The Readers & Writers Podcast

Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival
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Welcome to The Readers & Writers podcast series brought to you by the Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival.

  1. Readers & Writers Podcast with Gina Chick

    01/05/2025

    Readers & Writers Podcast with Gina Chick

    Recorded Live - Join Gina Chick, the inaugural winner of Alone Australia for the Margaret River launch of her dazzling memoir, We Are the Stars.    After surviving 67 days of unforgettable moments of searing vulnerability, Gina was the last person standing and won both Alone Australia and the nation’s heart with her combination of grit, warmth, and preference for going barefoot wherever possible.   A rewilding facilitator, adventurer, dancer, writer and speaker, Gina has always blazed her own trail in life from the hidden world of 90’s Sydney nightlife to fleeing to the wilderness under the whirling silence of stars, to find healing in the wisdom of the body.  Now, Gina tells the story of her extraordinary, indomitable life in one of the most powerful, moving memoirs you will ever read.  If you’re ready to get lost in jungles, wander into wolf-dens, sing with storms, rescue orphaned animals, dive to the depths, dance ’til your knees wobble, fall in love, find yourself by losing it all, and most of all be real; this book is for you.  We Are the Stars  is a magic carpet ride through the exquisite mystery of the human heart. You’ve never read anything like it.

    53 min

  2. 07/21/2024

    Readers & Writers Podcast with Bri Lee

    In conversation with Bri Lee recorded live as part of the Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival 2024 out-of-season events. Multi-award-winning author, academic, and activist Bri Lee joins host Gillian O’Shaughnessy to launch her new book The Work. A stunning debut novel about art, power, love and money from the acclaimed and bestselling author of Eggshell Skull. The Work is an ambitious and meticulously modern fable about art, sex, money, power and the perils of self-curation.

    43 min

  3. 07/20/2024

    Readers & Writers Podcast with Siang Lu

    In this episode, Jen Bowden is joined by Siang Lu to talk about his new novel, the allegorical and imaginative, Ghost Cities. Ghost Cities – inspired by the vacant, uninhabited megacities of China – follows multiple narratives, including one in which a young man named Xiang is fired from his job as a translator at Sydney’s Chinese Consulate after it is discovered he doesn’t speak a word of Chinese and has been relying entirely on Google Translate for his work. Published by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠UQP Find out more about ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Siang Lu

    30 min

  4. 07/20/2024

    Readers & Writers Podcast with Kirsty Iltners

    In this episode, Jen Bowden is joined by Kirsty Iltners to talk about her debut novel Depth of Field. Told through alternating perspectives, Kirsty Iltners’ debut novel examines the lives of two isolated individuals to reveal the fragility of life and the fallibility of our memories. Winner of the 2023 Dorothy Hewett Award, Depth of Field is a gripping novel where the mechanisms of photography are allowed to falter just enough to expose how selective and unreliable our memories are, especially when parts of the truth are left out of the frame. Published by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠UWAP Find out more about ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kirsty Iltners

    23 min

  5. 06/05/2024

    Readers & Writers Podcast with David Whish-Wilson

    In this episode, Jen Bowden is joined by crime author and Fremantle local, David Whish-Wilson, to talk about his new novel I Am Already Dead . Trainee private investigator Lee Southern finds himself drawn into a web of danger and deceit as he investigates a series of bribery attempts targeting a wealthy entrepreneur. Under the expert tutelage of retiring PI Frank Swann, Lee uses all of his developing skills, instincts and cunning to get to the heart of a sordid mystery. As Lee delves deeper into the case and questions the intentions of those he’s working for, he finds himself the target of increasingly ominous threats and several attempts on his life. Published by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Fremantle Press⁠ Find out more about ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠David Whish-Wilson

    28 min

  6. 04/01/2024

    Readers & Writers Podcast with Dave Warner

    In this episode, Jen Bowden is joined by author, musician and screenwriter Dave Warner, to talk about his new gripping crime fiction Summer of Blood. Two Australian police officers travel to San Francisco and Los Angeles in the summer of 1967 in search of a missing young man, only to find themselves fully immersed in the world of music, free love, drugs and hippie counterculture. They soon realise this isn’t just any ordinary missing person investigation. A big gig is the perfect place to get away with murder, and their search becomes a thrilling journey through the seamy side of the 1960s counterculture. Published by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Fremantle Press Find out more about ⁠⁠⁠⁠Dave Warner

    29 min

  7. 03/13/2024

    Wendy Harmer on Curtin Radio

    Author Wendy Harmer joined Curtin Radio’s Jenny Seaton for a lovely long chat about her memoir ‘Lies My Mirror Told Me’. Wendy Harmer will be appearing at The Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival 2024. For more information on her sessions and the full Festiva program head to MRRWFestival.com

    22 min

  8. 03/07/2024

    Readers & Writers Podcast with Graham Akhurst

    In this episode, Jen Bowden is joined by Graham Akhurst, to talk about his debut YA novel Borderland. Borderland is a modern-day exploration of race, identity, and self-discovery with a suspenseful undertone of Australian Gothic. The story follows Jono on an epic quest to find himself in the face of unbelievable challenges and grips you from start to finish. Published by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠UWAP⁠⁠ Find out more about ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Graham Akhurst

    35 min
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Welcome to The Readers & Writers podcast series brought to you by the Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival.

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  • Creator
    Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
    41
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival
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