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Episode 13: Danni Mattiazzo - How Technology...

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2025/08/31

In this episode of Around the School Table(xuno.com.au/podcast), host Steve Davis welcomes Danni Mattiazzo, assistant principal at Larrakeyah Primary School (larrakeyahprimary.com.au) in Darwin. Recently recognised with the Australian Education Award for Best Use of Technology, Danni Mattiazzo shares how her leadership has guided the development of IntelliLearn, a locally built platform that blends artificial intelligence with evidence-based assessment. Designed to give just the right level of

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Convict Narratives: An Academic Discussion

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2025/08/13

Welcome back to Academia Month! This week, we talk through two fascinating academic articles, 'The Australian Convict Prostitute Romance', and 'Conflict and Colonialism in 21st Century Romantic Historical Fiction: Repairing the Past, Repurposing History' by one of our podcast favourites, Professor Hsu-Ming Teo, with a shoutout to Dr Paloma Fresno-Calleja too! Prepare for a raucous discussion, a mysterious disappearance by our very own Abby Guy, and multiple moments where we get so entangled in our

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BOOKCLUB: Seven Brides for Beau Mcbride by Amy Barry

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2025/07/26

Our amazing host is off galavanting in the mountains and in her absence we read Amy Barry's latest release,Seven Brides for Beau Mcbride. ⋆˖°.𖤓𓄀🂾𐚁𓃗.°˖⋆ Beau Mcbride might just be Amy Barry's most swoon-worthy cowboy yet — and we aresoready to catch the next train to Montana. Join us as we discuss why we (genuinely) love these books, and just how easily the Mcbride siblings have lassoed our hearts. We talk all things character, setting, plot, Junebug antics, representations of

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Imagine You're Stuck On a Fence & There's This Really...

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2025/07/16

SPOILER ALERT! Cast takeover month continues as Abby, Harry, and Payton interrogate— I mean interview bestselling author Amy Barry about her latest release and our July book club pick, Seven Brides for Beau McBride! Learn what Harry REALLY thinks about this book, why Abby fantasises about getting stuck on fences, and whether or not Payton is a brown-noser, this week on Amy &. Mentions: The McBrides of Montana by Amy Barry Frontiers of the Heart by Tess Lesue Someone Else’s Bucket

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Episode 6: Kendall Lange and Wendy Tregenza –...

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2025/07/15

In this episode of Around the School Table, host Steve Davis speaks with Kendall Lange and Wendy Tregenza from North Mandurah Primary School in Western Australia. Kendall Lange, the principal, and Wendy Tregenza, leader of the school’s Specialised Learning Programs for Autism (SLP-A), share real-world strategies for supporting autistic students and fostering inclusive school communities. Kendall Lange and Wendy Tregenza explore how schools have shifted from one-size-fits-all methods towards

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A Desire for Roughness: Sexy Farming and...

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2025/07/04

Howdy! Amy is off on holiday so we (the collective & of AMY &) have taken this opportunity to do a sneaky takeover of the pod 😈 Welcome to WESTERN MONTH! Yee, and I cannot stress this enough, haw 🤠 🌄🐎🌾🐄🌵 We’re keen as a tin of hot beans to deep dive into all things both country and western, from cowboy heroes to spirited heroines, rugged outlaws to lonesome ranchers, the wild mountains of Montana to small desert towns that, try as we might to huddle close together, just

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Episode 4: Anthony Rowe - The Bilingual Blueprint -...

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2025/06/30

In this episode of Around the School Table, host Steve Davis speaks with Anthony Rowe, principal of Huntingdale Primary School in Melbourne — a pioneering bilingual school where students navigate their learning in both English and Japanese from their very first day. With half the curriculum delivered in Japanese, including subjects like mathematics—the school challenges traditional education models and is achieving remarkable academic outcomes. Rowe explains that far from being a

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BOOKCLUB: Love Unleashed by Melanie Saward

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2025/06/27

Hi Booklovers! This week, Amy & the podcast team sat down to chat about Melanie Saward's novel,Love Unleashed,for Pride Month! We discuss the boundaries of genre, bisexual representation, the sheer quantity of layers and depth that Melanie has weaved into this narrative, relationships and love, and the importance of community. Melanie Sawardis a proud Bigambul and Wakka Wakka woman. She is a writer, editor, and university lecturer based in Tulmur (Ipswich), Queensland. Her debut novel Burnwas

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The Voice Of Scooby Doo - Neil Fanning

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2025/06/22

Actor, stuntman and voice artist, Neil Fanning’s entertainment career has spanned over 35 years. With more than 50 movie, television and commercial credits to his name, Neil’s versatility and experience continue to be highly sought after. Most notably Neil performed the voice of Scooby-Doo in both international blockbusters,Scooby-DooandScooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. Among his other film credits areElvis,Nim’s Island,Daybreakers, Peter Pan, Crocodile Hunter–Collision

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Supanova Special Game! GAME ON! With Jay Anthony Franke

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2025/06/20

Rachel and Eddie talk to one of the best gaming experts in voice acting today. Jay Anthony Franke is an American screen and voiceover actor who first rose to prominence as Jake Sommers in the hit ‘90s NBC teen sitcomCalifornia Dreams, where he rocked the screen as the leather-clad lead guitarist. As a voice actor, Jay is widely known for his portrayal of J. C. Denton in the critically acclaimed, award-winning video gameDeus Ex, and can be heard in fan-favouritesMass Effect:

