Fascinating interviews and reads with world award winning radio presenter Karena Wynn-Moylan from Australian Radio Bay FM 99.9. These authors can also be found at www.narrativeslibrary.com

PETER GRESTE - THE CORRESPONDENT
To round out this small samplni g of this years interviews here is international correspondent Peter Greste.
Peter Greste has spent 25 years working in some of the world's most volatile places as a journalist. As he says, getting locked up or detained is an occupational hazard for someone like him. But when he was arrested in Cairo while working for Al Jazeera he realized he was in a whole different scenario -thus began a long fight for his release. He continues to campaign for media freedom.

THOMAS MAYO - Always was, Always willl be
Our last guest for Jan1 is Thomas Mayo, Australian Human Rights advocate - who asks -what's next? for reconciliation and justice in Australia after the failed 2023 Voice to Parliament referendum. Essential reading for those who want to keep the momentum going and rekindle hope.This is a beautiful read from someone who believes strongly we can still reconcile our past with our future.

Fascinating interviews and reads with world award winning radio presenter Karena Wynn-Moylan from Australian Radio Bay FM 99.9. These authors can also be found at www.narrativeslibrary.com

PRIMA FACIE - SUSIE MILLER
Suzie MIller's previous profession was a lawyer- one who became increasingly concerned about how women were treated by the law in sexual assault cases.
Suzie MIller first wrote' Prima Facie' as a play , then it was turned into a turned into a novel. A process that allowed the author to expand the cast of of characters and enlarge upon scenes.
It is fiction but based on Suzie's extensive experience. in the courtroom. A young barrister Tessa, finds herself in the victim seat and learns the limits of justice to protect women.

MARKUS ZUSAK - 3 Wild Dogs and the Truth
Markus has a love of dogs that no-one else would take on - wild dogs, chaotic dogs, that he calls 'gangsters'. He says life is never dull with them, and he mourns each one who passes.

Fascinating interviews and reads with world award winning radio presenter Karena Wynn-Moylan from Australian Radio Bay FM 99.9. These authors can also be found at www.narrativeslibrary.com

GINA CHICK - We are the stars
Gina Chick became well known to all of us from her win on 'Alone' - the Australian wilderness television survival series. But she never had any fear of the unknown, having faced down trauma all through her life. Here she recounts how her love of the wild and chaotic in Nature started at a very young age.

NIKKI GEMMEL - BIRD
Teenage female friendships are so intense they can be all consuming. A class of teenage girls from an elite private girl's school go on a camping trip in the Australian bush. Four of them get separated and a male teacher to look for them But he never returns and the girls aren't talking. Language warning in this read!

Fascinating interviews and reads with world award winning radio presenter Karena Wynn-Moylan from Australian Radio Bay FM 99.9. These authors can also be found at www.narrativeslibrary.com

MATTHEW EVANS - MILK
Here is celebrity chef and farmer Matthew Evans extolling the virtues of 'Milk'.He reminds us it is a wondrous substance necessary for the survival of all mammals ( and some birds!)

ESTHER ANATOLITIS
Esther Anatolitis is the former editor of Meanjin and one of Australia's most influential advocates for arts and culture. Her book asks - what futures are we designing by default? How can we incorporate an active civic engagement into our professional creative practice? And into our everyday lives? A handbook for spurring creative practice into civic action. Artists cannot live outside society and expect to be considered relevant, and by the same token they should not allow decision makers to restrict creative development.

Fascinating interviews and reads with world award winning radio presenter Karena Wynn-Moylan from Australian Radio Bay FM 99.9. These authors can also be found at www.narrativeslibrary.com

TRENT DALTON - 'Love Stories'
Picture Trent Dalton on a street corner with a little table and a powder blue Olivetti typewriter asking you to tell him a personal experience of love. It's not surprising people were so disarmed they opened up with extraordinary stories- all of which he duly recorded in this lovely collection. When there was no-one talking to him he observed their interactions and made up beautiful stories around everyday gestures.

ROBERT DESSAIX - 'Chameleon'

This is a further memoir from an author who believes in exploring and questioning everything about his life- why does he think this, why does he do that? Always witty, self deprecating and almost factual(!), he leads the reader to start thinking like him and wondering 'why am I so'?

Fascinating interviews and reads with world award winning radio presenter Karena Wynn-Moylan from Australian Radio Bay FM 99.9. These authors can also be found at www.narrativeslibrary.com

MUSIC
Let's go to the world of music with two people who work at opposite ends of that world - long time performer, musician, songwriter and arranger Vince Jones, well known for his ability to genre hop in msuic, and long time respected journalist Stuart Coupe - this time writing about himself rather that other artist. Start with vince Jones whom I have included today because of his wonder ful comments about the roele of music and the arts as being necessary to all our lives.

Stuart Coupe -'Shake some Action'

This is Stuart's lovely recollection of buying his first ever record and proudly playing it for his parents. Unfortunately, their reaction wasn't what he was expecting. The rest of the book is fantastic memoir of his life side stage for some of the biggest music names in the business.

Fascinating interviews and reads with world award winning radio presenter Karena Wynn-Moylan from Australian Radio Bay FM 99.9. These authors can also be found at www.narrativeslibrary.com

Jane Caro- 'Lyrebird'
Lyrebirds are fabulous mimics of other bird's calls, chain saws. car horns, but the sound of the screams of a woman being murdered? NO wonder it took twenty years for this crime to be solved- because no-one believed the recording could be real. Here's Jane Caro reading from her crme novel 'Lyrebird'.

Hannah Kent - 'Always, home, always homesick' - 'Devotion'
Hannah Kent's love affair with Iceland was launched by her selection as an exchange student aged 17. Although she felt isolated and lonely in the depth of an Icelandic winter, she was changed forever by the experience which led to her first major internationally best selling novel 'Burial Rites'. Here she is reading from her memoir of that time - 'Always home, always homesick'
Devotion - Hannah Kent's beautifully crafted book depicts a love between two young women which transcends all obstacles - even death. Set in the historical period of European migration to South Australia, this scene depicts the meeting of the two women, Hannah and Thea, in a misty pine forest.

A review of just some of the fabulous artists and authors interviewed by award winning radio presenter Karena Wynn-Moylan on Arts Canvass Bay FM and the Narratives Library in 2025.

Kumi Taguchi, 'The Good Daughter'

Born in Melbourne to a Japanese father and an Australian mother, Kumi grew up in rural New south wales. Learning violin from the age of five, she has now worked in the media for over 25 years in Australia and overseas and is currently the host of SBS's Insight. This memoir is a search for identity and understanding, as she travels to Japan to learn why her father was so distant towards her. It starts with her dramatic birth .

Kate Ceberano- 'Unsung'
Surely there can be no greater fear for a vocalists than the possibility they could lose their voice permanently and never sing again.This next read/interview details Kate Ceberano's ordeal when she required surgery on her vocal chords.