5 Minutes With

Tuesday 26 Jun, 2018

5 Minutes With ... Shaun Tan

Award-winning author and illustrator, Shaun Tan,tells us about the inspiration behind his new book, Cicada.

Friday 18 May, 2018

5 Minutes With ... Tania Cox

Grab a coffee and spend 5 minutes with Tania as she chats with us about her latest book

Monday 23 Apr, 2018

5 Minutes With ... Leigh Straw

Dr. Leigh Straw is an academic, historian and writer. We steal 5 minutes of her time to chat about her latest book on Australia's first female detective, Lillian Armfield, who took on Tilly Devine and the Razor Gangs!

Monday 19 Mar, 2018

5 Minutes With ... Michael Mohammed Ahmad

Michael Mohammed Ahmad is the founder and director of Sweatshop, a literacy movement in Western Sydney devoted to empowering culturally and linguistically diverse artists through creative writing. You will want to spend more that 5 minutes with Michael.

Friday 16 Mar, 2018

5 Minutes With ... Kelly Rimmer

Kelly Rimmer has sold over 600,000 digital copies of her previous four novels! We grab 5 minutes with Kelly for a quick catch up about her new novel, Before I Let You Go.

Tuesday 20 Feb, 2018

5 Minutes With...Kali Napier

Inspired by Kali Napier's own family history, THE SECRETS AT OCEAN'S EDGE is a haunting, memorable and moving tale of one family's search for belonging. Get to know Kali in the time it takes to make a cup of tea!

Tuesday 20 Feb, 2018

5 Minutes With...Tanya Bretherton

THE SUITCASE BABY is true history and an unforgettable tale that moves at the pace of a great crime novel. Get to know author TANYA BRETHERTON in less than a minute!

Friday 10 Nov, 2017

5 minutes with ... Peter FitzSimons

Peter FitzSimons is Australia's bestselling non-fiction writer. His latest book brings brings Burke and Wills, and their tragic fate, back to life.

Friday 13 Oct, 2017

5 minutes with ... Jodi Perry

Nineteen Letters is the first novel to be published under the name Jodi Perry. Under the name J. L. Perry, her last four novels were all number one bestsellers in ebook.

Tuesday 10 Oct, 2017

5 minutes with ... Jessica Townsend

Nevermoor, Jessica's debut novel, is out today.Rights have sold in over 25 additional territories as well as film rights!

Friday 06 Oct, 2017

5 minutes with ... Hugh Riminton

Hugh Riminton is a familiar face to millions of Australians. Awardwinning journalist, humanitarian, news presenter and foreign correspondent and now author.

Friday 15 Sep, 2017

5 minutes with ... Claire G Coleman

Claire G Coleman wrote her black&write! fellowship-winning manuscript 'Terra Nullius' while travelling around Australia in a caravan.

Wednesday 13 Sep, 2017

5 minutes with ... Fiona Palmer

Bestselling author, Fiona Palmer, set herself the challenge of writing a story that takes place on Western Australia's gorgeous coastline, which she regularly visits.

Thursday 10 Aug, 2017

5 minutes with ... Michael Brissenden

He has been a political journalist and foreign correspondent for the ABC since 1987. A two-time Walkley Award winner, this is Michael's first book.

Tuesday 08 Aug, 2017

5 minutes with ... Sophie Green

Sophie Green is an author and publisher. She has written several fiction and non-fiction books, some under other names.

Thursday 13 Jul, 2017

5 Minutes With ... Brodie Lancaster

Brodie Lancaster is a writer, editor and occasional DJ. No Way! Okay, Fine. was shortlisted for The Richell Prize for Emerging Writers 2015 and is her first book.

Tuesday 11 Jul, 2017

5 Minutes With ... Michael Robotham

Michael Robotham is the author of CLOSE YOUR EYES and the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award-winning LIFE OR DEATH. His debut Joe O'Loughlin novel, THE SUSPECT, sold more than one million copies around the world.

Monday 10 Jul, 2017

5 Minutes With ... Julie Randall

Julie Randall is the author of the compelling memoir PATIENT 71, which details her life-changing health crisis and desperate battle to survive.

Friday 07 Jul, 2017

5 Minutes With ... Mark Brandi

Mark Brandi is the winner of the 2016 UK Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger for his first novel, WIMMERA.

Thursday 15 Jun, 2017

5 Minutes With ... Inga Simpson

Inga Simpson is the award-winning author of MR WIGG, NEST and WHERE THE TREES WERE. Her latest book, UNDERSTORY, is a memoir about staying in one place, told through trees.