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Outspoken MalenyDebra Oswald n in conversationOur featured author tonight is Debra Oswald. Debra came to prominence, or maybe the right word is fame, with the production of the immensely popular television series Offspring in 2010, for which she was the Creator and Lead Writer. But Debra had already been immersed in theatre and television for many many years before that - we might come to that in a minute - writing several successful plays and episodes for other series. Since then she has shifted her attention to the writing of novels, the one we are talking about tonight, the excellent One Hundred Years of Betty, being...
2025-04-0130 min
Earl Grey and PicardPicard Season 3 thoughts and Nu TrekIn this episode, Steven and Dan discuss their thoughts on Picard season 3 as a whole and the state of Star Trek in general. Enjoy!
2025-03-2158 min
Outspoken MalenyRick Morton in conversationI'm going out on a limb here. I think Rick Morton’s Mean Streak is an important book. Its description of the creation, implementation and eventual dismantling of Robodebt reveals a long slow-motion train wreck – one mendacious cruel scheming carriage after another inevitably, inexorably, piling into the one before it. But it’s also necessary.
If we want to live in a society which works (and after the events of this week who doesn’t?) we need to have strong, transparent institutions at its centre.
Rick Morton has done something essential for all of us: drilled down into how something as indiv...
2024-11-1230 min
Outspoken MalenySiang Lu in conversationSiang Lu is the author of two novels, The Whitewash and Ghost Cities. The latter, which we'll be discussing, was inspired by the existence of several vacant uninhabited megacities of China. It 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.
His first novel, The Whitewash, won the ABIA Audiobook of the Year in 2023 and the Glendower Award for an emerging writer in...
2024-11-1230 min
Outspoken MalenyGina Chick in conversationGina Chick has written a memoir. It’s titled we are the stars, and it follows her life from when she was almost seven years old, all the way through until she’s fifty, and there’s hardly a page you might choose to describe as conventional. Gina – with all that literary royalty in her blood – made her own way, a path which took her on a dance through the hidden world of 90s Sydney nightlife (right into the arms of a conman) and from there into the wilderness where she began a wondrous love affair with some of the deepest le...
2024-10-2430 min
Outspoken MalenyAndrew Stafford in conversationAndrew Stafford’s book Pig City, about Brisbane music from the 70s through to the millennium, has been re-released for its twentieth anniversary.
It is, in itself, a major Brisbane icon. Bernard Fanning wrote of it:
‘Twenty years on, Pig City reminds us of how deeply the political undercurrents (Joe Bjelke Peterson’s government) impacted the cultural output of Brisbane’s artists, and how the pioneers of the scene (unknowingly) laid the platform for the bands to come.'
Paul Grabowsky:
‘I read Pig City in 2005, as part of my induction into the musical history of Brisbane. I couldn’t put it down...
2024-10-2430 min
Smart Biotech Scientist | Master Bioprocess CMC Development, Biologics Manufacturing & Scale-up, Cell Culture Innovation56: Cultivated Meat: A Promising Future or an Inevitable Bubble? w/ Steven Lang - Part 2Is cultivated meat the food of tomorrow or just a passing trend? In this episode, we dive deep with Steven Lang, an expert in the field of cultivated meat. Steven sheds light on the intricate process of creating meat in the lab, the challenges faced, and the potential future of this innovative industry.Key Takeaways:Precision in Analytics: Discover how cutting-edge sensory analytics are crucial for developing cultivated meat that mimics traditional meat's texture and taste.Regulatory Innovation: Learn why the regulatory landscape for cultivated meat is set to revolutionize, benefiting not just food tech but...
2024-05-2315 min
Cult Conversations: The Influence Continuum with Dr. Steve HassanSupporting Patient Comfort Through Rapid Hypnotic Techniques with Elvira Lang-Anderson, M.D.Empowering patients or clients to have authority and control over their medical experiences is vital to beneficial therapeutic care. Likewise, well-crafted use of professional communication skills in setting expectations about clinical procedures and outcomes can mean the difference between a traumatic medical visit versus one being remembered with gratitude. Clinical studies show that clinicians trained in hypnotic skills can effectively help patients be more receptive to well-placed suggestions that may help reduce discomfort, eliminate the need for certain medications, lessen the side effects of treatments, and offer moderation over anxiety.Dr. Elvira Lang-Anderson, MD, PhD, is an...
2024-04-1555 min
Outspoken MalenyKim Mahood in conversationKim Mahood grew up in the 1950s and 60s on Mongrel Downs, a cattle station on the edge of the Tanami Desert. Much has changed in those parts in recent years: the land has been handed back to the traditional owners; the mining companies have arrived; Aboriginal art has flourished. Kim, now a writer and artist, still returns every year. Her new book, Wandering with Intent, is a collection of essays she describes as ‘the writer’s equivalent of hunting and gathering… a product of wandering among the contradictions of the cross-cultural world I have chosen to inhabit…’ It involves what she r...
2023-04-1830 min
Outspoken MalenyLouise Martin-Chew in conversationLouise speaks about her biography of Butjala artist Fiona Foley, a 'beautifully composed, intimate first-person account of the artistic practice of Badtjala artist, Fiona Foley. Each chapter meanders and unfolds, taking us on a vivid journey to place -K'gari or Fraser Island - combined with encounters and conversations with the artist, her family and affiliates. Carefully configured and tenderly composed, each chapter has its own rhythm and title extrapolating on how 'art' and 'life' intersect.’
Natalie King OAM
Shortlisted for the Magarey Medal for Biography, awarded for an outstanding biographical work.
Louise Martin-Chew has worked as a freelance writer, specialising in...
2023-04-1830 minEarl Grey and PicardPicard Season 3, episode 1 thoughtsDan and Steven share their thoughts about the first two season of Star Trek Picard and their thoughts of Picard season 3, episode 1
2023-02-1839 min
Outspoken MalenyChris Sarra in conversationChris is a Gurang Gurang/Taribelang man and former Queenslander of the Year. His memoir tells the remarkable story of how a young boy from Bundaberg grew up to become Principal of the Cherbourg School, the founder of the Stronger Smarter Insitute and, now, to hold a senior position in the Queensland Government, where he is working to forge a path to Treaty.
We’re more than simply delighted to have Chris come to Maleny to talk about his book, but also, in this year - when a referendum on a Voice to Parliament will be held - to talk ab...
