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Welcome to Gleetalks

A collection of some of our most interesting and popular conversations from Sydney’s finest literary events program, hosted by David Gaunt.

We’ve hosted some of the world’s best and best known authors and thinkers over the years, sharing their stories, asking hard questions and addressing big issues. And now, we’d like to share some of them with you.

Gleetalks brings you exclusively curated great ideas, fascinating conversations and fantastic stories.

Episodes

Ronni Salt in conversation with Sunil Badami

The 1970s. The era of flares, treads, Gough… and the founding of Gleebooks – but that’s another story.

It was also the age of the advent of feminism, rampant police and political corruption, and the rise of drug-fuelled organised crime in Australia, where Nugan Hand, Mr Asia and Robert Trimbole became household names.

In this episode of Gleetalks, investigative journalist Ronni Salt talks to Gleebooks Events Manager Sunil Badami about the intrigues and politics in her new crime thriller, Gunnawah, featuring a colourful cast of characters and gripping escapades in Trimbole’s old Riverina stomping ground. 

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Chris Baker in conversation with Michaela Kalowski

From Palm Beach to Cronulla, Mount Druitt to Bondi, Sydney is a city made for swimming.

Over a calendar year, lifelong swimmer, educator and writer Chris Baker swam at iconic beaches, municipal pools, harbour baths, tidal rock pools, bushland lakes and a backyard pool,

In this episode of Gleetalks, he talks to curator and broadcaster Michaela Kalowksi about his book Swimming Sydney: A Tale of 52 Swims, a valentine to the beautiful obsession of swimming in the world’s most beautiful city, and how storytelling is the best way to navigate life’s emotional currents.

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