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StoryFest
by StoryFest
Welcome to the Storyfest Podcast where you can hear recordings of the thought-provoking, inspiring and sometimes hilarious sessions from StoryFest, a biennial storytelling festival held in the Milton-Mollymook-Ulladulla region on the NSW south coast. Listen to conversations with some of Australia's greatest writers, poets, filmmakers and songwriters about their latest works and creative process.
Episodes
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StoryFest 2025 - Creating Change for Good with Richard Glover, Inga Simpson, Pia Winberg & Caitlin Chang
An author, doctor-come-eco-entreprener, an award-winning podcaster and a social change communicator take the stage to discuss the power of words and stories to drive positive change. Inga Simpson Pia Winberg Caitlin Chang Facilitator - Richard Glover Storyfest Website -...
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StoryFest 2025 - The Aussie Crime Wave with Candice Fox, Chris Hammer and Mitch Jennings
Two of the genre’s biggest Australian names take the stage with a successful debutant to unpack the keys to success and how to keep the genre fresh and captivating. Candice Fox Chris Hammer Mitch Jennings Facilitator - Michaela Kalowski Storyfest Website - https://www.storyfest.org.au/...
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STORYFEST 2025 - The Kindness Connection with Gina Chick and Hana Assafiri
Join rewilding facilitator, adventurer, writer and inaugural winner of Alone Australia Gina Chick, and social activist, radical entrepreneur and founder of the Moroccan Soup Bar Hana Assafiri as they share the life journeys that, in their own unique ways, underline the importance of kindness and...
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STORYFEST 2025 - Fiction in Focus with Markus Zusak and Michaela Kalowski
Great authors capture our imagination not just through their latest publications, but across a body of must-read work. Rarely do we take time to discuss a writer’s work in detail and explore what shapes their stories individually and collectively. From The Underdog to The Book Thief to his recent...
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STORYFEST 2025 - Artificial Intelligence: Bogeyman or Saviour with Toby Walsh, Tracey Spicer AM and Anne Markey
Technology makes life easier, right? But how easy is too easy? How do we manage the consequences - expected or otherwise - of AI on society, and with it the future of employment, health, education and democracy? Join multiple Walkley Award-winning author, journalist, broadcaster and the inaugural...
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STORYFEST 2023 - OPENING NIGHT: Stories from the South - Markus Zusak, Kirli Saunders, Bronwyn Adcock, Paul Greene
Join us for the opening of StoryFest 2023 when key storytellers with strong connections to our community shared their own perspectives of what makes the Milton Mollymook Ulladulla area on Murramarang country so special. Featuring author and Walkley Award-winning journalist Bronwyn Adcock...
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StoryFest 2023 - Is Truth a Dying Art - Wendy McCarthy, Alan Moir, Bronwyn Adcock, David Hunt
In a world of fake news, AI, and concentrated media ownership this session explores the nature of truth and our increasingly tenuous grip on it. Author, businesswoman and activist Wendy McCarthy will host a lively (and no doubt honest) discussion with veteran SMH cartoonist Alan Moir, journalist...
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StoryFest 2023 - Only in Australia - Chris Hammer, Holly Wainwright, Michael Winkler, Kirk Docker
Join us as we dive into the world of character and caricature in our nation’s storytelling, and what makes the Australian character and character writing unique. Featuring host Kirk Docker (ABC’s You Can’t Ask That) with Michael Winkler (Grimmish), Chris Hammer (Scrublands, The Tilt) and Holly...
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StoryFest 2023 - Story as Recovery - Jackie Bailey, Dominic Frawley, Frances Peters-Little & Lee Kofman
Stories can be transformative and none more so than real-life writing. Writer and mentor, Lee Kofman (The Writer Laid Bare: Emotional Honesty in a Writer’s Art, Craft and Life) will lead an exploration of how memoir and life writing can help both writers and readers gain new insights, and find...
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StoryFest 2023 - Seriously Funny - Holly Wainwright, Jackie Bailey, Katharine Pollock, David Hunt
Laughter may be the best medicine, but comedy is the hardest thing to write. Leading authors Holly Wainwright (I Give my Marriage a Year), Jackie Bailey (The Eulogy) and Katharine Pollock (Her Fidelity) have tackled the task more successfully than most, and will take the stage with irreverent...
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StoryFest 2023 - You Must Ask That - Kirk Docker, Zaheda Ghani, Kirli Saunders, Michael Mohammed Ahmad
Creator of award-winning documentary series You Can’t Ask That, Kirk Docker brings his unique interviewing style to StoryFest when he explores the importance of giving voice to stories that need to be told with Zaheda Ghani, author of the Richell Prize shortlisted novel Pomegranate & Fig…
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Storyfest 2023 - Love a Good Story - Peter FitzSimons and Richard Glover
Almost 10 years ago, author and columnist Peter FitzSimons AM and broadcaster Richard Glover set a world record for the longest interview (24 hours). For StoryFest 2023, they reunite for a shorter, but no less wide-ranging discussion about Peter’s latest publications (The Battle of Long Tan, The...
