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, some interesting observations about being an author, the role of an illustrator and the joy and satisfaction he gets from the whole experience. That's why he is not stopping at the 28 books he has written so far.    

All thanks to my podcast partners CSCG, the best people to help you identify and achieve your financial goals. Now is the perfect time to pause, reflect and assess where you currently are and where you are heading financially.

CSCG have experts in all financial fields ready to listen to you. Visit www.cscg.com.au  and see the range of services and the people you will be dealing with. Call them for more 03-9974 8333.    

Bitza is published by Penguin Books.

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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, some interesting observations about being an author, the role of an illustrator and the joy and satisfaction he gets from the whole experience. That's why he is not stopping at the 28 books he has written so far.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;
All thanks to my podcast partners CSCG, the best people to help you identify and achieve your financial goals. Now is the perfect time to pause, reflect and assess where you currently are and where you are heading financially.
CSCG have experts in all financial fields ready to listen to you. Visit <a href="https://www.cscg.com.au">www.cscg.com.au</a>&nbsp; and see the range of services and the people you will be dealing with. Call them for more 03-9974 8333.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;
Bitza is published by Penguin Books.
Authorised with Kevin Hillier...where writers speak&nbsp;&nbsp;
Post-production by Chris Gates&nbsp;
for Howdy Partners Media&nbsp;
&copy; 2026

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 has interviewed everyone from Prime Ministers to rock stars, sporting icons and actors - you name it.

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 has interviewed everyone from Prime Ministers to rock stars, sporting icons and actors - you name it.

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 has interviewed everyone from Prime Ministers to rock stars, sporting icons and actors - you name it.

Authorised is a Howdy Partners Media Production.  

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 has interviewed everyone from Prime Ministers to rock stars, sporting icons and actors - you name it.
Authorised is a Howdy Partners Media Production. &nbsp;

Authorised 2026 Series 7 Episode 4 Andrew Daddo 

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 history of the show in a very large way with their book Countdown - The Complete Episode Guide. 

It's over 400 pages, reliving the music and stars of one of the most influential shows of all time. Brett Leslie talks about the challenges they encountered in compiling the book, including the fact the ABC recorded over or wiped much of the early recording of the show. 

It is an incredible chronicle of a modern day icon and copies have sold fast.  

There may be a few left via Brett bleslie@bigpond.com.au    

All thanks to my podcast partners CSCG, the best people to help you identify and achieve your financial goals. The new year is the perfect opportunity to pause, reflect and reassert where you currently are and where you are heading financially.

CSCG have experts in all financial fields ready to listen to you. Visit www.cscg.com.au  and see the range of services and the people you will be dealing with. Call them for more 03-9974 8333.    

Authorised with Kevin Hillier...where writers speak  

Post-production by Chris Gates 

for Howdy Partners Media 

© 2026

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 history of the show in a very large way with their book Countdown - The Complete Episode Guide.&nbsp;
It's over 400 pages, reliving the music and stars of one of the most influential shows of all time. Brett Leslie talks about the challenges they encountered in compiling the book, including the fact the ABC recorded over or wiped much of the early recording of the show.&nbsp;
It is an incredible chronicle of a modern day icon and copies have sold fast.&nbsp;&nbsp;
There may be a few left via Brett&nbsp;<a href="mailto:bleslie@bigpond.com.au">bleslie@bigpond.com.au</a>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;
All thanks to my podcast partners CSCG, the best people to help you identify and achieve your financial goals. The new year is the perfect opportunity to pause, reflect and reassert where you currently are and where you are heading financially.
CSCG have experts in all financial fields ready to listen to you. Visit <a href="https://www.cscg.com.au">www.cscg.com.au</a>&nbsp; and see the range of services and the people you will be dealing with. Call them for more 03-9974 8333.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;
Authorised with Kevin Hillier...where writers speak&nbsp;&nbsp;
Post-production by Chris Gates&nbsp;
for Howdy Partners Media&nbsp;
&copy; 2026

Authorised 2026 Series 7 Episode 3 Brett Leslie 

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 Agent back in the days when J Edgar Hoover was running the organisation and history tells us that was a time of mystery, skullduggery and intrigue and Scott's grandfather was up to his ears in it. From Marilyn Monroe to Fidel Castro, the stories Scott has uncovered and shared in this book will blow your mind. 

