'YA Publisher Jo Case hosts a discussion with four Australian YA Authors: Sarah Epstein, Poppy Nwosu, Kay Kerr and Anna Whateley. This is a live recording of an online event hosted via Zoom during the Covid-19 crisis.'  (Production summary)

'Malcolm Knox told Kill Your Darlings in 2012 that with The Life (2011), his celebrated surfing novel set on the Gold Coast, he wanted to write a historical novel about the Australian coastline and ‘that moment when one person could live right on the coast on our most treasured waterfront places, and then all of a sudden they couldn’t’. In Bluebird, set on a northern beach a ferry ride from ‘Ocean City’, this brutally undemocratic transformation is promoted from a minor theme to the engine that drives the highbrow soap-opera narrative.' (Introduction)

"With her second essay collection The World Was Whole, Fiona Wright 'continues to set the standard for the essay form in Australia', writes reviewer Jo Case. She speaks to the author." (Introduction)

'In 2007, Angela Meyer started her blog LiteraryMinded.The first Australian book blogger to gain a significant following, Meyer's blog was syndicated by Crikey and its posts invited readers into book launches, reviews, festivals and the pages of the books she loved. 'For a couple of years I had this weird fifteen minutes of fame,' she says now. In the years since, she's reviewed for broadsheet newspapers, chaired events at writer's festivals, and been a guest on ABC TV's Jennifer Byrne Presents.

(Introduction)

'With the tally of Australian literary festivals reaching more than 90 in 2017, Jo Case takes a look at the role festivals play in an increasingly crowded literary events landscape.'

''Are you going to be a good boy this year?'

'Uh huh. I have no interest in toilet humour.'

'You don't?'

'No. No interest at all. I mean, I think it's funny when, in The Bad Book, Terence takes off all his clothes. And when Horrid Henry shows his undies. But I would think to myself, That is something I should not do.'

'Good.'

Between juggling work, joint custody and the ordinary demands of motherhood, Jo tries to work out why her son Leo is finding it hard to fit in at school. Is it because he's an only child? Could he be gifted?

When Leo is diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, Jo tries to figure out what it means - and whether Leo's similarities to herself, and her own family, have a deeper significance.

Trapped in a cycle of doubt and discovery, she wonders how you can stay true to who you are and fit in. What the hell is 'normal' anyway? This is the bittersweet story of a twenty-first-century family, and why being different isn't a disability-it just takes some getting used to.'

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