Cassie McCullagh

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Presenter and Co-Host at ABC News (Australia)

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The Bookshelf Easter Special: Irish writer Niall Williams

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Kate Evans |Cassie McCullagh

Irish writer Niall Williams with Kate Evans at the 2025 Adelaide Writers Week — with a focus on his Faha novels, History of the Rain, This is Happiness and (his latest) Time of the Child. Williams is also a screenwriter, playwright and travel writer — and his first novel, Four Letters of Love, has just been released as a film.
Summer Reading: Quick, give me a recommendation!

Jan 16, 2025 | abc.net.au | Kate Evans |Cassie McCullagh

Reading Percival Everett's James, Dylin Hardcastle's Language of Limbs and James McBride's The Heaven and Earth Grocery StoreCassie and literary interviewer Michaela Kalowski discussed Percival Everett's James in a conversation first broadcast on 15 March 2024Kate and Jonathan Green reviewed Dylin Hardcastle's Language of Limbs on 19 July 2024And James McBride spoke to Kate about The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store for Radio National's 2024 Big Weekend of Books
Summer Reading from Australia and the World

Jan 9, 2025 | abc.net.au | Kate Evans |Cassie McCullagh

Books you might have missed: from England, Turkey and within the Australian Tongan community Cassie and critic Beejay Silcox agree to disagree over David Nicholls' You Are Here – from a conversation first broadcast on 19 April 2024 Kate, Richard Aedy and writer Patrick Carey reviewed Oisín McKenna, Evenings and Weekends on 28 June 2024 Cassie, Beejay Silcox and academic Jioji Ravulo read Winnie Dunn's Dirt Poor Islanders on 19 April 2024 And Cassie spoke to Turkish-British author Elif Shafak...
Dark Skies, a quest and nature writing in Inga Simpson’s The Thinning

Oct 31, 2024 | abc.net.au | Kate Evans |Cassie McCullagh

The Dressmaker’s backstory, a universe of stars to expand our ideas about nature writing, and fragments and tricks galore: Kate and Cassie read Inga Simpson’s The Thinning, Brian Castro’s Chinese Postman and Rosalie Ham’s Molly with guests Ella Jeffery and Amanda Hampson BOOKS Inga Simpson, The Thinning, Hachette Brian Castro, Chinese Postman, Giramondo Rosalie Ham, Molly, Picador GUESTS Dr Ella Jeffery, poet and lecturer in Creative Writing at Griffith University, Qld; ABC Radio National...
From Stage to Page: John Farnham's story in his own words

Oct 29, 2024 | abc.net.au | Cassie McCullagh

For decades he was literally THE voice. A singer whose anthems captured the spirit of Australia, telling our story through song. Now, he's telling his own story in the new autobiography 'The Voice Inside'Last year, Poppy Stockell directed the documentary 'Finding the Voice' on Farnham and now she has co-written his autobiography. Guest: Poppy Stockell, Director and Co-Author of 'The Voice Inside'
NACC to reconsider Robodebt rejection and China's halloween crackdown

Oct 29, 2024 | abc.net.au | Cassie McCullagh

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Cyclone Tracy: The last bulletin out of Darwin - ABC listen

Oct 7, 2024 | abc.net.au | Cassie McCullagh |Clare O'Halloran

Almost 50 years ago, on Christmas Eve in 1974, Richard Creswick put the last bulletin out of the Darwin newsroom to air. He reported on the cyclone that was forecast but no one wanted to make a big deal of it since the last one had been a false alarm and there were parties to get to! Today, he is part of the Remembering Cyclone Tracy Committee which is preparing its program of commemorative events for the anniversary of one of our most devastating weather events.
Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert on a new path to peace in the mid-east and concerns about doctor fast tracking - ABC listen

Oct 6, 2024 | abc.net.au | Cassie McCullagh

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Dan Kelly on his adventure music

Oct 4, 2024 | abc.net.au | Cassie McCullagh |Clare O'Halloran

Country living has always held a place in Dan Kelly's heart and music. When he moved to regional Victoria six years ago he found himself even more inspired by early starts, extreme weather and the community. It all went into the mix for writing his latest album Goldfeels. He's heading out on an extensive tour which you can find more info on dates and tickets here
Lael Wilcox's race around the world - ABC listen

Oct 2, 2024 | abc.net.au | Cassie McCullagh

She has just completed a round-the-world odyssey, and after 29,169 km through 22 countries in about 108 days, 12 hours and 12 minutes she has set a new official Guinness world record. Find out what motivates her to keep on peddling.