Nick Bryant and I had a very topical chat about his latest book ‘The Forever War’, which delves into the USA’s political history.

Listening to and speaking with Tim Winton about his new novel Juice was a joy and then some,

I sat down with talented Tasmanian author Robbie Arnott to talk about his latest novel Dusk.

Joanne Fedler is the author of 14 previous books and for her 15th she changed direction entirely.

Tim Minchin toured his latest book around the country. I was lucky enough to join him on the Adelaide leg of his tour.

I had the pleasure of talking to Ailsa Piper at Petersham Bowling Club as part of our Readers: Books & Conversations series.

I visited ABC’s Weekend News Breakfast to share my top reading picks for September.

Is all crime is local? Michael Duffy, Alan Carter & Natalie Conyer and I explore the idea of landscape and place in crime writing for the 2024 BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival.

There are storytellers and then there’s Markus Zusak.

A busy week of in-depth conversations including Sarah Krasnostein, Rabbi Dr Ariel Burger and a discussion about my recent podcast Laya's Way Home.

We were lucky enough to chat with the Miles Franklin Award-winning author Shankari Chandran for the August instalment of Readers- Books and Conversations.

I visited ABC’s Weekend News Breakfast to share my top reading picks for July.

I spoke with Romi Grossberg about her years living and working in Cambodia and her book about the journey - "Hip Hop & Hope"

James Bradley and I talked about his latest book ‘Deep Water’ - a mind and heart-expanding book about our relationship to, and misunderstandings of, the natural world.

I chatted to Cadance ‘Cady’ Bell, an Australian storyteller as part of our Readers: Books & Conversations series.

I was invited to host the launch of Dear Mutzi, Tess Scholfield-Peters debut book, a poignant tale of her Grandfather’s escape from the Nazis and migration to rural Australia.

Francesca De Tores and I chat about her debut historical novel - Saltblood

Two days of wall-to-wall conversations in my fourth year of curating ABC Radio National’s on-air writers festival.

A busy week of in-depth conversations including Robyn Davidson, Julia Baird, Holly Ringland, Kerri Sackville, Francesca de Tores and Julian Borger.

Anna Downes and I met up at the East Village, along with a bunch of literary fans, to discuss her latest book - Red River Road.