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Authorised with Kevin Hillier
by Howdy Partners Media
Authorised with Kevin Hillier is a podcast where authors get the chance to talk about their work: past, present and future. Authorised gives a voice to the words of many talented writers across a wide and interesting array of areas including food, sport, music, history, true crime, self help, entertainment, fiction and more.Hosted by Kevin Hillier, a radio broadcaster of enormous experience who has interviewed everyone from Prime Ministers to rock stars, sporting icons and actors - you name it.
Episodes
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Authorised 2026 Episode 21 Nick Croydon & Jock Serong
It is a great time for readers with a never ending supply of great books coming for summer. In this episode the spotlight falls on two excellent new releases. Nautilus (Simon & Schuster) by Nick Croydon and A Suitable Man (Harper Collins) by Jock Serong. Nick follows up his debut novel' The…
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Authorised 2026 Episode 20 Andrew Upton & Nadine Browne
Two first-time authors join me to share their pathway to publication - and they are very different literary journeys. Andrew Upton has carved a very successful international career in theatre and film work as a writer, producer and creator, including a stint as co-artistic director of the Sydney...
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Authorised 2026 Episode 19 Jeff Apter & Stephen Corby
Music and cars is always a winning combo and our featured authors in this episode bring some great stories from those worlds through the pages of their latest work. Jeff Apter returns to Authorised with Reckless - The Saga of Australian Crawl, while debut author but well-known motoring writer...
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Authorised 2026 Episode 18 Stephanie MacFie & Robyn Dennison
The things that happen on breakfast radio. You could write a book! Happily, Stephanie MacFie has done just that with her debut novel Once Upon a Breakfast Show (Text Publishing). Stephanie combines some of her own experiences from a long and successful media career with a romantic adventure (or...
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Authorised 2026 Episode 17 Mali Cornish & Jane R. Miles
In this episode emerging authors Mali Cornish and Jane R. Miles share the stories behind their latest work. Mali's The Missing Mother (Allen & Unwin) and Jane's Stay Buried (HQ Fiction) are both captivating thrillers with unique Australian settings and page turning intrigue. Thanks to my podcast...
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Authorised 2026 Episode 16 Jane Lawson and Rachel Fox McLeod
Another double banger episode and it is a beauty. Travel and food writer Jane Lawson takes us inside the Japan she has known for more than 40 years with her latest book 'Secret Japan' (Simon & Schuster). Jane shares some unique insights into making the most of your time in Japan. And then we go...
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Authorised 2026 Episode 15 Emma Styles & Matt Rogers
In this episode meet authors Emma Styles and Matt Rogers. Emma's second book The Shark (Hachette Australia) proved to be a real challenge for Emma as a writer but one she navigated successfully to deliver a page turning thriller. Matt Rogers is a seasoned writer, having self-published more than…
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Authorised 2026 Episode 14 Kirsty Manning
Kirsty Manning's latest book Murder in Paris (Allen & Unwin) is the second of her Charlie James mysteries and takes the reader to pre-World War 2 France, a hot spot for the rich and well-to-do, but one with a bubbling undercurrent of drama and mystery. Kirsty explains how the story developed as...
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Authorised 2026 Episode 13 Laura McCluskey & Steve Worland
Another double banger episode with authors Laura McCluskey and Steve Worland. Laura brings The Cursed Road (Harper Collins), her second book and the next instalment of with her main characters Lennox and Stewart. Laura takes us through her creative and writing process and the unusual places ideas...
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Authorised 2026 Episode 12 Sarah Bailey
The very talented Sarah Bailey returns to the podcast to chat about the follow-up to her very successful last novel 'The Housemate' which she discussed last time (Series 2 Ep 23 October 2021). As Sarah explains, she wasn't planning a follow-up, it just happened. 'Click' (Allen & Unwin) sees Oli...
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Authorised 2026 Series 7 Episode 11 Darren Groth
Rugby League's State of Origin series is an annual event unlike any other on the Australian sports calendar. For fans like author Darren Groth and his father Des, it is more than a yearly three-game series between two states, it is part of their DNA. 'Marooned' (Hawkeye Publishing) traces the...
