Narratives Library National Edition

Tyree Barnette is an African american man living in Australia exploring australian indigenous culture. Steve Toltz 's hilarious  novel has just been nominated for a Booker Prize.

Two novels about secrets. A crime/political thriller from Ian Kemish set across the globe and a story of yearning for knowledge of your origins from Judi Morison.

Lee Kofman - Ruptured Since October 7, 2023 life has changed irrevocably for Jewish women. Lee Kofman asked Jewish women to submit stories illustrating racism and aggression towards them, simply because of their Jewish identity. More than a hundred and fifty  submissions were received and thirty six of them are published in this book as a collection of essays on the thoughts and feelings of what i...

Amy Remeikis -'Where it all Went Wrong: The John Howard Years' Was former prime minister John Howard the 'great economic manager' or did he create the terrible scenario we are now facing in Australia : the housing crisis, workplace insecurity and wage freezes, the selling off of our natural resources, the denial of climate change and more? He introduced franking credits, negative gearing and sold...

Natalie Kyriacou - 'Nature's Last Dance' Natalie Kyriacou is an award winning environmentalist, charity director and author and founder of Green World. In this inspiring read of a penguin rescue she offers hope that collective action by like minded people can move mountains and if we work as a community we can arrest the degradation of our environment. Bob Brown - 'Defiance' Bob Brown draws on a l...

Two top S.F authors - Kaarron Warren with 'Not all Stones mean Murder' and J.J Carpenter with ' The Haunting of Kenmore Asylum'. Recorded at CONFLUX S.F convention in Canberra 2025.

Richard Jones has been a politician, a publisher, an environmental activist and now a ceramicist - at 85 years and he's probably just getting started! His life has been devoted to drawing attention to the plight of Nature, these days he lives surrounded by it. He has published this memoir which is crammed with outrageous activist stunts and exploits to  help others understand the importance of spe...

This episode is actually two reads and interviews with highly popular fantasy author Leanbh Pearson. 'Loki: Untangling a Tale' and 'Bluebells in the devil's Garden'.Recorded at CONFLUX S.F convention 2025 in Canberra Australia.

Australian Author Trent Dalton reads a short extract from his book 'Love Stories' , with  an interview by Karena Wynn-Moylan. First broadcast in April 2025.

Fascinating interviews and reads with world award winning radio  presenter Karena Wynn-Moylan  from  Australian Radio Bay FM 99.9. These authors can also be found at www.narrativeslibrary.com   PETER GRESTE - THE CORRESPONDENT To round out this small sampling of this years interviews here is international correspondent Peter Greste. Peter Greste has spent 25 years working in some of the world's mo...

Fascinating interviews and reads with world award winning radio  presenter Karena Wynn-Moylan  from  Australian Radio Bay FM 99.9. These authors can also be found at www.narrativeslibrary.com PRIMA FACIE - SUSIE MILLER Suzie MIller's previous profession was a lawyer- one who became increasingly concerned about how women were treated by the law in sexual assault cases.  Suzie MIller first wrote' Pr...

Fascinating interviews and reads with world award winning radio  presenter Karena Wynn-Moylan  from  Australian Radio Bay FM 99.9. These authors can also be found at www.narrativeslibrary.com GINA CHICK - We are the stars Gina Chick became well known to all of us from her win on  'Alone' - the Australian wilderness television  survival series. But she never had any fear of the unknown, having face...

 Fascinating interviews and reads with world award winning radio  presenter Karena Wynn-Moylan  from  Australian Radio Bay FM 99.9. These authors can also be found at www.narrativeslibrary.com MATTHEW EVANS - MILK  Here is  celebrity chef and farmer Matthew Evans extolling the virtues of 'Milk'.He reminds us  it is a wondrous substance necessary for the survival of all mammals ( and some birds!) E...

 Fascinating interviews and reads with world award winning radio  presenter Karena Wynn-Moylan  from  Australian Radio Bay FM 99.9. These authors can also be found at  www.narrativeslibrary.com   TRENT DALTON - 'Love Stories' Picture Trent Dalton on a street corner with a little table and a powder blue Olivetti typewriter asking you to tell him a personal experience of love. It's not surprising pe...

Fascinating interviews and reads with world award winning radio  presenter Karena Wynn-Moylan  from  Australian Radio Bay FM 99.9. These authors can also be found at www.narrativeslibrary.com MUSIC Let's go to the world of music with two people who work at opposite ends of that world - long time performer, musician, songwriter and arranger Vince Jones, well known for his ability to genre hop in ms...

Fascinating interviews and reads with world award winning radio  presenter Karena Wynn-Moylan  from  Australian Radio Bay FM 99.9. These authors can also be found at www.narrativeslibrary.com   Jane Caro- 'Lyrebird' Lyrebirds are fabulous mimics of other bird's calls, chain saws. car horns, but the sound of the screams of a woman being murdered? NO wonder it took twenty years for this crime to be...

A review of just some of the fabulous artists and authors interviewed by  award winning radio presenter Karena Wynn-Moylan on Arts Canvass Bay FM and the Narratives Library in 2025.   Kumi Taguchi, 'The Good Daughter'   Born in Melbourne to a Japanese father and an Australian mother, Kumi grew up in rural New south wales. Learning violin from the age of five, she has now worked in the media for ov...

Screenworks is a National Film and TV  body based in Northern NSW Australia that has grown from a small local, to national to global influential body in 25 years. I popped along to their 2025 conference and 25th birthday party , sponsored by Netflix, to ask a few people the simple question- who are you, where have you come from, why are you here - the answers were illuminating and also gratifying...

Heavy Metal guitarist Dan Sindel releases his second album and talks about why it has taken so long, the difficulties all independent musicians face and his triumph over personal adversary. Several tracks from his latest album are featured.

Indira Naidoo writes of a year of discovering the small pleasures that help us heal from grief in 'The Space Between the Stars'  While multi published author Bruce Pascoe writes of a year of delights on the wetlands and beaches of his home in 'Black Duck'.

Mark Holden tells us what it was like to become a 'rising star' in 'My Idol Years', how he accidentally insulted Elton John and  about turning his back on fame to become a barrister. Stuart Coupe has hung out backstage with almost everyone from the 70s,  until now.  A highly respected rock journalist his book  'Roadies', is a tribute to the boys in the 'other band'.

Richard Roxburgh, international actor has also tried his hand at children's litreature as well. Here he reads from 'Artie and the Grime Wave', and does all the funny voices. Tony Flowers and Nick Falk go one better in 'How to stop an alien invasion using Shakespeare'. This podcast good for kids and parents!

James Bradley , author of 'Clade' reads from his speculative fiction novel and discusses  how he writes about global catastrophes froma  human reltionships viewpoint. Melissa Lucashenko is an award winning Australian  indigenous author who gives us an insight to the personal struggles of individuals as they attempt to make their way in a white dominated world. 

Jess Kitching's book is fiction but based on her own experience and that of other women who have felt the fear of being stalked by a serial killer. Jess tries to get right into the mind of one such character in her book -'Lucky Number 11';  In her book 'A Question of Age' Jacinta Parsons is concerned that society is stacked against women when it comes to ageing - after all, if we are lucky, we get...