2023-02-0130 min
Outspoken MalenyJoanna Jenkins in conversationJoanna is the author of the fast-paced and witty thriller How to Kill a Client.
Gavin Jones is dead. As an in-house lawyer who controlled millions of dollars in fees per year, he wlelded power with manipulative contempt.
The partners relied on his favour to fund their lavish lifestyles and, if sycophantic admiration was what it took to secure work from Gavin, well, that's what they delivered.
But no-one liked him. The list of those who suffered from his cruelty (particularly the women) was long enough to include just about everyone who had contact with him. But who actually killed...
2023-02-0130 min
The Classical Music Minute"Auld Lang Syne" & Mr. New Year's EveSend us a textDescriptionAs we usher in the New Year, many around the world sing "Auld Lang Syne" to bid farewell to the year gone by. But where did this tune come from and how did it come to be so popular? Take a minute to get the scoop! AULD LANG SYNE ~ GUY LOMBARDO ~ 1947 Version ℅ YouTubeFun FactGuy Lombardo’s orchestra played at the Roosevelt Grill in the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City from 1929 to 1959, and from then until 1976 at the Waldorf Astoria Hote...
2022-12-2601 min
Financial Services Unplugged with Tom McPhailThe Steven Cameron episodeNow the dust has settled, Steven Cameron and I revisit the Autumn Statement, the state pension, social care and the in-trays for the new Pensions and Treasury Ministers
2022-11-2952 min
Outspoken MalenyPeter Hudson in conversationPeter Hudson is a landscape and portrait painter living and working in Maleny. Since the late 1990s he has explored aspects of the natural world, astronomy, mythology, and history to investigate ‘the deep mystery of existence and us being here’. In 1998, he made the first of many trips to the Aboriginal communities of Daguragu and Kalkarinji in Gurindji country in the Northern Territory. The Gurindji people, their land, and the story of the Wave Hill walk-off have been major influences on his work. Hudson exhibits regularly, has won a number of regional art prizes, and is represented in the collections of t...
2022-11-1530 min
Outspoken MalenyHeather Rose in conversationHeather Rose is the award-winning author of Bruny and The Museum of Modern Love.
Her new memoir, nothing bad ever happens here is deeply personal collection filled with reflections on love, death, creativity, and healing.
Growing up on the remote island of Tasmania, Heather Rose falls in love with nature, but a tragedy that occurs when she is twelve sets her on a course to explore life’s mysteries. Here is a wild barefoot girl born for adventure, a curious seeker initiated in ancient rituals, a fledgling writer who becomes one of Australia’s most highly awarded authors, a businesswoman and...
2022-11-1530 min
Outspoken MalenyKate Holden in conversationWe’re failing this continent. We have been for some time. The latest State of the Environment Report only confirms what we’ve all known for years. In Northern NSW, west of the Divide, it used to be brigalow scrub, growing on what turned out to be the richest soil in the country - not a coincidence as it happens - but it’s almost all gone, and the job of protecting what’s left falls to environmental officers. Late one afternoon in 2014, out near Croppa Creek, things come to a head. An 80 year old farmer, Ian Turnbull, shoots Glen Turner...
2022-10-0530 min
Outspoken MalenyKatie McMahon in conversationKatie’s first novel, The Mistake, was exceedingly well-received, with cover notes by such luminaries as Liane Moriarty - I absolutely loved this novel… fresh, funny and heartfelt… I didn’t want it to end.
Now she returns with The Accident, revealing the inner lives of Grace, Zoe and Imogen, whose worlds are linked through shared but not always obvious connections. The Accident explores the ways in which our formative years shape our future, examining the influence of unrequited love and the healing power of friendship.
2022-10-0530 min
The Entrepreneur Ride Along Podcast - Online Business and Niche Site Ideas for Entrepreneurs047 – How Steven Foust Built a Portfolio of Businesses In The Army NicheToday, I am excited to interview Steven Foust of ncosupport.com and cutoffscores.com. Steven shows us how he used his past job, even though he had retired from the military over twenty years ago, and built the business that has now allowed him to leave his corporate day job and pursue entrepreneurship full-time. Steven Foust Case Study Steven is featured in my new book Use Your Job to Quit Your Job. Below is the case study from the book where Steven is featured. This comes directly from the book:S...
2022-09-2036 minEarl Grey and PicardBonus Episode 2 - Picard Season 3 wishesIn this episode, Noah and Steven talk about what they’d like to and would not like to see in Picard season 3.
2022-08-3051 min
Outspoken MalenyNorman Swan in conversationOutspoken is delighted to bring Dr Norman Swan to Maleny for a conversation about his new book,
So You Want to Live Younger Longer?
Trained in paediatrics, Dr Swan was one of the first medically qualified journalists in Australia, and has had a broadcast career spanning more than 30 years. He currently hosts Radio National's The Health Report while also reporting on 7.30 and several other ABC programs. In addition to being an active journalist and health broadcaster, Dr Swan has a deep strategic knowledge of the Australian healthcare system and is committed to evidence-based approaches to help young people, which is...
2022-08-1230 min
Outspoken MalenyFiona Robertson in conversationFiona Robertson is a writer and doctor (yes, two doctors for the price of one!). Her short fiction has been published in literary magazines and anthologies in Australia and the UK, and has been shortlisted for international competitions. Her collection of stories, If You’re Happy, won the Glendower Award for an Emerging Queensland Writer at the 2020 Queensland Literary Awards. Fiona lives in Brisbane with her husband and children.
‘Mapping a terrain of loneliness, compromise, ageing and tension, these short, sharp pieces create pockets of surprise and solace in unexpected places…’
Cate Kennedy
‘Robertson deftly delivers the complexity of contemporary life in cl...
2022-08-1230 min
The Anti-ArchitectEpisode 32: Steven Lang of danckerIn this episode, Christian sits down with Steven Lang, President and CEO of dancker. In 1997, he joined the dynamic organization, having held various leadership positions at the firm before taking the helm. Steve has a customer-centric philosophy and has developed a clear, strategic blueprint to build a strong, sustainable market leadership position for the nearly 200-year-old commercial interiors organization. The company manages commercial interiors projects for its Fortune 500 clients nationally and has almost doubled in size in the last several years. Dancker was named among the 50 Fastest Growing Companies in New Jersey. In 2016, Steve was named EY Entrepreneur of...
