Andrew Rule started his career on a country newspaper last century, and has worked on three metropolitan newspapers, a national magazine and in radio and television. He has written, co-written, edited and published many books, including the Underbelly true crime series and the Chopper series, which inspired the successful feature film. He wrote the best-selling biographies of businessman Kerry Stokes and of the world’s greatest racehorse, Winx. He is a columnist and feature writer with the Herald Sun, and hosts one of Australia’s longest-running true crime podcasts, Life & Crimes. He claims to be the only Australian Journalist of the Year to have ridden in a horse race.
Sunday 26 October
11.15am
ABC investigative journalist Rachael Brown created and presented Trace and The Mushroom Case Daily, two of the most-listened to podcasts in Australia, and Andrew Rule is a veteran crime reporter and podcaster. Together they’ll break down which stories they can’t let go, their process for cracking cold cases wide open, and why the mushroom murders held such wide appeal. With Francis Leach.
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7.30pm (bar from 6.30)
At one time or another, we all find there was something we wish we’d said aloud, someone out there in the world waiting to hear an important message, a piece of history we feel our voice could have improved. Better Off Said offers the opportunity to find closure and sing truth from the rooftops before it’s too late. Four guests will speak to the phrase ‘The words I wish I’d said’, and a special guest will deliver a Living Eulogy to someone or something still of this earth, to celebrate the best in our lives while we're here to hear it. From members of the team behind international literary phenomenon Women of Letters, Better Off Said is a spoken-word art salon celebrating words, stories, and human experiences. Created by Marieke Hardy and Emilie Zoey Baker and featuring Antoinette Lattouf, Hannie Rayson, Brian Nankervis, Shokoofeh Azar and Andrew Rule, with music by Sarah Carroll.
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