Monday, November 4, 2013

Media Tarts




Photograph by Tracey Armstrong ABC South Coast 
(See? Look at us. Ain't he just the same tribe as me.)


If you follow this link to the South Coast ABC website, you can listen to me talking to John Cecil about my book Salt Story, of sea-dogs and fisherwomen. Part of the way through the interview comes the really interesting bit - where the star of the book 'Salt' is outed. Actually I think I may have just done that via this image. Oh anyway, look, have a listen. It's a nice interview.

http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2013/10/29/3879617.htm

Almost as good as chatting to Salt and Mr Cecil was getting a review in the Qantas inflight magazine for November. What a coup. That's because the Fremantle Press publicist is a bit genius.
"Catch of the Day," said Paul Robinson. (Whoo!)
Bloody brilliant, and I'm in good company too.




17 comments:

  1. Wow Sarah. That's brilliant. Old Salt scrubs up well don't he?

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  2. Yeah ... he's got a really good radio face like me.

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  3. I just went to comment here (saying 'Ok, I now understand how AWFUL it is to get up before dawn') on what I thought was a separate tab, and I cut you off mid-interview. I'll have to go back.

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    1. AWFUL!
      It is no fun!
      Honestly, getting up before dawn, putting on your boots that may or may not be inhabited with flesh eating spiders, driving to the boat ramp listening to the pre-dawn radio .. shaking said flesh-eating spiders out of your boots.
      Then there is Salt at the boat ramp, telling you, "Fer fuck's sake girl, yer late again."
      AWFUL
      until we start the outboard.

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  4. Brilliant, where's the rest?
    Great review too. I can't imagine Salt Story getting anything less that a great response..

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  5. Yes I'm not sure what happened to the whole interview Ciaran. Though there wasn't much more than a wrap-up after that, if I remember right.
    It's getting a great response in Albany and some really good media elsewhere. I'll keep posting the reviews.

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  6. Ooh can't wait to listen!!! (about to head out the door atm.) I talked it up at the local bookshop and have ordered a copy; I won't pick it up for a little while once it arrives so curious booksellers can have a squiz...and then be convinced to order up big! hehe

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  7. Great interview, would love to hear the rest of it. OH you speak so well!! And how wonderful what the interviewer was saying about after having read it, driving along and seeing things differently, and Bill too. What a wonderful wonderful response to your writing. I'm going to follow Plume's path above and ask about it at my Readings too and order it in.

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  8. It is a gorgeous interview yes?
    As for the interviewer, we have history. He helped me bury a dog once.
    http://thawinedarksea.blogspot.com.au/2011/12/on-burying-brindle-dogs.html#comment-form

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  9. I read the Brindle dog post and tears now. I HAD A DOG CALLED DAISY and SHE WAS BRINDLE TOO. I had her from the mid 80s until 1996 when she had to be put down, she had some sort of tumour growing out of her nose. My Daisy was very timid though and growled at old people and children when we walked; she'd had two traumatic windy day experiences. Once got lost down in a holiday beach town, attached to 20 foot of chain, and another time bolted and dragged an umbrella down the street from outside a cafe. On another note, did you know that Princess Daisy, the book, yes ahem, features a lurcher called Theseus? It is the best dog character I have ever read - yes, I know what I've just said. He's a silent slinking thief and the point of much hilarity.

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  10. Nice interview. You don't seem anywhere near as ineloquent of a speaker as you claim. It seemed short, but. Like a tease.

    I understand getting up before dawn and shaking spiders and centipedes and shit out of your boots, but I think I'm with Melba on the ocean stuff. I like the bush. I like the desert. But the sea puts a big lump of dread in the pit of my stomach. Too many waves, too many big hungry fish, too much bloody water.

    I get that same lump from being up in the air or underground too.

    It's funny I guess, considering how I used to be a self-centred nihilist who wasn't afraid of anything.

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  11. Alex, the last few weeks I've been racing sailing.
    Talk about about a lump of dread in your stomach? Pure adrenalin. Whoo!

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    1. What kind of boats are you racing? Got a pickie?

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  12. A pickie? Not sure. I don't even know what kind of boat it is. But it is fucking fast.

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    1. What I meant was "Do you have a picture of it"?

      I was curious to see what it looked like.

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  13. Oh! Of course! No not yet. I don't have time to take photographs but when I do I'll post some.

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