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    • Oct 31, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 92 EPISODES


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    Walk 1: More by Land than Water

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2022 27:08


    Walk 1: More by Land than Water by City of Melbourne Libraries

    Walk 2: Off the Grid

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2022 27:14


    Walk 2: Off the Grid by City of Melbourne Libraries

    Walk 3: Complete with Aspidistra

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2022 28:13


    Walk 3: Complete with Aspidistra by City of Melbourne Libraries

    Melbourne Magazine January to June 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 66:25


    Rediscover Melbourne as we innovate and evolve, see secret spaces under lockdown and meet community champions in the latest edition of Melbourne magazine. This audio magazine has been recorded by Vision Australia on behalf of the City of Melbourne in the interests of information accessibility. Your narrator is David Tredinnick.

    Melbourne Magazine July To September 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2020 92:58


    Find out how we’ve helped 1200 local businesses innovate with grants, meet the owner of Carlton’s Milk the Cow fromagerie, and hear some top tips for winter wellbeing in the latest edition of Melbourne magazine. This audio magazine has been recorded by Vision Australia on behalf of the City of Melbourne in the interests of information accessibility. Your narrator is Jenny Seedsman.

    Melbourne Magazine April 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2020 66:22


    Find out how to help stop the spread of COVID-19, how we’re supporting local businesses, and ways to enjoy Melbourne from home in the latest edition of Melbourne magazine. This audio magazine has been recorded by Vision Australia on behalf of the City of Melbourne in the interests of information accessibility. Your narrator is David Tredinnick.

    Melbourne Magazine January To March 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2020 87:10


    Meet the tobacco-free crusader named Melburnian of the Year and discover five powerful actions you can take against climate change in the latest edition of Melbourne magazine. This audio magazine has been recorded by Vision Australia on behalf of the City of Melbourne in the interests of information accessibility. Your narrator is Jenny Seedsman.

    Melbourne Magazine October To December 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2019 85:35


    Discover seven top tips to reduce your waste, and be inspired by zero-waste living expert Erin Rhoads in the latest edition of Melbourne magazine. This audio magazine has been recorded by Vision Australia on behalf of the City of Melbourne in the interests of information accessibility. Your narrator is Jenny Seedsman.

    Peggy Frew's Desert Island Books December 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2019 47:30


    Peggy Frew, author and musician, reveals her Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason.

    Melanie Cheng's Desert Island Books November 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2019 65:05


    Melanie Cheng, author and GP, reveals her Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason.

    Ellen Van Neerven's Desert Island Books October 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2019 44:04


    Ellen van Neerven, writer of poetry and fiction, reveals their Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason.

    Santilla Chingaipe's Desert Island Books September 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2019 59:23


    Santilla Chingaipe, journalist and filmmaker, reveals her Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason.

    David Astle's Desert Island Books August 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2019 54:16


    David Astle, crossword maker, broadcaster and author of Rewording the Brain, reveals his Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason.

    Carly Findlay's Desert Island Books July 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2019 34:53


    Carly Findlay, appearance activist, speaker and author of Say Hello, reveals her Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason.

    Melbourne Magazine June August 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2019 94:16


    Find out about city transport, winter well-being and Southbank's new communal garden in the latest edition of Melbourne magazine. This audio magazine has been recorded by Vision Australia on behalf of the City of Melbourne in the interests of information accessibility. Your narrator is Jenny Seedsman.

    Nevo Zisin's Desert Island Books June 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2019 40:21


    Nevo Zisin, non binary activist, public speaker and author of Finding Nevo, reveals their Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason.

    Sophie Cunningham's Desert Island Books May 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2019 51:19


    Sophie Cunningham, author of Melbourne, Geography and City of Trees, reveals her Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason.

    Virginia Trioli's Desert Island Books March 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2019 75:37


    Virginia Trioli, Walkley Award winning journalist and anchor of ABC TV's News Breakfast, reveals her Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason. This podcast was recorded in front of a live audience in November 2018.

    Melbourne Magazine March May 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2019 79:56


    Learn how to grow a wildlife garden on your balcony, and find out what's in store at YIRRAMBOI First Nations Festival and Moomba in the latest edition of the City of Melbourne’s Melbourne magazine. This audio magazine has been recorded by Vision Australia on behalf of the City of Melbourne in the interests of information accessibility. Your narrator is Jenny Seedsman.

