Published or Not

Thursday 11.30 am - 12 noon

In English.

Australian and international authors talk about their books and how they got published or how they self-published. Listeners, writers and readers will also hear about what's going on in our local writing community.

Presented by Jan Goldsmith. Email Jan. Subscribe to the weekly podcast.

CRAM Article November 2005: Published…or not Profile

“Literature is to be savoured…even to where the full stop is” expresses clearly Jan Goldsmith’s vibrant appreciation of literature. The presenter of Published…or not has been speaking with international and local writers every Thursday morning on 3CR 855AM for 5 years.

Each week Jan gets the chance to talk with an author about the book they have written but it is often the story of how they got published which makes the interview even more interesting. What makes this program different to a lot of other book ‘chats’ is that the books have actually been read by Jan so it’s not just a selling spiel by the author.

Jan reads over 50 books a year and the range of writers she interviews is a wide and diverse one from British millionaire and light romance author Barbara Taylor-Bradford, who arrived at 3CR in a chauffer driven BMW, to self published authors and collections from writing groups. Many international writers stream through from the Melbourne Writer’s Festival. Frank McCourt “Angela’s Ashes”, Marion Halligan’s “The Point”, “Thicker than water” by Sheryl Clark and “Thoughts in Miniature” by the Haiku group are all read by Jan and discussed with the author with the same sincerity and enthusiasm.

Jan came to 3CR as a volunteer doing Production at Swinburne University and loves the dynamics and vitality of the place.

By Bree McKilligan.