2022-06-0848 min
Outspoken MalenyKári Gíslason in conversationKári Gíslason was born in Iceland. He’s the author of four books, two non-fiction and two novels. The Promise of Iceland tells the story of return journeys he’s made to his birthplace, while Saga Land: The island of stories at the edge of the world, co-written with Richard Fidler, is an account of visits they made together to the places where the Icelandic sagas actually took place. It won the Indie Book Award for Non-Fiction in 2018.
His novels include The Ash Burner and the book he will be discussing tonight, The Sorrow Stone, an epic and compel...
2022-05-0430 min
Outspoken MalenyKevin Rudd in conversationThe Honourable Kevin Rudd AC. Mr Rudd was first elected as Prime Minister in 2007. Early initiatives of his government were the signing of the Kyoto Protocol, A Parliamentary Apology to the Stolen Generations, and the 2020 Summit. During the term of his government Labor also managed to keep Australia out of recession, despite the Global Financial Crisis, as well as commencing the roll-out of the National Broadband Network and the introduction of nationwide early childhood education, amongst many other programs.
Since leaving office Mr Rudd has written two volumes of his autobiography but has also stayed active in politics. He is...
2022-05-0430 min
Outspoken MalenyLinda Jaivin in conversationChinese history is long, sprawling and gloriously messy. It is full of heroes who are also villains, prosperous ages and violent rebellions, extraordinary cultural and scientific leaps and deep dark times. Linda Jaivin distils this vast history into a concise narrative that allows us a glimpse of its importance to the formation of China as we see it today. Right now in Australia, we desperately need this sort of understanding.
Linda is the author of twelve books, both fiction and non-fiction. Her novels include A Most Immoral Woman, Eat Me and The Empress Lover, and her non-fiction includes the memoir...
2022-04-2130 min
Outspoken MalenyWarren Ward in conversationWarren is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Queensland. His writing has appeared in many publications and he is a winner of the New Philosopher’s Award.
His book, Lovers of Philosophy explores the intimate lives of seven philosphers, investigating the way their most personal experiences came to shape their ideas.
Warren has a wonderful way of weaving the personal with the public, so that, while he tells the grim story of, for example, Nietzsche's emotional trials and Sartre and Foucault's struggles with love, he is also explaining very complex philosophical ideas in an accessible way.
He manages to...
2022-04-2030 min
Outspoken MalenyKevin Smith in conversationKevin grew up on the western edge of the Snowy Mountains, in a small sawmill village. He has worked primarily in drama and theatre, as actor, writer and teacher. His poetry has been published in Australia and overseas but Awake to the Rest of My Days is his first anthology.
His poems have been runners-up, finalists, short-listed, gained special mentions, commendations and honourable mentions in major competitions around the world. Mark Tredennick says that Kevin is ‘a rare voice in Australian poetry… his poems remind us what poetry is for.’
Kevin is well known in Maleny where he has lived for ma...
2022-03-2330 min
Outspoken MalenyScott Ludlam in conversationThe tag line on the cover of Scott’s remarkable new book, Full Circle, says simply: ‘Australia lost a Senator, the world gained a luminous writer’ and that just about sums it up. Ludlam proves to be more than just erudite, he’s prepared to enlist descriptions of the very foundations of life into his argument for a better understanding of our place in the world, and the responsibilities that come with it.
In Full Circle Ludlam seeks old and new ways to make our systems humane, regenerative and more in tune with nature. He shines a light on the bankrupt...
2022-03-2330 min
Outspoken MalenyDavid Williamson in conversationDavid Williamson is the most produced playwright in the history of Australian theatre.
Now, after 50 years of mainstage productions and numerous film scripts – a remarkable body of work – David has written his long-awaited memoir, Home Truths. In the book he reveals how a childhood defined by marital discord sparked a lifelong fascination with the capacity for drama to explore emotional conflict; but also about the anxiety that plagued him as he crafted his plays, notwithstanding the joy of connecting with an audience. He writes, too, about the great love story that defined his personal life.
Fearless, candid and witty, David disc...
2021-10-2130 min
Outspoken MalenyAnthony Mullins in conversationAnthony is a BAFTA and AWGIE award-winning screen-writer. His first short film STOP! was selected for Official Competition at Cannes, and one of his first television gigs was writing webisodes for the ground-breaking US television series LOST. Anthony has been a script producer and script editor on numerous award-winning shows, including Safe Harbour – which won the 2019 International Emmy for best Mini-Series. He has a doctorate in visual arts from the Queensland College of the Arts, where he teaches regularly.
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The Investor Mindset - Name Your Number Show [$]E231: My Journey Into Real Estate Investing – Steven PesaventoWe’ve interviewed hundreds of successful investors all across the globe on this show. Today, I think it’s time to share my own story with all of you. Find out more about our investing opportunities here 👉 www.vonfinch.com/invest 👈I grew up in a blue-collar life that was admittedly quite chaotic; multiple divorces, multiple moves, and a lot of other changes in between—but it is that kind of life that helped me get to where I am today. When I started investing in real estate, I flipped dozens and dozens of houses until I built quite...
2021-06-2841 minEarl Grey and PicardEarl Grey and Picard - GravityIs Gravity the better Tuvok episode than season 2's Meld? Would Noss and Tuvok have gotten together if Tuvok wasn't married? Is this episode's gin better than last episode's? These important questions answered in this episode!
2021-06-261h 14
Outspoken MalenyLuke Stegemann in conversationLuke Stegemann is an award-winning Australian Hispanist, author of The Beautiful Obscure, recipient of the Malaspina Award for his outstanding contribution to the development of cultural relations between Australia and Spain.
His new book, Amnesia Road - winner of the Queensland Literary award for non-fiction this year - is a compelling literary examination of historic violence in rural areas of Australia and Spain. It is also an unashamed celebration of the beautiful landscapes where this violence was carried out. Travelling and writing across two locations – the seldom-visited mulga plains of south-west Queensland and the backroads of rural Andalusia - Luke un...
2021-06-0630 min
Outspoken MalenyIan Lowe in conversationIan Lowe AO is a bona fide Australian treasure. He is currently Emeritus Professor of Science, Technology and Society (and former Head of Science) at Griffith University; the author of ten books and uncounted articles; a former President of the Aust Conservation Society and the recipient of the Konrad Lorenz Gold Medal, awarded by the International Academy of Sciences. Just to begin with.
His new book, Long Half-life is a timely and riveting account of the political, social and scientific complexities of the nuclear industry, revealing the power of vested interests, the subjectivities of scientists and the transformative force of...