    Dear Reader E38 Erotic Tales

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2019 33:33


    Summer is here and it isn't only hot on the streets...it's hot in between the pages as well! Bern and Louise discuss erotic tales, from fiction to nonfiction and the compilations in between. Can you handle the heat? Bern's Books: Little Birds / Anaïs Nin Bad Behaviour / Mary Gaitskill Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (Fanny Hill) / John Cleland Louise's Books: Erotic Stories (Everyman's Pocket Classics) / by Rowan Pelling (Editor) Why Is Sex Fun?: The Evolution of Human Sexuality / Jared Diamond Dangerous / Jax (Jacquelyn Frank)

    Melbourne Magazine December February 2018-19

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2018 70:30


    Learn how to shop mindfully, help protect our waterways and take an urban safari in our parks this summer in the latest edition of the City of Melbourne’s Melbourne magazine. This audio magazine has been recorded by Vision Australia on behalf of the City of Melbourne in the interests of information accessibility. Your narrator is Julie Horton.

    Claire Hooper's Desert Island Books December 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2018 52:37


    Claire Hooper, comedian and co-host of The Great Australian Bake Off, reveals her Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason.

    Kate Torney's Desert Island Books November 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2018 30:22


    Kate Torney, CEO of State Library Victoria, reveals her Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason.

    Sarah Bailey's Desert Island Books October 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2018 38:08


    Sarah Bailey, best-selling crime author, reveals her Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason.

    Melbourne Magazine Spring 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2018 79:41


    Discover fun ways to keep fit, health tech with heart and the secret life of urban butterflies in the latest edition of the City of Melbourne’s Melbourne Magazine. This audio magazine has been recorded by Vision Australia on behalf of the City of Melbourne in the interests of information accessibility. Your narrator is James Wright.

    Benjamin Law's Desert Island Books September 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2018 35:58


    Benjamin Law, journalist, author and broadcaster, reveals his Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason.

    Dear Reader E37 Scandi Crime

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2018 31:50


    It's cold outside and even colder between the pages as Bern and Louise delve into Scandinavian crime novels. Rug up, grab a hot chocolate and make sure the door is locked cause these are sure to give you the chills... Bern's Books: The Snowman / Jo Nesbo Night Rounds / Helene Tursten Jar City / Arnaldur Indriðason Louise's books: The Snowman / Jo Nesbo Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow/Smilla's Sense of Snow / Peter Høeg The Return of the Dancing Master / Henning Mankell Music by Flapjack Industry Records (milesrecommends.com/label)

    Beverley Wang's Desert Island Books August 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2018 31:09


    Beverley Wang, journalist, broadcaster at Radio National host of 'It's Not A Race' podcast, reveals her Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason.

    Oslo Davis' Desert Island Books July 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2018 34:31


    Oslo Davis, drawer of the 'Overheard' column in the Sunday Age, reveals his Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason.

    Melbourne Magazine June July 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2018 75:18


    Discover art on the wild side, library card superpowers and the women that shaped our city in the latest edition of Melbourne Magazine. This audio magazine has been recorded by Vision Australia on behalf of the City of Melbourne in the interests of information accessibility. Narrated by David Tredinnick. For more information, visit magazine.melbourne.vic.gov.au

    Dear Reader E36 Tearjerkers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2018 36:54


    Ever had a book reduce you to tears? Bern and Louise have, which is why they talk tearjerkers in this episode of Dear Reader. Get the tissues ready... Bern’s books: My Sister’s Keeper / Jodi Picoult Tell the wolves I’m Home / Carol Rifka Brunt The Fault in Our Stars / John Green Louise’s books: The Book Thief / Markus Zusak Atonement / Ian McEwan Their Eyes Were Watching God / Zora Neale Hurston Music by Flapjack Industry Records (milesrecommends.com/label)

    Dear Reader E35 Books We Wish We Hadn't Read

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2018 36:44


    Regrets; we've got a few! In this episode Bern and Louise talk books they wish they hadn't read. And not just because they didn't like them... Bern’s books: Flowers for Algenon / Daniel Keyes Lord of the Flies / William Golding The Little Prince / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Louise’s books: The Corrections / Jonathan Franzen Girl on a Train / Paula Hawkins M Train / Patti Smith Music by Flapjack Industry Records (milesrecommends.com/label)

    The Orbweavers live at Library at the Dock

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2018 43:16


    Melbourne musicians The Orbweavers performed a live set at Library at the Dock in March 2018. Their musical compositions reflect the changes industrialisation brought to local creek and river environments across Melbourne’s history. Listen to them speak about their research and hear them perform songs about our local waterways.

