Aunty Pat Ockwell is an senior Wurundjeri elder.
For decades she's been a tireless worker for Aboriginal rights and an important figure in organisations like Aboriginal Housing Victoria and the Koori Court.
In her new memoir, written with Pauline Mackinnon, Aunty Pat is telling her story: not just the remarkable ... Show More
Jul 2022
Come From Away
September 11, 2001 was a day of shocking violence and loss. But, in the aftermath, it was also a day of heroism and of community.
As planes bound for New York were being turned away, many of them found themselves being directed to the small town of Gander, in Newfoundland, Canada ... Show More
21m 7s
Jul 2022
Michael Robotham seeks the truth
Is it possible to tell when someone is lying to you? Not just to guess, but to truly know?
Michael Robotham's debut thriller sold more than a million copies, he's since become one of the biggest names in crime, and his latest novel features a woman with that precise skill
In the ... Show More
24m 10s
Jan 2022
Scottish Government consultation on gender recognition laws, Hazel Hunt, Pragna Patel, Rosie de Courcy & Megan Nolan
How widely is the Scottish Government consulting on its plans to allow people to legally change sex without a medical diagnosis? Emma Barnett speaks to Lisa Mackenzie from MurrayBlackburnMackenzie, an Edinburgh-based policy analysis collective who say the SNP is breaking a manife ... Show More
57m 56s
Aug 2022
Lisa Jewell with Isy Suttie
This week on the penguin podcast, Isy Suttie is joined by bestselling author, Lisa Jewell. Lisa joins the Penguin Podcast to discuss her latest novel, The Family Remains, the long-awaited sequel to her New York Times best-seller, The Family Upstairs. They also discuss Lisa’s deve ... Show More
56m 56s
Dec 2019
Novelist Enid Blyton
Janice Turner recently wrote a sweet, sensitive article about packing up the contents of her parent’s house. “The experience was almost unbearable,” she began. Among the items passed down from the attic, “my entire childhood,” were a heavy sledge, Twinkle and Jackie annuals, “and ... Show More
27m 46s
Apr 2020
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in 1928. She was a mother, writer, dancer, director, performer, friend of presidents, and author of seven volumes of memoir. The very first - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - returned to the top of the best-seller lists when she died in 2 ... Show More
27m 21s
Oct 2022
The child spy and her secret agent parents
Sue-Ellen Doherty was trained by her parents to spy for Australia during the Cold War.For Sue-Ellen Kusher, nee Doherty, growing up in the suburbs of Brisbane was far from normal. Both her parents worked for the Australian Secret Intelligence Organisation, ASIO, and in the early ... Show More
40m 10s