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Jan 2025
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BIG Summer Book Club : Uplifting reads f...

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Summer is here, and if you're looking for your next read, Jess has you covered! In this episode of the Big Summer Book Club, Jess shares the books that have been a source of strength, inspiration, and hope during challenging times, offering her invaluable support for her mental well-being.

Plus, Jess dives deep with incredible authors to explore their work, their lives, and so much more! One of these authors is Julie Goodwin whose incredible memoir Your Time Starts Now  is both candid and deeply moving.

Our hope is this series will inspire you to rediscover the joy of summer reading—and perhaps find your own life-changing reads along the way. 

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Host: Jessica Rowe
Guest: Julie Goodwin 
Executive Producer: Nic McClure
Audio Producer: Nat Marshall 
Digital Content Producer: Zoe Panaretos

The Jess Rowe Big Talk Show acknowledges the Gadigal people, Traditional Custodians of the land on which we recorded this podcast, and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders peoples here today.

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