Writers @ Stanton

Sheryle Bagwell

08 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Discover a journey set in Provence that is personal, historical, and deeply moving. When Sheryle finds letters written by legendary 17th-century Frenc...

Sarah Bailey

01 May 2026

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Discover a city on edge and a killer playing games. Journalist Oli Groves and rookie detective Penelope Kibbs are two women determined to bring him do...

Helen Pitt

02 Apr 2026

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Uncover Luna Park’s extraordinary history with journalist Helen Pitt in-conversation with Dr Ian Hoskins. Like the circuses, from which amusement pa...

Bob Carrr

27 Mar 2026

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Bring Back Yesterday is a love story, and the account of how Bob found his footing again after the death of his wife, Helena. Raw and compelling, the ...

Louise Milligan

06 Mar 2026

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Unravel buried secrets with Pheasants Nest writer Louise Milligan's new book, joined in-conversation with fellow author Joan Sauers.Enjoy a haunt...

Sean Kelly

21 Nov 2025

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Celebrate the 100th issue of the Quarterly Essay with award-winning columnist Sean Kelly as he gives a definitive account of Albanese’s political st...

Troy Bramston

21 Nov 2025

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Discover the life of Gough Whitlam in this analysis of his achievements and failures. Drawing on newly discovered archives and interviews, Bramstonoff...

Mark McKenna

21 Nov 2025

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Discover this new version of our national story from one of Australia’s leading historian. This is a modern Australia permeated by First Nations his...

Andrew Low

07 Nov 2025

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Delve into the secrets that lie behind Australia’s success as the ‘Lucky Country’ and why its relative prosperity and good living is not just lu...

Clare Stephens

07 Nov 2025

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Discover this timely debut from Clare Stephens, joined in-conversation by He Would Never author, Holly Wainwright. The Worst Thing I’ve Ever Done ex...

Duncan McNab

31 Oct 2025

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Join Duncan McNab as he expertly explains the poisonous truth behind the mushroom murder trial, from the sequence of events that left three people dea...

Garry Disher

31 Oct 2025

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From Ned Kelly Award-winning author comes the next mystery in the Paul Hirschhausen series. With tensions high in the outback town of Tiverton, canPau...

Stuart Coupe

24 Oct 2025

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Music industry legend Stuart Coupe shares the story of the original King of the Cross, Abe Saffron, who laid the foundations for more than fifty years...

Chris Hammer

03 Oct 2025

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Join award-winning Australian crime writer Chris Hammer in this newest Scrubland instalment. This is journalist Martin Scarsden’s most perilous assi...

Katherine Biber

03 Oct 2025

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Undertaken with the co-operation of descendants of the last men to be outlawed in Australia on the cusp of nationhood in the winter of 1900, The Last ...

Marian Wilkinson

17 Sep 2025

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Discover why Australia’s fossil-fuel giant Woodside is doubling down on gas production in this new Quarterly Essay with Marian Wilkinson. How convin...

Michael Robotham

03 Sep 2025

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Join this award-winning author as he discusses his newest thriller, where the two worlds of Police Constable Philomena McCarthy collide. Trapped in th...

Colin Burgess

03 Sep 2025

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Discover seven stories of men who served from WWI to Korea, and their wartime achievements in the air. Based on personal interviews, Burgess captures ...

Mike Amor

20 Aug 2025

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Join award-winning Australian journalist Mike Amor as he discusses his career and what motivates journalists to do what they do. Why do they, sometime...

Rod Halsted

13 Aug 2025

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Rod Halsted takes you on a wild ride through his life: addiction, crime, and redemption, all wrapped in the irreverent humour of a true Aussie larriki...

Alli Parker

13 Aug 2025

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From the bestselling author of At the Foot of the Cherry Tree comes another stunning tale of secrets and betrayal in the aftermath of war that asks: w...

Sam Guthrie

01 Aug 2025

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From the streets of Hong Kong to Beijing’s shadowy halls of power and the backstabbing workings of Parliament House in Canberra, discover this debut...

Michael Pembroke

25 Jul 2025

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Learn the dramatic story of trade between Imperial China and the West and how it changed the world, with clear implications for the future. Pembroke i...

Hugh White

27 Jun 2025

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In an era of rising danger for all, and dramatic choices for Australia, Hugh White explores how the world is changing and Australia should respond. Th...

Linda Jaivin

27 Jun 2025

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Expert Linda Jaivin joins us with this riveting account of the Chinese Cultural Revolution under Mao Zedong, focusing on its eventful start and sheddi...

