10 September 2017
Episode 427
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We look at what it takes to develop authorly talent with Helen Gordon and Travis Elborough, co-creators of book ‘Being a Writer’. Plus, musician Zola Jesus discusses new album ‘Okovi’, and we speak with cookery book designer and writer Caz Hildebrand about her latest title, ‘The Grammar of Spice’.
10 September 2017
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Writers Travis Elborough and Helen Gordon have compiled a new collection of observations, musings and hard-learned advice for creating a classic from other great authors entitled ‘Being a Writer’. They visit Studio One to share a few tips.
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In-demand designer and cookery-book creator Caz Hildebrand last joined ‘The Weekly’ to discuss her clever take on Italian cuisine: ‘The Geometry of Pasta’. Now she returns with ‘The Grammar of Spice’, which marries Hildebrand’s sharp eye for design with some even sharper flavours.
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