9 episodes

Raw and rambling thoughts of Australia's popular storyteller....from the historical research behind her best selling novels to family life and how she, more than most, has underwear disasters.

Fiona McIntosh International Author Unscripted Fiona McIntosh

    • Arts

Raw and rambling thoughts of Australia's popular storyteller....from the historical research behind her best selling novels to family life and how she, more than most, has underwear disasters.

    The Orphans - the story behind the story

    The Orphans - the story behind the story

    Welcome to the 2022 novel released in October. For anyone who can't get to my national tour events, here's some of the inspiration behind the story.

    • 32 min
    Wardrobe Mishaps - Liz

    Wardrobe Mishaps - Liz

    Travel back four decades with Liz, when she was young, carefree, single and trapped in a car at a set of traffic lights that just wouldn't turn green fast enough.

    • 15 min
    Wardrop Mishaps - Cheryl

    Wardrop Mishaps - Cheryl

    Another wardrobe disaster, this time with Cheryl who takes us back to a time when bodysuits were the hot garment and a woeful tale of a corporate bonding exercise.

    • 29 min
    Wardrobe Mishaps - Dianne

    Wardrobe Mishaps - Dianne

    As many of my audience know I seem to suffer more than my fair share of wardrobe mishaps and from stages around Australia I've been sharing my underwear dramas in particular over the years. Now it's the time of you, dear reader, to share your tales of inelegance. None of my wardrobe guests are using professional equipment so please forgive the sound quality but more importantly, none are used to airing their secrets and are not nearly as ready to share their pain as I am. So ...

    • 30 min
    Managing My Days

    Managing My Days

    Following requests from readers who ask how I manage to cram so much into my life and always seem so happily busy, here's my secret.

    • 25 min
    For the love of perfume

    For the love of perfume

    More unscripted, unrehearsed rambling about a topic close to my heart and following the request from a reader for a piece on perfume. A novel called The Perfumer's Secret re-awakened my pleasure and urged me to go public on my pleasant pastime and 47 year passion for perfume.

    • 28 min

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