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Annilingus Doritos: Interview with Patrick Lenton

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2025/06/18

In this third week of Pride month, Amy & Justina and Harry interview THE Patrick Lenton, author of In Spite of You, who joins us for a wildly honest chat about queerness, the chaos of writing, and the unexpected beauty of Gimli and Legolas. We dive into craft, community, and smile with equal delight about the splendour of the romance community! Patrick Lenton is a journalist and writer who lives in Melbourne. He is an amazing comedy writer and aregular arts and culture commentator in the media,

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Gay Elves & Trans Aliens: Queering Everything

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2025/06/11

In this second week of Pride month, Amy & Justina, Payton, and Millie try to talk broader queer fiction, get distracted by queer romance again, but ultimately persevere to talk first queer classics, genre fiction with incidental queers, and their hopes for future queer fiction. LINKS Watch the full episode on YouTube: @AmyAndPodcast Follow the Amy & Podcast on IG: @amyandpodcast Join the Amy & Bookclub:Amy & Bookclub Follow Amy Matthews on IG:@amymatthewsauthor Follow Amy Barry on

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BOOKCLUB: Side Chick Nation by Aya de Léon

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2025/04/25

Amy & the podcast team sit down to discuss Aya de Léon's romantic suspense novel,Side Chick Nation, as part of our Climate Fiction month! Aya de León is an acclaimed writer of poetry, prose, stage, and screen. She teachescreative writing at UC Berkeley and is the 'acquiring editor for a new climate justice fiction imprint Fighting Chance Books, which will publish stories of people taking collective action in the here and now to solve the climate crisis' (ayadeleon.com). LINKS

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Salvage and the Ethics of Space Billionaires:...

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2025/04/16

Amy& Justina chat with Jennifer Mills, a celebrated writer of climate fiction and dystopian novels and author of The Airways (2021), Dyschronia (2018) and Gone (2011). Her latest book, Salvage, is out on May 27. Join us as we chat about ambiguous utopias, the ethics (or lack thereof) of space billionaires, and the responsibility we have to each other and the world in the face of climate emergency. Pre-order Salvagehere. Find more of Jennifer's work here. For a chance to win Side Chick Nation by

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Voiceover Face Off!

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2025/04/04

I do voices! The late great Robin Williams quote from his classic film Mrs. Doubtfire is "I do voices" and we do too. In this episode Rachel and Eddie recap season ones interview Voice Off challenges with a variety of wonderful guest highlights.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Tsundoku 45: The Romance Edition

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2024/10/01

As Mills and Boon celebrate 50 years of taking readers on journeys of love and lust, Annie speaks with Barbara Hannay about her latest novel, The Wife's Secret, and Michaela discusses medical romance with Amy Andrews, author of The Outback Doctor's Surprise. Featured books: The Wife’s Secret by Barbara Hannay The Outback Doctor's Surprise Bride by Amy Andrews Barbara’s recommendations: Seven Little Australians by Ethel Turner Amy’s recommendations: Working Class Boy and Working Class Man by

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Episode 41: “The Work” by Bri Lee + “The Radio Hour”...

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2024/07/05

Peeling back the veneer of the New York art scene, Bri Lee takes readers into the background world that fuels the industry. ‘The Work’ follows the lives of two protagonists from vastly different backgrounds: gallery owner, Lally, and antiquities dealer, Patrick, as they each follow a path to success, but at what cost? + Victoria Purman takes readers back to the golden years of radio broadcasting in post-war Australia, to the post war world when women were no longer content to sit in the background,

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Tsundoku Minisode 36.5

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2024/02/21

Molly Schmidt’s Salt River Road is a searing account of grief and redemption set in the big sky/small town landscapes of south west WA..Racism, poverty and country town politics are all part of life in country Western Australia in the 1970’s. But for the Tetley family all that matters is that they have lost their beloved mother Elena, and they are all falling apart…and in danger of losing the farm that is their livelihood.Through the eyes of teenage siblings Rose and Frank the reader experiences

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Episode 36: “The Disorganisation of Celia Stone” +...

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2024/01/22

Celia appears to have it all and her life is running like clockwork - and so it should because she has it planned down to the very last minute - but then along comes a challenge that could be her undoing! Celia is thrust into a process equal parts amusing and heartbreaking as she shakily charts a new path.+ From falling for the boy next door to romancing a minotaur - occupational therapist turned successful romance novelist Davina Stone talks us through the many forms that modern romance takes

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Episode 35: Paddy O’Reilly’s “Other Houses” + The...

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2023/12/29

Cath has admired the work of Paddy O’Reilly for some time but with her shortlisting for the Prime Minister’s Literary Award, “Other Houses” looks sure to win O’Reilly many new admirers. It’s a tale of class, aspiration and the boundaries we will cross for love. + Michaela has an Anne of Green Gables doll that her mother bought on a pilgrimage to Prince Edward Island in the ‘80s. She asks Associate Professors Lisa Bennett and Kylie Cardell to reveal their ‘Green’ credentials and discuss LM

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