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Emily Macguire's book, This Is What a Feminist Looks Like shows us how we got to where we are today — and reminds us that some battles must be fought over and over again. In this fascinating podcast, Emily Macguire discusses this with Cheryl Akle. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tea Cooper, author of The Girl in the Painting discusses her life, from England to Australia, boarding school to bestselling author. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode with the fascinating Adele Parks, you'll understand how she became a bestselling author - she's a born storyteller! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Creative powerhouse Leah Purcell talks books, films, storytelling... and the road she's taken to success. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

From midwife to community nurse for teen girls to bestselling author, Fiona Lowe shares her journey. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dr Rupy Aujla talks to Cheryl Akle about cooking and food being medicine, health, and being a medical doctor today. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Melissa Ashley talks about the extraordinary Marie Catherine d’Aulnoy who ran a literary salon in Paris in the 1700s and published the very first fairy tale, women's lives during that time, and her novel The Bee and the Orange Tree. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Bestselling author, Fiona McIntosh talks to Cheryl Akle about how it was inevitable that she would write a book about diamonds. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Pip Drysdale talks about growing up in Africa and Australia, and her journey to becoming an author, via being an actor and musician.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Walkley Award winning journalist, Garry Linnell talks politics and then spins a yarn about the fascinating life of William Buckley, and the book he wrote about him, Buckley's Chance. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Bernadette Agius talks to Cheryl Akle about her inspiring, heartfelt, and powerful journey as a mother of a child with Down syndrome, something she explores in her book I'm Staying at Richard's. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Christian White talks to Cheryl Akle in a follow-up podcast, on the success around his debut The Nowhere Child, and his second novel, The Wife and the Widow.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Darry Fraser talks to Cheryl Akle about her life on Kangaroo Island and finding success with her novels.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jeff Sparrow talks to Cheryl Akle about Fascism, hate and the power of troll culture on the internet, all featured in his latest book, FASCISTS AMONG USOnline Hate and the Christchurch Massacre. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Katherine Johnson talks to Cheryl Akle about her PhD and ethnic shows, or humans zoos, which were big business in Europe during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and also the inspiration for her novel, Paris Savages. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mary Moody talks to Cheryl Akle about her incredible life and travels, and the death of her husband, which she writes about in The Accidental Tour Guide.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Award-winning senior reporter James Phelps talks to Cheryl Akle about footballers, true crime and the bush rangers who pulled off this country's greatest gold robbery, which he writes about in Australian Heist.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jane Cockram talks to Cheryl Akle about to pathway she took through the book industry before writing her debut novel, The House of Brides. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ultra marathon runner met a stray dog halfway across China's Gobi desert, and it changed his life. Here he talks to Cheryl Akle about 'Gobi' and the book he wrote about her. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kiley Reid talks to Cheryl Akle about race and privilege in America today and how her life influenced her debut novel, Such a Fun Age. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.