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Books, Books, Books

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The latest books from the best writers. Join books writer, Nicole Abadee, as she interviews top Australian and international Authors about their new releases. Make yourself a cup of tea, pull up a comfy chair, and settle in for some great conversations.

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LAW SCHOOL SERIES - Gerry Simpson "The Sentimental Life of International Law"

May 29, 2023 20:36 - 1 hour - 56.5 MB

Nicole Abadee talks to Professor Gerry Simpson about his book "The Sentimental Life of International Law: Literature, Language and Longing in world politics." SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicoleabadee University of Sydney Law School Website: https://www.sydney.edu.au/law/ Facebook: @sydneylawschool Twitter: @SydneyLawScho...

LAW SCHOOL SERIES: Understanding Sharia Processes with Ghena Krayem

May 10, 2023 21:46 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MB

Associate Professor Ghena Krayem provides deep insights into her latest book, Understanding Sharia Processes – Women’s Experience of Family Disputes, explaining the difference between a religious and a civil law divorce and why an Islamic woman might want both, the different types of religious divorce, and the process for obtaining a religious divorce, considering recent improvements to make the process more female-friendly and suggesting further reforms. Fascinating. SHOW NOTES:  Nicole...

Storytelling & social justice: In conversation with Suzie Miller

March 08, 2023 03:08 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MB

This episode is a special presentation of the In Conversation Nicole Abadee did with award winning playwright and former human rights lawyer, Suzie Miller, for the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, about the importance and role of storytelling in social justice.  SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicoleabadee Suzie Miller Website: ...

LAW SCHOOL SERIES: Yane Svetiev “Experimentalist Competition Law and the Regulation of Markets”

February 20, 2023 11:02 - 1 hour - 58.4 MB

In this episode of the Books, Books, Books Law School Series, Professor Svetiev provides an up-to-date account of the evolution of competition law enforcement in the European Union, arguing that recent developments may be explained by a model of experimentalist governance based on learning from difference and learning from experience. He considers the extent to which an experimentalist governance model is either feasible or desirable, with detailed reference to recent cases and developments....

Griffith Review Series Issue #78 “A Matter of Taste” with Dr Carody Culver

December 22, 2022 19:54 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MB

Nicole talks to the new editor of Griffith Review, Dr Carody Culver about Griffith Review 78,  A Matter of Taste, which provides a feast of essays, memoir, reportage and fiction about what we eat and why. They discuss brilliant pieces by food writer Kate Gibbs (grand-daughter of Margaret Fulton) on the joys and future of cookbooks, historian Yves Rees on the milk wars and their origin, writer Laura Elvery on what happens when a food name is no longer appropriate and the backlash a name chang...

Bonnie Garmus "Lessons in Chemistry"

November 29, 2022 19:28 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MB

In this achingly tender, funny, clever debut novel set in the 1950s, talented  Elizabeth Zott confronts misogyny and worse as she battles to create a place for herself in the male-dominated world of research chemistry. Things get worse when she falls in love with brilliant fellow scientist Calvin. Here Garmus dsicusses how Betty Friedan’s “The Feminine Mystique” inspired her and the joys of creating such an unconventional, empowered protagonist. SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: http...

LAW SCHOOL SERIES: Dr Stacie Strong " Legal Reasoning Across Commercial Disputes"

November 01, 2022 20:02 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MB

In this week’s episode of the law school series, Nicole speaks with Dr Stacie Strong, Associate Professor, about her recent book, Legal Reasoning Across Commercial Disputes – Comparing Judicial and Arbitral Analyses¸ in which she considers the following three issues: Is legal reasoning in the judicial setting different from legal reasoning in the setting of commercial arbitration? Is legal reasoning in the context of international commercial arbitration different from that used in domesti...