    Michael Williams' Desert Island Books June 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2018 37:41


    Michael Williams, director of the Wheeler Centre, reveals his Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason.

    Robyn Annear's Desert Island Books May 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2018 35:55


    Robyn Annear, writer and historian, reveals her Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason.

    Melbourne Magazine April May 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2018 74:55


    This podcast was recorded by Vision Australia, read by David Treddinick. For more information, visit magazine.melbourne.vic.gov.au

    Dear Reader E34 Self Help Books

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2018 42:03


    Bern and Louise are looking to be the best version of themselves, but isn't everyone? Tune into this episode of Dear Reader as our hosts trek into Self Help territory and discuss personal illuminations, books that help, and of course, sloths! Bern’s books: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten / Robert Fulghum The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People / Stephen R. Covey Sloth: The Seven Deadly Sins / Wendy Wasserstein Louise’s books: Ice Cream for Breakfast: How Rediscovering You Inner Child Can Make You Calmer, Happier, and Solve Your Bullsh*t Adult Problems / Laura Jane Williams How to Win Friends and Influence People / Dale Carnegie Get Your Sh!t Together / Ruth Field Music by Flapjack Industry Records (milesrecommends.com/label)

    Dear Reader E33 Banned Books

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2018 44:03


    Episode 33 – Banned Books They're controversial, thought-provoking and downright dubious. What else could Bern and Louise be talking about but banned but banned books? Bern’s books: The Hunger Games trilogy / Suzanne Collins All Quiet on the Western Front / Erich Maria Remarque The Catcher in the Rye / J. D. Salinger Louise’s books: Brave New World / Aldous Huxley 1984 / George Orwell American Psycho / Bret Easton Ellis Children's Books that have been banned: Where's Wally / Martin Handford The Giving Tree / Shel Silverstein Winnie the Pooh / A. A. Milne James and The Giant Peach / Harriet the Spy / Louise Fitzhugh Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl / Anne Frank Bridge to Terabithia / Katherine Paterson Charlotte's Web / E. B. White Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Lewis Carroll Where the Wild Things Are / Maurice Sendak The Lorax / Dr. Seuss Harry Potter (series) / J. K Rowling Music by Flapjack Industry Records (milesrecommends.com/label)

    Jane Harper's Desert Island Books April 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2018 41:49


    Jane Harper, author of The Dry and Force of Nature, reveals her Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason.

    Marieke Hardy's Desert Island Books March 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2018 22:53


    Marieke Hardy reveals her Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason.

    Melbourne Magazine February March 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2018 77:25


    This podcast was recorded by Vision Australia, read by David Treddinick. For more information, visit magazine.melbourne.vic.gov.au

    Dear Reader E32 Summer Sizzlers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2018 46:53


    Episode 32 – Summer Sizzlers It's hot outside and in between the covers - it's our summer sizzlers edition! Bern and Louise discuss books that will kick-start your summer and get your mind and heart sizzling. With books ranging in topic, from death, history, crime, and Australian food to gangsters, friendships and trauma cleaning, this episode of Dear Reader is packed full of heat! Bern’s books: The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman’s Extraordinary Life in Death, Decay & Disaster / Sarah Krasnostein The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter / Margareta Magnusson Turtles All the Way Down / John Green Louise’s books: Manhattan Beach / Jennifer Egan The Oldest Foods on Earth: A History of Australian Native Foods with Recipes / John Newton The Broken Shore / Peter Temple Music by Flapjack Industry Records (milesrecommends.com/label)

    Melbourne Magazine December January 2017-18

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2017 77:07


    Melbourne Magazine December January 2018 This podcast was recorded by Vision Australia, read by David Treddinick. For more information, visit magazine.melbourne.vic.gov.au

    Melbourne Magazine October November 2017

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2017 83:11


    Melbourne Magazine October November 2017 This podcast was recorded by Vision Australia, read by David Treddinick. For more information, visit magazine.melbourne.vic.gov.au

