James Bradley grew up a couple of streets back from the beach, and it never let him go.

Despite stints selling newspapers in a pub and working in a video shop, as a judge’s associate and a solicitor, it’s his career as a writer that’s given voice to that deep and abiding love and fascination with the ocean.

With 10 books to his name and at least as many awards, his latest epic story is that of the ocean itself.

It was a joy to sit down and hear how it came to be.

Cath Dwyer is a radio maker and journalist who’s helped shape the culture of radio in Sydney and Australia.

A former Young Journalist of the Year and Human Rights medal winner, she founded the ABC’s pioneering participatory journalism project ABC Open, and has worked in radio at all levels from community stations through to Radio National and Triple J.

At a time when the role of public media is more contested than ever, I loved getting the opportunity to talk to someone who knows it inside and out.

Brooke Webb is larger than life. From sneaking in to a Nirvana gig through a broken window (and landing right on the stage, in front of Dave Grohl’s massive right calf), to touring Sonic Youth.

Running away to join the circus through to her current gig as Chief Executive of the Sydney Writers Festival.

She’s lived a hundred different lives and relished every one.

You often hear cliches about life being a journey, Brooke’s life is an adventure that criss crosses time zones and continents.