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Biographers in Conversation

Biographer Gabriella Kelly-Davies chats with biographers across the world about the myriad of choices they make while researching, writing and publishing life stories. In every episode, she explores elements of narrative strategy such as structure, use of fiction techniques, facts and truth, beginnings and endings and to what extent the writer interpreted the evidence rather than providing clues and leaving it to readers to do the interpreting themselves. She also asks how they researched their

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66:27

Dr Greg de Moore "Tom Wills: The Insubordinate Life...

Biographers in Conversation ·

2025/11/12

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Dr Greg de Moore chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about his choices while crafting Tom Wills: The Insubordinate Life of an Australian Sporting Legend.Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode: How Greg de Moore first stumbled upon Tom Wills’ forgotten story Why Greg felt compelled to rescue Tom Will’s legendary tale from obscurity. Wills’s remarkable life journey growing up among Aboriginal friends in the bush, captaining cricket at England’s

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51:27

Ray Boomhower: "The Ultimate Protest: Malcolm W....

Biographers in Conversation ·

2025/11/05

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Ray Boomhower chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about his choices while crafting The Ultimate Protest: Malcolm W. Browne, Thích Quảng Đức, and the News Photograph That Stunned the World.Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode: The powerful story behind Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức’s 1963 self-immolation protest in Saigon. How Malcolm Browne’s iconic photograph of this tragic act shocked the world, igniting global outrage that influenced the

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55:56

Dr Bron Bateman: "Women of a Certain Courage"

Biographers in Conversation ·

2025/10/29

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Dr Bron Bateman chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about her choices while editing Women of a Certain Courage.Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode: The drive behind Women of a Certain Courage, including why Bron set out to challenge traditional male-centric hero narratives and celebrate everyday women’s bravery. How Bron handpicked 18 diverse women writers—Indigenous activists, queer and trans voices and women with disabilities—to share

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48:43

Stephen J. Campbell: "Leonardo da Vinci: An...

Biographers in Conversation ·

2025/10/22

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Dr Stephen J. Campbell chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about his choices while crafting Leonardo da Vinci: An Untraceable Life.Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode: Why Stephen Campbell resists the urge to create a seamless narrative and instead embraces the mystery, silence and gaps in Leonardo da Vinci’s story. How the book’s structure reflects the fragmented reality of Leonardo’s life. The origin of the book’s title and how it

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54:48

Jillian Graham "Inner Song: A Biography of Margaret...

Biographers in Conversation ·

2025/10/15

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, the musician and author Dr Jillian Graham chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about her choices while crafting Inner Song. A Biography of Margaret Sutherland, the life story of the ‘Grand Old Lady of Classical Music.’Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode: Margeret Sutherland was a child prodigy, composer, pianist and teacher. She composed more than 200 works and was an influential champion of both contemporary and Australian music Margaret

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65:16

David Veltman, Daniel Meister and Hans Renders ...

Biographers in Conversation ·

2025/10/08

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Dr David Veltman, Dr Daniel Meister and Professor Hans Renders chat with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about Biography Across the Digitized Globe: Essays in Honour of Hans Renders.Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode: David and Daniel edited this collection of essays to honour Hans’s pioneering role in the field of biography. Diverse perspectives on how digital sources and global connections are reshaping how we share life stories. Why biography

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55:31

Shauna Bostock "Reaching Through Time: Finding My...

Biographers in Conversation ·

2025/10/01

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Shauna Bostock chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about her choices while crafting Reaching Through Time: Finding My Family’s Stories.Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode: The shocking late-night phone Shauna Bostock received that ignited her determination to unearth her family’s true history. How Shauna traced over 200 years of her Indigenous family history amid scant and fragmented records. Shauna’s unique approach to storytelling:

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63:03

Sebastian Smee: "Paris in Ruins: How Love, War and...

Biographers in Conversation ·

2025/09/24

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic Sebastian Smee chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about his choices while crafting Paris in Ruins: How Love, War and Art Gave Birth to Impressionism.Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode: How the chaos of war and revolution in 1870s Paris shaped the birth of Impressionism. Why the relationship between Édouard Manet and Berthe Morisot was central to the book and the Impressionist Movement. How Impressionism’s

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61:06

Heather Clark: "Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing...

Biographers in Conversation ·

2025/09/17

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, multi-award-winning biographer Dr Heather Clark chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about her choices while crafting Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath.Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode: Why Heather Clark intentionally shifts the narrative away from Sylvia Plath’s tragic death to celebrate her vibrant life and literary achievements. Why Heather emphasises Sylvia Plath’s ambition, joy and creative courage as a young

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45:16

Judith Brett: "Fearless Beatrice Faust: Sex, Feminism...

Biographers in Conversation ·

2025/09/10

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, award-winning political historian and biographer Dr Judith Brett chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about her choices while crafting Fearless Beatrice Faust: Sex, Feminism and Body Politics.Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode: How Judith Brett discovered Beatrice Faust’s story. Why Judith was inspired to craft Fearless Beatrice Faust. How Beatrice Faust captures a vivid chapter of Australia’s feminist history. How in 1972, Beatrice Faust

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45:39

Charlotte Jacobs' 90 Seconds to Midnight: A Hiroshima...

