Bridie Jabour is the Head of Multimedia at Guardian Australia who previously worked as a journalist reporting on social affairs, politics and regional issues.
Bridie is the author of a book of essays - Trivial Grievances: On the contradictions, myths and misery of your 30s as well as the 2018 novel The Way Things Should Be.
And this year Bridie has a new novel out.
Called ‘Ordinary Funny Tragic’ (published by HarperCollins Australia) it’s an exploration of family and grief - but specifically about what it means to be a good mother. Something that resonated with me on a deep level.
I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with Bridie for the podcast recently.
18 Sept 2026
Talking Aussie Books with Whitney Fitzsimmons
Award-winning journalist, former television presenter and author Whitney Fitzsimmons who is best known for her work at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has just released her debut novel.
’The Rising’ published by Ventura Press is set in a small northern NSW town plagued by floods. When the flood waters recede and the cleanup begins, a decades old mystery is unearthed and a journalist’s desire to solve the mystery is met with resistance by the townspeople she has come to know and whom she call friends.
'The Rising' is a twisty, compelling rural noir novel that has captured the attention of some of Australia’s best known authors - people like Matthew Spencer, Fiona Lowe, RWR MacDonald and many more.
I was delighted to welcome Whitney to the podcast recently to talk about her journey from journalist to published novelist and the many twists and turns along the way.
6 Sept 2026
Talking Aussie Books with Allison Rushby
'All Her Beautiful Deaths' is the new historical gothic mystery by author extraordinaire Allison Rushby.
Allison is the author of more than 30 books across junior, middle age and YA fiction as well as adult fiction.
'All Her Beautiful Deaths' published by HQ Fiction in Australia this year is a dual timeline novel centred around Victorian death photography - a macabre, yet popular practice of memorialising dead people in photos.
It comes hot on the heels of another of Allison's novel, 'Slashed Beauties' which was released in 2025 and inspired by another unsettling phenomena - 18th century wax anatomical models known as 'Anatomical Venus'.
In this wide-ranging chat, guest host Cassie Hamer talks to Allison about both these books and their inspiration, her incredible 25 year career, the creative pillars that underpin her writing process and what it takes to bring up a new generation of readers.
A wonderful interview!
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