
Writers @ Stanton
Every month Stanton Library hosts some of the world’s most exciting writers and thinkers to discuss their latest books. Catch up with our audio recordings and relive the discussion.
Episodes
104 episodes
Hugh White
In an era of rising danger for all, and dramatic choices for Australia, Hugh White explores how the world is changing and Australia should respond. This essential essay urges us to make our way in a hard new world with realism and confidence.
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46:18

Linda Jaivin
Expert Linda Jaivin joins us with this riveting account of the Chinese Cultural Revolution under Mao Zedong, focusing on its eventful start and shedding light on the ideological quarrels that underpinned it and the personalities involved.
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49:15

Hasib Hourani & Anne-Marie Te Whiu
Poets @ Stanton: a Pride Month special event. Fresh from Sydney Writer’s Festival, Hasib and Anne-Marie treat us to warm and animated conversations about their poetic inspirations, processes, and read aloud some of their incredible work. Introd...
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Toby Walsh
Trace the evolution of artificial intelligence with researcher Toby Walsh, from the works of Ada Lovelace to ChatGPT. His new book is an accessible and illuminating guide that helps to break down this transformative development into six key ide...
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59:12

Kumi Taguchi
Join SBS Insight’s host Kumi Taguchi in conversation as she shares her journey of self discovery. This moving memoir is her attempt to understand her father’s heritage and what that means for her, caught between two worlds.
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Fiona Kelly McGregor & Erin Riley
Queer Lives on Paper: Award-winning authors talk with Ce Benedict about the importance of writing LGBTIQA+ life stories. From Pride Month 2024, with an introduction from Mayor of North Sydney Council, Zoe Baker.
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Stephen Gapps
Discover the story of the frontier Wiradyuri Wars of Resistance for the first time with award-winning historian Stephen Gapps. Learn the breadth of these two wars conducted along a huge area of the Murray-Darling river system during the 1800’s....
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John Lyons
Be taken into the heart of a nation under siege with bestselling author and journalist of Balcony Over Jerusalem. John Lyons brings this riveting account of courageous resistance from everyday Ukrainians in the face of an uncertain fut...
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Tasma Walton
Based on the true story of Tasma Walton’s ancestor, I am Nannertgarrook is not just what life was like for a First Nations woman on the fringes of colonial society but also the beautiful tale of a person’s connection to country.
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42:47

Kerrie Davies
Discover the life story of famed author Miles Franklin and her enduring resilience. In this real life sequel to My Brilliant Career, Kerrie Davies uncovers a little-known period in Miles’ life in the turbulent years after her early suc...
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45:26

Nick Kaldas
Hear the compelling true story of how Nick Kaldas became one of Australia’s most senior police officers. He joins us to share his experiences serving in the NSW Police Force and what he learned about resilience, courage and fortitude.
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37:07

Jess Hill
What will it take to stop gendered violence? In this urgent essay, Jess Hill investigates Australia’s National Plan to End Violence Against Women andChildren to find out what’s working and what’s not – and what we can do to turn th...
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54:49

Robert Dessaix
Discover a witty exploration of the idiosyncrasies that make us fully human in this new memoir. Chameleon is how Dessaix explores how the restless mind takes constant detours to search for what makes life good, a place of wisdom and lo...
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Lottie Dalziel
Learn how to live your best sustainable life and spend less doing so with sustainability guru Lottie Dalziel. Her new practical guide will show you that sustainable, low-waste living is possible on a budget.
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45:17

Debra Oswald
Join Debra Oswald as she presents her new novel about Betty: storyteller, feminist, eternally curious and phenomenally old. On the eve of her hundredth birthday party, Betty tells us her story set against a century of world events and social up...
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David Dufty
Drawing on original letters and journals, historian David Dufty uncovers the extraordinary story of the greatest feat of engineering in nineteenth-century Australia, and the workers who brought this ambitious project to life.
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46:21

Lech Blaine
Learn the gripping true yet stranger-than-fiction tale of Lech Blaine and his family in his newest book, Australian Gospel, and discover the tangled fates of two couples and the foster children trapped between them.
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Peter FitzSimons
Discover the epic story of Albert Jacka, the first Australian soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross in WWI. His tale of bravery and sacrifice will take you from the shores of Gallipoli to the battlefields of France.
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40:05

Rick Morton
Join journalist Rick Morton for the powerful story of Robodebt, involving a moral vacuum and a multibillion-dollar government shake down. This is a gripping tale of how, over four and a half years, our government turned on its most vulnerable c...
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53:46

Robbie Arnott
From the acclaimed author of Limberlost comes this new epic quest in a through-the-looking-glass Van Deiman’s Land, undertaken by the outcast children of notorious convicts, to find and kill a man-eating big cat named Dusk.
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46:30

Amanda Laugesen
Discover the linguistic history of Australian English with Amanda Laugesen as she reveals some of the ideas, events and values that have shaped Australia’s history by providing fascinating insight into the evolution of the Australian vocabulary...
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45:32

Clare Wright in conversation with Paul Daley
Discover the story of a founding document in Australian democracy and the First Nations trailblazers who made it. Author Clare Wright joins journalist Paul Daley in-conversation to discuss this momentous piece of Australian history.
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45:40

Alan Kohler
In this updated edition of the bestselling Quarterly Essay, Alan Kohler tells the story of how we got into the Australian housing mess, with added material on homelessness, what is now an affordable house price, and lessons from overseas. ...
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