Biographers in Conversation ·

2025/09/03

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Dr Charlotte Jacobs chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about her choices while crafting 90 Seconds to Midnight: A Hiroshima Survivor’s Nuclear Odyssey. Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode: Charlotte Jacobs’s inspiration for crafting 90 Seconds to Midnight. How Charlotte gained insights into Setsuko’s inner world. How Charlotte balanced Setsuko’s unique voice and perspective with her voice as the narrator. How Charlotte balanced Setsuko’s

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45:24

Sam Elkin: "Detachable Penis: A Queer Legal Saga"

Biographers in Conversation ·

2025/08/27

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, lawyer and author Sam Elkin chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about his choices while crafting Detachable Penis: A Queer Legal Saga.Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode: Sam’s thought process behind structuring the memoir as a chronological legal saga intertwining his gender transition with pivotal moments in Australia’s LGBTQ+ rights movement. How he found a warm, conversational writing voice beyond his legal training, shedding formal

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51:04

Nathan Hobby "The Red Witch: A Biography of Katharine...

Biographers in Conversation ·

2025/08/20

Nathan Hobby shares his choices while crafting The Red Witch; A Biography of Katharine Susannah Prichard. Here’s what you’ll discover:Katharine Susannah Prichard’s significance as a trailblazing Australian novelist and political figure who co-founded the Australian Communist Party How Pritchard’s ground-breaking novels reflected her social ideals Nathan’s extensive research process, from scouring archives to retracing Prichard’s footsteps The book’s structure and narrative style The difficulties

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01:01:31

Megan Marshall: "After Lives: On Biography and the...

Biographers in Conversation ·

2025/08/13

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, multi-award-winning biographer Megan Marshall chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about her choices while crafting After Lives: On Biography and the Mysteries of the Human Heart.Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode: Why a renowned biographer turned the lens on herself, blending memoir with biography after decades of writing about other people. How writing about her partner’s illness and loss and heartbreak made Megan a more empathetic

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01:02:34

Kate Legge: "Kindred: A Cradle Mountain Love Story"

Biographers in Conversation ·

2025/08/06

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, multi-award-winning journalist and author Kate Legge chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about her choices while crafting Kindred: A Cradle Mountain Love Story. Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode: The remarkable true love story of Gustav Weindorfer (an Austrian immigrant) and Kate Cowle (a trailblazing Tasmanian mountaineer), and how their shared passion for Cradle Mountain ignited one of Australia’s earliest conservation movements. How

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52:55

Nikos Papastergiadis: "John Berger and Me"

Biographers in Conversation ·

2025/08/03

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, eminent sociologist and author Dr Nikos Papastergiadis chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about his choices while crafting John Berger and Me. Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode: How Nikos’s habit of writing from memory each morning during COVID lockdowns helped shape John Berger and Me. The power of memory in storytelling and how writing purely from recollection unearthed unexpected links between John Berger’s life and Nikos’s. How Nikos

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44:33

Abbas El-Zein: "Bullet, Paper, Rock"

Biographers in Conversation ·

2025/07/31

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, 2025 National Biography Award winner Abbas El-Zein chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about his choices while crafting Bullet, Paper, Rock. Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode: Why Abbas shared his story in a series of short snapshots instead of one continuous timeline. This unconventional structure mirrors the way our memories surface, in vivid, fragmented moments. How Abbas wove moments of humour and affection into a story set amid war

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59:36

Yves Rees "Travelling to Tomorrow: The Modern Women...

Biographers in Conversation ·

2025/07/23

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, historian and author Dr Yves Rees chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about the choices they made while crafting Travelling to Tomorrow: The Modern Women Who Sparked Australia’s Romance with America.Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode: How a group of 10 pioneering women in the early 20th century dared to dream and defy convention by venturing into uncharted territories, breaking down barriers and shaping the cultural and intellectual

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01:00:34

Anna Beer: "Eve Bites Back: An Alternative History of...

Biographers in Conversation ·

2025/07/16

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Dr Anna Beer, the author of five acclaimed biographies and a Visiting Fellow at Kellogg College in Oxford, chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about her choices while crafting Eve Bites Back: An Alternative History of English Literature. Eve Bites Back includes biographical sketches and reappraisals of eight talented female authors who lived, wrote and published between the 14th and 19th centuries.Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode: Why

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01:06:23

Nicholas Clements & Henry Reynolds "Tongerlongeter:...

Biographers in Conversation ·

2025/07/09

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, the acclaimed historians Dr Henry Reynolds and Dr Nicholas Clements chat with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about their choices while crafting Tongerlongeter: First Nations Leader and Tasmanian War Hero, the biography of the courageous Indigenous warrior, Tongerlongeter.Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode: Tongerlongeter’s story, like many Indigenous Australian narratives, has largely been erased from mainstream history Why sharing

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