2021-06-0630 min
Outspoken MalenyHugh Mackay in conversationHugh Mackay is probably Australia’s best-known ‘social psychologist’. He’s written twenty-two books, including Advance Australia… where?, The Art of Belonging, and Beyond Belief. He appears regularly on television, radio and newspapers as a commentator. Being multi-talented he doesn’t stop there, he’s also published seven novels. His new book, however, is The Kindness Revolution, in which he examines the way our society is developing, asking if it might be possible that Australia be not simply the Lucky Country, if it might become the Loving Country, a place where compassion reigns.
‘Revolutions,’ Mackay writes, ‘never start at the top. If we dare to d...
2021-06-0630 min
Outspoken MalenyMelanie Myers in conversationMelanie is a Brisbane-based writer, editor, academic and occasional actor. She is a graduate of QUT’s nationally acclaimed acting program and has a Doctorate in Creative Writing. In 2018, she won the Qld Literary Awards Glendower for an Emerging Writer for her manuscript 'Garrison Town', which was published as Meet Me at Lennon’s by UQP in 2019. Meet Me at Lennon's was shortlisted for the 2020 Qld Premier’s Award for a work of State Significance and the 2020 Courier-Mail’s People Choice Award.
Her work has appeared in a variety of publications including Kill Your Darlings, Overland, Arena Magazine, Griffith Review and Heca...
2021-06-0630 minEarl Grey and PicardEarl Grey and Picard - MeldDan and Steven review Voyager Season 2's Meld. Is this the best Tuvok episode of Voyager? What will Dan and Steven drink when beer is not an option? Is Tuvok really disgusted by all humans? All these questions answered and MORE!
2021-05-2144 min
Outspoken MalenyRussell McGregor in conversationRussell McGregor is Associate Professor of history at James Cook University in Townsville. He has published extensively on the history of settler Australian attitudes toward Aboriginal people. His other research interests are in Australian nationalism and environmental history. Here he speaks about his biography of Alec Chisholm, Idling In Green Places.
Alec Chisholm was a naturalist, journalist, newspaper editor and author, but, above all an ornithologist with a passion for Australian birds and the Australian landscape. All but forgotten now Chisholm was once one of the most well-known writers, editors and conservationists in the country. He started early; by the...
2021-05-0530 min
Outspoken MalenyDr Karl in conversationWhile he’s best known for his radio and television work Karl also has degrees in Physics and Maths, Biomedical Engineering, Medicine and Surgery. He has worked as a physicist, tutor, film-maker, car mechanic, labourer, and as a medical doctor at the Kids’ Hospital in Sydney. He is the present Julius Sumner Miller Fellow at Sydney University, where his ‘mission’ is to spread the good word about science and its benefits. He is one of only 100 ‘Apple Masters’ an award which celebrates the achievements of people who are changing the world through their passion and vision, while inspiring new approaches to creative...
2021-05-0330 minThe Entrepreneur Ride Along Podcast - Online Business and Niche Site Ideas for Entrepreneurs019 – Building, Buying, and Scaling Online Businesses with Steven FoustToday, I am excited to bring Steven Foust back on to the Entrepreneur Ride Along Podcast! Steven was last on the podcast in episode 10, talking about his new online business Army Promotion Point.Today, Steven comes back to the podcast to share an amazing update on his progress. In less than twelve months Steven bought two new websites (in the same niche) with 200,000+ website visitors per month, acquired a Facebook page with over 200,000 followers, and launched a few new products to turn a struggling niche website into a $4,000 per month powerhouse that is growing faster every month.
2021-04-3048 minEarl Grey and PicardLearning CurveAfter last weeks not so great Tuvok episode, Dan and Steven review the slightly more Tuvok-centric episode, Learning Curve. They also sample some new IPAs from Waterloo Brewing, Collective Arts and Muskoka Brewing. Live long and prosper!
2021-04-1242 min
Outspoken MalenyMarian Wilkinson in conversationMarian Wilkinson is regarded as one of the most distinguished journalists in Australia. She has won two Walkley Awards and was the first executive producer of Four Corners. She was a senior journalist for many years with The Sydney Morning Herald, was the Washington correspondent for The National Times and The Age and a senior reporter for The Australian. She is the author of three books of investigative journalism, including Dark Victory, co-authored with David Marr.
In the summer of 2019/20, as Australia burned and smoke from its fires encircled the planet, a lot of people wondered why a country with...
2021-04-0830 min
Outspoken MalenyKatie McMahon in conversationWe're delighted to introduce debut novelist Katie McMahon, talking about her novel, out in March, The Mistake.
While Bec and Kate are sisters, they couldn’t be less alike. Bec is living the domestic dream with her surgeon husband Stuart and three perfect children. So why does she find herself so attracted to free-spirited Ryan?
Kate’s life is hardly a dream. But when she meets Adam – tall, kind, funny – things start looking up. Until she finds out he’s been keeping secrets from her.
‘I absolutely loved this novel: fresh, funny and heartfelt. I didn't want it to end!’ Liane Moriarty...
2021-04-0830 min
Adventures In Online Business"Ride Along" With Niche Website Builder Jake LangWe have a special guest this week on the show! Meet Jake Lang, a good friend and serial entrepreneur who's scaling his brand and spreading his influence across the Niche Website Universe! Ton's of great value in this episode! Jake also shares the latest on his new book that helps new entrepreneurs come up with that first idea to fuel an online business of their own! Check out Jake Lang and learn how he can help you start, build, and grow your very first (or second, or third) online business!Check out the pre-sale of J...
2021-04-0556 min
Adventures In Online Business025. "Ride Along" With Niche Website Builder Jake LangWe have a special guest this week on the show! Meet Jake Lang, a good friend and serial entrepreneur who's scaling his brand and spreading his influence across the Niche Website Universe! Ton's of great value in this episode! Jake also shares the latest on his new book that helps new entrepreneurs come up with that first idea to fuel an online business of their own! Check out Jake Lang and learn how he can help you start, build, and grow your very first (or second, or third) online business!Check out the pre-sale of J...
2021-04-0556 minEarl Grey and PicardEarl Grey and Picard - Ex Post FactoIn the new season of Earl Grey and Picard, Dan and Steven discuss the first great Tuvok episode and outline what will be discussed in season two. Spoiler! It's Tuvok and new beers!
