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Caroline Baum
Life Sentences Podcast
What is the secret to writing a really juicy biography? Author Caroline Baum interviews seasoned players and persistent newcomers who share their experience of navigating sensitive territory in the search for the real story behind a person’s life. Whether they are writing about the famous or the forgotten, whether their version of events is authorised orunauthorised, biography is a high-stakes quest full of twists and turns.
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4.9 stars from 67 ratings
Donald Horne
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“Caroline has that unique ability to probe and illuminate in the same question. Even with people whose lives are well known, like Donald Horne, her interviews always draw something fresh out of her subject; a testament to her enduring and genuine curiosity. .”
Visontay via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
08/06/24
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“After listening to Caroline’s engaging and lively interview of Kate Fullagar, author of Bennelong and Phillip, I’m now inspired to read the book all over again.”
Waratah J via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
07/27/24
fascinating interviews
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“I love the extra insight these interviews offer into the writers, works and subjects featured. Interviewer Caroline Baum's incisive questions prompt a fabulous amplification of the lives and stories, probing the background of the bits we really want to know about, the sleuthing, the happy...”Read full review »
tout ouïe via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
07/17/24
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