What a treat this week to have another fabulous Aussie author (yes, we're claiming her!) Ashley Kalagian Blunt on the podcast this week to discuss her new book - How To Be Australian. This wonderful memoir, which Ashley refers to as her 'love letter to Australians', details her first five years in Australia with her new husband Steve. They arrive in Sydney assuming that Australia is just like Canada with more sunshine and strange animals! But they soon discover things aren't so simple. Steve struggles to settle and Ashley fears he will come to regret both the move and the marriage - especially after she loses her wedding rings on Bondi Beach. Baffled, homesick and increasingly anxious (in a land renowned for 'no worries'), she is preparing to return to Canada when Steve shockingly announces that he wants to stay in Australia. Forever. For the sake of her marriage and her happiness, Ashley must find an Australia she can belong to: she decides to travel the country, learn its history, decode our cultural quirks and connect with as many Aussies as she can meet. Check out the show notes page on our website here for more info about Ashley and this great book. Alex xx