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StoryFest 2023 - Changing the Game - Clementine Ford & Wendy McCarthy
Wendy McCarthy and Clementine Ford come together in conversation to explore how ways of disrupting and breaking the system have changed - or if they have changed at all. What works, what doesn’t, and what’s required in future to address issues of inequality and injustice in Australian society? A...
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Storyfest 2023 - Do Songwriters Make the Best Storytellers? - Dave Warner, Frances Peters-Little, Katharine Pollock
Katharine Pollock (Her Fidelity and @thatrecordstoregirl) interviews former punk rocker and award-winning crime author Dave Warner (After the Flood), alongside Frances Peters-Little (Jimmy Little: A Yorta Yorta Man), about song-led stories and the impact of songwriting and music on the Australian...
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StoryFest 2023 - Embracing a Life of Crime - Chris Hammer, Hayley Scrivenor, Dave Warner
Nearly half of all Australians have read a crime, mystery or thriller novel in the past twelve months. Hear from some of the biggest names in Australian fictional crime writing when best-selling author Chris Hammer (Scrublands, The Tilt), Wollongong-based Hayley Scrivenor (Dirt Town), and former...
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StoryFest 2023 - The Wonder of Words - Pip Williams & Michelle Barraclough
Pip Williams’ novel The Dictionary of Lost Words was the highest selling novel in Australia in 2022 and her follow-up, The Bookbinder of Jericho, is touted for similar success. In conversation with Michelle Barraclough, Pip discusses the motivations behind the novel, the magic of words - both...
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StoryFest 2023 - Where the Magic Lies - Robbie Arnott & Inga Simpson
Join Robbie Arnott (Limberlost, The Rain Heron) and Inga Simpson (Willowman, The Last Woman in the World) for this intimate conversation between two of Australia’s leading authors with a shared love of our coast, our characters and our continent, as they explore how the magical properties of the...
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StoryFest 2023 - Live and Local
In this fast-paced storytellers shootout, David Hunt interviews six locals from the Shoalhaven who have recently published their work. You’ll hear a little from each storyteller and find out why you need their book on your shelf. Featuring: Patti Bartlett & Jenny Cleary - Five Villages Helen…
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StoryFest 2023 - The Antidote to Our Times
Romance novels are sometimes dismissed as a lesser genre compared to more critically acclaimed writing styles. Leading romance writers Penelope Janu (Shelter from the Storm, Clouds on the Horizon), Alice Boyle (Dancing Barefoot) and Clare Fletcher (Five Bush Weddings) join author and moderator...
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StoryFest 2021 - Lost for Words with Patricia Ellis & Inga Simpson
Lost for Words The publication of the Dhurga Dictionary and Learner's Grammar in 2019 is the culmination of decades of work and a turning point in the revitalisation of one of the key indigenous languages on the NSW south coast. The journey began when Brinja-Yuin woman Kerry Boyenga, a teacher at...
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StoryFest 2021 - Brave New Worlds with Kate Mildenhall, Charlotte McConaghy & Inga Simpson
In their latest novels, Charlotte McConaghy and Kate Mildenhall have imagined the future. One where climate change has resulted in mass extinctions of threatened species. The other, an Australia ruled by the ominously named The Department which tracks every move you make. They are both novels…
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StoryFest 2021 - Brazen Hussies with Sue Maslin and Jane Caro
BRAZEN HUSSIES reveals a revolutionary chapter in Australian history, when the bold women of the Women's Liberation Movement reignited Australia’s feminist revolution. Interweaving freshly uncovered archival footage, personal photographs, memorabilia and lively personal accounts from activists,...
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StoryFest 2021 - Call of the Reed Warbler with Charles Massy and Jane McCredie
SHOW NOTES Charles Massy OAM gained a Bachelor of Science (Zoology, Human Ecology) at ANU, before going farming for 35 years, developing the prominent Merino sheep stud ‘Severn Park’. Concern at ongoing land degradation and humanity’s sustainability challenge saw him return to ANU to undertake a...
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StoryFest 2021 - Honeybee with Craig Silvey and Suzanne Leal
Craig Silvey is the author of the bestselling multi-award winning novel, Jasper Jones. Released in 2009, it went on to be turned into an acclaimed play and film. His third novel, Honeybee, was published in 2020 and has already won legions of fans. Honeybee is a heartbreaking, life-affirming novel...
