Narratives Library National Edition

Two great musical memoirs from Tex Perkins in 'Tex' and Mark Holden in 'My Idol Years'. Language warning on the Tex Perkins one as he recounts his early years performing around Sydney.

Penelope Janu - In at the Deep End, Susan Lattwein - 'Arafura, Blodd, the Wet and Tears';- Lost in Kakadu by Kendall Talbot Three romance novelists go into the great wild outback  of Australia and the ocean . Hear them read from their work and discuss it afterward. Music track from Kasey chambers 'Nullabor Song'.

David Leser reads from his memoir 'To Begin to Know- in the shadows of my father', in which he attempts to understand the forces that shaped his father's childhood and their subsequent relationship. Nikki Gemmel  reads from 'After', an astonishing examination of the aftermath of her mother's suicide. ( This  interview and read deals with the subject of assisted dying .)

  Catherine Evans  - 'The Healing Season'  - a romance novel about an agricultural scientist  in a country town and and Kelly Hunter –'Wish'- classic ' new beginnings' romance in the country. Music: 'The day that I lost You' – Suzannah Espie;  " Back to the Sun" -Ange Takats    

Charlie Veron, recognised as a world authority on coral reefs- reads from his memoir : 'A Life Underwater'; Tim Flannery , famous environmentalist says we can still be optimistic in 'An Atmosphere of Hope' while Nobel Prize winner Peter Doherty tells us how to sort fact from fiction in 'The Knowledge Wars'.In their interviews these noted authors and environment experts give us much food for though...

Tracey Spicer  - 'The Good Girl Stripped Bare ' ,and Mary-Lou Stephens –' Sex, drugs and Meditation' and Suzanne Leal – 'The Teacher's Secret' Three female authors dealing with issues in the media and education  workplace, fiction and non-fiction and even some comedy! Music'Change' –Jodi Martin; 'Some say I got Devil ' –Inge Liljestrom.

   Sophie Hardcastle and Mark Winter write Young Adult fiction .    In 'Breathing Underwater' Sophie uses her considerable experience as a surfer to write lyrically about her heroine's struggles, and in 'The Road to Winter', Mark Smith places his 15 year old male protagonist into a dystopian future, where most adults have died.  

Sebastian Smee – delves into history to reveal strange  and fascinating influences that famous artists have had on each other in ' The Art of rivalry' and Ashleigh Wilson  reveals the real Brett in –'Brett Whitely –Art, Life and the other thing' . Music 'Talk About Love' –My Friend the Chocolate Cake, 'All the colours' Neil and Tim Finn.

Rajith Savanadasa was born in Sri Lanka and is now living in Australia. His novel 'Ruins' follows the lives on one family in modern Sri Lanka. Sohila Sanjani spent nearly 30 years writing down her memories of her previous family life in Persia ( Iran) in her book 'Scattered Pearls'.  

       L.A Larkin writes thrillers around the issue of environmental crime and ecological disasters. Her books, such as Devour,  have strong female protagonists. In a twist, Michael Robotham wrote his book 'The Secrets she keeps'  in a first person female voice. He loves to analyse the psychology of people who commit crimes more than than depicting the crime itself. Hear them both talk about their...

            There's a number of actors who also write great kids books! Tristan Bancks , formerly a Home and Away star, has a whole series of funny books for the 6 to 14 age group in his 'My Life...' series. Here he reads from ' My Life and other stuff I made up ' Richard Roxburgh has just published his very first book, 'Artie and the Grime Wave' but there are sure to be more. Both authors relishe...

Graeme Simsion shot to fame with The Rosie Project ,followed quickly by The Rosie Effect . 'Two Steps Forward' was written with his wife, Anne Buist a thriller writer. In this broadcast, Graeme and Anne both read the two characters they have created and a lively interview follows. Music track by Lucinda Peters 'The River of Remembrance'.

The Narratives Library brings you two new authors every week reading their own work and discussing it with award winning radio presenter Karena Wynn-Moylan plus one or two  carefully selected music tracks. Hannah Kent reads from her latest novel 'The Good People' and talks about her how her interest was piqued in the Irish  belief in the Fairy folk  by a chance newspaper article. Robert Drewe find...