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Published...Or Not
Hosted by Jan Goldsmith, David McLean and Lisa Moule · EN
Australian and international authors talk about their books and how they got published or how they self-published. Listeners, writers and readers will also hear about what's going on in our local writing community.
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Ilka Tampke and Christine Gregory
1w agoTap to summarize'How to Love the World' by Ilka Tampke is a literary thriller and a meditation on nature and healing.Just who is informing on whom is the question behind the murder that takes place in 'The Informant' by Christine Gregory.
Transcribe →Radiothon and Sherryl Clark
2w agoTap to summarize50 years for 3CR and 50 years of writing programs. Sherryl Clark was a presenter on Writers at Work for many years and talks about her own writing on our Radiothon program.
Transcribe →Mali Cornish and Xanthea O'Conner
3w agoTap to summarizeWe would like to believe Elspeth, a successful investigative journalist, is telling the truth but when it comes to her own family, she is damaged. Readers will not be sure whether than can feel for her, or fear her. Mali Cornish has many twists and turns in ‘The Missing Mother’.The Wheeler Centre in Melbourne plays a pivotal role in developing the culture of writing not just in Victoria but Australia. Xanthea O'Conner talks about 'The Next Chapter' which is an initiative to foster new voices for publication.
Transcribe →Christine Balint and Laura McCluskey
4w agoTap to summarizeWomen proving rape is questionable in court today but what of a 13year old in Vicenza Italy back in 1757. Christine Balint hasanother wonderful historical fiction written from a well researched fact in a ‘A Single Witness’. Once again we journey to the highlands of Scotland where an unidentified murder victim and a ten-year old missing persons case converge against a backdrop of ancient myth and folklore in Laura McCluskey's, ‘The Cursed Road’.
Transcribe →Karen Comer and Gabbie Stroud
May 21Tap to summarizeJung, fairy tales and the future all converge in Karen Comer's latest novel, 'Once Upon Tomorrow'.'The Angry Wives Club' is a domestic noir novel with a chick-lit twist by Gabbie Stroud.
Transcribe →Sarah Bailey and Alita Brydon
May 14Tap to summarizeA serial killer enamoured with the internet is a dangerous thing - a scenarion explored in Sarah Bailey's novel, 'Click'.'How to Date Like a Dangerous Woman' is a modern guide to dating safely by Alita Brydon.
Transcribe →Kerry Jewell and Julianne Negri
May 7Tap to summarizeKerry Jewell's, 'A Little Unwell', is a book about life, death and surviving the night shift as a medical practitioner. 'The Belly of the Wolf' is Julianne Negri's verse narrative addressing an adolescent struggling with her best friend's suicide. Always remember, help is only a phone call away through such groups as Headspace (1800 650 890) or Lifeline (131114) should you wish to seek advice.
Transcribe →Kate Solly and Anne Buist and Graeme Simsion
Apr 30Tap to summarizeThe success of the miniature railway is being sabotaged. Observant mother Fleck Parker is asked to find out who could possibly be doing this in Kate Solly’s warm hearted ‘The Paradise Heights Miniature Railway Bust-Up’. 'The General Hospital' continues to detail the mental health challenges faced by psychiatric registrars, interns and specialists in the fraught world of public care. It is the third in a detailed series centred around the professional and personal development of Doctor Hannah Wright by Anne Buist an Graeme Simsion.
Transcribe →Irma Gold and Sarah Walker
Apr 23Tap to summarizeIrma Gold has written a moving tale 'Shift' set in Kiliptown, South Africa.Sarah Walker’s book is ‘The Water Takes’. The title is unfinished just as the ending is open but the novel has characters so honestly drawn in their reaction to a catastrophe that they will live on beyond the page.
Transcribe →Leearna Shaw and Michael Winkler
Apr 16Tap to summarizeA farmer and a movie star, both trying hard to parent their problem kids and both having their much loved spouses die. What future could there be for them in such different life styles. ‘A Farm in the Golden Clouds’, a second time around love story by Leearna Shaw.'Griefdogg' is a sprawling, enigmatic, idiosyncratic delta of a novel by Michael Winkler that poses curious existential questions about memory, responsibility and accountability as the main protagonist would prefer to lead his life as a dog.
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