Episodes
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As an antique dealer, Athol Salter has peddled in other people’s stories for over sixty years. From humble beginnings in his Junque Shop in country New South Wales in the 1960s to Dirty Janes in the Southern Highlands, he has rummaged through ramshackle huts, dealt with dubious property from deceased estates and cleared grand country properties and crumbling mansions looking for pieces filled with stories to pass on. Beeswax and Tall Tales includes not just snippets from Athol’s hilarious and poignant life, but the stories told in the antiques he trades and the enchanting people he meets along the way – from farmhands, colourful eccentrics and Italian migrants to long-lost relatives, British squires and a charming cockatoo…
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Kell Woods and Dani Vee - After the Forest chat about dark fairytales, nostalgia, women in history and writing.
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In this TAKEOVER superstar Adrian McKinty chats to Alex Dook about his new book The Detective Up Late.
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621. Mick Elliott and Dani Vee: Dads and Dogs
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In this episode we chat about Amal Awad’s new book Bitter & Sweet.
We also chat about the idea that:
⭐️ we are always coming of age,
⭐️ how we continue to lose and find ourselves,
⭐️ carrying the past,
⭐️ getting in your own way,
⭐️ appearance of a good life,
⭐️ liking yourself,
⭐️ what sustains you,
⭐️ food fiction and its cultural weight,
⭐️ the fragility of relationships,
⭐️ the expectations placed in women
⭐️ and are we asking ourselves the wrong questions?
‘The end of a relationship will always make us question how it started.’ 🩷 -
617. Sela Ahosivi-Atiola and Dan Vee: I Am Lupe
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S2E10. Queer Writes Session: Jonathan Butler with sydney khoo
Queer Writes Session (QWS) Podcast, a Words & Nerds spin off series hosted by Rob aka R.W.R. McDonald, in partnership with Blarney Books & Art in Port Fairy.
S2E10: In this episode guest interviewer, Jonathan Butler, chats with writer sydney khoo, about their novel, The Spider and her Demons, an urban fantasy spin on growing up as a second-generation immigrant, and sydney’s pathway to publication.
Resources mentioned and a transcript for this episode’s interview is available at QWS Podcast · R.W.R. McDonald https://rwrmcdonald.com/ -
616. Monthly Releases for July with Rory H Mather, Kristen Darell, Chenee Marrapodi and Dani Vee
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Pip Harry interviewed by a young fan!
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AL Tait and Dani Vee chat about Al’s new book The First Summer of Callie McGee
We talk about solving the puzzle of who we are and writing books outside our comfort zone.
We also talk about the importance of publicity for authors from a journalist’s perspective by thinking outside the box of your book, guest posting on blogs, making connections, getting your byline in the article, booksellers hand selling our books and the awesomeness of librarians - Show more
