Claire Ward Claire Ward

In Conversation with Ronen Steinke

Ronen Steinke and I sat down as part of The Shalom Sydney Jewish Writers Festival (SJWF), to discuss his book Anna & Dr Helmy: How an Arab Doctor Saved a Jewish Girl in Hitler’s Berlin.

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Michaela Kalowski Michaela Kalowski

Curated: Big Weekend of Books

ABC Radio National’s on-air writers festival featured 39 local and international authors across two jam-packed days.

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Claire Ward Claire Ward

Hosting: BookUp Conference

The second annual Australian Publisher's Association conference, BookUp, took a look at what’s next in Australian publishing.

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Michaela Kalowski Michaela Kalowski

Guest: The Bookshelf

I had the pleasure of chatting to Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh about Ashley Goldberg’s new novel, Abomination, on the latest episode of The Bookshelf.

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Michaela Kalowski Michaela Kalowski

In Conversation with Michelle de Krester

As part of the Brisbane Writers Festival, Michelle de Krester and I sat down to discuss her latest novel Scary Monsters and its themes of family disruption through immigration and an unsettling dystopian future.

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Michaela Kalowski Michaela Kalowski

Past Continuous Q&A

I had the pleasure of hosting a post-premiere Q&A with Sydney couple Oscar Shub and Ilan Buchman - Australia’s first same-sex couple to be legally married in a religious ceremony and the subjects of the documentary Past Continuous.

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Michaela Kalowski Michaela Kalowski

International Women's Day - Break the Bias

As part of the Ideas Exchange series, I moderated this panel featuring Kate McClymont, Dr Melissa Kang and Rudi Bremer on how we can break biases about women and gender in the world around us.

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Michaela Kalowski Michaela Kalowski

In Conversation with Anna Sebba

I interviewed British historian/author Anne Sebba about her new book, focusing on the trial and execution of American housewife Ethel Rosenberg in 1953, at the height of McCarthyism in America.

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Michaela Kalowski Michaela Kalowski

Author Talk: 'Free Fall' with Ben Quilty

I interviewed award-winning artist Ben Quilty about his latest series of paintings and the accompanying book in an online chat for Waverly and Randwick libraries.

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