GRIFFITH REVIEW SERIES: Issue #77 "Real Cool World"

September 20, 2022 04:10 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MB

In this edition of Griffith Review, which is produced in partnership with the Australian Antarctic Division, Ashley and Nicole discuss all things Antarctic –Australia’s role there, the fascinating million-year ice core project, the terrifying impact of climate change on the fragile Antarctic eco-systems and the melting of the ice sheets. SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee I...

Wendy McCarthy "Don't Be Too Polite Girls"

September 06, 2022 22:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

Feminist, activist and writer Wendy McCarthy reveals in her new memoir, “Don’t Be Too Polite, Girls” how to be a strong feminist, a good mother and a good wife  - all at the same time. Here she discusses how choosing the right life partner, her beloved Gordon McCarthy, enabled her to live a stimulating, purposeful life, with a brilliant career spanning the public, private, corporate and not-for-profit sectors. Her advice to women offered key roles? “Say yes and work it out later,” – just as ...

Sydney Law School Series: Teela Reid

August 15, 2022 04:21 - 1 hour - 60.2 MB

“I am first and foremost a First Nations woman. I am that before I am a lawyer”. In this wide-ranging conversation with Teela Reid, Sydney Law School’s first First Nations Lawyer in Residence, she discusses her remarkable career as lawyer, activist and storyteller – the life-changing decision to move from teaching to law,  her determination to make life better for the next generation of First Nations kids, her involvement in the Regional  Dialogues which led to the Uluru Statement From the...

Indira Naidoo "The Space Between the Stars"

August 04, 2022 07:15 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MB

When popular broadcaster Indira Naidoo lost her youngest sister to suicide she was plunged into a darkness like no other. Heartbroken and wracked with grief and guilt, her immediate response upon hearing the news was to flee to Sydney’s Botanic Gardens and seek solace between a towering Moreton Bay tree that she came to think of as her own. “The Space Between the Stars” is her achingly beautiful account of how that tree and a rediscovery of many other aspects  of nature – from birds to wee...

Isabel Allende "Violeta"

July 21, 2022 07:43 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MB

In her sixteenth novel, Violeta,  Isabel Allende has created an unforgettable heroine much like herself – fiercely independent, funny, passionate, devoted to her children and a powerful advocate for women’s rights and feminism. Like her other books, Violeta is a brilliant blend of the personal with the political – Violeta’s almost-one hundred years of life are book-ended by two pandemics – the Spanish Flu and Covid – and her life is shaped by the tumultuous events of the twentieth century – ...

Sydney Law School Series: “Self, Others and the State – Relations of Criminal Responsibility” with Arlie Loughnan

July 12, 2022 23:11 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MB

In her latest book, “Self, Others and the State – Relations of Criminal Responsibility”, Professor Loughnan reassesses the rise to prominence of criminal responsibility within the Australian criminal law in the twentieth century and reconsiders its significance within the criminal law. In this episode Nicole and Professor Loughnan discuss the central thesis of her book – that criminal responsibility is significant because of the unique role it plays in organising key sets of relations – betw...

GRIFFITH REVIEW SERIES: Issue #76 "Acts of Reckoning"

July 04, 2022 05:33 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MB

What might a reckoning between Black and white Australia look like? Many of the brilliant contributors to Griffith Review 76, “Acts of Reckoning”, such as Professor Megan Davis, leading scholar Teela Reid and Senator Patrick Dodson, argue that it starts with all of us embracing the generous invitation from Indigenous people in the Uluru Statement From the Heart to walk together towards a better future, one that begins with a constitutionally enshrined Voice to Parliament, then moves towards ...

Jennifer Egan "The Candy House"

June 14, 2022 21:56 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MB

Nicole Abadee talks to Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, Jennifer Egan, about her exciting new book "The Candy House."  SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicoleabadee Jennifer Egan Website: https://jenniferegan.com Simon & Schuster "The Candy House": https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Candy-House/Jennifer-Egan/97814767167...

