Caroline Butler-Bowdon - universally known as CBB - has been a curator and a museum director, a PhD researcher, a government leader with a track record of significant change, and now she’s the State Librarian.

She’s one of those people who seem to attract good people into their orbit, who become a centre of gravity all their own.

I see these people and the buzz of activity that forms around them, and especially with CBB, I’ve always wanted to know more.

Danièle Hromek is at the centre of an incredible moment.

Creative, entrepreneurial, full of ideas, she’s right in the centre of a profound shift that’s underway towards a growing appreciation of Country, and of connecting and designing with Country, and it’s changing the way we think about and plan our cities.

What I love about her work is the fluid way she works across so many domains - built urban environments, theatre and art, culture.

I’ve seen her name pop up in so many different places, and I’ve always wanted to know more about the person behind all that work.

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.