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Guests: Danielle Binks, Lauren Anderson, Rudi Bremer & Gabby | Host: Kat Mayo | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 10/06/2017 Sydney

For the first time in many years, I was actually enthused by the Sydney Writers’ Festival program. Not so much because it had romance (it didn’t), but because the festival had some excellent guests this year. When Danielle Binks was in Sydney for an event associated with the Begin, End, Begin anthology, we decided to organise a small booklovers’ meet-up, which naturally evolved into a podcast session! This is the largest podcast group we’ve done so far for Book Thingo, and it was so much fun. And if you attended SWF, let us know in the comments what your highlights (and lowlights) were!

Guests

Danielle Binks — Literary agent and editor: @danielle_binks; facebook; alphareader; daniellebinks.com

Lauren Anderson — Avid reader and book industry insider: @and__lauren; ASA

Rudi Bremer — Book Thingo blogger and audio producer, owner of The Most Awesome Shoes In The Universe: @rudi_bee

Gabby — Did not attend SWF, but has opinions nonetheless: @penneclearwater; An open letter to the Sydney Writers’ Festival

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Photo by @and__lauren – of @rudi_bee helping me live out my #DanceAcademy fantasies at #SydneyWritersFestival ??‍♀️

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Books

• BT | Amz | Aud — Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology
• BT | Amz | Aud — Looking For Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta
• BT | Amz | Aud — Difficult Women by Roxane Gay
• BT | Amz | Aud — No Way! Okay, Fine by Brodie Lancaster
• BT | Amz | Aud — Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

Authors and media personalities

Gen Fricker, Pia Miranda, Molly Ringwald, Winona Ryder, Melina Marchetta, Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Roxane Gray, Tavi Gevinson, Elaine Welteroth, Durga Chew-Bose, Brodie Lancaster, John Mayer, 50 Cent, Miley Cyrus, Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Rajith Savanadasa, Alyssa Cole, Samantha Bee, J.K. Rowling, C.S. Pacat, Lin-Manuel Miranda

TV/Film

• iTunes | Amazon — Looking For Alibrandi (film)
• iTunes | ABC AU — The Time Of Our Lives (TV)
• Amazon — Chopper (film)
• iTunes | Amazon — Reality Bites (film)
• Amazon — The Bachelor (TV)
• iTunes | Amazon — 10 Things I Hate About You (film)
• iTunes | Amazon — Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TV)

Links

• Sydney Writers’ Festival — We talked about the following sessions: All Day YA; 25 Years of Looking For Alibrandi: Have a Say Day; The Big Black Thing; On Editing Teen Vogue; Roxane Gay: Difficult Women. Some recordings are available: Elaine Welteroth on Editing Teen Vogue
• KOI Dessert Bar
• Women of Letters
• Sweatshop — Western Sydney literacy movement
• Lebs and Punchbowl Prison by Michael Mohammed  Ahmad
• Rookie Mag
• Harry Styles’ New Direction by Cameron Crowe (Rolling Stone)

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