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BOOK SUZANNE FOR YOUR NEXT EVENT
Suzanne is a seasoned moderator, interviewer and host at literary festivals and events. She is also a popular speaker at schools, engaging and encouraging students to develop their creative skills and talents.
Suzanne is one of the best in the business – Jane Caro AM, author and social commentator
Check out Suzanne’s past interviews in the recordings below.
To book Suzanne as a guest speaker, host or moderator, click here.
PAST INTERVIEWS
From a Land (Six Feet) Under - Panel Discussion with Bryan Brown and Chris Hammer
I was delighted to moderate a conversation with Bryan Brown (actor and author of Sweet Jimmy) and Chris Hammer (Treasure & Dirt and the Martin Scarsden Series) at the 2022 Words on the Waves Festival.
BAD Sydney Crime Writer’s Festival - BAD Podcast
Suzanne is the co-host of the BAD Sydney Crime Writer’s Festival’s monthly “BAD Podcast”. In the latest episode, Sarah Thornton, Peter Papathanasiou, Lyn Yeowart and Loraine Peck talk about the launch of their first crime novels.
Listen to the episode, and all the previous episodes, on Spotify below:
Launch of Graeme Friedman’s What the Boy Hears When the Girl Dreams
Graeme Friedman in conversation with literary personality Suzanne Leal at the Gleebooks launch of his novel, What the Boy Hears When the Girl Dreams.
Geelong Regional Libraries: Fiona McIntosh and Suzanne Leal
Fiona McIntosh (bestselling author of The Pearl Thief and The Spy’s Wife) in conversation with Suzanne Leal.
Nikki Gemmell in conversation with Suzanne Leal
Nikki Gemmell in conversation with Suzanne Leal. Nikki Gemmell’s new novel The Ripping Tree is a powerful and gripping tale of survival in colonial Australia.
BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival: Paula Hawkins in conversation with Suzanne Leal
BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival presents Paula Hawkins in conversation with Suzanne Leal. Paula’s latest bestseller is A Slow Fire Burning, in which long-smouldering secrets finally burst into flame and result in murder.
In Conversation: Monica McInerney - The Godmothers
The Godmothers is the highly anticipated new family drama from one of Australia's most beloved authors. Set in Australia, Scotland, Ireland and England, The Godmothers is a great big hug of a book that will fill your heart to bursting. It is a moving and perceptive story about love, lies, hope and sorrow, about the families we are born into and the families we make for ourselves. Monica McInerney is the author of ten internationally bestselling novels. Those Faraday Girls was the winner of the General Fiction Book of the Year prize at the 2008 Australian Book Industry Awards. Monica was chatting with author Suzanne Leal, whose most recent novel The Deceptions has been shortlisted for the 2020 Nib Literary Award.
Deborah Rodriguez - The Moroccan Daughter
Deborah Rodriguez is the author of the international bestsellers The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul, Return to the Little Coffee Shop of Kabul, The Zanzibar Wife and Island on the Edge of the World. Morocco: a captivating country of honour and tradition. And, for four women, a land of secrets and revelations. From the twisted alleyways of the ancient medina of Fès to a marriage festival high in the Atlas Mountains, Deborah Rodriguez’s entrancing new bestseller is a modern story of forbidden love set in the sensual landscape of North Africa. Deborah was in conversation with author Suzanne Leal, whose novel The Deceptions recently won the Nib Literary Award People’s Choice Prize.
Presented by Geelong Regional Libraries
Heather Rose - Bruny - Sydney Writers’ Festival
Heather Rose discusses her subversive tale of a new world order with Suzanne Leal.
This recording is available on all major podcast platforms.
Caroline Overington - Missing William Tyrell
Caroline Overington, best-selling writer and Walkley Award-winning journalist, discusses her recently-released book Missing William Tyrrell with Suzanne Leal as part of BAD All Year, an initiative of BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival.
Susan Francis & Stephanie Wood - Newcastle Writers’ Festival
What happens when the person you love conceals their true identity? Susan Francis and Stephanie Wood discuss the devastating fallout. Host / Suzanne Leal
ABC - The Bookshelf
The Bookshelf with Kate Evans & Cassie McCullagh (Radio National) with Suzanne Leal - source: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/the-bookshelf/bookshelf-pod-extra-1-may-2019/11061502
Better Reading Book Club Live - March by Geraldine Brooks
Authors Suzanne Leal and Banafsheh Serov join Cheryl Akle to discuss March by Geraldine. Click to watch.
Better Reading Book Club Live - Out of the Ice by Ann Turner
In this video, Suzanne Leal and Nicole Abadee join Cheryl Akle for the Better Reading Book Club Live. They discuss Out of the Ice by Ann Turner.
Sydney Writers' Festival
Suzanne Leal in conversation with Marie Darrieussecq
I interviewed the fabulous French writer, Marie Darrieussecq about her work (listen to the interview here), then spoke about my new novel, The Teacher's Secret (A & U) with Meredith Jaffe, Josephine Rowe and Susan Johnson in the session Things Fall Apart.
Debra Oswald - The Family Doctor
Debra Oswald, co-creator of the Offspring television series, playwright and novelist, spoke to Suzanne Leal about her new novel, The Family Doctor.
BOOK SUZANNE FOR YOUR NEXT EVENT
Suzanne is a seasoned moderator, interviewer and host at literary festivals and events. She is also a popular speaker at schools, engaging and encouraging students to develop their creative skills and talents.
Suzanne is one of the best in the business – Jane Caro AM, author and social commentator
Check out Suzanne’s past interviews in the recordings above.
To book Suzanne as a guest speaker, host or moderator, click here.