Authorised with Kevin Hillier

Updated: 11 Jan 2025 • 116 episodes

Authorised with Kevin Hillier is a podcast where authors get the chance to talk about their work: past, present and future. Authorised gives a voice to the words of many talented writers across a wide and interesting array of areas including food, sport, music, history, true crime, self help, entertainment, fiction and more. Hosted by Kevin Hillier, a radio broadcaster of enormous experience who has interviewed everyone from Prime Ministers to rock stars, sporting icons and actors - you name it.

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Authorised returns for 2025 thanks to my podcast partners CSCG.                                We go international for the first episode of this series with author Nick Harkaway. Nick is a successful author in his own right but also happens to be the son of world famous novelist John le Carré and in this new novel Karl

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Another double banger December episode with two authors discussing their latest work. Steve Woods' third volume of his For the Record books 'As the Days Go By' is a day by day chronicle of events in music, television, movies and more from an Aussie point of view. A huge undertaking and one Steve has conquered brilliant

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Double banger December gets underway with two fabulous but very different books. Karin Keays' 'It's Because I Love You' is a real life rock 'n roll romance but it is also the story of a mother's quest to find the truth behind the death of her baby boy. Karin and her late husband Jim Keays, the lead singer of the Master

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Bill Edgar returns with his second book dealing with his colourful career as the Coffin Confessor, the man who speaks for the dearly departed and not always in the most reverend of ways. Bill shares stories from his hilarious, harrowing and haunting work as the man hired by the deceased to have the final word. It is no

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Living the Dream is an expression that is hard to live up to, but if ever there was someone who could claim it with both hands, it is Ken Piesse. From dedicated sports fan to cadet journalist to the author and creator of nearly 100 books, Ken is living his dream and probably many others as well. A master storyteller wi

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Books for young readers have improved so much over the years in presentation, content and availability that readers are spoilt for choice. With so much product on the shelves finding the good ones can be tricky, but you wont go wrong with the latest offering from Kristin Darell - Taronga presents Poo at the Zoo and Par

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