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Author in-conversation: Robert La Nauze

Listen to author Robert La Nauze talk with Graeme Davison about the work of colonial cabinet makers George Thwatites and sons.

24 Aug 2017 Duration: 33:22

Author in-conversation: John Barnes on Charles Joseph La Trobe

Watch an engaging discussion about colonial administrator, Charles La Trobe, with his biographer John Barnes and State Library's Kevin Molloy.

29 Jun 2017 Duration: 38:52

Author in conversation: Kirsty Murray

Listen to this recording of author Kirsty Murray in conversation with Justine Hyde about her award-winning YA novel India dark.

2 Dec 2016 Duration: 58:54

Author in conversation: Maggie Black

Author Maggie Black talks with historian Peter Yule about her book 'Up came a squatter', the story of her great-grandfather Niel Black.

6 Oct 2016 Duration: 45:36

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