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StoryFest 2021 - "The Dressmaker's Secret" with Rosalie Ham & Nicole Abadee
In her debut novel, The Dressmaker, Rosalie Ham introduced the world to the outback town Dungatar with its eccentric residents, petty politics and haute couture through the wonderful character, Tilly Dunnage. It became an international bestseller and its reputation cemented with the release of…
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StoryFest 2019 - Criminal Minds: Candice Fox, Michael Robotham & Christian White
Christian White, Candice Fox & Michael Robotham. Hosted by Meredith Jaffé. One of the most well-attended sessions at StoryFest 2019 was Criminal Minds. With three hugely successful crime authors – Michael Robotham, Candice Fox and Christian White – it’s not hard to see why. Meredith Jaffé spoke…
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StoryFest 2021 - "Truth is Trouble" with Wendy Harmer, Malcolm Knox, Nikki Gemmell, David Hunt
Freedom of expression is often touted as the right of individuals to espouse publicly views that were once held privately. No more so than in times where social media has dominated the public conversation on everything from sexuality, race, religion, politics and monarchy. But what…
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StoryFest 2021 "The Golden Maze" - Richard Fidler & Nicole Abadee
The Golden Maze - Richard Fidler in conversation with Nicole Abadee Richard Fidler first visited Prague in 1989, the moment in history when the decrepit police state was being overthrown by its people in what became known as the Velvet Revolution. The experience never left him. Thirty years…
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StoryFest 2021 "Upturn: A Better Normal After Covid-19" - Tanya Plibersek & Jane Caro
If you had asked most people before covid hit our shores, they would have told you there was no way that school children could shift overnight to online learning; that it was impossible for banks to offer mortgage holidays; impossible to double unemployment benefits; impossible to house rough...
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Storyfest 2019 "The Art of Forgetting"
In a live version of his popular 2017 TedX talk, The Art of Forgetting, David Hunt argues that in order for Australia to understand who we are, we must embrace the good and bad in our history. David is the author of the bestselling, award-winning, Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia and…
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Storyfest 2019 "Searching Out the Bundian Way"
Naturalist, poet and seasoned bushwalker John Blay worked for over a decade to uncover the Bundian Way, a 380-kilometre ancient pathway from Mount Kosciuszko to the New South Wales far south coast, used by both the Aboriginal people of the area and the earliest British arrivals. John collaborated...
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Storyfest 2019 "We're Not Getting Any Younger"
They call it the Sandwich Generation. Adult children juggling children of their own, work and ageing parents. In her latest book, journalist Amal Awad reveals society’s discomfort with the stark realities of ageing, disease and death in a culture that celebrates eternal youth. As a GP, Joanna…
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Storyfest 2019 "Unforgettable Settings"
So often, we talk about landscape as character and how setting informs the story. Join Candice Fox, Robert Hollingworth and Karen Viggers as they discuss how place is central to their storytelling and is so much more than a mere location. Hosted by Inga Simpson. SHOWNOTES: Storyfest...
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Storyfest 2019 "Weaving History through Stories"
Female highwaywomen and the Estonian underground may not sound like they have much in common but each reveals a story of women tested by adversity. One when transported to Australia where she must forge a new life and a new identity. The other when Stalin’s brutal red army crushes everything in…
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Storyfest 2019 "Becoming a Bestseller"
Natasha Lester swapped a career in marketing to become a writer. Her first two novels were works of literary fiction but Lester found her passions lay in writing historical fiction. Since 2016, she has published a string of novels but it is The Paris Seamstress that rocketed Lester to…
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Storyfest 2019 "The Power of Sound"
David Hunt’s narration of Girt is one of Audible Australia's bestselling audio books of all time. Rolling Stone declared his Australian history podcast, Rum, Rebels & Ratbags, one of 2016’s hottest podcasts. Katherine Collette documented her path to publication in The First Time Podcast. Allison...
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StoryFest 2021 "Love Objects" - Emily Maguire & Caroline Baum
In this chat with Caroline Baum, Emily Maguire talks about love and family, betrayal and forgiveness, and the things we do to fill our empty spaces. About Love Objects... Nic is a forty-five-year-old trivia buff, amateur nail artist and fairy godmother to the neighbourhood's stray cats. She's…
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Storyfest 2019 "Accidental Feminists"
Born in the 50s and 60s, they faced the future armed with the pill, free education and the chance to earn their own paycheque. But it's been a long row to hoe and there's still plenty of work to do to make this a better, fairer world. Join Jane Caro in conversation with Meredith Jaffe as they...
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2021 StoryFest - Markus Zusak - The Books That Change Us
The Opening Night event at StoryFest 2021 featured the inaugural Garry Evans Memorial Address, delivered by StoryFest patron and international bestselling author, Markus Zusak. In the spirit of the late, great Garry Evans - South Coast bookseller, publisher, and booklover extraordinaire - Markus...
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2018 STORYFEST LAUNCH with Markus Zusak and Suzanne Leal
Welcome to the Storyfest Podcast where you can hear recordings of the thought-provoking, inspiring and sometimes hilarious sessions from StoryFest, a biennial storytelling festival held in the Milton-Mollymook-Ulladulla region on the NSW south coast. In this episode, literary superstar Markus…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to the Storyfest Podcast where you can hear recordings of the thought-provoking, inspiring and sometimes hilarious sessions from StoryFest, a biennial storytelling festival held in the Milton-Mollymook-Ulladulla region on the NSW south coast. Listen to conversations with some of Australia's greatest writers, poets, filmmakers and songwriters about their latest works and creative process.
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Welcome to the Storyfest Podcast where you can hear recordings of the thought-provoking, inspiring and sometimes hilarious sessions from StoryFest, a biennial storytelling festival held in the Milton-Mollymook-Ulladulla region on the NSW south coast. Listen to conversations with some of Australia's...
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