Tom Kiely returns so discuss the July 22nd release of their  Debut Album 'Wishful Thinking'. We go through the creative process, their first national tour and all things life in a Band! 

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Dylan "Smooth Jones" of Adelaide band ans Wacked BOTB national finalist 'SwordfishTrombone' comes onto the podcast and talks about cocktails, turning his life around, his music journey and more

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Mabel Worley leapt off the pages of history and could not be shaken from the consciousness of museum curator, Corinne Ball. Who was this woman who gave birth to a daughter in a destitute asylum, married, ran away to join the circus and rubbed shoulders with the stars of her day – only to lapse eventually into criminal existence as a vagrant and public drunk? How did it all go wrong? Corinne Ball tells Mabel’s poignant story.

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Which old classic still keeps the cash registers ringing in Adelaide’s oldest bookstore? And, of all the books they sell, which book would they never allow to run out of stock? Find out from Annie Waters… the woman whose customers trust her with their [reading] lives!

Guests: 

Corinne Ball, author of Three-Ring Circus: the dramatic, mysterious and tragic life of Mabel Worley, a destitute asylum girl

Annie Waters, Co-owner of Mostly Books, Adelaide’s oldest bookstore

Our Random Reader - Lily

Music composed by Quentin Grant 

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Insta: @mostly_books

Insta: @mr_annie

Facebook: @mostlybooks

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Up and coming Metalcore 5 piece from Wollongong join us to talk through their individual journey in music, their influences and  what's next for the band before we hit all three with the Guestions

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Michael Robotham has a new psychological thriller on the shelves, Lying Beside You.  While his stories delve into the dark side, in person he is a warm and relaxed man with a passion for his craft.

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Evan S. Connell’s Depression-era pair of novels Mrs Bridge and Mr Bridge tell a still familiar tale of a safe but desperate marriage. 

Guests: 

Michael Robotham author of Lying Beside You 

Olga Sankey

Our Random Reader - Adrian

Music composed by Quentin Grant 

SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES

Facebook:  MichaelRobothamAU

IG: @michaelrobotham

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Instagram: hachetteaus

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It's the Return of the Rookie and he's fired up to talk about Soggy Sayos, S Club 7 and test out a new set of 2.0 returning Guestions. 

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Miles Allinson on his book "In Moonland" - a son untangles the mystery of his father as he follows his  trail into the 70s hippie heart of India.

And Jean Rhys's 1960s hit novel "Wide Sargasso Sea" exposes a darker side of Jane Eyre hero Rochester.  

Guests: 

Miles Allinson, author of "In Moonland"
Dr Lisa Bennett, senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, Flinders University
Dr Kylie Cardell, senior lecturer in Literary Studies, Flinders University
Our Random Reader - Britt

Music composed by Quentin Grant 

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Abbie joins us to talk about the challenges of school and coming out as a teenager in the mid 2000's, her incredible 14 years as a Youth Worker and the mental challenges that come in her role as well as her passion for Roller Derby.

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Award winning  Melbourne author Hannah Kent talks about her new book Devotion - a love story that traverses oceans, reality and magic.

And we revisit the Virginia Woolfe classic, Mrs Dalloway, which follows a day in the life of a high society lady in the 1920s.

Guests: 

Hannah Kent, author of Devotion 
Dr Lisa Bennett, senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, Flinders University
Dr Kylie Cardell, senior lecturer in Creative Writing, Flinders University
Our Random Reader - Matilda

Music composed by Quentin Grant

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We try the most bubbliest water ever, The new Top Gun movie, Sequels better than the original, Gangs, Matts House Update, Bald Sexual Harassment, Listener questions, Remembering Names, Jarrods going to possibly get cancelled & Did You Hear About That Quiz.

Thanks to the Brighton Trophy Centre & The Auscast Network.

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