Noosa Alive! festival is offering up a feast of fabulous literary events, including a newly announced literary breakfast at Noosa Springs, on Monday 24 July, with 14-time Walkley award-winning journalist Nick McKenzie.
He’s the author of Crossing the Line – the inside story behind the Ben Roberts-Smith headlines and an explosive exposé and testament to the power of investigative journalism.
In 2018 Ben Roberts-Smith, one of Australia’s most decorated war heroes, sued Fairfax Media in response to a series of articles published by the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and The Canberra Times, written by journalists Nick McKenzie and Chris Masters.
What followed was dubbed the defamation trial of the century. McKenzie and Masters set out to prove that the allegations of murder, bullying and intimidation published were substantially true and that Roberts-Smith was not defamed. Roberts-Smith denied it all.
In a landmark judgement, Justice Besanko recently delivered a win for Fairfax Media Publications, dismissing the proceedings and ruling that the newspapers had proven the substantial truth of the majority of allegations against Robert-Smith.
Since serving soldiers raised concerns about Ben Roberts-Smith, McKenzie has been there every step of the way – gathering evidence, gaining the trust of serving soldiers and travelling to Afghanistan to witnesses. In Crossing the Line, he details the years of work that finally led to a victory for the media.
Nick McKenzie is one of the nation’s most decorated investigative journalists, having been named Australian Journalist of the Year on four separate occasions. Over two decades, he has worked for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Four Corners program, Nine’s 60 Minutes and The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age newspapers. His reporting spans politics, defence, foreign affairs, the criminal justice system, corporate crime and social affairs. He has been awarded the coveted Walkley Awards for Journalism a record 14 times.
Breakfast with Dr Norman Swan author of So you want to live younger longer? What a great start to your day. Join Norman for a delightful breakfast and conversation at Noosa Springs, Golf and Spa Resort on Friday 28 July from 8am.
The ultimate guide on what you can do at any age to stay young and healthy longer, from Australia’s trusted, straight-talking doctor and broadcaster, Dr Norman Swan, bestselling author of So You Think You Know What’s Good for You?
Many of us dream of staying as young as possible as long as possible, whether we’re in our 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s or even 80s, and there’s a growing Conga line of products and people offering you just that dream. The dilemma is which of the pills, mental and physical exercise programs, diets and superfoods actually work?
Some of them do help to keep us young, healthy and living longer, others are a downright waste of money. So how do you know what and who to trust?
No matter what your age, So you want to live younger longer? gives you the information you need to make your own choices without wasting your time and money or even missing a nice dinner because you might be on a diet that is getting you nowhere.
We can live younger, longer – at any age – we’ve just got to know what to do.
Join Anna Funder in conversation on Thursday 27 July at The J Theatre in Noosa, regarding her new book Wifedom– Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life. Compelling and utterly original, Wifedom speaks to the unsung work of women everywhere today, while offering a breathtakingly intimate view of one of the most important literary marriages of the 20th century. It is a book that speaks to our present moment as much as it illuminates the past.
And don’t miss lunch with Sophie Green on Tuesday 25 July at Whisky Boy in Noosaville for an exclusive preview of her new book, Weekend with the Sunshine Gardening Society to be published on the 23 August. Set in Noosa, the book is a warm, uplifting story of female friendship, community and new beginnings from the beloved Sophie Green, the top 10 bestselling author of The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle and The Bellbird River Country Choir. Sophie Green is an author and publisher who lives in Sydney. She has written several fiction and non-fiction books, some under other names.
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