{"id":169608,"date":"2022-09-09T18:37:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T08:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/?p=169608"},"modified":"2022-09-09T18:37:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T08:37:43","slug":"on-the-pod-johnny-ruffo-talking-aussie-books-and-homegrown-storytellers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2022\/09\/09\/on-the-pod-johnny-ruffo-talking-aussie-books-and-homegrown-storytellers\/","title":{"rendered":"On The Pod: Johnny Ruffo, Talking Aussie Books and Homegrown Storytellers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/podcasts\/?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=tell_me_what_to_read\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"665\" height=\"291\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tmwtr-banner-blog.jpg\" alt=\"Tell Me What to Read - Podcast\" class=\"wp-image-167444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tmwtr-banner-blog.jpg 665w, https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tmwtr-banner-blog-300x131.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Welcome to our weekly blog covering the latest from our podcast!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to our weekly series covering the best episodes of the week on our podcast,\u00a0<strong>Tell Me What to Read<\/strong>. I\u2019m Nick Wasiliev, producer and host of the show, and content creator here at Booktopia HQ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Didn\u2019t know we had a podcast? Surprise, we do! You can head over and check it out right&nbsp;<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/podcasts\/?utm_source=booktopian&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=podcast_round_up_june22\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>, where we chat with the hottest personalities about their favourite reading habits, as well as the biggest authors from Australia and around the world! If you enjoy it, drop us a like or review, and&nbsp;<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/tell-me-what-to-read-booktopia.podbean.com\/?utm_source=booktopian&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=podcast_round_up_june22\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;to keep up to date with when our latest episodes drop!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, we sit down with Homegrown Storytellers Claire G. Coleman, Paul Daley and Kate Forsyth, chatted with Claudine Tinellis from Talking Aussie Books, and sat down with Johnny Ruffo and Tahnee Sims!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\">Homegrown Storytellers &#8211; Claire G. Coleman, Paul Daley &amp; Kate Forsyth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tell-me-what-to-read-booktopia.podbean.com\/e\/homegrown-storytellers-claire-g-coleman-paul-daley-kate-forsyth\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FcAz7QyXwAEqSGn-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-169609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FcAz7QyXwAEqSGn-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FcAz7QyXwAEqSGn-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FcAz7QyXwAEqSGn-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FcAz7QyXwAEqSGn.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, we chat with some of the best of Homegrown Storytellers, as we welcome <strong>Claire G. Coleman, Paul Daley<\/strong> and <strong>Kate Forsyth<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe title=\"Homegrown Storytellers - Claire G. Coleman, Paul Daley &#038; Kate Forsyth\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"300\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=p85q4-12b32a2-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;square=1&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=8bbb4e&#038;font-color=auto&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=3ab278&#038;size=300\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Claire G. Coleman<\/strong> is a Noongar writer, born in Western Australia, and now based in Naarm. Her family have been from the area around Ravensthorpe and Hopetoun on the south coast of WA since before time started being recorded. Claire wrote her black&amp;write! Fellowship-winning book\u00a0<em>Terra Nullius<\/em>\u00a0while travelling around Australia in a caravan.<em>\u00a0The Old Lie\u00a0<\/em>(2019) was her second novel and in 2021 her acclaimed non-fiction book,<em>\u00a0Lies Damned Lies<\/em>\u00a0was published by Ultimo Press.\u00a0<em>Enclave\u00a0<\/em>is her third novel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Paul Daley<\/strong> has focused his non-fiction on the yawning gaps in the story of Australia&#8217;s national birth and identity, and on the imperative of refocusing on the Indigenous historical experience. A two-time Walkley award-winning columnist for Guardian Australia who regularly writes on Indigenous affairs, he is also a short story writer, essayist and playwright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kate Forsyth<\/strong> wrote her first novel at the age of seven, and has since sold more than a million copies around the world. Her books include\u00a0<em>Bitter Greens<\/em>, a retelling of Rapunzel which won the 2015 American Library Association Award for Best Historical Fiction. Recently voted one of Australia\u2019s Favourite 15 Novelists, Kate Forsyth has been called \u2018one of the finest writers of this generation\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\">Talking Aussie Books &#8211; Claudine Tinellis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tell-me-what-to-read-booktopia.podbean.com\/e\/talking-aussie-books-claudine-tinellis\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/TAB-Twitter-File-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-169610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/TAB-Twitter-File-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/TAB-Twitter-File-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/TAB-Twitter-File-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/TAB-Twitter-File.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We team up with <strong>Claudine Tinellis <\/strong>from\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.claudinetinellis.com\/podcast\">Talking Aussie Books<\/a><\/em>\u00a0to discuss her passion for championing Australian authors, the Northern Beaches Readers Festival,\u00a0and the books she&#8217;s been reading and enjoying!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe title=\"Talking Aussie Books - Claudine Tinellis\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"300\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=dshg8-12b6112-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;square=1&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=8bbb4e&#038;font-color=auto&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=3ab278&#038;size=300\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Claudine is a Sydney-based writer of commercial fiction, and one-time corporate lawyer. \u00a0She lives with her husband, three children and three dogs. She loves to read and making connections with other Australian authors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2>No Finish Line &#8211; Johnny Ruffo &amp; Tahnee Sims<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tell-me-what-to-read-booktopia.podbean.com\/e\/no-finish-line-johnny-ruffo-tahnee-sims\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Untitled-design-7-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-169611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Untitled-design-7-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Untitled-design-7-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Untitled-design-7-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Untitled-design-7.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>An incredible story of resilience and strength, we sit down with\u00a0<em>X Factor<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Home and Away\u00a0<\/em>star Johnny Ruffo and his partner Tahnee Sims, to discuss his book\u00a0<em>No Finish Line<\/em>\u00a0and his battle against cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe title=\"No Finish Line - Johnny Ruffo &#038; Tahnee Sims\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"300\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=p3n3w-12b6167-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;square=1&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=8bbb4e&#038;font-color=auto&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=3ab278&#038;size=300\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>If you enjoy our content, drop us a review on<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/tell-me-what-to-read\/id1625617572\">&nbsp;<strong>Apple Podcasts<\/strong><\/a>, a like on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/1d97mLxV5KGHvOi8hw0pV3\"><strong>Spotify<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;or wherever you are listening to our show!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or, if you are enjoying our show, you can&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tell-me-what-to-read-booktopia.podbean.com\/?utm_source=booktopian&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=podcast_round_up_june22\"><strong>subscribe<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;to our channel and be notified whenever new episodes drop! New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our podcast will be back next week with two new episodes! Until then, happy listening!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, we sit down with Homegrown Storytellers Claire G. 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