Authorised with Kevin Hillier
Authorised with Kevin Hillier
Playlist by Authorised with Kevin HillierAuthorised 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…139 clip(s) in playlist
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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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 20 Tanya Scott & Lyn Yeowart
Tanya Scott talks about the leap from her day job as a GP and Medical Educator to becoming an author. Her novel Stillwater (Allen & Unwin) is a hell of a debut and hopefully heralds the start of many more literary adventures in the future. The Hollow Girl ((Penguin) is Lyn Yeowart's much anticipa…
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Authorised 2015 Series 6 Episode 19 Duncan Ewing Graham
Duncan Ewing Graham is an interesting human being. He is a barrister and a doctor and, in his spare time, an author. Duncan's second book Where the Dust Settles takes us inside a world Duncan knows back to front - the David and Goliath battle between Joe Average and Big Asbestos. Duncan's story bri…
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 18 Anne Vines & A L Booth.
Books allow us to engage in eras and events that our mortal beings cannot and in this episode of Authorised, two very talented authors take us back in time to a very different Australia to the one we currently live in. Flight by Anne Vines (Glass House Books) brings 1942 Melbourne alive with the …
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 17 Fathers Day Special Geoff Hutchison & Glen Humphries.
Give Dad a book this Father's Day, and I have three nominations for you to consider from the two authors who join me in this episode. Geoff Hutchison has finished his long and illustrious career as a broadcaster and turns his talents to writing a most entertaining and enlightening book, beautifully…
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 16 Matthew Spencer 'Broke Road'
Author Matthew Spencer returns to Authorised with his second novel 'Broke Road' (Allen & Unwin). Sergeant Rose Riley, introduced in Matthew's debut book 'Black River', is back with another homicide to solve but a mystery that takes her to some unexpected places personally and professionally. Matthe…
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Authorised 2025 Series 6 Episode 15 Meg Bignell 'The Good Losers'
The Good Losers is Meg Bignell's fourth novel and it is an absolute delight from start to finish. Meg has tapped into some real life experiences to bring readers a very honest and hilarious tale of life, love, winners and losers in an elite rowing club. Meg takes us through her processes of writi…
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