Sydney Law School Series: “Non-Binding Norms in International Humanitarian Law – Efficacy, Legitimacy and Legality” by Emily Crawford

June 03, 2022 12:31 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MB

Emily and Nicole discuss how non-binding instruments or ‘soft law’ have been received in international humanitarian law by looking at specific examples, such as the ICRC Study into Customary International Humanitarian Law. Have they been adopted in state practice? Are they referred to by international and national courts and tribunals? They consider potential benefits, such as their potential to contribute in a positive way to the development and clarification of the law, but also the possib...

Kate Grenville "Writers for Climate Action"

May 12, 2022 05:04 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB

Nicole speaks to Kate Grenville about forming the "Writers for Climate Action" group, where she brings writers passionate about acting against climate change, together in a single space to fight the biggest challenge of our time and threat to our future.  "we've joined forces to act as a group because we believe that climate change is a threat to the future of our world. Individually we write about that world in our books. Now we want to use our collective voice to push back against the th...

Adelaide Writers Week: "Comrades in Words" with Charlotte Wood and Christos Tsiolkas

May 04, 2022 23:23 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MB

Books, Books, Books is proud to present "Comrade in Words" a session from Adelaide Writer's Week where Nicole facilitated a conversation between Charlotte Wood and Christos Tsiolkas about their latest works, friendship, how they function as artists, and the challenges of living a creative life.  SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicol...

Maria Tumarkin “When Women Speak of War: Artists reckon With Wars Declared and Hidden”

April 20, 2022 23:07 - 50 minutes - 45.8 MB

“When women speak of war they say nothing or almost nothing of what we are used to reading and hearing about”. These words, by Nobel-Prize-winning writer Svetlana Alexievich inspired acclaimed writer and cultural historian Maria Tumarkin to create an extraordinary multi-disciplinary event called “When Women Speak of War: Artists reckon With Wars Declared and Hidden”, which will have its world premiere on Thursday 28 April at the National Theatre in Melbourne. The performance will feature U...

GRIFFITH REVIEW SERIES: Issue #75 "Learning Curves"

April 06, 2022 19:59 - 1 hour - 65.8 MB

Nicole talks to Griffith Review Editor, Ashley Hay, about he incredible works and writers in Griffith Review issue #75 - Learning Curves, all about education.  "From preschool to postgrad, from private to public, and from sandstone to the school of life, what do the parameters of our educational experiences add up to? What does a good education look like in a country with an increasingly segregated school system, public funding for private institutions, and a tertiary sector that’s facing ...

SUMMER SERIES: Maxine Beneba Clarke "How Decent Folk Behave"

March 03, 2022 20:37 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MB

Award winning author and Poet Laureate, Maxine Beneba Clarke joins Nicole to talk about her courageous poetry collection "How Decent Folk Behave," for the final episode of the Books, Books, Books Summer Series. A thoughtful and compassionate conversation about works that reflect exactly where we are right now with honesty and hope.  "These poems speak of the world that is, and sing for a world that may one day be." SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au ...

SUMMER SERIES: Hannah Kent "Devotion"

February 24, 2022 05:37 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MB

Hannah Kent talks to Nicole about her amazing new novel "Devotion," for the BBB Summer Series. A novel steeped in both history and fantasy, unpacking the complicated layers of  belief, identity and love. A book to devour and savour.  SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicoleabadee Bernadette Brennan Website: http://hannahkentauthor....

SUMMER SERIES: Michelle de Kretser "Scary Monsters"

February 10, 2022 19:18 - 1 hour - 58.2 MB

Nicole talks to the luminous Michelle de Kretser about her novel "Scary Monsters," which explores the impact of migration in two very different and individual stories, read from different ends of the book. They discuss themes of racism, misogyny and agesim as well as Michelle's choice to play with the novel's physical form, as a way of recreating the same sense of displacement and disorientation in the reader, as experienced by those migrating to a new land. SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee W...

