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Indulge in the best-of from the live, weekly Brunch-Hour with Two Brunettes & A Gay.  Perfect for unwinding any time of the day, accompanied by your favourite bubbles. Follow us on Instagram. Give us a like on Facebook. Check us out on TikTok.   CREDITS: Hosts: Aaron Collis, Celeste La Scala & Deanna Carbone. Panelist: Deanna Carbone. Content Warning: None. Two Brunettes & A Gay is recorded LIVE every Saturday @ 11am (Adelaide Time) on Radio Italia Uno 87.6FM. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lauren Williams’ novel Neighbourhood Watch is set in a fictional Melbourne suburb, and the plot features a murder bizarre enough to rival British TV favorite Midsomer Murders. Among the scarecrows in the annual Scarecrow Competition is a real dead body, that of a judge. Justice is the theme and psychologist turned homicide detective Priyanka Pal finds herself up against corruption and powerful men. + Young elf Esther learns to wrangle dragons as she also learns about love and loss in Jasmine Graetz’s ‘Dracorian Whispers’. The young adult fantasy novel is set in Crossford Academy where Dragon Wrangling is just one of the skills being taught. + How the enthusiasm of locals can make a library work. We meet Jan Hunt, powerhouse behind the Bruny Island Community Library     Guests   Lauren Williams, author of ‘Neighbourhood Watch’   Jasmine Graetz, author of Dracorian Whispers   Jan Hunt, Bruny Island Community Library   Books that get a mention   Cath is checking out Kate Atkinson’s latest novel  “Our Noble Selves”. Sarah discusses why the current trad-wife sensation ‘Yesteryear’ by Caro Claire Burke isn’t working for her   Author contacts   https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/authors/Lauren-Williams/244423215 https://www.instagram.com/jasmine_h_graetz/   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Indulge in the best-of from the live, weekly Brunch-Hour with Two Brunettes & A Gay.  Perfect for unwinding any time of the day, accompanied by your favourite bubbles. Follow us on Instagram. Give us a like on Facebook. Check us out on TikTok.   CREDITS: Hosts: Aaron Collis, Celeste La Scala & Deanna Carbone. Panelist: Deanna Carbone. Content Warning: None. Two Brunettes & A Gay is recorded LIVE every Saturday @ 11am (Adelaide Time) on Radio Italia Uno 87.6FM. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Indulge in the best-of from the live, weekly Brunch-Hour with Two Brunettes & A Gay.  Perfect for unwinding any time of the day, accompanied by your favourite bubbles. Follow us on Instagram. Give us a like on Facebook. Check us out on TikTok.   CREDITS: Hosts: Aaron Collis, Celeste La Scala & Deanna Carbone. Panelist: Deanna Carbone. Content Warning: None. Two Brunettes & A Gay is recorded LIVE every Saturday @ 11am (Adelaide Time) on Radio Italia Uno 87.6FM. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Indulge in the best-of from the live, weekly Brunch-Hour with Two Brunettes & A Gay.  Perfect for unwinding any time of the day, accompanied by your favourite bubbles. Follow us on Instagram. Give us a like on Facebook. Check us out on TikTok.   CREDITS: Hosts: Aaron Collis, Celeste La Scala & Deanna Carbone. Panelist: Deanna Carbone. Content Warning: None. Two Brunettes & A Gay is recorded LIVE every Saturday @ 11am (Adelaide Time) on Radio Italia Uno 87.6FM. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Indulge in the best-of from the live, weekly Brunch-Hour with Two Brunettes & A Gay.  Perfect for unwinding any time of the day, accompanied by your favourite bubbles. Follow us on Instagram. Give us a like on Facebook. Check us out on TikTok.   CREDITS: Hosts: Aaron Collis, Celeste La Scala & Deanna Carbone. Panelist: Deanna Carbone. Content Warning: None. Two Brunettes & A Gay is recorded LIVE every Saturday @ 11am (Adelaide Time) on Radio Italia Uno 87.6FM. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Indulge in the best-of from the live, weekly Brunch-Hour with Two Brunettes & A Gay.  Perfect for unwinding any time of the day, accompanied by your favourite bubbles. Follow us on Instagram. Give us a like on Facebook. Check us out on TikTok.   CREDITS: Hosts: Aaron Collis, Celeste La Scala & Deanna Carbone. Panelist: Deanna Carbone. Content Warning: None. Two Brunettes & A Gay is recorded LIVE every Saturday @ 11am (Adelaide Time) on Radio Italia Uno 87.6FM. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Indulge in the best-of from the live, weekly Brunch-Hour with Two Brunettes & A Gay.  Perfect for unwinding any time of the day, accompanied by your favourite bubbles. Follow us on Instagram. Give us a like on Facebook. Check us out on TikTok.   CREDITS: Hosts: Aaron Collis, Celeste La Scala & Deanna Carbone. Panelist: Deanna Carbone. Content Warning: None. Two Brunettes & A Gay is recorded LIVE every Saturday @ 11am (Adelaide Time) on Radio Italia Uno 87.6FM. