Why would anyone write a 700 page doorstop about Australia’s supposedly worst-ever prime minister, especially when his leadership lasted less than two years? As a novice of the genre, Patrick Mullins set himself a mammoth task, and faced daunting obstacles, but the result, Tiberius With A Telephone, won him the National Biography Award. 

Producers: Jennifer Macey and David Roach

Life Sentences is a Two Heads Media production

Music: Blue Dot Sessions

www. carolinebaum.com.au

All the books in this series are available from good bookshops and online.

Why would anyone write a 700 page doorstop about Australia&rsquo;s supposedly worst-ever prime minister, especially when his leadership lasted less than two years? As a novice of the genre, Patrick Mullins set himself a mammoth task, and faced daunting obstacles, but the result, Tiberius With A Telephone, won him the National Biography Award.&nbsp;
Producers: Jennifer Macey and David Roach
Life Sentences is a Two Heads Media production
Music: Blue Dot Sessions
www. carolinebaum.com.au
All the books in this series are available from good bookshops and online.

What is the secret to writing a really juicy biography? Author Caroline Baum interviews seasoned players and persistent newcomers who share their experience of navigating sensitive territory in the search for the real story behind a person’s life. Whether they are writing about the famous or the forgotten, whether their version of events is authorised or
unauthorised, biography is a high-stakes quest full of twists and turns.

What is the secret to writing a really juicy biography? Author Caroline Baum interviews seasoned players and persistent newcomers who share their experience of navigating sensitive territory in the search for the real story behind a person&rsquo;s life. Whether they are writing about the famous or the forgotten, whether their version of events is authorised or unauthorised, biography is a high-stakes quest full of twists and turns.

Life Sentences Podcast

What is the secret to writing a really juicy biography? Author Caroline Baum interviewsseasoned players and persistent newcomers who share their experience of navigating sensitive territory in the search for the real story behind a person’s life. Whether they are writing about the famous or the forgotten, whether their version of events is authorised or unauthorised, biography is a high-stakes quest full of twists and turns.

What is the secret to writing a really juicy biography? Author Caroline Baum interviewsseasoned players and persistent newcomers who share their experience of navigating sensitive territory in the search for the real story behind a person&rsquo;s life. Whether they are writing about the famous or the forgotten, whether their version of events is authorised or unauthorised, biography is a high-stakes quest full of twists and turns.

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