SUMMER SERIES: Delia Falconer "Signs and Wonders"

February 03, 2022 21:10 - 55 minutes - 51 MB

Delia Falconer discusses her extraordinary new book, “Signs and Wonders” which features 13 deeply personal essays in which she grapples with the tension between awe at the beauty of the world and despair at the prospect of its imminent demise. SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicoleabadee Delia Falconer Website: https://deliafalc...

GRIFFITH REVIEW SERIES: Issue #74 Escape Routes

January 27, 2022 18:57 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MB

Ashley Hay talks to Nicole about the incredible fiction and non-fiction pieces contained within Griffith Review Issue #74 "Escape Routes"  SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicoleabadee Griffith Review Issue # 74 "Escape Routes" Website: https://www.griffithreview.com/editions/escape-routes/ Facebook: @griffithreview Twitter: @...

SUMMER SERIES: Anita Heiss “Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray”

January 20, 2022 18:39 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MB

Much-loved writer Anita Heiss’s latest novel Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray,  meaning “River of Dreams”, tells the story of Wagadhanny, a young Indigenous woman in the mid-eighteenth century, whose life is controlled by the Bradleys, the white family she works for. They force her to leave behind her beloved family in Gundagai and move with them to Wagga Wagga. A rich, powerful story of her struggle to assert herself and of the importance to her and her people of kinship and of respect for and c...

SUMMER SERIES: Bernadette Brennan "Leaping into Waterfalls"

January 13, 2022 06:15 - 1 hour - 58.2 MB

The Summer Series continues with Nicole talking to Bernadette Brennan about her book "Leaping into Waterfalls", which explores the rich, tumultuous life of Gillian Mears, one of Australia's most significant writers of the last forty years.  SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicoleabadee Bernadette Brennan Website: https://www.berna...

SUMMER SERIES: Helen Garner "How to End a Story"

January 06, 2022 13:01 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MB

In this 2nd episode of the Books, Books, Books Summer Series, iconic Australian writer Helen Garner talks to Nicole about the third volume of her diaries "How to End a Story" published by Text Publishing. A harrowing portrait of the messy, painful, dark side of love lost and the sheer force of a woman’s anger.  SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @booksbooksbookspo...

SUMMER SERIES: Charlotte Wood "The Luminous Solution"

December 30, 2021 10:52 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MB

Books, Books, Books rings in 2022 with the launch of very a special Summer Series where 8 of Australia's most respected female authors, discuss their books, wisdom and writing processes.  in the first episode of the series, Stellar Award winner and acclaimed thinker, Charlotte Wood, talks to Nicole about the mediations and insights gleaned from decades of being an award winning writer, in her new book "The Luminous Solution."  SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabad...

Diana Reid "Love and Virtue"

December 16, 2021 09:22 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MB

Nicole talks to Diana Reid about her sharp new fiction book  "Love and Virtue," which intersects consent, class, privilege and feminism, with university culture and a contemporary eye.  SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Diana Reid Ultimo Press "Love and Virtue": https://www.ultimopress.com.au/loveandvirtue Instagram: @dianareid_ See omnystudi...

Jennie Orchard and Room to Read "The Gifts of Reading"

December 02, 2021 21:40 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MB

Jennie Orchard talks to Nicole about curating the gorgeous book "The Gifts of Reading," a collection of essays by well known authors from around the globe, all about the special and precious gifts reading has given them. With all proceeds from the sale of this book going to Room to Read, to help kids in underdeveloped countries receive an education, this truly is the perfect gift to give this Christmas.  SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @...

Megan Davis and George Williams "Everything You Need to Know About the Uluru Statement from the Heart"

November 18, 2021 19:32 - 1 hour - 56.7 MB

Megan Davis and George Williams on their important new book, “Everything You Need to Know About the Uluru Statement From the Heart”. SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Uluru Statement of the Heart Website: https://ulurustatement.org/the-statement NewSouth Books "Everything You Need to Know About the Uluru Statement from the Heart": https://www....