    Melbourne Magazine August September 2017

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2017 78:07


    Melbourne Magazine August September 2017 This podcast was recorded by Vision Australia, read by David Treddinick. For more information, visit magazine.melbourne.vic.gov.au

    Dear Reader E31 Spectres and Ghouls

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2017 33:08


    Episode 31 – Spectres and Ghouls Bern and Louise discuss books that are spooky, creepy, and scary - never mind Halloween is over, the chills are still coming in episode 31 of Dear Reader! Louise’s books: The Bloody Chamber / Angela Carter The Road / Cormac McCarthy The Long Goodbye: Coral, Coal and Australia's Climate Deadlock, The (Quarterly Essay)/ Anna Krien Bern’s books: The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton / Edith Wharton The Haunting of Hill House / Shirley Jackson The Travelling Bag and Other Stories / Susan Hill Music by Flapjack Industry Records (milesrecommends.com/label)

    Dear Reader E30 Train Trash

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2017 29:43


    Episode 30 – Train Trash Bern and Louise discuss books to commute with in their first full episode of Dear Reader! Louise’s books: The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God & Other Stories / Etgar Keret Goodbye, Vitamin / Rachel Khong Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda / Noam Chomsky Bern’s books: Anything is Possible / Elizabeth Strout Life in a Fishbowl / Len Vlahos Museum of Modern Love / Heather Rose Music by Flapjack Industry Records (http://milesrecommends.com/label)

    Dear Reader E29 New kids on the books

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2017 6:45


    Episode 29 - New kids on the books Justine and Natalie have retired from Dear Reader, but Natalie gives new hosts Bernadine and Louise a quick tour of the studio and hands over the keys. Bernadine's book: Our souls at night / Ken Haruf Louise's book: South and west / Joan Didion Natalie's book: Woman no. 17 / Edan Lepucki

    Dear Reader E28 Books we love

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2017 32:12


    Episode 28 - Books we love (Justine & Natalie's final episode!) Justine and Natalie talk about their reading habits and some of their all time favourite books, in this, their final episode as Dear Reader hosts. Stay tuned for new host announcement! Justine’s all time favourite books and authors: The Lord of the Rings / J R R Tolkien Alanna, the First Adventure (series) / Tamora Pearce The Magician Trilogy / Raymond E Feist The PERN series, anything by Anne McCa ffrey The Man in the High Castle / Phillip K Dick Farenheit 451 / Ray Bradbury Neuromancer / William Gibson Snow Crash and The Diamond Age / Neal Stephenson The Importance of Being Earnest / Oscar Wilde Ancillary Justice series / Ann Lecke Anne of Green Gables series / L M Montgomery Harry Potter series / JK Rowling The Unbearable Lightness of Being / Milan Kundera Natalie’s all time favourite books and authors: Lincoln in the Bardo / George Saunders all books by Lidia Yuknavitch History of Love / Nicole Krauss all books by Elizabeth Strout My Brilliant Friend / Elena Ferrante any biography about Dusty Springfield Rosemary’s Baby / Ira Levin all books by Elizabeth Strout all books by Tom Wolfe The Godfather / Mario Puzo all books by Jeanette Winterson most books by Stephen King Music by Ben Mason (www.benmason.com.au)

    Unpublished: Writing Awards & How to Win Them

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2017 76:20


    Panel discussion held at City Library on Wednesday 26 July, facilitated by Christine Gordon (Readings) with: Lucasz Dziadkiewicz (overall winner of the 2015 Lord Mayor's Creative Writing Award), Lee Kofman (author and writing teacher), Veronica Sullivan (Prize Manager of the Stella Prize) and Alan Vaarwerk (online editor at Kill Your Darlings).

    Dear Reader E27 Page to Screen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2017 33:30


    Episode 27 - Page to screen Justine and Natalie talk about book adaptations to the big (or small) screen. Justine's books: Cat on a hot tin roof / Tennessee Williams A Walk to remember / Nicholas Sparks Me and Earl and the dying girl / Jesse Andrews Natalie's books: The girl on the train / Paula Hawkins Room / Emma Donoghue Phryne Fisher series / Kerry Greenwood Olive Kitteridge / Elizabeth Strout Music by Ben Mason (www.benmason.com.au)

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