
Meggie Morris
Articles
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Nicola Harrison |Meggie Morris |Sarah Kanowski
Irish novelist Colm Toibin has always been open to where life can unexpectedly take him, and the excitement that comes with that kind of freedom. His first big move was from rural Ireland to Dublin after his father died when he was young. Then, it was off to experience the wild hedonism and sexual liberation of post-Franco Spain. Since then, he's journeyed to Sudan, Los Angeles, New York and beyond.
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abc.net.au | Nicola Harrison |Meggie Morris |Richard Fidler
Hilde Hinton's upbringing was marked by the shocking death of her mother when Hilde was just 12 years old. Despite the great grief, there was also a sense of relief for Hilde. She shielded her younger siblings, Samuel and Connie Johnson, from the truth of how and why their mother died. But when Connie also died, decades later of cancer, Hilde was propelled into writing her first novel, in between shifts as a prison officer.
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abc.net.au | Nicola Harrison |Meggie Morris |Sarah Kanowski
Ji Wallace was an energetic only child growing up on a bush block in suburban Brisbane when his parents brought home a trampoline to keep him occupied. Ji learned how to flip by that afternoon, and found he had a real talent. A couple of years later, he was a national champion in gymnastics. Ji managed to make a career out of bouncing around, representing Australia at the Olympics and then joining Cirque Du Soleil as an acrobat.
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3 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Nicola Harrison |Meggie Morris |Richard Fidler
When Hannah Kent arrived in Iceland as an exchange student in 2003, her arrival was a difficult one. On her first night in the country, she found herself stranded late at night at Keflavik Airport and desperately homesick. But within weeks, Iceland had begun to change young Hannah. She became entranced with the haunting story of accused murderer and domestic servant Agnes Magnusdottir, who became the last woman executed in Iceland.
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3 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Nicola Harrison |Meggie Morris |Sarah Kanowski
When Jemma Sbeg started recording a podcast in the back of her Subaru about her quarter life crisis, she had no idea just how many people she would reach. But other people her age were desperate for guidance through their 20s - a decade a lot of us romanticise before we get there, and after we leave. It's a decade of massive growth for humans, when we make big decisions about relationships, careers and our own identities, but Jemma felt like she had no idea HOW to make the right choices.
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