Hasib Hourani & Anne-Marie Te Whiu

20 Jun 2025

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Poets @ Stanton: a Pride Month special event. Fresh from Sydney Writer’s Festival, Hasib and Anne-Marie treat us to warm and animated conversations ...

Toby Walsh

20 Jun 2025

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Trace the evolution of artificial intelligence with researcher Toby Walsh, from the works of Ada Lovelace to ChatGPT. His new book is an accessible an...

Kumi Taguchi

14 May 2025

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Join SBS Insight’s host Kumi Taguchi in conversation as she shares her journey of self discovery. This moving memoir is her attempt to understand he...

Fiona Kelly McGregor & Erin Riley

09 May 2025

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Queer Lives on Paper: Award-winning authors talk with Ce Benedict about the importance of writing LGBTIQA+ life stories.  From Pride Month 2024, with...

Stephen Gapps

02 May 2025

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Discover the story of the frontier Wiradyuri Wars of Resistance for the first time with award-winning historian Stephen Gapps. Learn the breadth of th...

John Lyons

02 May 2025

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Be taken into the heart of a nation under siege with bestselling author and journalist of Balcony Over Jerusalem. John Lyons brings this riveting acco...

Tasma Walton

11 Apr 2025

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Based on the true story of Tasma Walton’s ancestor, I am Nannertgarrook is not just what life was like for a First Nations woman on the fringes of c...

Kerrie Davies

04 Apr 2025

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Discover the life story of famed author Miles Franklin and her enduring resilience. In this real life sequel to My Brilliant Career, Kerrie Davies unc...

Nick Kaldas

04 Apr 2025

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Hear the compelling true story of how Nick Kaldas became one of Australia’s most senior police officers. He joins us to share his experiences servin...

Jess Hill

28 Mar 2025

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What will it take to stop gendered violence? In this urgent essay, Jess Hill investigates Australia’s National Plan to End Violence Against Women an...

Robert Dessaix

21 Mar 2025

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Discover a witty exploration of the idiosyncrasies that make us fully human in this new memoir. Chameleon is how Dessaix explores how the restless min...

Lottie Dalziel

21 Mar 2025

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Learn how to live your best sustainable life and spend less doing so with sustainability guru Lottie Dalziel. Her new practical guide will show you th...

Debra Oswald

21 Mar 2025

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Join Debra Oswald as she presents her new novel about Betty: storyteller, feminist, eternally curious and phenomenally old. On the eve of her hundredt...

David Dufty

20 Dec 2024

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Drawing on original letters and journals, historian David Dufty uncovers the extraordinary story of the greatest feat of engineering in nineteenth-cen...

Lech Blaine

20 Dec 2024

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Learn the gripping true yet stranger-than-fiction tale of Lech Blaine and his family in his newest book, Australian Gospel, and discover the tangled f...

Peter FitzSimons

13 Dec 2024

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Discover the epic story of Albert Jacka, the first Australian soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross in WWI. His tale of bravery and sacrifice will ...

Rick Morton

22 Nov 2024

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Join journalist Rick Morton for the powerful story of Robodebt, involving a moral vacuum and a multibillion-dollar government shake down. This is a gr...

Robbie Arnott

22 Nov 2024

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From the acclaimed author of Limberlost comes this new epic quest in a through-the-looking-glass Van Deiman’s Land, undertaken by the outcast childr...

Amanda Laugesen

22 Nov 2024

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Discover the linguistic history of Australian English with Amanda Laugesen as she reveals some of the ideas, events and values that have shaped Austra...

Clare Wright in conversation with Paul Daley

15 Nov 2024

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Discover the story of a founding document in Australian democracy and the First Nations trailblazers who made it. Author Clare Wright joins journalist...

Alan Kohler

15 Nov 2024

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In this updated edition of the bestselling Quarterly Essay, Alan Kohler tells the story of how we got into the Australian housing mess, with added mat...

Christian White in conversation with Amanda Hampson

01 Oct 2024

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Join Australian author Christian White in conversation with fellow crime writer Amanda Hampson to discuss this new thriller that explores toxic mascul...

Don Watson

01 Oct 2024

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Discover this historically informed yet mordant account from America that catches the madness and the politics of an election like no other and its ca...

Annie Smithers

20 Sep 2024

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Sharing her journey to self-discovery in this new memoir, respected chef and paddock-to-plate pioneer Annie Smithers answers the question she is asked...

Seana Smith

13 Sep 2024

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Delve into Seana Smith’s new memoir that reveals the true story behind her lifelong battle with drink, from a tumultuous childhood to finding the co...

