Stories Behind The Story: Hannah Richell on The Unexpected Ways Life Can Transform After Loss
Hannah Richell joins Cheryl Akle to talk about grief, love, writing and the unexpected ways life can transform after loss. Hannah shares how...
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Stories Behind The Story: Hannah Richell & Michelle Prak on Their Favourite Phases When Writing
Hannah Richell (The Search Party, The River Home) and Michelle Prak (The Rush) have a laugh and talk about their books One Dark Night and Th...
Stories Behind The Story: Holden Sheppard & Peter Polites on Their Unique, Diverse Backgrounds
Holden Sheppard (Invisible Boys, The Brink) and Peter Polites (Down The Hume, God Forgets About the Poor) chat about the adaptation of Holde...
Libby Trainor Parker on Finding Healing Through Advocacy
Libby Trainor Parker talks to Cheryl about endometriosis, chronic pain, infertility, pregnancy loss, grief, and finding healing through advo...
Stories Behind The Story: Sarah Trad on Hospitality and Building Her Dream House
Sarah Trad talks to Cheryl Akle about Lebanon and the culture’s deep connection to hospitality, her travels around the world, renovating and...
Stories Behind The Story: Joan Sauers on Film and Mysteries
Joan Sauers talks to Cheryl Akle about her love of mystery series, the writing skills she learned from her father, Hollywood, and the differ...
Stories Behind The Story: Victoria Purman on Journalism, Publishing and Vintage Books
Victoria Purman talks to Cheryl Akle about her former career in journalism, her path into publishing, her writing routines, and her love of...
Stories Behind The Story: What Are You Reading? The App with Caroline Overington
Cheryl talks to Caroline about Better Reading’s new project, What Are You Reading? The App , an Australian, community-focused book tracker t...
Stories Behind The Story: Francesca Albanese on War and Power
Francesca Albanese talks to Cheryl about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, the impact of technology on modern warfare, and her career in aca...
Stories Behind The Story: Dervla McTiernan on Ruthless Editing and Finding Home in Australia
Dervla McTiernan talks to Cheryl about her brain tumour diagnosis, her writing routine, the brutality of editing, and how living in Australi...
Stories Behind The Story: Antoinette Lattouf on Books, Battles and Breaking Barriers
Antoinette Lattouf talks to Cheryl about her childhood, her love of reading and writing, her legal dispute with the ABC, and the lessons she...
Stories Behind The Story: Ann Mossop on the 2026 Sydney Writers’ Festival
Cheryl talks to Ann Mossop, Artistic Director of the 2026 Sydney Writers’ Festival, for a special episode of Stories Behind the Story . Toge...
Stories Behind The Story: Mali Cornish on Life, Law & Her New Novel
Cheryl talks to Mali Cornish about her relationship with her own mother, her career in law, and how becoming a parent reshaped her perspecti...
Stories Behind The Story: Kate Mildenhall & Kate Forsyth on the Complexities of Writing
Kate Mildenhall (The Hummingbird Effect, The Mother Fault) and Kate Forsyth (Psykhe, Dragonclaw) have a laugh and talk about the complexitie...
Stories Behind The Story: Rosalie Ham on Ageing, Connection and Look After Your Feet
Rosalie Ham talks to Cheryl about the beauty of ageing, the impact of her novel The Dressmaker, and her earlier career in aged care. She als...
Stories Behind The Story: Mohammed Massoud Morsi on Journalism and Belonging
Mohammed Massoud Morsi talks to Cheryl about belonging, his career in journalism and the ways propaganda can shape worldviews. He reflects o...
Stories Behind The Story: Linda Martin on Her Journey from Editor to Author
Linda Martin talks to Cheryl about her career in publishing, editing techniques she's uncovered over the years, and her transition from edit...
Stories Behind The Story: Durkhanai Ayubi on Displacement, Food and Hope
Durkhanai Ayubi talks to Cheryl about displacement, the beauty of food and its power to bring communities together. She also reflects on hop...
Stories Behind The Story: James Colley & Christian White on Crime, Comedy and Their Kids
Christian White (The Ledge, Clickbait) and James Colley (The Next Big Thing, Gruen) have a laugh and talk about writing with their partners,...
Stories Behind The Story: Bernice Barry on Historical Fiction, Botany and Writing
Bernice Barry talks to Cheryl about the magic of writing, the ways readers connect to stories, the complexities of historical fiction, Berni...