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Post-Growth Australia PodcastJon Doust on education, The Voice, the art of losing and much moreOn this episode of Post-Growth Australia Podcast, we are joined by Jon Doust - professional writer, speaker, comedian, performer, activist and trouble maker. Not only does Jon live in the same town as your PGAP hosts (Albany), he went to the same school as Michael. In this episode, we exchange notes on our formative years, which for Jon are documented in his trilogy of books ‘Boy on a Wire’, ‘Return Ticket’ and ‘To the Highlands.’ This provides a springboard for an in-depth discussion around the role that formative education plays in creating the psychologies of modern society and how addressing m...
2023-11-091h 14
The State Library of WAShe’ll be Apples: The WA women shaping the orchard industryShe’ll be Apples reveals the hidden backstory of the Lady Williams apple and the role of cultivator and innovator Maud Williams, who is truly at the core of Western Australia’s multi-million dollar apple industry.In this podcast, we hear from Maud’s family about frugal post-war regional life and know her passion for a particular apple tree that would create an indelible foundation for WA’s internationally renowned apples, including the Pink Lady and Bravo.We meet Lyn Green, who as a little girl, created the Lady Williams name and leading contemporary entrepreneurial women like Newton Orchards Director Nic Gible...
2022-12-0725 min
The Fremantle Press PodcastSusan Midalia, Donna Mazza, Emily Paull and Bindy Pritchard talk turning points and the long and short of fiction writing on this week's episode of Love to Read Local Radio with Fremantle PressWhat happens when you conference call with four talented Western Australian writers who are equally committed to short fiction as to long? Loads! Hosted by Susan Midalia, this episode of Love to Read Local Radio will give you a wonderful insight into where the urge to write comes from – those turning points in life which compel writers to put words on the page. Susan is joined by Emily Paull (Well-behaved Women), Bindy Pritchard (Fabulous Lives) and Donna Mazza (Fauna) to discuss the experience of writing short stories as opposed to that of writing full-length novels. To an outsider, both formats so...
2020-05-2740 min
Talking Wild MadnessTalking Wild Madness 60Adam is joined by Australian author Jon Doust to talk about the Dual naming of towns, why trees need wind and what happenes when an inventor meets a can of chickpeas.*and there's a song deidicated to Caron Gaske at the end of the episode--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/adam213/message
2020-04-281h 17
Good Reading PodcastJon Doust on the misadventure of a lifetime in 'Return Ticket'It’s 1972. When hot-headed, impetuous Jack Muir gets off the ship in Durban, he fails to get back on. Instead, he sails into misadventure, fleeing the stifling town of Genoralup to try to lose himself in South Africa at the height of apartheid. But the past has a way of catching up with you, and soon Jack is running again, this time to a kibbutz in Israel.In the course of a lifetime, Jack will travel far, always caught between fleeing from and seeking those things he needs: a mother’s precious gift, a lover in a time of war, the...
2020-04-2821 min
Good Reading PodcastJon Doust on the misadventure of a lifetime in 'Return Ticket'It’s 1972. When hot-headed, impetuous Jack Muir gets off the ship in Durban, he fails to get back on. Instead, he sails into misadventure, fleeing the stifling town of Genoralup to try to lose himself in South Africa at the height of apartheid. But the past has a way of catching up with you, and soon Jack is running again, this time to a kibbutz in Israel.
In the course of a lifetime, Jack will travel far, always caught between fleeing from and seeking those things he needs: a mother’s precious gift, a lover in a time of war, the...
2020-04-2821 minTalking Wild MadnessTalking Wild Madness episode 57Australian award winning author Jon Doust drops by to talk about his new magnificent book Return Ticket.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/adam213/message
2020-04-151h 11
The Fremantle Press PodcastThere are lots of myths and misconceptions about the editor-author relationship: in this podcast Jon Doust and Georgia Richter take you under the covers of their decade-long collaboration on Jon's trilogy One Boy's Journey to ManJon Doust's debut book for adults, Boy on a Wire, was Publisher Georgia Richter's first editorial job for Fremantle Press. In this episode, Georgia and Jon talk to host Rebecca Higgie about the crucial elements of the editor–author relationship, the foremost being trust, another being laughter.
They celebrate the release of the third book in Jon's trilogy One Boy’s Journey to Man: a novel called Return Ticket in which Jon's popular character Jack Muir continues his travels and travails, and they mourn the 'book that died' in between To the Highlands and this latest novel. From the getting-to-know-you phas...
2020-03-3141 minTalking Wild MadnessTalking Wild Madness-episode 18Adam sits down with Australian author Jon Doust to discuss Turkish Delight, Turkish Coffee and his new book Return Ticket. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/adam213/message
2019-11-191h 13
Neda Vanovac's Podcast - 2ser FMMonday 5 November 2012 - IslandsTonight we are talking all about islands - those wonderful remote places that harbour some of the most unique landscapes and eco-systems, inspire some of the greatest literary adventures and forays into the human psyche and in their isolation can hide some of the worst abuses and dirtiest secrets.
We talk with two authors who explore this unrestricted nature of islands by drawing on their own experiences.
First up, Robert Drewe dropped by to talk with Neda Vanovac about the British nuclear tests on the Montebello islands off the WA coast in the 1950s.
Jon Doust chats with Will...
2012-11-0530 min