Best of Artbeat – 21 October 2022

Bec Bowman returns for another week of Best of Artbeat!

Penny Shaw jumps into the studio with her to chat all about the[Our Women on the Podium](https://perthsymphony.com/education/womenonthepodium/) event- a unique conducting and leadership project platforming female musicians from Western Australia.

Bec chats with [Australian Short Story Festival](https://australianshortstoryfestival.com/) chair Susan Midalia about this year’s event at Fremantle Arts Centre.

And we celebrate [Molly Schmit](https://www.fremantle.wa.gov.au/news-and-media/local-author-wins-city-fremantle-hungerford-award#:~:text=Fremantle%20author%20Molly%20Schmidt%20has,fiction%20or%20narrative%20non%2Dfiction.), winner of the [2022 Fremantle TAG Hungerford Award](https://fremantlepress.com.au/submissions/hungerford/)for an unpublished manuscript for her story Salt River Road - a tale informed by the knowledge and wisdom of Albany’s Traditional Owners.