Robbi Neal's guest appearances

Robbi Neal

Stories Behind the Story with Better Reading

Nine To Noon

The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin

Elon Musk

Barack Obama

Mark Manson

Donald Trump

Jade Jackson

Siri Hustvedt

Michael Mosley

Hillary Clinton

Malcolm Gladwell

David Hill

Ross Taylor

David Sedaris

Brad Olsen

Sebastian Junger

Louisa Lim

OwlTail

Robbi Neal talks to Cheryl Akle about her experience with cancer, and how her latest novel, The Secret World of Connie Starr, was influenced by her family.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robbi Neal talks to Cheryl Akle about her experience with cancer, and how her latest novel, The Secret World of Connie Starr, was influenced by her family.  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Robbi Neal: on cancer, family and overcoming hardship

Geraldine Brooks

Horse by Geraldine Brooks (the wonderful Geraldine Brooks!) A wonderful mix of history and fiction, art and science, based on the true story of the famous 19th century Kentucky racehorse Lexington and the social milieu in which he came to fame amidst slavery, injustice, and an obsession with horses. A painting of him unites a young couple in 2019 – Jess who studies the skeleton to understand the champion’s physiology, and an art historian named Theo. The care and reverence in this book is remarkable – as is always the way with Geraldine Brooks – and I loved it. The Secret World of Connie Starr by Robbi Neal. This is a real evocation of Australian life through the war to the 1950s, recreating a world that is now lost to us. It’s a brightly coloured patchwork quilt of everything from shoes to polio, lemon trees to rivers, death to life that melds together – centred around Connie Starr who was always a difficult child and sees the world for exactly what it is. It’s been compared to Cloudstreet and Boy Swallows Universe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Horse by Geraldine Brooks (the wonderful Geraldine Brooks!) A wonderful mix of history and fiction, art and science, based on the true story of the famous 19th century Kentucky racehorse Lexington and the social milieu in which he came to fame amidst slavery, injustice, and an obsession with horses. A painting of him unites a young couple in 2019 – Jess who studies the skeleton to understand the champion’s physiology, and an art historian named Theo. The care and reverence in this book is remarkable – as is always the way with Geraldine Brooks – and I loved it.  The Secret World of Connie Starr by Robbi Neal. This is a real evocation of Australian life through the war to the 1950s, recreating a world that is now lost to us. It’s a brightly coloured patchwork quilt of everything from shoes to polio, lemon trees to rivers, death to life that melds together – centred around Connie Starr who was always a difficult child and sees the world for exactly what it is. It’s been compared to Cloudstreet and Boy Swallows Universe.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Whitcoulls recommends Geraldine Brooks and Robbi Neal