Scott Ryder

13 Sep 2024

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Discover the secretive world of the Australian commandos as Scott Ryder shares his firsthand experiences in the Australian army. Frankly written, Forg...

Tim Forcey

06 Sep 2024

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Join Tim Forcey as he shares tips and strategies on how to slash your energy bills and save the planet. Learn how to transform your home for an effici...

Andrew Ford

16 Aug 2024

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From award-winning broadcaster and composer Andrew Ford comes an authoritative tour through several thousand years of music. This fascinating book set...

Hayley Scrivenor

09 Aug 2024

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Join the bestselling author of Dirt Creek with her new thriller about a woman’s story in the aftermath of the climbing incident that killed her girl...

Andrew Fowler

26 Jul 2024

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 Hear investigative journalist Andrew Fowler discuss the spectacular fallout from Australia’s duplicitous AUKUS deal, piecing together the story of...

Ailsa Piper

12 Jul 2024

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Join Ailsa Piper for her newest memoir of living and dying - and flying. This is an unforgettable and moving insight into loss, hope and starting agai...

Shankari Chandran

05 Jul 2024

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 From Miles Franklin award-winning author of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens comes a new novel about displacement and seeking refuge—and ultimately, ...

Michael Brissenden

28 Jun 2024

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Discover an exhilarating tale of corruption and betrayal unfolding against the backdrop of a devastating wildfire that ravages the town of Jasper in t...

Nick Bryant

14 Jun 2024

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Join former BBC correspondent Nick as he shares his insightful and urgent reassessment of America’s past, present and future – as a country which ...

Satyajit Das

14 Jun 2024

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 Brimming with passion, Satyajit combines travelogue, history and science in this book as a lament for the decline of wild spaces and a celebration o...

Meg Keneally

07 Jun 2024

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Inspired by historical figures and actual events, Free is Meg’s newest historical fiction novel that follows one woman’s rise in colonial Australi...

Catherine McKinnon

20 May 2024

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To Sing of War is a beautifully rich novel of death, sacrifice and forgiveness, a novel that insists on our interconnectedness and hums with the energ...

Anna Downes

10 May 2024

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 In Red River Road Anna Downes blends suspense and sisterhood in a compelling thriller about a woman desperate to discover what happened to her siste...

Hugh Mackay

10 May 2024

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 Join Australia’s leading social psychologist Hugh Mackay as he shares his new book, The Way We Are, that examines the major trends that are shakin...

Anne Manne

03 May 2024

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 Discover a searing expose of institutional child abuse and the remarkable story of the survivors who would not be silenced. Journalist Anne Manne re...

Rachael Mogan McIntosh

19 Apr 2024

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Rachael Mogan McIntosh  returns with her second book, a comedy, tragedy and farcical romp all rolled into one. This is a love story about becoming a ...

Lech Blaine

12 Apr 2024

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Join Lech Blaine as he shares a revelatory portrait of the Opposition leader Peter Dutton in this perceptive and compelling book. This is a story of a...

David Hardaker

15 Mar 2024

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 Investigative journalist David Hardaker shares the inside story of the global megachurch and its charismatic leader, Brian Houston. How did Hillsong...

Kathy Lette

15 Mar 2024

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From the witty mind of Kathy Lette comes her latest book, a new subversive, irreverent revenge romp. Confronted by a society that thinks they’re pas...

Jack Beamount

15 Mar 2024

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Former DGSE spy Jack Beaumont brings the next installment of his bestselling The Frenchman series and delivers authentic spycraft in this high-stakes ...

Jamelle Wells

23 Feb 2024

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 One of Australia’s most experienced court reporters goes on a judicial road trip in this sometimes funny, sometimes tragic look at the comings and...

Benjamin Stevenson

08 Dec 2023

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The eagerly awaited follow-up to international bestseller Everyone in my Family has Killed Someone brings another deliciously witty locked room myster...

Wendy Harmer

24 Nov 2023

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In this new memoir, entertainer Wendy Harmer shares her tale of overcoming adversity with her trademark in-your-face frankness and celebrated wit, and...

Richard Glover

17 Nov 2023

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 From bestselling author and eternally hopeful Richard Glover comes a funny new book that is heartfelt and hilarious, serious but sly. Best Wishes is...

Christos Tsiolkas

17 Nov 2023

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 A tender, affecting novel of hope and forgiveness. Discover this compelling contemporary love story between two middle-aged men, told with grace, he...