You can discoiver more and order the book via scottleckie.com.au  

All thanks to my podcast partners CSCG, the best people to help you identify and achieve your financial goals. The new year is the perfect opportunity to pause, reflect and reassert where you currently are and where you are heading financially.

CSCG have experts in all financial fields ready to listen to you. Visit www.cscg.com.au  and see the range of services and the people you will be dealing with. Call them for more 03-9974 8333.    

Authorised with Kevin Hillier...where writers speak  

Post-production by Chris Gates 

for Howdy Partners Media | www.howdypartnersmedia.com.au/podcasts

© 2026

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 Agent back in the days when J Edgar Hoover was running the organisation and history tells us that was a time of mystery, skullduggery and intrigue and Scott's grandfather was up to his ears in it. From Marilyn Monroe to Fidel Castro, the stories Scott has uncovered and shared in this book will blow your mind.&nbsp;
You can discoiver more and order the book via scottleckie.com.au&nbsp;&nbsp;
All thanks to my podcast partners CSCG, the best people to help you identify and achieve your financial goals. The new year is the perfect opportunity to pause, reflect and reassert where you currently are and where you are heading financially.
CSCG have experts in all financial fields ready to listen to you. Visit <a href="https://www.cscg.com.au">www.cscg.com.au</a>&nbsp; and see the range of services and the people you will be dealing with. Call them for more 03-9974 8333.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;
Authorised with Kevin Hillier...where writers speak&nbsp;&nbsp;
Post-production by Chris Gates&nbsp;
for Howdy Partners Media |&nbsp;<a href="https://howdypartnersmedia.com.au/podcasts">www.howdypartnersmedia.com.au/podcasts</a>
&copy; 2026

Authorised 2026 Series 7 Episode 2 Scott Leckie 

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 Kelvin enters a new phase of his life as an author. His debut novel Collision (Wilkinson Publishing) shows Kelvin has kicked yet another goal in his professional life. Kelvin talks about his love of reading and how it led him on this path and the twists and turns that were involved from conception to publication.     

All thanks to my podcast partners CSCG, the best people to help you identify and achieve your financial goals. The new year is the perfect opportunity to pause, reflect and reassert where you currently are and where you are heading financially.

CSCG have experts in all financial fields ready to listen to you. Visit www.cscg.com.au  and see the range of services and the people you will be dealing with. Call them for more 03-9974 8333.    

Authorised with Kevin Hillier...where writers speak  

Post-production by Chris Gates 

for Howdy Partners Media | www.howdypartnersmedia.com.au/podcasts

© 2026

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 Kelvin enters a new phase of his life as an author. His debut novel Collision (Wilkinson Publishing) shows Kelvin has kicked yet another goal in his professional life. Kelvin talks about his love of reading and how it led him on this path and the twists and turns that were involved from conception to publication.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
All thanks to my podcast partners CSCG, the best people to help you identify and achieve your financial goals. The new year is the perfect opportunity to pause, reflect and reassert where you currently are and where you are heading financially.
CSCG have experts in all financial fields ready to listen to you. Visit <a href="https://www.cscg.com.au">www.cscg.com.au</a>&nbsp; and see the range of services and the people you will be dealing with. Call them for more 03-9974 8333.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;
Authorised with Kevin Hillier...where writers speak&nbsp;&nbsp;
Post-production by Chris Gates&nbsp;
for Howdy Partners Media |&nbsp;<a href="https://howdypartnersmedia.com.au/podcasts">www.howdypartnersmedia.com.au/podcasts</a>
&copy; 2026

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