"Megan Davis and George Williams "Everything You Need to Know About the Uluru Statement from the Heart"

November 18, 2021 19:32 - 1 hour - 56.7 MB

Megan Davis and George Williams on their important new book, “Everything You Need to Know About the Uluru Statement From the Heart”. SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Uluru Statement of the Heart Website: https://ulurustatement.org/the-statement NewSouth Books "Everything You Need to Know About the Uluru Statement from the Heart": https://www.newsouthb...

Kavita Bedford "Friends and Dark Shapes"

November 04, 2021 19:26 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MB

In collaboration with the Byron Writers Festival, Nicole speaks with Kavita Bedford about her perceptive debut novel "Friends and Dark Shapes," exploring millennial life, in contemporary Australia.  SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Kavita Bedford Website: https://www.kavitabedford.com Text Publishing "Friends and Dark Places": https://www.tex...

L.P McMahon "As Swallows Fly"

October 28, 2021 19:26 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MB

L.P McMahon discusses his beautiful and touching debut novel "As Swallows Fly."  SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee L.P McMahon Simon and Schuster "As Swallows Fly": https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/As-Swallows-Fly/L-P-McMahon/9781920727512 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meredith Burgmann and Nadia Wheatley "Radicals: Remembering the Sixties"

October 14, 2021 11:14 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MB

Nicole speaks with trailblazers, Meredith Burgmann and Nadia Wheatley, about their book "Radicals: Remembering the Sixties." A collection of reflections from some of Australia's great changemakers.   SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Newsouth Books "Radicals: Remembering the Sixties": https://www.newsouthbooks.com.au/books/talking-bout-our-generat...

Hannah Bent "When Things Are Alive They Hum"

October 07, 2021 08:22 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MB

Hannah Bent discusses her tender, heart-breaking debut novel, “When Things Are Alive They Hum”. SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Hannah Bent  Website: http://www.hannahbent.com Ultimo Press "When Things Are Alive They Hum": https://www.ultimopress.com.au/hum Instagram: @hannahbent_author See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephanie Smee "The Rome Zoo"

September 30, 2021 13:53 - 49 minutes - 45.8 MB

Stephanie Smee discusses her translation of Pascal Janovak’s prize-winning “the Rome Zoo”. SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Jacqueline Maley  Website: https://www.stephaniesmee.com Black Inc "Th Rome Zoo": https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/rome-zoo Facebook: @Stephanie Smee See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michael Robotham "When You Are Mine"

September 23, 2021 11:53 - 1 hour - 55.1 MB

Multi- award winning crime writer Michael Robotham on his latest thriller, “When You Are Mine”. SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Michael Robotham Website: https://www.michaelrobotham.com Hachette "When You Are Mine": https://www.hachette.com.au/michael-robotham/when-you-are-mine Facebook: @MichaelRobothamAU Twitter: @michaelrobotham Ins...

Pip Williams "The Dictionary of Lost Words"

September 16, 2021 11:02 - 57 minutes - 53 MB

Pip Williams on her fascinating novel, “ A Dictionary of Lost Words” Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Pip Wiliams  Web: http://pipwilliams.com.au  Penguin Random House - "Dictionary of the Lost Words": https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/648116/the-dictionary-of-lost-words-by-pip-williams/ Byron Writers Festival Web: https://byronwritersfestival.c...

GRIFFITH REVIEW SERIES: Edition #73 "Hey Utopia!"

September 09, 2021 19:45 - 1 hour - 56.4 MB

Griffith Review Episode 2: Ashley Hay on Griffith Review 73: Hey, Utopia! Ashley discusses the power of imagination to transform the world we live in - through art, a reckoning with Australia's colonial history, a meaningful response to climate change and a different approach to eradicating poverty - just to name a few ideas ...featuring talented writers such as Ellen Van Neerven, Nayuka Gorrie, Fiona Foley, Sarah Sentilles, Jane Gleeson-White, Hugh Possingham, Sally Breen and many, many m...