2021-04-0155 minEarl Grey and PicardEarl Grey and Picard - Star Trek Picard ThoughtsOn a very special episode of Earl Grey and Picard, one year in the making, Dan and Steven share their thoughts on Star Trek Picard and the other Star Trek iterations in 2020. They also review some new beers, all from Southern Ontario, Canada. Improved audio quality ... finally!
2021-03-121h 07
Practicing Catholic ShowCatherine Patros and Steven Lang: Totus Tuus MissionariesThis week on Practicing Catholic, Drs. Dave and Catherine Deavel provide a preview of their upcoming Faith & Culture Series presentation on Sexual Morality. The Faith & Culture Series is part of our Archdiocesan Synod process, which is inspired by the thousands of participants at the Prayer and Listening Events, and connects their stories to the story of the Church. Next up, we’ll hear from Steven Lang Catherine Patros as they share about their experiences as Totus Tuus Missionaries. Lastly, Andy and Deirdre Jameson from Twin Cities Retrouvaille share about an upcoming retreat offering tools needed to rediscover a loving marriage.
2021-01-2514 min
Meeting in Middle America with Steven Olikara#25 - Author and Activist Mary Lang Sollinger on Respect, Empowerment and InclusionIn the latest “Meeting in Middle America” podcast, host Steven Olikara interviews activist and organizer Mary Lang Sollinger, who authored “From Inspiration to Activism: A Personal Journey Through Obama’s Presidential Campaign.” Her book was recently recognized by the Chicago Writers Association’s Book of the Year award in the independent nonfiction category. In this week’s interview, Sollinger highlights some of the most meaningful sections of the book, which documents her experiences fundraising and door-to-door canvassing during the campaign.
“Meeting in Middle America” is a collaboration between the Lubar Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Wisconsin—Milwauke...
2020-12-1151 minThe Entrepreneur Ride Along Podcast - Online Business and Niche Site Ideas for Entrepreneurs010 – Building an Online Business with Steven FoustToday, I share a conversation with Steven Foust from Army Promotion Point. In today's conversation, Steven talks about his experience going through my 5-week Build a Business program, and his experience building online businesses from scratch. Today, we get insight into Steven's thought process, actions, and goals that go into building a business. You get to see behind the scenes of Steven's online businesses.Since our interview, Steven has also started a new website at //armypromotionpointscalculator.com/.Enjoy!
2020-06-2639 minEarl Grey and PicardEarl Grey and Picard - All Good Things...Dan and Steven are back and coming to you from our respective apartments during a quarantine. Must be all Q's doing, up to one of his silly games. Anyway, for the final episode of our TNG run, we talk about All Good Things, the series finale of TNG. Is this the best Q episode? Why was there such a hiatus between episodes for us? Can Steven find flaws in the writers temporal causality paradox? Tune is to listen to our longest episode yet!
2020-04-121h 22Earl Grey and PicardEarl Grey and Picard - TapestryDan and Steven welcome a special guest in this episode, Dave! This episode we talk about the season 6 episode; Tapestry. Is this the best Q episode in the series? Was it really all a dream or did Q really help Picard? What new beers (if any) have we reviewed today? All this will be answered in this brand new episode.
2019-12-2254 min
Outspoken MalenyLeigh Robshaw in conversationLeigh Robshaw is a journalist, free-lance writer, copywriter, business blogger and sub-editor. She writes for a remarkable range of magazines and publications. Now she has written a fast-paced, colourful and sometimes shocking memoir, You Had Me at Hola, set in South America and Mexico.
A young Australian woman meets a beautiful Peruvian artisan in a market in San Telmo, Buenos Aires. Sensing a deep connection, they fall in love and begin a new life together. Over a period of three years, they travel the continent selling handmade jewellery in the streets and squares of Latin America, dodging police and bandits...
2019-11-0630 min
Outspoken MalenyClare Bowditch in conversationClare Bowditch is a musician, an actor, radio presenter, educator and now author (on her website she calls herself music maker/story baker/educator). She visited Maleny to talk about her memoir, Your Own Kind of Girl, a revealing story of a childhood punctuated by grief, anxiety and compulsion, a story that tells how these forces shaped her life for better and for worse. It is a heartbreaking, wise and at times playful. In this podcast she also sings a couple of her songs.
Clare won an Aria Award for Best Female Artist in 2006, was nominated for a Logie for...
2019-11-0630 minEarl Grey and PicardEarl Grey and Picard - Chain of CommandIs this Patrick Stewart's finest performance on TNG? Why does Picard not wear any briefs under his one piece outfit? What sort of material did Patrick Stewart watch in preparation for this episode? All these questions are tackled in this episode of Earl Grey and Picard!
2019-11-0440 minEarl Grey and PicardEarl Grey and Picard - The Inner LightDan and Steven talk about the infamous Inner Light episode, the second to last episode of season 5. Is this the best Picard episode ever? Why was there never a sequel this episode? Did this forever change Picard? Just some of the questions we'll be tackling in this week's episode. Also, new beers!
2019-10-0754 minEarl Grey and PicardEarl Grey and Picard - DarmokDan and Steven talk about season 5's "Darmok" and why it's such a great Picard episode. They wonder how an alien race with such a strange way of communicating could ever design a starship and they try their hand at the Tamarian language themselves ... with mixed results.
2019-09-3050 minEarl Grey and PicardEarl Grey and Picard - Devil's DueDan and Steven talk about the often overlooked Devil's Due episode from TNG's fourth season. They may not agree on how awesome this episode is, but one thing they can agree on; Troi seducing Picard is so weird!!!
2019-09-0550 minEarl Grey and PicardEarl Grey and Picard - FamilyDan and Steven talk about what makes TNG's "Family" episode such a great Picard episode. They also get a little personal with their own family stories and talk about what a Picard show might be like if it took place underwater!
2019-08-1954 minEarl Grey and PicardEarl Grey and Picard - Best of Both WorldsIn this episode, Dan and I will be talking about The Best of Both Worlds, the season finale of season 3. Is this really a Picard episode? Why are the Borg such a good villain? Do we like Commander Shelby? These will be discussed.
Also, of course, fine Ontario Craft Beers. Spoiler alert, not all are good this time!
Have a listen!
2019-08-0250 minEarl Grey and PicardEarl Grey and Picard - Encounter at Farpoint The introductory episode where Steven Lang and Dan MacLeod discuss the first great Jean-Luc Picard episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Encounter at Far Point.
Also Earl Grey ... where the Earl Grey is the beer they bought that day and discuss what they think of it.
