About Down Under Author Interviews with Paul Rushworth-Brown
Author-to-author conversations exploring books, writing, history and the creative process. Hosted by Australian author Paul Rushworth-Brown, Down Under Interviews features long-form discussions with published writers from around the world. The series maintains strong visibility in Apple Podcasts search under primary author interview terms. Watch full interviews at paulrushworthbrown.com/events-interviews. Produced in association with Meet the Author and History Bards Podcast. Research features and full interviews at paulrushworthbrown.com.
Outback Odyssey | Audiobook | Chapter 13: Secrets of the Station
Seventeen-year-old Jimmy Brown leaves Melbourne behind and travels deep into the Victorian countryside, where a new life awaits him on an isolated sheep station.
At Traralgon, he meets Dhirrari, an Aboriginal stockman whose quiet dignity makes an immediate impression. But a hostile encounter with Derek Olsen reveals the prejudice, resentment and simmering tensions threatening the station and its people.
As Jimmy journeys further into the unfamiliar Australian landscape, he begins to question whether leaving Yorkshire was the right decision.
And when a mysterious young woman appears on the station veranda, Jimmy has no idea how profoundly his life is about to change.
From Outback Odyssey by Paul Rushworth-Brown, a story of migration, belonging, prejudice and the courage to see the world differently.
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13 May 2026
Rohn Hein — The Valet’s Witness | Slavery, Silence, and America’s Founding Era
In this episode of Down Under Interviews, Australian author and interviewer Paul Rushworth-Brown speaks with Rohn Hein about The Valet’s Witness — a historical novel that explores America’s founding era through the eyes of those who stood close enough to witness history, but were rarely permitted to shape it.
Rather than retelling familiar narratives, this conversation examines slavery, silence, memory, power, and the uncomfortable tensions surrounding the formation of the United States. Hein discusses the research behind the novel, the historical complexities of the Founding Fathers, and why stories from overlooked perspectives still matter today.
This is a discussion not simply about history, but about the people history often leaves behind.
25 Apr 2026
She Escaped Reality Through Myth… But What Was She Running From? | Dee Marley Interview
What happens when reality becomes unbearable?
In this episode of Down Under Interviews, host Paul Rushworth-Brown speaks with author Dee Marley about the powerful role of myth, storytelling, and time in shaping how we survive the world around us.
Dee’s work explores a deeply human instinct—the need to step outside reality when it becomes too heavy to carry. Through her novels Kingfisher and Antipode, she reveals how women, in particular, turn to myth not as fantasy, but as a form of refuge… and sometimes, resistance.
This is not a conversation about escapism.
It’s about what drives people to leave reality behind—and what they bring back with them when they return.
"Fairy tales to some… history to others."
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