Podcasts about ailsa piper

AudioFile's Kendra Winchester and host Jo Reed discuss how narrator Ailsa Piper evokes the stark Australian Outback in her performance of this captivating novel, shortlisted for the Booker Prize. To escape her busy life in the city, a middle-aged woman visits a small religious community for peace and quiet. Years later, she returns to the community, this time for good. But not long after she joins the nuns in their daily life, a plague of mice descends upon the entire state. As the mice invade every nook and cranny of the nuns' home, Piper conveys all of the eeriness of the event. Read our review of the audiobook at our website: https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/266652/ Published by Penguin Audio Discover thousands of audiobook reviews and more at AudioFile's website https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, a conversation with Ailsa Piper, author of the memoir For Life. When her husband doesn't answer his phone, Ailsa Piper knows something is wrong. She calls their neighbour, and minutes later, he rings back. 'Oh, Ailsa. I'm so sorry,' he says. Five words to change a life. Wanting to flee her shattered world in Melbourne, Ailsa migrates north to Sydney. She makes a nest. She learns to swim. She walks the harbour cliffs to the lighthouse, meeting the locals: winter swimmers and shoreline philosophers. But we never leave our past behind. Ailsa is drawn back south, and even further back, to the west's aqua waters …

In 2014, her husband's unexpected death cast her adrift in a sea of grief, but bit by bit life called her back

Michael Robotham began his career as a ghost writer, working on more than a dozen bestselling books for people like Tony Bullimore and Geri Halliwell, before he published a novel under his own name. Twenty years later, he has just released his 18th book, a new crime novel titled Storm Child. This week, the two Michaels sit down together for a conversation about crime writing, truth wizards and what's next.Reading list:The Suspect, Michael Robotham, 2004Life or Death, Michael Robotham, 2014Good Girl, Bad Girl, Michael Robotham, 2019When She Was Good, Michael Robotham, 2020Storm Child, Michael Robotham, 2024Stalking the Feature Story, William Ruehlmann, 1977For Life, Ailsa Piper, 2024You can find these books and all the others we mentioned at your favourite independent book store. Socials: Stay in touch with Read This on Instagram and TwitterGuest: Michael RobothamSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michael Robotham began his career as a ghost writer, working on more than a dozen bestselling books for people like Tony Bullimore and Geri Halliwell, before he published a novel under his own name. Twenty years later, he has just released his 18th book, a new crime novel titled Storm Child. This week, the two Michaels sit down together for a conversation about crime writing, truth wizards and what's next. Reading list: The Suspect, Michael Robotham, 2004 Life or Death, Michael Robotham, 2014 Good Girl, Bad Girl, Michael Robotham, 2019 When She Was Good, Michael Robotham, 2020 Storm Child, Michael Robotham, 2024 Stalking the Feature Story, William Ruehlmann, 1977 For Life, Ailsa Piper, 2024 You can find these books and all the others we mentioned at your favourite independent book store.  Socials: Stay in touch with Read This on Instagram and Twitter Guest: Michael Robotham

Join Ailsa Piper for her newest memoir of living and dying - and flying. This is an unforgettable and moving insight into loss, hope and starting again, aided by the incredible healing power of nature and a community of unexpected angels. 

