Cheryl Akle about to pathway she took through the book industry before writing her debut novel, The House of Brides. Hosted on A...
Dion Leonard
07 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ultra marathon runner met a stray dog halfway across China's Gobi desert, and it changed his life. Here he talks to Cheryl Akle about 'Gobi' and the b...
Kiley Reid
05 Jan 2020
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Kiley Reid talks to Cheryl Akle about race and privilege in America today and how her life influenced her debut novel, Such a Fun Age. Hosted on Acast...
Blanche d'Alpuget
17 Dec 2019
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Blanche d'Alpuget talks to Cheryl Akle about life with Bob Hawke, and her biography on him. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...
Christos Tsiolkas
17 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bestselling author, Christos Tsiolkas and Cheryl Akle dig deep and discuss shame, fear, bigotry, and the most important conversation that Christos had...
Joy Rhoades
16 Dec 2019
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Joy Rhoades talks about growing up in Australia, living in London and writing her latest Australian historical, The Burnt Country. Hosted on Acast. Se...
Tara Moss
16 Dec 2019
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Tara Moss talks to Cheryl Akle about her life, living between Australia and Canada and how the 'ranking of humans' has influenced her latest novel, De...
Rachael Treasure
09 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bestselling author, Rachael Treasure has moved in very different directions recently - in her writing and on the land. Listen as she discusses the cha...
Jack Charles
08 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Australian legend, Uncle Jack Charles talks to Cheryl Akle about surviving, healing and his brilliant memoir, Born-Again Blakfella. Hosted on Acast. S...
Andrew Daddo
03 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Daddo talks Cheryl Akle through his childhood, career and his love of books. A highly entertaining listen, with one of Australia's most recogni...
Tricia Stringer
02 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bestselling women's fiction writer, Tricia Stringer talks to Cheryl Akle about her background, her love of South Australia, and her path to publicatio...
Jane Sullivan
27 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jane Sullivan talks to Cheryl Akle about the books that shape us as children, and her journey to revisit her favourite tales in her book, Storytime.&n...
Michael Connelly
24 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Megastar author, Michael Connelly has written thirty-three novels and has sold over seventy-four million copies. Here is talks to Cheryl Akle about hi...
Elliot Perlman
19 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Award winning author Elliot Perlman talks about his life With Cheryl Akle, from his childhood to working in a corporate environment, the politics that...
Dr Richard Harris and Dr Craig Challen on the Thai Cave Rescue
18 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Harris and Craig Challen talk to Cheryl Akle about their involvement in the rescue of the Wild Boars soccer team from the Thai cave, and the b...
Dr Karl Kruszelnicki
13 Nov 2019
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Dr Karl talks to Cheryl Akle about... everything! His life, his work and many other fascinating and amazing scientific facts you've never thought abou...
Tim Slee
11 Nov 2019
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Tim Slee talks to Cheryl Akle about his very international life and travels, and his very Australian debut novel, Taking Tom Murray Home. Hosted...
Judy Nunn
04 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Judy Nunn talks to Cheryl Akle about her childhood, life as an actress, a bestselling author and the true tale behind her latest number #1 novel, Khak...
Jono Lineen
28 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jono Lineen talks to Cheryl Akle about walking, how walking makes us wiser, the power of pilgrimage, his adventures walking the world, and his book on...
Mem Fox
21 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Legendary children's author, Mem Fox talks to Cheryl Akle about her life and career, and why she wrote her latest picture book The Tiny Star for her g...
Diane Armstrong
13 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Diane Armstrong talks to Cheryl Akle about her fascinating life, from Poland to Australia, journalism to travel, and how her career as a bestselling a...
Heather Morris
08 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Heather Morris talks to Cheryl Akle about the phenomenal success of her book The Tattooist of Auschwitz, and how she came to write the sequel, Ci...
Sarah Barrie
01 Oct 2019
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Bestselling crime writer Sarah Barrie talks to Cheryl Akle about life, a wide and varied career including equine therapy, and how she came to writing....
Lucy Bloom
23 Sep 2019
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Social entrepreneur Lucy Bloom talks to Cheryl about her life and what led her on her amazing journey to being one of the world's leading change maker...
Paula Saunders
16 Sep 2019
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US author, Paula Saunders talks to Cheryl Akle about the complexities of families, modern America and her family saga The Distance Home. Hosted on Aca...
Mark Brandi
09 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Brandi chats to Cheryl Akle about growing up Italian in a small Australian town, and how that influenced his crime writing, and his latest book, ...
