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Rebecca Hermann the founder of Bolinda Audio talks to Cheryl Akle about how and why she started the company, the importance of audio in publishing, and the future of audio books. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Craig Ensor talks to Cheryl Akle about his career in law and the road to writing his novel, The Warming. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Author Tess Woods talks to Cheryl Akle about juggling two physiotherapy clinics with writing her latest novel, Love and Other Battles. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Acclaimed author Tom Keneally talks to Cheryl Akle about his life, and incredible writing career, and his latest novel Two Old Men Dying. Here at Better Reading we consider Tom to be a National Treasure.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Christine Courtenay talks to Cheryl Akle about her late husband, bestselling author Bryce Courtenay, his writing, his incredible legacy and the 30-year anniversary of his novel, The Power of One.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Victoria Purman talks to Cheryl Akle about the fascinating real-life women of her latest bestselling novel, The Land Girls. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Alli Sinclair talks to Cheryl Akle about her world adventures, climbing mountains and her new novel, The Cinema at Starlight Creek. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Megan Blandford talks to Cheryl Akle about motherhood, her postnatal depression, and how she wrote her book, I'm Fine (and Other Lies) to help other women. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Leigh Straw talks to Cheryl Akle about Australian women in crime history, including Dulcie Markham, a key figure of the underworld of Sydney and Melbourne, and the subject of her latest book, Angel Of Death: Dulcie Markham, Australia's Most Beautiful Bad Woman. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Meg Bignell talks to Cheryl Akle about going from nursing to copywriting, living on a dairy farm, and her new book, The Sparkle Pages. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Award winning journalist Janet Fife-Yeomans talks to Cheryl Akle about how she wrote a book with Hazel Baron, the brave daughter who brought Dulcie Bodsworth, her serial killer mother to justice.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mikey Robbins speaks to Cheryl Akle about being a history nerd, a food lover, observer of bizarre human behaviour, and combining all three in his book, Seven Deadly Sins… and One Very Naught Fruit. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sally Rippin talks to Cheryl Akle about growing up as an expat kids in Asia, her prolific career as a children's author, and her latest book in the Polly and Buster series: The Search for the Silver Witch. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Amanda Hampson speaks to Cheryl Akle about long-term friendships, the freedom of ageing, how travel has changed, and her latest book, Sixty Summers. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Paige Toon joins Cheryl Akle this week to discuss being raised all around the world, her writing career, and her latest novel, If You Could Go Anywhere.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Melina Marchetta joins Cheryl Akle to discuss growing up in an Australian-Italian family, her Australian classic, Looking for Alibrandi, and her latest novel, The Place on Dalhousie.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Alice Clark-Platts discusses human rights law, and what her research for her novel The Flower Girls taught her about children who kill.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Irish author, James Delargy joins Cheryl Akle on this week's podcast to talk about his journey as a traveller, a writer, and why he chose outback Australia to set his bestselling novel, 55. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today Cheryl Akle talks to Fatima Bhutto about her life in Afghanistan, Syria and Pakistan, being raised by a single father, and how he shared a love of books and stories with her. This led to her career as a writer, and her latest novel The Runaways.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nicole Alexander joins Cheryl Akle this week to discuss being a fourth-generation grazier, her writing career, and her latest novel, Stone Country.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.