[Content warning: discussions of mental health and suicide] How can we apply the wisdom of the ages to modern living? This is the question at the heart of books by Worimi storyteller Paul Callaghan and journalist and author Brigid Delaney. Paul's The Dreaming Path: Indigenous Thinking to Change Your Life reveals the power of Indigenous spirituality as a deep source of contentment and wellbeing, while Brigid's Reasons Not to Worry examines how ancient Stoic principles can help us regain a sense of agency and tranquillity. Listen to them in conversation with Ailsa Piper. This episode was recorded live at the 2023 Sydney Writers' Festival.   If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and follow our channel.  Sydney Writers' Festival podcasts are available on all major podcast platforms.  After more? Follow Sydney Writers' Festival on social media:Instagram: @sydwritersfestFacebook: @SydWritersFestTwitter: @SydWritersFestTikTok: @sydwritersfestSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Award-winning journalist Kate Legge discusses her search for answers after she learned of her husband's affair, as chronicled in her memoir, Infidelity and Other Affairs. She reflects on a journey that led to the discovery of a fault line of betrayal spanning generations, and the ensuing path to healing. Kate is in conversation with Ailsa Piper. This episode was recorded live at the 2023 Sydney Writers' Festival.   If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and follow our channel.  Sydney Writers' Festival podcasts are available on all major podcast platforms.  After more? Follow Sydney Writers' Festival on social media:Instagram: @sydwritersfestFacebook: @SydWritersFestTwitter: @SydWritersFestTikTok: @sydwritersfestSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

RBG: Of Many, One playwright and lawyer Suzie Miller (Prima Facie) read her way into Ruth Bader Ginsburg's character and intellect via hundreds of pages of cases and judgements. To bring her to the stage, actor Heather Mitchell (Everything and Nothing) even brushed her teeth ‘as Ruth would'. Find out more about the alchemy that brought RBG to life on the page and the stage in this very special conversation between two unique artists. They are joined by Ailsa Piper. This episode was recorded live at the 2023 Sydney Writers' Festival.   If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and follow our channel.  Sydney Writers' Festival podcasts are available on all major podcast platforms.  After more? Follow Sydney Writers' Festival on social media:Instagram: @sydwritersfestFacebook: @SydWritersFestTwitter: @SydWritersFestTikTok: @sydwritersfestSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two of Australia's most acclaimed writers, Amanda Lohrey (appearing live via video) and Charlotte Wood, come together for a conversation about their most recent books, their incredible bodies of work and creative lives at large. Amanda's Miles Franklin–winning novel, The Labyrinth, and Charlotte's bestselling work of non-fiction, The Luminous Solution: Creativity, Resilience and the Inner Life, each offer essential and illuminating insights into the hope, redemption and restoration to be found in art and creation. They appear in conversation with Ailsa Piper. If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and subscribe to our channel.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hailed as a tonic for wanderlust and a cure for loneliness, Still Life by British novelist Sarah Winman is a joyous historical celebration of love and beauty in all their forms. Hear from the bestselling author of When God Was a Rabbit and Tin Man about this rich tale of people brought together by art, love and war, set against the backdrop of Tuscany, Florence and London in the 1940s. Sarah joins live via video, speaking with Ailsa Piper. If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and subscribe to our channel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Charlotte Wood discusses her new book, The Luminous Solution, with Ailsa Piper. In this essential, illuminating book, Charlotte shares the insights she has gained over a career paying close attention to her own creativity, to the world around her, and to the way she and others work, drawing on research, decades of observant conversation and immersive reading. She shares what artists can teach the rest of us about inspiration and hard work, how to pursue truth in art and life, and how to find courage during the difficult times: facing down what we fear and persevering when things seem hopeless.

Delia Falconer and Rick Morton discuss personal, planetary and cultural change with host Ailsa Piper. Seismic Shifts was part of the Write Around the Murray program for 2021 Recorded 18/09/2021

On Gail Jones' Our Shadows and Randolph Stow's The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea with guests writer Ailsa Piper and historian Frank Bongiorno

Finding Words was part of the Write Around the Murray program for 2018. Caroline Baum and Jessie Cole talk to Ailsa Piper about family, forgiveness and the importance of writing to understanding their lives and losses. Recorded 09/09/2018 Write Around the Murray is an annual literary-based festival held in Albury. It brings together some of Australia's best authors and storytellers in a welcoming and relaxed environment. The diverse program includes author talks and workshops, art exhibitions, a poetry slam, writing competitions, WAM4Kids family events, and always an element of surprise. Many events are free or low cost and provide a unique opportunity for rural communities from NE Victoria, the Southern Riverina and beyond to not only listen to their favourite authors, storytellers and illustrators, but also to meet, greet and talk to them. Regular presenter Jason Steger describes the festival as “small and perfectly formed”. Past guests include Isobelle Carmody, Tim Flannery, Graeme Base, Benjamin Law, Graeme Simsion, Alison Lester and Jackie French. If you enjoyed this podcast please subscribe, give Write Around the Murray a 5 star rating and share it with your friends.