Benjamin Law
02 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Benjamin Law talks to Cheryl Akle about everything from his big, loud migrant family, his childhood, and his family to popular culture and structural ...
Adele Ferguson
27 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Multi-award-winning journalist, Adele Ferguson talks to Cheryl Akle about her investigations into banks which helped bring about the royal commission,...
Louise Milligan - Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell
21 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Cardinal George Pell was Australia's most powerful Catholic, jailed in March 2019 for child sexual assault. To coincide with Pell's failed appeal, Bet...
Dave Glasheen
20 Aug 2019
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Dave Glasheen talks to Cheryl Akle about losing a fortune and moving to Restoration Island, the unusual life he writes about in his memoir The Million...
Kaneana May
20 Aug 2019
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Kaneana May talks to Cheryl Akle about screenwriting and the road to publishing her book, The One ... and why she loves Barbie. Hosted on Acast....
Morris Gleitzman
15 Aug 2019
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Australian Children's Laureate for 2018 and 2019, Morris Gleitzman talks to Cheryl Akle about writing children's fiction. Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...
Paullina Simons
12 Aug 2019
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Bestselling author Paullina Simons talks to Cheryl Akle about her fascinating background and her incredible career. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...
Gabbie Stroud
06 Aug 2019
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Former teacher, Gabbi Stroud talks to Cheryl Akle about her groundbreaking essay Teaching Australia, and her book Teacher that sprang from that. She d...
Tara June Winch
06 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tara June Winch talks to Cheryl Akle about her extensive travels, living in France, and her connection to the land as a Wiradjuri woman. Plus her late...
The road to publication with Nikki Christer
24 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Nikki Christer, the Group Publishing Director at Penguin Random House Australia talks about the publishing process, the difference between agents and ...
Dialogue with Melina Marchetta
24 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dialogue expert extraordinaire, Melina Marchetta discusses the importance of dialogue, and how that voice defines her characters, the setting and the ...
Research and setting with Candice Fox
24 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Candice Fox has immersed herself in both setting and research. She’s lived in LA, she’s visited a serial killer on death row, and even had dinner ...
Character building with Belinda Alexandra
24 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Belinda Alexandra talks about how she immerses herself in the world she’s writing about so her characters come to life. She talks about how some cha...
Story and plot development with Dervla McTiernan
24 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dervla McTiernan discusses plot, how important structure is in your novel, and how she approaches writing a novel. And she shares what the sign on her...
The writer with Trent Dalton
24 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Trent Dalton, the author of the phenomenally successful novel Boy Swallows Universe discusses the heart and soul of the writer and what being a writer...
Armando Lucas Correa
16 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Journalist, editor and author Armando Lucas Correa talks to Cheryl Akle about growing up in Cuba, life in New York, and his latest novel, The Daughter...
Ava Benny-Morrison
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Crime reporter, Ava Benny-Morrison talks to Cheryl Akle about the shocking case that inspired her to write her book, The Lost Girls. Hosted on Acast. ...
Rebecca Hermann
10 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Hermann the founder of Bolinda Audio talks to Cheryl Akle about how and why she started the company, the importance of audio in publishing, an...
Craig Ensor
08 Jul 2019
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Craig Ensor talks to Cheryl Akle about his career in law and the road to writing his novel, The Warming. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...
Tess Woods
04 Jul 2019
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Author Tess Woods talks to Cheryl Akle about juggling two physiotherapy clinics with writing her latest novel, Love and Other Battles. Hosted on Acast...
Tom Keneally
03 Jul 2019
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Acclaimed author Tom Keneally talks to Cheryl Akle about his life, and incredible writing career, and his latest novel Two Old Men Dying. Here at Bett...
Christine Courtenay
25 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Christine Courtenay talks to Cheryl Akle about her late husband, bestselling author Bryce Courtenay, his writing, his incredible legacy and the 30-yea...
Victoria Purman
25 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Victoria Purman talks to Cheryl Akle about the fascinating real-life women of her latest bestselling novel, The Land Girls. Hosted on Acast. See acast...
Alli Sinclair
18 Jun 2019
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Alli Sinclair talks to Cheryl Akle about her world adventures, climbing mountains and her new novel, The Cinema at Starlight Creek. Hosted on Acast. S...
Megan Blandford
18 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Megan Blandford talks to Cheryl Akle about motherhood, her postnatal depression, and how she wrote her book, I'm Fine (and Other Lies) to help ot...
Leigh Straw #2
11 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Leigh Straw talks to Cheryl Akle about Australian women in crime history, including Dulcie Markham, a key figure of the underworld of Sydney and Melbo...