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Authorised 2026 Series 7 Episode 10 Deborah Lawrie and Steph De Sousa.
In this episode, meet Deborah Lawrie and Steph De Sousa. Deborah is a trailblazer who took on the male dominated airline industry in the seventies and became Australia's first female commercial pilot. Much has been written about the legal battles but in 'Touching the Sky' (Harper Collins)…
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Authorised 2026 Series 7 Episode 9 Garry Jack & Adam Hawse
Garry Jack is a name well known to rugby league fans worldwide because he was a genuine superstar of the game. He represented Australia, New South Wales and Balmain in a career that fullfilled almost all his childhood dreams. Garry has teamed with sports journalist Adam Hawse to tell his amazing...
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Authorised 2026 Series 7 Episode 8 Fleur McDonald
Fleur McDonald returns to Authorised to talk about her new novel 'The Witness' (Harper Collins), the latest in her series set in Kalgoorlie, a celebrated city of many layers in Western Australia. Fleur has a mystery to match those layers, and then some. With almost 30 books to her credit, Fleur…
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Authorised 2026 Series 7 Episode 7 Jodi Wilson
How many times has someone suggested the solution to your problem starts with "Take a big, deep breath"? What if your brain could do that? The time and space to do nothing in a world that so often overwhelms us. Health journalist Jodi Wilson offers some wise, sensible and practical methods and...
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Authorised 2026 Series 7 Episode 6 Dr. Niraj Lal
Technology is part of our lives from a very early age and dealing with the choices is hard for adults, let alone kids barely out of nappies, but it is their reality. This terrific new book is just what the doctor ordered and delivered - Dr. Niraj Lal, that is. Behind the Screens is a guide to...
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Authorised 2026 Series 7 Episode 5 Fiona Hardy.
Fiona Hardy knows the book business from many angles because as well as being an author, Fiona still works in a bookstore. From hands on to handwritten - well, not quite, but you get the idea. Fiona talks about her second crime novel Old Games (Affirm Press), another cracking story with a…
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Authorised 2026 Series 7 Episode 4 Andrew Daddo
Andrew Daddo is a man of many talents: actor, television host, golf tragic, radio presenter, wooden putter maker and prolific author. It is the latter that we will concentrate on in this chat to showcase Bitza - his latest series of books for children. Andrew takes us through his creative…
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Authorised 2026 Series 7 Episode 3 Brett Leslie
For many, it was the absolute must-see television show every Sunday night across Australia. The show that shaped the musical tastes of a generation and made superstars out of many of its discoveries. That show was Countdown, and authors Brett Leslie and Milton Hammon have painstakingly detailed…
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Authorised 2026 Series 7 Episode 2 Scott Leckie
Scott Leckie has written many books but none like Shrewd Little Sleuth and that is not surprising. Scott is a human rights lawyer and has penned dozens of books in the course of that vocation, but this latest book is personal. It is about his grandfather - Arthur Bernard Leckie. Arthur was an FBI...
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Authorised 2026 Series 7 Episode 1 Kelvin Templeton
Kelvin Templeton is a name that needs no introduction to followers of Australian Rules football. The 1980 Brownlow Medallist had a boy's own adventure during his 177 league games, kicking 573 goals for the Footscray and Melbourne Football Clubs. A globetrotting business career followed and now...
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 25 Grantlee Kieza
Author Grantlee Kieza is prolific and in his return to Authorised, he tells the story behind his latest book Mary Penfold (ABC Books). We all know the Penfold name from the world famous South Australian winery, but Mary's incredible contribution to building that iconic Australian brand has mostly...
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 24 Andrew Sloan & Johan DuToit
Andrew Sloan and Johan Du Toit are the two featured authors in this episode of Authorised and the two books are Why Things Feel F*cked and When Only Today Matters and other stories. One is a collection of short stories, the other a collection of small solutions to life's many and varying...
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 23 Vikki Petraitis
Vikki Petraitis has lived a life of crime but only from the confines of her keyboard. The former teacher has been writing true crime books for more than 30 years and decided to try her hand at crime fiction. Her debut The Unbelieved was a best seller and award winner and her follow up The Stolen...