Sarah Sentilles "Stranger Care"

September 02, 2021 20:12 - 50 minutes - 45.8 MB

Sarah Sentilles on her heart-wrenching memoir, “Stranger Care”. SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Sarah Sentilles Website: http://www.sarahsentilles.com Text Publishing "Stranger Care": https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/stranger-care-a-memoir-of-loving-what-isn-t-ours Facebook: @AuthorSarahSentilles Twitter: @SarahSentilles Instagr...

Sarah Garnett "The Footpath Library"

August 26, 2021 20:10 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MB

Sarah Garnett, founder and managing director of Australian not-for-profit The Footpath Library talks about what it does. SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee The Footpath Library Website: https://www.footpathlibrary.org Facebook: @TheFootpathLibrary  Twitter: @FootpathLib Instagram: @footpathlibrary See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i...

Kate Ellis "Sex, Lies and Question Time"

August 19, 2021 11:59 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MB

Kate Ellis on her timely new book  “Sex, Lies and Question Time” SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Kate Ellis Hardie Grant "Sex, Lies and Question Time": https://www.hardiegrant.com/au/publishing/bookfinder/book/sex_-lies-and-question-time-by-kate-ellis/9781743796399 Facebook: @kateellismp Twitter: @KateEllis22 Instagram: @kateellismp See...

Hugh Mackay "The Kindness Revolution"

August 12, 2021 09:58 - 52 minutes - 48 MB

Hugh Mackay on his wise, beautiful new book, “The Kindness Revolution”. SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Hugh Mackay Allen and Unwin "The Kindness Revolution": https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/academic-professional/cultural-studies/The-Kindness-Revolution-Hugh-Mackay-9781760879938   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...

Kathryn Heyman "Fury"

August 05, 2021 08:09 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MB

Kathryn Heyman on her brave, harrowing memoir, “Fury”. ***Trigger Warning*** This episode contains reference to rape, sexual assault and domestic violence. If you are triggered in any way please contact Lifeline or 1800 Respect. SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Kathryn Heyman Website: https://kathrynheyman.com Allen and Unwin "Fury": https:...

Jacqueline Maley "The Truth About Her"

July 29, 2021 11:33 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MB

Jacqueline Maley on her thought-provoking first novel, “The Truth About Her”. ***Trigger Warning*** this conversation references suicide and rape. If it is triggering in anyway please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or 1800 Respect on 1800 737 732. SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Jacqueline Maley  4th Estate (Harper Collins) "The Truth About He...

Jacquline Macey "The Truth About Her"

July 29, 2021 11:33 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MB

Jacqueline Maley on her thought-provoking first novel, “The Truth About Her”. ***Trigger Warning*** this conversation references suicide and rape. If it is triggering in anyway please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or 1800 Respect on 1800 737 732. SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Jacqueline Maley  4th Estate (Harper Collins) "The Truth About Her": https...

Nikki Gemmell "The Ripping Tree"

July 23, 2021 01:10 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MB

Nikki Gemmell on her confronting new novel, “The Ripping Tree”, ten years in the making SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Nikki Gemmell Website: https://www.nikkigemmell.com Harper Collins "The Ripping Tree": https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9781460751992/the-ripping-tree/ Facebook: @NikkiGemmellAuthor Twitter: @NikkiGemmell Instagram: @nikki.gemmell See...

John Bell "Some Achieve Greatness"

July 15, 2021 12:32 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MB

Episode 50: John Bell on his fascinating book, “Some Achieve Greatness – Lessons on leadership from Shakespeare and one of his greatest admirers” SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast or @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee John Bell Website: https://www.bellshakespeare.com.au Pantera Press "Some Achieve Greatness": https://www.panterapress.com.au/product/some-achieve-greatness/   Se...

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