Meg Bignell
10 Jun 2019
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Meg Bignell talks to Cheryl Akle about going from nursing to copywriting, living on a dairy farm, and her new book, The Sparkle Pages. Hosted on Acast...
Janet Fife-Yeomans
06 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Award winning journalist Janet Fife-Yeomans talks to Cheryl Akle about how she wrote a book with Hazel Baron, the brave daughter who brought Dulcie Bo...
Mikey Robins
05 Jun 2019
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Mikey Robbins speaks to Cheryl Akle about being a history nerd, a food lover, observer of bizarre human behaviour, and combining all three in his book...
Sally Rippin
29 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sally Rippin talks to Cheryl Akle about growing up as an expat kids in Asia, her prolific career as a children's author, and her latest book in the Po...
Amanda Hampson
28 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Amanda Hampson speaks to Cheryl Akle about long-term friendships, the freedom of ageing, how travel has changed, and her latest book, Sixty Summers. H...
Paige Toon
20 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Paige Toon joins Cheryl Akle this week to discuss being raised all around the world, her writing career, and her latest novel, If You Could Go Anywher...
Melina Marchetta
20 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Melina Marchetta joins Cheryl Akle to discuss growing up in an Australian-Italian family, her Australian classic, Looking for Alibrandi, and her ...
Alice Clark-Platts
15 May 2019
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Alice Clark-Platts discusses human rights law, and what her research for her novel The Flower Girls taught her about children who kill. Ho...
James Delargy
14 May 2019
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Irish author, James Delargy joins Cheryl Akle on this week's podcast to talk about his journey as a traveller, a writer, and why he chose outback Aust...
Fatima Bhutto
09 May 2019
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Today Cheryl Akle talks to Fatima Bhutto about her life in Afghanistan, Syria and Pakistan, being raised by a single father, and how he shared a love ...
Nicole Alexander
08 May 2019
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Nicole Alexander joins Cheryl Akle this week to discuss being a fourth-generation grazier, her writing career, and her latest novel, Stone Country.&nb...
Felicity McLean
01 May 2019
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Felicity McLean joins Cheryl Akle this week to discuss her debut novel, The Van Apfel Girls are Gone. Together they discuss Felicity's career as a gho...
Susan Hurley
29 Apr 2019
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Susan Hurley joins Cheryl Akle on this week's podcast to talk about her novel, Eight Lives, and about Susan's career in medical research, the tri...
Minnie Darke
24 Apr 2019
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Minnie Darke talks to Cheryl Akle about astrology and her delightful new novel, Star-crossed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...
Kerry Tucker
24 Apr 2019
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Kerry Tucker, author of The Prisoner, talks about her journey going from a prison cell, to having a PhD and being an advocate for women prisoners.&nbs...
Josephine Moon
16 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Josephine Moon joins Cheryl Akle this week to discuss ‘Uplit', Authors for Farmers and the writing community, and her latest book The Gift of Li...
Mary-Anne O'Connor
15 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mary-Anne O'Connor joins Cheryl Akle this week to discuss growing up in a large, creative family, getting published, and her latest book In a Great So...
J.R. Lonie
10 Apr 2019
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J.R. Lonie, author of The Woman From Saint Germain, joins Cheryl Akle on this week's podcast to talk about writing, screenwriting, and when it's time ...
Todd Alexander
08 Apr 2019
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Todd Alexander, the author of eleven books, joins Cheryl Akle on this week's podcast to talk about leaving the city to run a boutique accommodati...
Jacqueline Harvey
03 Apr 2019
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Jacqueline Harvey joins Cheryl Akle this week to discuss her passion for education, her bestselling Alice-Miranda series and her latest book for ...
Chris Hammer
03 Apr 2019
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Chris Hammer, Australian journalist and bestselling author of hit crime novel, Scrublands, joins Cheryl Akle on this week's podcast to talk about Chri...
Amy Goldstein
30 Mar 2019
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American writer Amy Goldstein joins Cheryl Akle to discuss her 2018 book, Janesville, a compelling and insightful portrait of one town in America's he...
Sulari Gentill
29 Mar 2019
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Acclaimed Australian author Sulari Gentill joins Cheryl Akle on this week's podcast to talk about her latest novel, All the Tears in China, and about ...
Zack McDermott
27 Mar 2019
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Zack McDermott, Brooklyn public defender turned author, joins Cheryl Akle to discuss his memoir Gorilla and the Bird, a book that details his rec...