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Videos

Visit our YouTube channel to view videos of some of the library's events and speakers.


Podcasts

Download and listen to these recordings of popular author talks and discussions. 


Tea Topics

Fairlie Kingston

Sculptor Fairlie Kingston discusses her career and her entry for the the 2012 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize.

Recorded 9 November 2012

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Andrew Tink

Andrew Tink discusses the life and works of Lord Sydney.

Recorded 28 September 2012

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Henri Aram

Personal finance guru Henri Aram discusses his long and varied life with Michael Visontay.

Recorded 31 August 2012

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Pat Farmer

Pat Farmer, author of Pole to Pole, talks about his epic 2011-2012 run to raise funds for clean water programs for Red Cross International.

Recorded 27 July 2012

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Michael Waterhouse

Michael Waterhouse, author of Not a Poor Man's Ground, talks about the Australian colonial experience in New Guinea between the wars.

Recorded 29 June 2012

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Colleen Burgoyne

Solicitor Colleen Burgoyne, of Back Schwartz Vaughan Lawyers, talks about Older Persons and the Law at Woollahra Seniors Centre as part of Law Week.

Recorded 18 May 2012

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Alasdair McGregor

Writer, painter and photographer Alasdair McGregor talks about the literature of Antarctica.

Recorded 27 April 2012

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Garry Darby

Art historian Dr Garry Darby talks about traditional Aboriginal art and artists of the Central and Western Deserts.

Recorded 23 March 2012

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Graham Ross

Graham Ross from the hit television show Better Homes and Gardens shares more than 40 years gardening experience in this personal and informative chat.

Recorded 29 April 2011

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Writers & Readers 

Stuart Littlemore and Glen McNamara

Stuart Littlemore and Glen McNamara discuss crime fact and fiction writing and the law with Kate Fitzpatrick.

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Jean-Michel Gerst and Loukie Werle in conversation with Irina Dunn

Irena Dunn interviews Jean-Michel Gerst, author of Latitude 36.50: Warming Recipes from the Mountains, and Loukie Werle, author of Pasta Rustica. 

Recorded 23 August 2012 

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Drusilla Modjeska in conversation with Geordie Williamson

Drusilla Modjeska discusses her recent novel The Mountain with literary critic Geordie Williamson.

Recorded 14 June 2012

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Paul Ham in conversation with Sally Loane

Historian Paul Ham discusses his book Hiroshima Nagasaki with former radio presenter Sally Loane.

Recorded 19 April 2012

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Alan Ramsey

Political commentator and author Alan Ramsey talks about his book The Way They Were.

Recorded 18 August 2011

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Mark Jensen in conversation with Kate Fitzpatrick

Listen to chef and co-owner of Red Lantern Mark Jensen talk about his sustainable eating cookbook The Urban Cook with renowned actress Kate Fitzpatrick.

Recorded on 16 June 2011

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Liz Byrski in conversation with Jacqueline Kent

Best-selling women's fiction writer Liz Byrski - the author The Sydney Morning Herald described as 'compulsive reading' - discuss her new book with writer, broadcaster and journalist, Jacqueline Kent.

Recorded 14 April 2011

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