On the first week of every month, we're going to talk books together. To begin: reading in isolation with guests Ailsa Piper and Tom Wright

Room for a Stranger is Melanie Cheng's follow-up to the prize-winning Australia Day. She has been lauded as “astonishingly deft and incisive” by Christos Tsiolkas and “sharp and sympathetic” by Jennifer Down. She speaks with Ailsa Piper about a novel that unfolds the seemingly ordinary lives of an elderly woman and struggling student living under the same roof to reveal the complex and important truths about connection and home. 

Harry Saddler takes us on the epic 10,000km journey of the Eastern Curlew, from their breeding grounds in the Arctic to the east coast of Australia. In this fascinating session, he talks with Ailsa Piper about these remarkable birds and their plight for survival.

Michael Robotham is renowned for creating complex page-turners. In this session recorded at the 2019 Newcastle Writers Festival, he speaks to Ailsa Piper about the characters and plot twists that bring his books to life.

Writer Ailsa Piper and retired Catholic priest Tony Doherty first made contact via email after the publication of Piper's book Sinning Across Spain. What developed via a series of letters was an unlikely friendship, the details of which they share in their book, The Attachment (Allen & Unwin). This session was recorded at the 2017 Newcastle Writers Festival and was hosted by Caroline Baum.

What do you get when you put a Muslim, a Monsignor and Buddhist on a writers' panel? A ‘Hunger for Spirituality' with Susan Carland, Tony Doherty and Meshel Laurie, chaired by the always-charming Ailsa Piper.

So many pilgrims have walked the Camino inspired by Ailsa Piper's book, Sinning Across Spain. Ailsa has just released an updated version of the book - and we talk this week about her motivation, marriage, heartache, moving on and trees on the Camino. YOU WILL LOVE this interview. (if I do say so myself!!!) You can buy the latest version of Sinning Across Spain at mup.com.au

In this touching session we listen to the stories of two vastly different friendships and reflect on what ties us together. With Deng Adut, Ben Mckelvey, Ailsa Piper, Tony Doherty and chaired by Rosemarie Milsom.

This is a weekly podcast exploring the myth and spirit of the Camino de Santiago - an ancient pilgrimage in Spain.My guests this week are Ailsa Piper and Monsignor Tony Doherty. They’re pilgrims on the path and on the page.Ailsa wrote Sinning Across Spain - an account of walking the Camino carrying the sins of others. Tony was a Catholic parish priest in Sydney for more than fifty years.They met through a love of the Camino and have now published a book of their correspondence called The Attachment. It’s subtitle is “Letters from an unlikely friendship’.In this special one-hour episode of My Camino - the Podcast, we discuss The Way, the truth and the light of friendship that burns between them.I know you’ll enjoy it as much as I enjoyed speaking with them.Buen Camino ~ Dan

Gracias A La Vida - thank you to life - is a song that means a lot to many people around the world. Recorded by artists as diverse as Joan Baez and the magnificent Mercedes Sosa, the song reflects the bittersweet nature of life's joys and sadnesses. To the people of Chile where it was written in 1966 by Violetta Parra, it has become an anthem that brings people together in times of trouble. One man who was tortured and imprisoned under the Pinochet regime in 1973 recalls how playing the song on guitar in prison for other inmates helped keep their spirits and hopes alive under the most brutal circumstances. Australian writer and actor Ailsa Piper recalls being gifted the words to Gracias A La Vida by a fellow walker along one of the holy routes in Spain, and how the song has become a poignant reminder of the fragility of life. Producer: Maggie Ayre.