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 22 Rhonda McCoy & Jessica Owers
In this episode Rhonda McCoy talks about Crow (Ventura Press) and what a great story lies beneath this debut novel for the former nurse turned author. Rhonda chats about character development and her techniques for fleshing them out as she writes. My other guest is Jessica Owers, author of Magic...
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 21 Mark Muposta-Russell & Liam Hauser.
The Wolf Who Cried Boy (Afffirm Press) not only has an eyecatching title but a most imaginative and original story to go with it. Author Mark Muposta-Russell talks about his much anticipated second novel which sees him write through the eyes of six year old boy whose life is one of fairytale...
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 20 Tanya Scott & Lyn Yeowart
Tanya Scott talks about the leap from her day job as a GP and Medical Educator to becoming an author. Her novel Stillwater (Allen & Unwin) is a hell of a debut and hopefully heralds the start of many more literary adventures in the future. The Hollow Girl ((Penguin) is Lyn Yeowart's much...
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Authorised 2015 Series 6 Episode 19 Duncan Ewing Graham
Duncan Ewing Graham is an interesting human being. He is a barrister and a doctor and, in his spare time, an author. Duncan's second book Where the Dust Settles takes us inside a world Duncan knows back to front - the David and Goliath battle between Joe Average and Big Asbestos. Duncan's story...
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 18 Anne Vines & A L Booth.
Books allow us to engage in eras and events that our mortal beings cannot and in this episode of Authorised, two very talented authors take us back in time to a very different Australia to the one we currently live in. Flight by Anne Vines (Glass House Books) brings 1942 Melbourne alive with the...
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 17 Fathers Day Special Geoff Hutchison & Glen Humphries.
Give Dad a book this Father's Day, and I have three nominations for you to consider from the two authors who join me in this episode. Geoff Hutchison has finished his long and illustrious career as a broadcaster and turns his talents to writing a most entertaining and enlightening book…
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 16 Matthew Spencer 'Broke Road'
Author Matthew Spencer returns to Authorised with his second novel 'Broke Road' (Allen & Unwin). Sergeant Rose Riley, introduced in Matthew's debut book 'Black River', is back with another homicide to solve but a mystery that takes her to some unexpected places personally and professionally....
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 15 Meg Bignell 'The Good Losers'
The Good Losers is Meg Bignell's fourth novel and it is an absolute delight from start to finish. Meg has tapped into some real life experiences to bring readers a very honest and hilarious tale of life, love, winners and losers in an elite rowing club. Meg takes us through her processes of…
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 14 Ali Berg & Michelle Kalus "Love Overdue"
Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus bring an interesting dynamic to this episode as co-autors of Love Overdue (Allen & Unwin), their fourth book together. The combination obviously works well and the pair explain how they juggle plot lines, character development, new babies and day jobs. Ali and Michelle...
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 13 Michael Thompson 'All The Perfect Days'
Michael Thompson's second novel poses a fascinating question for us all to ponder as it takes us on a emotion-charged journey. All The Perfect Days is the story of Dr. Charlie Knight, a small town GP who is wrestling with his new 'gift'. Charlie knows how many days his patients, friends and loved...
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 12 Joan Sauers & Nathan Dunne
Murder and intrigue and mental health and wellbeing are polar opposite genres, but they come together in this episode of Authorised. Author Joan Sauers delivers her second novel Whisky Valley (Allen & Unwin), a delicious cocktail of mystery, romance and pastries set in the brooding Southern...
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 11 Jenny Pattrick & A. M. Jaxon
Jenny Pattrick came to writing novels after a very successful life in teaching and in the jewellery industry where she is something of a revered figure. The New Zealand born and raised author chats about her 11th novel, Sea Change. Jenny takes us to a coastal community reeling from a tsunami and...
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 10 Muriel Cooper & Joanna Jenkins
It's another double-barrelled episode of Authorised, with two authors who come to our bookshelves via very different paths. Muriel Cooper was the queen of talkback radio for many years and a trailblazer in broadcasting for the women who have followed her. These days she is a psychologist and…
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 9 Peter Norris The Bank Robber's Boy
Peter Norris has led an extraordinary life by any measure. His childhood was unlike anyone else's and like us all, he made some good and bad choices, but the options he had to choose from were very different to most kids. Peter's father was a career criminal and it looked like Peter was following...