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s 1917, shop assistant Dora Black has been found dead on a city beach,  and  Adelaide’s legendary early 20th century policewoman Kate Cocks is on the case. Mixing real history, a strong sense of place, and with World War 1 as a backdrop, The Death of Dora Black is the first in Lainie Anderson’s “Petticoat Police Mystery”  series. + Caro and Danny were children and later young lovers at their secret hangout, the  local waterhole. Caro thought they would be together forever, but grief and Danny’s self-destructive spiral after his mother’s death  complicates that dream. A poetic exploration of first love and loss, grief and addiction, Frogsong takes the reader inside Caro’s world,  back to the joy and pain of growing up.      Guests   Lainie Anderson, author of “The Death of Dora Black” and “Murder on North Terrace”   Melissa Manning, author of “Frogsong”   Author contacts   @lainie.anderson @lissmanning   Books that get a mention   Cath recommends “Like a Cat Loves a Bird: The Nine Lives of Muriel Spark” by James Bailey and “Domination” by Professor Alice Roberts Annie loved “Euphoria” by Lily King and our reviewer Maddie enjoyed “Yesteryear” by Caro Claire Burke See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michael Caleb Tasker’s grim and gripping Just Like the Night + Elisabeth Storr’s Fables and Lies   Lena has only really known a life of petty crime after spending her childhood on the road with her charismatic card sharp father Ray. Now in adulthood and just out of prison she finds herself in much deeper water, tangling with the dark Sydney underworld in an attempt to save her daughter. Michael Caleb Tasker’s first novel Just Like the Night delivers a gripping and gritty story with great literary style. + Historical fiction writer Elisabeth Storrs sets her new book Fables and Lies in World War 2 Germany.  The racy romantic thriller, about the Aryan myth, Nazi archaeology and the race to save the Trojan gold as Berlin falls, is based on a true story, and brings a little known aspect of the Nazi Regime to life.     Guests   Michael Caleb Tasker, author of “Just Like the Night”   Elisabeth Storrs, author of “Fables and Lies”   Author contacts   https://michaelcalebtasker.com/   @elisabethstorrsauthor   Books that get a mention   Michael Caleb Tasker recommends works by Raymond Chandler, particularly “The Long Goodbye” , and “Song of the Lark” by Willa Cather. He is also a fan of Kierkegaard, Michael Farris Smith, Ron Rash, Walter Mosely, Jim Harrison and John Steinbeck. Annie loved “Heart the Lover” by Lily King and Sarah recommends “On the Calculation of Volume” by Solvej Balle   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Indulge in the best-of from the live, weekly Brunch-Hour with Two Brunettes & A Gay.  Perfect for unwinding any time of the day, accompanied by your favourite bubbles. Follow us on Instagram. Give us a like on Facebook. Check us out on TikTok.   CREDITS: Hosts: Aaron Collis, Celeste La Scala & Deanna Carbone. Panelist: Deanna Carbone. Content Warning: None. Two Brunettes & A Gay is recorded LIVE every Saturday @ 11am (Adelaide Time) on Radio Italia Uno 87.6FM. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Indulge in the best-of from the live, weekly Brunch-Hour with Two Brunettes & A Gay.  Perfect for unwinding any time of the day, accompanied by your favourite bubbles. Follow us on Instagram. Give us a like on Facebook. Check us out on TikTok.   CREDITS: Hosts: Aaron Collis, Celeste La Scala & Deanna Carbone. Panelist: Deanna Carbone. Content Warning: None. Two Brunettes & A Gay is recorded LIVE every Saturday @ 11am (Adelaide Time) on Radio Italia Uno 87.6FM. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Indulge in the best-of from the live, weekly Brunch-Hour with Two Brunettes & A Gay.  Perfect for unwinding any time of the day, accompanied by your favourite bubbles. Follow us on Instagram. Give us a like on Facebook. Check us out on TikTok.   CREDITS: Hosts: Aaron Collis, Celeste La Scala Panelist: Celeste La Scala & Aaron Collis. Content Warning: None. Two Brunettes & A Gay is recorded LIVE every Saturday @ 11am (Adelaide Time) on Radio Italia Uno 87.6FM. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 2023 Afghan single mother Laila was desperate to get herself and her five daughters out of Iran. The chances were slim, but she was willing to try anything.  When she  called an Afghan contact in Adelaide, Mij Tanith was in the room and decided to try and help. What ensued was a growing long distance friendship that overcame  the barriers of language  and culture,  fought through the bureaucratic hurdles and  has led to Laila and her daughters being safely settled in Australia. Using poetry and prose, writer and refugee activist Mij Tanith has now told Laila’s story   Guest: Mij Tanith, author and poet   INSTAGRAM @mijtanith   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Indulge in the best-of from the live, weekly Brunch-Hour with Two Brunettes & A Gay.  Perfect for unwinding any time of the day, accompanied by your favourite bubbles. Follow us on Instagram. Give us a like on Facebook. Check us out on TikTok.   CREDITS: Hosts: Aaron Collis, Celeste La Scala & Deanna Carbone. Panelist: Deanna Carbone. Content Warning: None. Two Brunettes & A Gay is recorded LIVE every Saturday @ 11am (Adelaide Time) on Radio Italia Uno 87.6FM. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.