Authorised with Kevin Hillier
Authorised with Kevin Hillier
Authorised with Kevin Hillier is a podcast where authors get the chance to talk about their work: past, present and future. Authorised gives a voice to the words of many talented writers across a wide and interesting array of areas including food, sport, music, history, true crime, self help, entertainment, fiction and more. Hosted by Kevin Hillier, a radio broadcaster of enormous experience who …Social links:
Authorised 2026 Series 7 Episode 5 Fiona Hardy.
Fiona Hardy knows the book business from many angles because as well as being an author, Fiona still works in a bookstore. From hands on to handwritten - well, not quite, but you get the idea. Fiona talks about her second crime novel Old Games (Affirm Press), another cracking story with a sporting…
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Authorised 2026 Series 7 Episode 4 Andrew Daddo
Andrew Daddo is a man of many talents: actor, television host, golf tragic, radio presenter, wooden putter maker and prolific author. It is the latter that we will concentrate on in this chat to showcase Bitza - his latest series of books for children. Andrew takes us through his creative process,…
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Authorised 2026 Series 7 Episode 3 Brett Leslie
For many, it was the absolute must-see television show every Sunday night across Australia. The show that shaped the musical tastes of a generation and made superstars out of many of its discoveries. That show was Countdown, and authors Brett Leslie and Milton Hammon have painstakingly detailed the…
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Authorised 2026 Series 7 Episode 2 Scott Leckie
Scott Leckie has written many books but none like Shrewd Little Sleuth and that is not surprising. Scott is a human rights lawyer and has penned dozens of books in the course of that vocation, but this latest book is personal. It is about his grandfather - Arthur Bernard Leckie. Arthur was an FBI A…
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Authorised 2026 Series 7 Episode 1 Kelvin Templeton
Kelvin Templeton is a name that needs no introduction to followers of Australian Rules football. The 1980 Brownlow Medallist had a boy's own adventure during his 177 league games, kicking 573 goals for the Footscray and Melbourne Football Clubs. A globetrotting business career followed and now Kelv…
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 25 Grantlee Kieza
Author Grantlee Kieza is prolific and in his return to Authorised, he tells the story behind his latest book Mary Penfold (ABC Books). We all know the Penfold name from the world famous South Australian winery, but Mary's incredible contribution to building that iconic Australian brand has mostly g…
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 24 Andrew Sloan & Johan DuToit
Andrew Sloan and Johan Du Toit are the two featured authors in this episode of Authorised and the two books are Why Things Feel F*cked and When Only Today Matters and other stories. One is a collection of short stories, the other a collection of small solutions to life's many and varying challenges…
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 23 Vikki Petraitis
Vikki Petraitis has lived a life of crime but only from the confines of her keyboard. The former teacher has been writing true crime books for more than 30 years and decided to try her hand at crime fiction. Her debut The Unbelieved was a best seller and award winner and her follow up The Stolen wi…
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 22 Rhonda McCoy & Jessica Owers
In this episode Rhonda McCoy talks about Crow (Ventura Press) and what a great story lies beneath this debut novel for the former nurse turned author. Rhonda chats about character development and her techniques for fleshing them out as she writes. My other guest is Jessica Owers, author of Magic M…
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 21 Mark Muposta-Russell & Liam Hauser.
The Wolf Who Cried Boy (Afffirm Press) not only has an eyecatching title but a most imaginative and original story to go with it. Author Mark Muposta-Russell talks about his much anticipated second novel which sees him write through the eyes of six year old boy whose life is one of fairytale fantas…
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