Picard and Beer, what could be better?
2019-07-1543 minEarl Grey and PicardEarl Grey and Picard - Measure of a ManEpisode 2 of Earl Grey and Picard where Steven and Dan talk about Picard's next best episode after Encounter at Farpoint, Measure of a Man. This is Picard at his best where he defends Data's basic rights against Maddox, the commander who wants to disassemble him to make a race of Datas.
Some fine Ontario craft beer is also discussed.
2019-07-1548 min
Outspoken MalenyMary Garden in conversationMary Garden was born and raised in New Zealand, but has lived in Australia for much of her adult life. She also spent several years in India, on a spiritual quest. Her experiences in that country were the subject of her first memoir The Serpent Rising: a journey of spiritual seduction. She moved to Maleny in 1989 and has had strong connections to the town ever since.
Her new book, Sundowner of the Skies, is a memoir/biography of her father, a famous aviator who achieved notoriety when he became the youngest and most inexperienced pilot to fly solo from England...
2019-06-2530 min
Outspoken MalenyAnna Funder in conversationBefore turning to writing full-time in the late 1990’s, Anna Funder worked as an international lawyer for the Australian Government, focusing on human rights, constitutional law, and treaty negotiation. After jettisoning her legal career to write Stasiland, she jobbed for a time as a radio and television documentary producer at the ABC.
Stasiland describes the period Anna spent in the former East Germany, after the wall came down. It tells the stories of people who heroically resisted the communist dictatorship of East Germany, and of people who worked for its secret police, the Stasi. Shortlisted for many awards in Australia an...
2019-06-2530 min
Outspoken MalenyAnne Summers in conversationI was born into a world that expected very little of women like me. We were meant to tread lightly on the earth, influencing events through our husbands and children, if at all. We were meant to fade into invisibility as we aged. I defied all of those expectations and so have millions of women like me.’
Anne Summers has been prominent in Australian media, politics and feminist activism for more than four decades. She is the author of eight books, including the remarkable Damn Whores and God’s Police, still in print forty-four years after it was first published.
Anne...
2019-03-0330 min
Outspoken MalenyMelissa Fagan in conversationFor all who know Brisbane, McWhirters, a once celebrated department store in Fortitude Valley, is an icon. For Melissa Fagan it is also the starting point for a remarkable exploration of her mother and grandmother’s lives, a poignant reminder of the ways in which retail stores and fashion have connected women’s lives across the decades.
Behind the dusty shop counters of an Art Deco treasure, Melissa discovered both what had been lost and what continued to shine. Her book is, ultimately, a tender exploration of self and family, speaking of the ways in which life surprises us and of h...
2019-03-0330 min
Outspoken MalenyKerry O'Brien in conversationIn his intimate ground-breaking memoir, told with wit and insight, Kerry O’Brien reflects on the big events he has observed, on lessons learned and ignored, on the foibles and strengths of the public figures who construct our world. The end result is an engrossing study of a life lived in the public eye, a life intrinsically bound up in nearly three-quarters of a century of social and political history.
Kerry is one of Australia’s most respected journalists. He has won six Walkley awards including the Gold Walkley and the Walkley for outstanding leadership in journalism. In a career span...
2018-12-2830 min
Outspoken MalenyShelley Davidow in conversationShelley discusses her recently published memoir Shadow Sisters.
During the terrifying years of Apartheid in South Africa, Shelley Davidow’s family was a crime. At a time when it was illegal for black and white people to live together, Shelley’s social activist parents took in Rosie, an abandoned black three-year-old. Rosie grew up as a beloved daughter and sister in a white household. Against the backdrop of racist laws and ever-present threats of violence, Shelley’s parents did all they could to provide a safe, happy home for their five children. But when Rosie was sixteen, devastating truths came to lig...
2018-12-2830 min
Outspoken MalenyGillian Triggs in conversationGillian Triggs has had a long and diverse career in International Law. Born in London she migrated along with her parents to Australia in 1958, when she was thirteen. She attended school in Melbourne and studied law at Melbourne University, then went to Texas to do a Masters in Law, working with the Dallas Police Force on the implementation of the Civil Rights Act. She completed a doctorate a decade or so later. In 1982 she was admitted to the Supreme Court of Victoria as a barrister and solicitor. Soon after that she joined Mallesons Stephen Jaques as a consultant on International...
2018-10-1830 min
Outspoken MalenyPatrick Nunn in conversationPatrick Nunn is here to talk about his recently published book The Edge of Memory, Ancient Stories, Oral Tradition and the Post-Glacial World.
Patrick is the author of several other books, including the popular Vanished Islands and Hidden Continents of the Pacific. He is, at present, Professor of Geography at the University of the Sunshine Coast but is well known for the work he undertook in the Pacific Islands where he was, for 25 years, part of the faculty of the University of the South Pacific, holding the positions of Professor of Oceanic Geoscience and pro-Vice Chancellor. His early work on...
2018-10-1830 min
Outspoken MalenyClare Dunn in conversationWe begin with Josepha Dietrich whose memoir In Danger was published by UQP earlier this year. By way of introduction I’m going to take the unusual step of reading the author note from the front of her book as a way of describing her because, honestly, I can’t think of a better description:
Josie Dietrich is an English immigrant to Australia. She lives in Brisbane in the home she and her partner built on passive house principles. After coming out of a long reign as a carer, she’s worked as a research assisant for universities on projects to imp...
2018-10-1030 min
Outspoken MalenyKristina Olsson in conversationKristina Olsson is a Brisbane-based writer. She worked as a journalist for many years, writing for The Australian, The Courier-Mail and The Sunday Telegraph. She has written both novels and memoirs, including The China Garden and Boy, Lost, the memoir about her mother and about Kristina’s missing brother, which won the 2014 NSW Premier's Prize for nonfiction and was shortlisted for the Stella Prize. Just this month Simon & Schuster have chosen Kristina’s new novel, Shell, to launch the literary imprint of Scribner in Australia.
Kristina has been to Maleny several times, some of you may remember her visiting Rosetta Book...
2018-10-1030 min
The Creative Hustler Podcast123: Taxes, Accounting, & Financial Planning Made Specifically for Designers with Peter LangWhat’s Up, Creative Hustlers! Steven here. Today, from sunny San Diego, I’m talking with Peter Lang, the designers CPA. He’s on a mission to help designers and creatives make smarter financial decisions so they can focus on what they do best…. Being creative!
