The Australian Bite
Archive for the ‘ Books and Writing’ Category
Cricket, life & concerns over very cheap milk
3 March 2011
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This week on the Australian Bite, milk in Australia has never been cheaper, with the two major supermarket chains slogging it out in a price war. But what about the dairy farmers? Also on the program, the police take on a team of international students in a community cricket match, and Olympic Bobsleigher Jeremy Rolleston, talks about his new book, A Life that Counts
Life on the mission & reclaiming multiculturalism
21 January 2011
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This week on the Australian Bite summer series, we’ll meet indigenous author Marie Munkara – whose award-winning debut novel Every Secret Thing chronicles life on a remote Catholic Mission. And we’ll hear why Australians are being urged to “reclaim multiculturalism.”
Gum trees & an alphabet book of African stories
6 January 2011
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it’s all about books on this week’s Australian Bite. Michael Cathcart chats to the author of a fascinating book on the Australian eucalypt, or gum tree. And we meet two of the women behind A is for Aunty and Z is for Zigni – an alphabet book of of stories written by a group of refugee and migrant women from the horn of Africa, who now live in Flemington – an inner suburb of Melbourne.
Swimming with crocodiles & Aboriginal Sydney
16 December 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, Kaitlyn Sawrey goes crocodile catching in Australia’s tropical north. We take a look at the newly revised edition of the guidebook Aboriginal Sydney. And we meet Melbourne author Maryanne Harris, who has written a children’s book about disability with a strong positive message.