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 8 Sarah Hayden Parenting Different
Sarah Hayden now adds author to her very impressive list of life credentials which include wife, mother of 5, foster mother of 55, qualified social worker and equine assisted psychotherapist and Mayor of Golden Plains Shire Council. Her book Parenting Different - How to raise your neurodivergent...
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 7 Victoria Brownlee & Angelika von Sanden
It's not exactly chalk and cheese, but it's not far from it, with the combination of authors in this episode. Victoria Brownlee's third novel 'Eat Your Heart Out' (Affirm Press) is a food fight with a difference as rival food writers vie for the much sought-after biographer's byline for a...
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 6 Maryrose Cuskelly & John Wayne Parr
It's variety with a capital V in this episode of Authorised. Maryrose Cuskelly's latest book The Campers is more a How Dare They? than a Whodunnit, making it an even more intriguing read and featuring a subject matter sure to evoke much discussion. On the other hand, John Wayne Parr has bled in…
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 5 Emma Pignatiello and Mike Coward
Emma Pignatiello is beginning her journey as an author, while Mike Coward is a man with many miles on his writing odometer. Emma talks about her first novel 'Last Shot' (Penguin) and Mike shares tales about his latest 'The Baggy Green' (Gelding Street Press). Emma takes us into a wine making…
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 4 Mark Smith and Everald Compton
In this episode, meet two unique and talented authors discussing two vastly different pieces of work. Mark Smith's Three Boys Gone and Everald Compton's Walking with the Man but not to Church come from very different places. Mark's ficticious novel is action packed and packed with thought…
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 3 Andrea Barton
Andrea Barton joins me for a most interesting chat about her pathway to becoming an author and her first novels The Godfather of Dance and A Killer Among Friends. Andrea take us through developing the main character of this series, Jade Riley, using her own life experiences in her writing and...
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 2 Pip Drysdale & David Batty.
Another holiday weekend double banger with a couple of very talented Aussie authors, Pip Drysdale and David Batty. Pip's new book takes you to LA for a thriller that will keep you guessing and glued until the very end and her personal story is quite a tale in itself. David's travels are very...
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 1 Nick Harkaway Karla's Choice
Authorised returns for 2025 thanks to my podcast partners CSCG. We go international for the first episode of this series with author Nick Harkaway. Nick is a successful author in his own right but also happens to be the son of world famous novelist John le Carré and in this new novel Karla's…
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Authorised 2024 Episode 24 Steve Woods and Des Tobin
Another double banger December episode with two authors discussing their latest work. Steve Woods' third volume of his For the Record books 'As the Days Go By' is a day by day chronicle of events in music, television, movies and more from an Aussie point of view. A huge undertaking and one Steve...
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Authorised 2024 Episode 23 Karin Keays and Dominic Knight
Double banger December gets underway with two fabulous but very different books. Karin Keays' 'It's Because I Love You' is a real life rock 'n roll romance but it is also the story of a mother's quest to find the truth behind the death of her baby boy. Karin and her late husband Jim Keays, the…
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Authorised 2024 Episode 22 Bill Edgar The Afterlife Confessional
Bill Edgar returns with his second book dealing with his colourful career as the Coffin Confessor, the man who speaks for the dearly departed and not always in the most reverend of ways. Bill shares stories from his hilarious, harrowing and haunting work as the man hired by the deceased to have…
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Authorised 2024 Episode 21 Ken Piesse Living the Dream
Living the Dream is an expression that is hard to live up to, but if ever there was someone who could claim it with both hands, it is Ken Piesse. From dedicated sports fan to cadet journalist to the author and creator of nearly 100 books, Ken is living his dream and probably many others as well.…
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Authorised with Kevin Hillier is a podcast where authors get the chance to talk about their work: past, present and future. Authorised gives a voice to the words of many talented writers across a wide and interesting array of areas including food, sport, music, history, true crime, self help, entertainment, fiction and more.Hosted by Kevin Hillier, a radio broadcaster of enormous experience who has interviewed everyone from Prime Ministers to rock stars, sporting icons and actors - you name it.
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