In this one-off live special of Dicey Topics BENJAMIN LAW gets CLEMENTINE FORD, STEPHANIE WOOD and JESS HILL to bare all about SEX, DEATH and RELIGION In Good Weekend magazine every Saturday, Benjamin Law interviews prominent people – artists, designers, businesspeople, actors, scientists, athletes, politicians – about private topics: (1) sex; (2) death; (3) money; (4) religion; (5) politics; and (6) our bodies – by getting them to roll a dice. His hunch is these taboos represent some of the most important conversations we can have and with this panel it certainly proves to be true!  SHOWNOTES: Writes4Festivals http://www.writes4women.com/writes4festivals/ Facebook - @Writes4Festivals Twitter / Instagram - @w4wpodcast Wollongong Writer's Festival https://wollongongwritersfestival.com Facebook @wollongongwritersfestival/ Twitter @WGongWritFest Benjamin Law https://benjamin-law.com Twitter @mrbenjaminlaw Instagram @mrbenjaminlaw Stephanie Wood https://stephaniewood.com.au/about/ Twitter @StephanieAWood1 Instagram @stephaniewoodsydney Clementine Ford Facebook @ClementineFord Twitter @clementine_ford Instagram @clementine_ford Jess Hill https://www.jesshill.net Facebook @jess.hill.31924 Twitter @jessradio Pamela Cook www.pamelacook.com.au Facebook - @pamelacookauthor Twitter - @PamelaCookAU Listen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler) www.listenuppodcasting.com.au Facebook / Twitter - @kelbutler @listenuppodcasting See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

FEATURING: Lee Kofman, Luke Carman, Stephanie Wood, Jess Hill, Gala Vanting Shame is one of the most pervasive and tough human emotions. How does shame reshape us? And how can we extricate ourselves from its abyss? Writers’ best works, though, often dwell in the caves of shame, and for them shame can be a reliable barometer to detect those urgent stories they need to tell. SHOWNOTES: Writes4Festivals http://www.writes4women.com/writes4festivals/ Facebook - @Writes4Festivals Twitter / Instagram - @w4wpodcast Wollongong Writer's Festival https://wollongongwritersfestival.com Facebook @wollongongwritersfestival/ Twitter @WGongWritFest Lee Kofman https://leekofman.com.au Facebook @Lee Kofman Twitter @LeeKofman Instagram @leekofman Luke Carman https://giramondopublishing.com/luke-carman/ Stephanie Wood https://stephaniewood.com.au/about/ Twitter @StephanieAWood1 Instagram @stephaniewoodsydney Gala Vanting http://msgalavanting.com Facebook @the.gala.vanting Twitter @gala_vanting Jess Hill https://www.jesshill.net Facebook @jess.hill.31924 Twitter @jessradio Pamela Cook www.pamelacook.com.au Facebook - @pamelacookauthor Twitter - @PamelaCookAU Listen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler) www.listenuppodcasting.com.au Facebook / Twitter - @kelbutler @listenuppodcasting See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

FEATURING: Jane Caro, Benjamin Law, Kirli Saunders, Gabbie Stroud, Rhiannon Hall This panel ask the question: what do we want from education? Do we want our children to master basic skills, or do we want our children to be critical thinkers? Do we want our children to be curious and creative? Do we want our young people to be kind? What is the purpose of K-12 education in Australia? Why don't we trust teachers? SHOWNOTES: Writes4Festivals http://www.writes4women.com/writes4festivals/ Facebook - @Writes4Festivals Twitter / Instagram - @w4wpodcast Wollongong Writer's Festival https://wollongongwritersfestival.com Facebook @wollongongwritersfestival/ Twitter @WGongWritFest Jane Caro Facebook @janecaroofficial Twitter @JaneCaro Benjamin Law https://benjamin-law.com Twitter @mrbenjaminlaw Instagram @mrbenjaminlaw Kirli Saunders https://kirlisaunders.com Twitter @SaundersKirli Instagram @kirli.saunders Gabbie Stroud  https://gabbiestroud.com Facebook @gabbiestroud Twitter @GJ_Stroud Instagram @gabbiestroud Rhiannon Hall Facebook @RhiannonHall Pamela Cook www.pamelacook.com.au Facebook - @pamelacookauthor Twitter - @PamelaCookAU Listen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler) www.listenuppodcasting.com.au Facebook / Twitter - @kelbutler @listenuppodcasting See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

TONY BIRCH talks to LUKE CARMAN about his Miles Franklin shortlisted book "THE WHITE GIRL"  In The White Girl, Miles-Franklin-shortlisted author Tony Birch shines a spotlight on the 1960s and the devastating government policy of taking Indigenous children from their families. Odette Brown has lived her whole life on the fringes of a small country town. After her daughter disappeared and left her with her granddaughter Sissy to raise on her own, Odette has managed to stay under the radar of the welfare authorities who are removing fair-skinned Aboriginal children from their families. When a new policeman arrives in town, determined to enforce the law, Odette must risk everything to save Sissy and protect everything she loves. SHOWNOTES: Writes4Festivals http://www.writes4women.com/writes4festivals/ Facebook - @Writes4Festivals Twitter / Instagram - @w4wpodcast Wollongong Writer's Festival https://wollongongwritersfestival.com Facebook @wollongongwritersfestival/ Twitter @WGongWritFest Tony Birch https://www.tony-birch.com/blog Facebook @Tony Birch Pamela Cook www.pamelacook.com.au Facebook - @pamelacookauthor Twitter - @PamelaCookAU Listen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler) www.listenuppodcasting.com.au Facebook / Twitter - @kelbutler @listenuppodcasting     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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