Stories Behind The Story With Better Reading

Award-winning Journalist and writer Rick Morton talks to Cheryl Akle about quantum physics, journalism, growing up poor, having complex PTSD, and rediscovering love. His latest book, My Year of Living Vulnerably, is out now.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Better Reading's Cheryl Akle and Jane Tara discuss their favourite new releases, the ABIA shortlist... and how they both want to travel on the Ghan!Books mentioned:Trick of the Light by Fiona McCallumThe Jam Queens by Josephine Moon Buddhism for Meat Eaters by Josephine Moon Half Life by Jillian CantorBarrenjoey Road by Neil Mercer and Ruby JonesYou Need to Know by Nicola MoriartyMirrorland by Carole JohnstoneWild at Heart by Alienor le GouvelloThe Truth About Her by Jacqueline Maley See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Walkley Award-winning journalist and international commentator Stan Grant talks to Cheryl Akle about universal western liberalism, its virtues and the deep trouble with it, and how we are at a time of momentous upheaval and enormous geopolitical shifts. Stan's latest book, With the Falling of the Dusk, is in stores now. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Walkley Award-winning investigative journalist Neil Mercer talks to Cheryl Akle about the importance of women speaking up, and his latest book Barrenjoey Road. Content warning: Sexual assault See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

GP and author Katie McMahon talks to Cheryl Akle about her career as a doctor, and how her debut novel, The Mistake, was written at a Fiona McIntosh writing masterclass. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Motivational speaker and author Kirsty Everett talks to Cheryl Akle about how she survived two bouts of cancer, and how she came to write her memoir Honey Blood. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Research Psychologist Dr Sarah Woodhouse talks to Cheryl Akle about trauma, how most of us have experienced trauma, and how you can break the trauma loop by using the latest research-based techniques that she writes about in her book, You’re Not Broken.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Better Reading's Cheryl Akle and Jane Tara discuss their favourite new releases, book news, the Top 100... and elephants.Books mentioned:The Chase by Candice FoxLove Objects by Emily MaguireThe Zookeeper of Belfast by S. Kirk WalshLoud by Tana DouglasAs Swallows Fly by L.P. McMahonGreetings from Trumpland by Zoe Daniel and Roscoe Whalan See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

U.S. correspondent, journalist, and author Zoe Daniel talks to Cheryl Akle about her latest book, Greetings from Trumpland which explores America's chaotic political climate and how the world has reacted to it. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Author Kathy George talks to Cheryl Akle about her adventure from Namibia to Melbourne, and her debut novel Sargasso. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Better Reading’s Cheryl Akle and Jane Tara discuss their favourite new releases, Better Reading Preview, the Top 100… and the 2021 Indie Book Award winners.Books mentioned:The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip WilliamsHoneybee by Craig SilveyPhosphorescence by Julia BairdThe Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia MellorA Room Called Earth by Madeleine RyanThe Jigsaw Man by Nadine MathesonThe Serpent's Skin by Erina ReddanThe Burning Girls by C.J. TudorThe Believer by Sarah Krasnostein See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

World-famous roadie and author Tana Douglas talks to Cheryl Akle about her debut book, Loud, where she shares her experience of becoming the world's first female roadie. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Bestselling author C.J. Tudor talks to Cheryl Akle about the many movie stars she has interviewed and becoming an award-winning author. Her latest book, The Burning Girls, is her darkest, twistiest novel yet. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Better Reading’s Cheryl Akle and Jane Tara discuss their favourite new releases, book news, the Top 100… and the return of the eighties bonkbuster.Books mentioned:Walking with Ghosts by Gabriel ByrneGirl in the Walls by A.J. GnuseMy Year of Living Vulnerably by Rick MortonThis is What a Feminist Looks Like by Emily MaguireGrace Under Pressure by Tori HaschkaRuthless Women by Melanie BlakeThe Last Goodbye by Fiona Lucas See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Award-winning author Janet Skeslien Charles talks to Cheryl Akle about how she came to write her latest book, The Paris Library, and the unusual woman who sparked her love of France. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Author A.J. Gnuse talks to Cheryl Akle about how he went from writing short stories to writing his latest novel, Girl in the Walls, which was bought in a six-figure publishing deal. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Better Reading’s Cheryl Akle and Jane Tara discuss their favourite new releases, book news, the Top 100, and Cheryl’s conversation with literary legend Isabel Allende.Books mentioned:The Soul of a Woman by Isabel AllendeThe Family Doctor by Debra OswaldBorn Into This by Adam ThompsonA Home Like Ours by Fiona LoweThe Codebreakers by Alli SinclairThe Rose Code by Kate QuinnYou’re Not Broken by Dr Sarah Woodhouse See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Bestselling author and feminist Isabel Allende talks to Cheryl Akle about how the feminist movement has changed, intersectionality between movements, and being visible. With her latest book, The Soul of a Woman, Allende hopes she will "light the torch of our daughters and granddaughters". See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Debut author Abigail Dean talks to Cheryl Akle about making the New York Times bestseller list with her debut novel Girl A, and how her law career helped shape the story. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Better Reading's Cheryl Akle and Jane Tara discuss their favourite new releases, book news, the Top 100... and why Cheryl talks to her dog.Books mentioned:Growing Up Disabled in Australia by Carly FindlayMy Daughter's Wedding by Gretel KilleenOther People's Houses by Kelli HawkinsThe Royal Correspondent by Alexandra JoelWelcome to Nowhere River by Meg BignellDriving Stevie Fracasso by Barry DivolaRaft of Stars by Andrew J. Graff See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.