2018-07-2620 min
Outspoken MalenyGareth Evans in conversationGareth Evans was a representative for the Australian Labor Party in both the Senate and the House of Representatives for twenty-one years, from 1978 to 1999. During that time he served as a member of Cabinet for fourteen years in the Hawke and Keating governments, including seven and a half as Foreign Minister, a role in which, it is univerally acknowledged, he excelled.
After leaving politics he became President and CEO of the International Crisis Group from 2000 to 2009, during which period the organisation grew to become the pre-eminent international non-government organisation (NGO) working on the prevention and resolution of deadly conflict.
He...
2017-12-1030 min
Download Top Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, BusinessObroni and the Chocolate Factory: An Unlikely Story of Globalization and Ghana's First Chocolate Bar by Steven WallacePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303769 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Obroni and the Chocolate Factory: An Unlikely Story of Globalization and Ghana's First Chocolate Bar Author: Steven Wallace Narrator: Tom Parks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 45 minutes Release date: November 7, 2017 Genres: Business Publisher's Summary: What country makes the best chocolate? Most people would answer “Switzerland,” or, if they’re discerning, “Belgium” or “France.” But, how many cocoa trees grow in Zurich? Lyon? Antwerp? Shouldn’t the country known for growing the best cocoa beans be the one that makes the best chocolate? So, captivated by theories of international trade but with p...
2017-11-0703 min
Outspoken MalenySteven Lang in conversationIn this podcast Outspoken organiser and interviewer swaps chairs and is interviewed by Kate Evans from ABC Radio National about his new novel, Hinterland, which is set in the fictional town of Winderran. Kate came to Maleny for the occasion.
2017-07-1330 min
Outspoken MalenyShelley Davidow in conversationShelley Davidow is the author of Whisperings in the Blood, a memoir in which immigrant voyages, repeated from one generation to the next, form the basis of an extraordinary story that explores the heartache and emotional legacies created by those who leave their homelands forever. It tells the story of her grandfather, Jacob Frank, who leaves his village in Lithuania to sail to America, of her mother, leaving America to go to South Africa, and her own voyage repeating these and other journeys before settling in Australia. Shelley now lives on the Sunshine Coast.
2017-03-2830 min
Outspoken MalenyA C Grayling in conversationA C Grayling is a genuine example of that much bandied about thing, a most remarkable man. Born in Rhodesia, raised in Nyasaland, he discovered a love for philosophy at the age of twelve, going on to study at ever more prestigious institutions, culminating in Magdelene College, Oxford.
Apart from being the author of thirty books he writes widely on contemporary issues, including war crimes, euthenasia, secularism, the legalisation of drugs and human rights. He founded the New College of The Humanities, an independent undergraduate college in London, where he is presently the Master, and was, just this year, awarded...
2017-03-2730 min
Outspoken MalenyMalachy Tallack in conversationMalachy Tallack is from the Shetland Isles, as far north in Scotland as you can go. He attracted a lot of attention with his first book, 60 Degrees North, an account of his journey around the world along the line of the 60th latitude. It was a book that Robert MacFarlane described as brave and beautiful, chosen by BBC Radio 4 as Book of the Week. He was in Australia to promote his new work, The Un-Discovered Islands, a study on islands of imagination, deception and human error. Also well-known as a singer songwriter with four albums to his name, in the...
2017-03-0130 min
Outspoken MalenyKári Gíslason in conversationKári Gíslason was born in Iceland. He’s the author of four books, two non-fiction and two novels. The Promise of Iceland tells the story of return journeys he’s made to his birthplace, while Saga Land: The island of stories at the edge of the world, co-written with Richard Fidler, is an account of visits they made together to the places where the Icelandic sagas actually took place. It won the Indie Book Award for Non-Fiction in 2018.
Here he discusses his new novel, The Ashburner. Kári comes back onto the stage to answer questions at the end of...
2016-10-1930 min
Outspoken MalenyRichard Fidler in conversationRichard Fidler is best known these days for his Conversations with Richard Fidler on ABC radio. Conversations is the most podcast program on the ABC, with 1.8m podcasts downloaded a month, which, by any standards, is a lot of podcasts.
But Richard had an earlier career, before he morphed into Australia’s best interviewer. He started out in the trio the Doug Anthony All Stars in the 80s, playing guitar in the ensemble with Paul McDermott and Tim Ferguson. All three of them have gone on to be significant figures in Australian cultural life, but at the time DAAS was an...
2016-10-1930 min
Outspoken MalenyElspeth Muir in conversationTallking about her book Wasted, Text 2016
In 2009 Elspeth Muir’s youngest brother, Alexander, finished his last university exam and went out with some mates on the town. Later that night he wandered to the Story Bridge. He put his phone, wallet, T-shirt and thongs on the walkway, climbed over the railing, and jumped thirty metres into the Brisbane River below.
Three days passed before police divers pulled his body out of the water. When Alexander had drowned, his blood-alcohol reading was almost five times the legal limit for driving.
Why do some of us drink so much, and what happens wh...
2016-07-0230 min
Outspoken MalenyClare Dunn in conversationThe World Without Us, Mireille's third novel, is set somewhere in the Hinterland of NSW's north coast, and concerns the Muller family, Stefan, Evangeline and their two daughters. Stefan, a beekeeper, is originally from Germany, while Evangeline grew up on a commune in the hills behind where they live. The story is woven around the absence of a third daughter, Pip, and the way they each deal with the grief her loss has provoked. At the same time it also braids within its cloth the radically changing landscape wrought by the work miners and loggers, as well as the mysterious...
2016-07-0230 min
Outspoken MalenyMagda Szubanski in conversationMagda Szubanski is one of Australia’s most beloved performers, most famous for her role in Kath and Kim as Sharon Strzelecki, but also for her work in the comedy sketch programs Fast Forward, the D-Generation, and, of course, as Esme Hoggett in the film Babe.
In this new and extraordinary memoir, Reckoning, Magda describes her journey of self-discovery from a suburban childhood haunted by the demons of her father’s espionage activities and the secret awareness of her sexuality, to the complex dramas of adulthood and her need to find out the truth about herself and her family. With cour...
2015-10-1530 min
Outspoken MalenyPaul Williams in conversationPaul Williams is Program Coordinator in Creative Writing at Sunshine Coast University and the author of several short stories and novels. His most recent book is Cokcraco, an exhilarating, playful and witty novel about writing, identity and literary KritiKs.