Trent Dalton

05 Nov 2023

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From bestselling author Trent Dalton comes this new novel, a heartbreaking and beautiful story of love, fate, life and death and all the things we see...

Allan Sicard

21 Oct 2023

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 This is a different book about leadership, where mistakes are made and learnt from. Hear from Allan about how he developed a leadership style that e...

David Marr

13 Oct 2023

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 A gripping reckoning with the bloody history of Australia’s 19th century frontier wars. In this riveting book, acclaimed journalist David Marr sha...

Kate Fullagar

13 Oct 2023

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The first joint biography of Bennelong and Arthur Phillip, two pivotal figures in Australian history – the colonised and coloniser. Fullagar’s acc...

Suzie Miller

06 Oct 2023

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 Based on the Olivier and Tony Award-winning play of the same name, Suzie Miller’s new novel Prima Facie is a propulsive, raw look at the price vic...

Charlotte Wood

04 Oct 2023

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 Join award-winning author Charlotte Wood as she discusses her meditative and deeply moving novel about forgiveness, grief, and what it means to be ‘...

Deborah Fitzgerald

27 Sep 2023

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The first definitive biography of Dorothea Mackellar, mind behind the poem ‘My Country.’ Discover her unconventional life story – a hidden gem o...

James Dunbar & Rhys Gard

27 Sep 2023

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Perfect for fans of crime fiction! Join two crime authors James Dunbar and Rhys Gard for an exciting in-conversation event with Warren Coleman about b...

Stephanie Dowrick

27 Sep 2023

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With deep insight and compassion, Stephanie offers a new way to look at anxiety that is accessible, supportive and immediately effective, and returns ...

Walter Marsh

08 Sep 2023

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Drawing on unpublished archival material and new reportage, Walter Marsh pieces together a  paper trail of succession, sedition, and power of how th...

Kate Grenville

23 Aug 2023

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In this compelling new novel, Kate Grenville uses family memories to imagine her way into the life of her grandmother, Dolly Maunder. This is the stor...

Mark Dapin

17 Aug 2023

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Discover how a viral video led Mark Dapin to a story that went to the heart of the Australian underworld and shed light on a number of unsolved murder...

Chris Masters

11 Aug 2023

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From Australia’s leading investigative journalist Chris Masters, comes the shocking story of the case against Australia’s most highly decorated li...

Colin Burgess

04 Aug 2023

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 Colin Burgess shares the incredible account of Sister Betty Jeffrey OAM and the Australian war nurses who survived the bombing of their evacuation s...

Mikey Robins

21 Jul 2023

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The history books are full of heroes and villains … but what about all the idiots? Comedian and armchair historian Mikey Robins tells the astonishin...

Anna Funder

14 Jul 2023

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Discover a breathtakingly intimate view of one of the most important literary marriages of the twentieth century with Anna Funder in her new book, Wif...

Simon Smith

07 Jul 2023

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Discover the life of Henry James O’Farrell, before and after the would-be assassination of Queen Victoria’s son, Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, in thi...

Lynne Malcolm

29 Jun 2023

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Science journalist and former radio host Lynne Malcolm takes us on a fascinating journey to discover how new scientific investigations and technologie...

Alan Finkel

21 Jun 2023

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Former Australian chief scientist Alan Finkel shares his compelling insights for Australia to lead the way in the global transition to clean energy an...

Grantlee Kieza

31 May 2023

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Award-winning journalist Grantlee Kieza OAM shares the extraordinary story of Mary Reibey — immortalised on the Australian $20 note, Australia’s f...

Dr. Sarah McKay

24 May 2023

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Neuroscientist Dr. Sarah McKay explores the science of how baby brain can sculpt our brains and change our minds for the better in her book, Baby Brai...

Melissa Doyle & Naima Brown

10 May 2023

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Melissa and Naima join us to discuss their new book based on their hit Audible podcast. How to Age Against the Machine is an information packed, empow...

Rachael Mogan McIntosh

03 May 2023

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Rachel Morgan McIntosh joins us to discuss her debut book and memoir, Pardon My French, a candid and comical love letter to the imperfect reality of f...

Hugh Mackay

23 Mar 2023

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Hugh Mackay shares a vivid portrayal of the complexities of contemporary life in The Therapist, a powerful and poignant story of deception, ambiguity,...

Jessica Dettmann

17 Mar 2023

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 Beth O’Leary meets 10 Things I Hate About You in Jessica Dettmann’s new book. Without Further Ado is a delightfully Shakespearean romantic comed...