Stories Behind the Story with Better Reading

Richard Harris and Craig Challen talk to Cheryl Akle about their involvement in the rescue of the Wild Boars soccer team from the Thai cave, and the book they've written about the experience, Against All Odds . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr Karl talks to Cheryl Akle about... everything! His life, his work and many other fascinating and amazing scientific facts you've never thought about...  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tim Slee talks to Cheryl Akle about his very international life and travels, and his very Australian debut novel, Taking Tom Murray Home .  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Judy Nunn talks to Cheryl Akle about her childhood, life as an actress, a bestselling author and the true tale behind her latest number #1 novel, Khaki Town . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jono Lineen talks to Cheryl Akle about walking, how walking makes us wiser, the power of pilgrimage, his adventures walking the world, and his book on walking, Perfect Motion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Legendary children's author, Mem Fox talks to Cheryl Akle about her life and career, and why she wrote her latest picture book The Tiny Star for her grandson.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Diane Armstrong talks to Cheryl Akle about her fascinating life, from Poland to Australia, journalism to travel, and how her career as a bestselling author began.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Heather Morris talks to Cheryl Akle about the phenomenal success of her book The  Tattooist of Auschwitz , and how she came to write the sequel, Cilka's Journey . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bestselling crime writer Sarah Barrie talks to Cheryl Akle about life, a wide and varied career including equine therapy, and how she came to writing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Social entrepreneur Lucy Bloom talks to Cheryl about her life and what led her on her amazing journey to being one of the world's leading change makers.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

US author, Paula Saunders talks to Cheryl Akle about the complexities of families, modern America and her family saga The Distance Home. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Brandi chats to Cheryl Akle about growing up Italian in a small Australian town, and how that influenced his crime writing, and his latest book, The Rip . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Benjamin Law talks to Cheryl Akle about everything from his big, loud migrant family, his childhood, and his family to popular culture and structural racism.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Multi-award-winning journalist, Adele Ferguson talks to Cheryl Akle about her investigations into banks which helped bring about the royal commission, and her new book, Banking Bad . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cardinal George Pell was Australia's most powerful Catholic, jailed in March 2019 for child sexual assault. To coincide with Pell's failed appeal, Better Reading has decided to immediately release our podcast with Award-winning investigative reporter, Louise Milligan. This is a fascinating, powerful and timely conversation between Cheryl Akle and the author of Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George...

Dave Glasheen talks to Cheryl Akle about losing a fortune and moving to Restoration Island, the unusual life he writes about in his memoir The Millionaire Castaway.    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kaneana May talks to Cheryl Akle about screenwriting and the road to publishing her book, The One ... and why she loves Barbie.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Australian Children's Laureate for 2018 and 2019, Morris Gleitzman talks to Cheryl Akle about writing children's fiction. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bestselling author Paullina Simons talks to Cheryl Akle about her fascinating background and her incredible career. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former teacher, Gabbi Stroud talks to Cheryl Akle about her groundbreaking essay Teaching Australia , and her book Teacher that sprang from that. She discusses what kids need from their teachers, and why she believes the education system in Australia is broken. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tara June Winch talks to Cheryl Akle about her extensive travels, living in France, and her connection to the land as a Wiradjuri woman. Plus her latest novel, The Yield .  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nikki Christer, the Group Publishing Director at Penguin Random House Australia talks about the publishing process, the difference between agents and publishers, why editing is so important… and what she needs in a story to encourage her to offer an author a publishing deal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dialogue expert extraordinaire, Melina Marchetta discusses the importance of dialogue, and how that voice defines her characters, the setting and the story she tells. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Candice Fox has immersed herself in both setting and research. She’s lived in LA, she’s visited a serial killer on death row, and even had dinner with an American President, all in the name of research. Hear all this and much more in this highly entertaining episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Belinda Alexandra talks about how she immerses herself in the world she’s writing about so her characters come to life. She talks about how some characters have a mind of their own… and how she even develops a full-blown crush on the occasional hero. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.