Some comments from reviews:
'Ever since Don Quixote, novelists have been taking the piss. In Cokcraco Paul Williams does exactly that, turning the full beam of his satirical spotlight on the civil wars in university departments, the cultish bunkum of literary theory, the self-obsession of creative writing courses and the self-flagellation of white liberal guilt… a strange, funny, intelligent and quite un...
2015-10-1530 min
Outspoken MalenyTim Flannery in conversationProfessor Tim Flannery is one of Australia’s leading writers on climate change. An internationally acclaimed scientist, explorer and conservationist, he was named Australian of the Year in 2007.
He has held various academic positions including Professor at the University of Adelaide, director of the South Australian Museum in Adelaide, Principal Research Scientist at the Australian Museum and Visiting Chair in Australian Studies at Harvard University in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology.
His books include Throwim Way Leg, Here on Earth, The Future Eaters and The Weather Makers. Under the Gillard government he was appointed Climate Change Commissioner, with th...
2015-09-0830 min
Outspoken MalenyKate Holden in conversationKate Holden is the author of the memoirs In My Skin and The Romantic, Italian Nights and Days. In My Skin was nominated for many awards and was published in twelve countries. Her stories and columns have appeared regularly in The Age as well as The Monthly, Cleo, New Woman and the Weekend Australian.
The biography on her website begins with the tantalising entry:
I was born in Melbourne in 1972 and, apart from some time in Rome, Shanghai and London, I have always lived here. I went to progressive community schools and the University of Melbourne, where I got an...
2015-09-0830 min
Outspoken MalenyKate Grenville in conversationKate Grenville is one of Australia’s most popular and best-known writers. Her novel The Secret River won the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize and was short-listed for the Man Booker, the Miles Franklin and the IMPAC Awards. Her earlier novel, The Idea of Perfection, won The Orange Prize in 2001. Grenville’s other novels include Sarah Thornhill, The Lieutenant, Lilian’s Story, Dark Places and Joan Makes History.
In this podcast she discusses her new book: One Life: My Mother's Story, a deeply moving homage to her mother by one of Australia’s finest writers.
2015-09-0230 min
Outspoken MalenyOlivera Cimic in conversationOlivera Simic is the author of Surviving Peace, a Political Memoir, a heartfelt account of life before, during and after the Bosnian War and the NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999. Simić provides a greater understanding of the Balkan Wars while ensuring we don’t forget the horrors and enduring impact of any war. Combining an academic sensibility with personal experience she describes how she found the determination to build a new life when the old one was irretrievable.
2015-09-0230 min
Outspoken MalenyAndrew MacMillen - Talking SmackAndrew’s journalism has been published in, amongst other places, Rolling Stone, Good Weekend, Wired, The Guardian, The Monthly, The Australian, Qweekend, GQ Australia, The Sydney Morning Herald, Backchannel and, The Saturday Paper.
2015-07-2230 min
Outspoken MalenyJohn Birmingham in conversationJohn Birmingham is the author of the cult classic He Died With a Falafel in His Hand; the award-winning history Leviathan; the Axis of Time series and the Disappearance trilogy. He contributes to a wide range of newspapers and magazines including the Sydney Morning Herald, The Brisbane Times and The Monthly on topics as diverse as the future of coal (and media) as well as national security. He began his working life as a research officer with the Defence Department's Office of Special Clearances and Records.
In 2015 he's taken the radical step of publishing the three Dave Hooper books all...
2015-07-2230 min
The Motorcar Marketing PodcastMM Podcast Episode 023: Getting Your Car Dealer License With Steven LangIn this episode of the Motorcar Marketing Podcast I talk with Steven Lang about when you should get your car dealer license and how to do it once you’ve decided it’s the right career move for you. The podcast is available in iTunes, YouTube, Stitcher (for Android users), the Windows Marketplace, and the Blackberry store […]
2014-12-0145 min
Outspoken MalenyEllen van Neerven in conversationA conversation with last year’s David Unaipon Award winning author Ellen van Neerven about her debut novel Heat and Light. Ellen’s writing has appeared widely in publications such as McSweeney’s and the Review of Australian Fiction. She works at the State Library of Queensland as part of the ‘black&write’ Indigenous writing and editing project. She’s the editor of the digital collection Writing Black: New Indigenous Writing from Australia.
2014-10-2430 min
Outspoken MalenyHenry Reynolds in conversationHenry Reynolds is Australia’s pre-eminent historian. In the early eighties he single-handedly changed the way Australian history was conducted when he shone a light on the way the country had been settled with his book The Other Side of the Frontier.
His work prompted a flowering of study about Aboriginal-White relations throughout the two hundred years since white settlement. Reynolds himself went on to write more than twelve books focusing on the subject, including the best selling Why Weren’t We Told?, a very personal account of how he came to understand that he, like most people in Australia, had...
2014-10-2430 min
Outspoken MalenyGraeme Simsion in conversation 6.10.14Australian author Graeme Simsion’s first novel, The Rosie Project, was an international publishing phenomenon, selling over a million copies in more than forty countries. The novel's hero is, according to The Guardian, one of those rare fictional characters – like Adrian Mole or Bridget Jones – destined to take up residence in the popular consciousness. In the highly anticipated sequel, The Rosie Effect, Don Tillman and Rosie are married and living in New York. Don has been teaching while Rosie completes her secondyear at Columbia Medical School. Just as Don is about to announce that his philandering best friend from Austral...
2014-10-0600 min
Outspoken MalenySally Piper in conversationSally's novel Grace's Table is a 'wise and tender novel about food, friendship and marriage...' It's a delightful slow burn of a book, which places the kitchen at the centre of the home, the room in which nourishment is given and received and, in the end, everything is revealed. ‘the women in this novel don’t heed the rules for ageing quietly… they pull us into their past and present with their wise-cracking talk and acerbic wit...' Kristina Olsson author of Boy Lost
2014-10-0600 min
Outspoken MalenyKaren Joy Fowler in conversationKaren Joy Fowler is the author of six novels and four collections of short stories. She's the winner of several major awards, including two Nebulas and the PEN/Faulkner, this last for We Are All completely Beside Ourselves, the novel she was primarily discussing on her tour of Australia. At the time of the interview the book had been long-listed for the Man Booker Prize. Two days later it was bumped up into the short-list.
2014-09-0830 min
2014-09-0730 min