Saturday Magazine

28 Mar 2023

Saturday 25th March, 2023: Ronnie Scott, Author: New Book: ‘Shirley’

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Macca and Dave are joined live on air by author Ronnie Scott.

Ronnie Scott’s first novel The Adversary was shortlisted for a Queensland Literary Award and the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal.

He teaches Creative Writing at RMIT.

His new book, ‘Shirley’:

The daughter of a celebrity must discover who is worthy of her devotion and who is just a fan.

It’s been twenty years since her mother was photographed, blood-soaked, outside the family home. A famous TV food personality, she fled the country. Since that time, the girl has grown up. She’s bought an apartment, learned her own cooking style, fallen in love. She lives a quiet life, working as a copywriter for a health insurance company. She’s found happiness, finally.

But strange things are in the air. Her easygoing boyfriend has started sleeping with men. Her mother is selling the infamous family home. And a glamorous, pregnant neighbour has moved into the apartment downstairs, calling into question everything the girl believes about her own desires.

Among conspiracies, dubious loyalties, and mercenary impulses, how do we work out who is worthy of our devotion and who is just a fan? Shirley charts a search for meaning in a world where the fracturing of ambitions – work and purpose, real estate and home, family and love – has left us uncertain how to recognise ourselves.

 

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4 Jun 2023

Saturday 3rd June, 2023: Gabrielle De Vietre, Vic Greens

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Fiona and Nevena talk to Gabrielle De Vietre, about transphobia in the Greens. update on politics, and so much more.

4 Jun 2023

Saturday 3rd June 2023: Oliver Ray, Legal Policy Advisor. Equality Australia

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Oliver Ray, Legal Policy Advisor. Equality Australia Kicking things off talking about religious discrimination and our call for people to contact us ...

4 Jun 2023

Saturday 3rd June 2022: Simon Ruth, CEO Throne Harbour Health, TGA restriction lifted on Blood Plasma

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Nevena and Fiona are joined by Simon Ruth, CEO, Thorne Harbour Health The recent decision by the TGA to lift the ...