Susan Wyndham and Jane Hutcheon at the Byron Writers Festival. Image: Rory Banwell. In a harrowing but inciteful conversation at Byron Writers Festival, Susan Wyndham broke down Jane Hutcheon’s latest book China Baby Love. The book tells the tale of Linda Shum, an Australian grandmother who took on China’s orphanage problem after seeing the terrible conditions children were forced to live in. Wyndham began the conversation by tracing Hutcheon’s long family history with China

Mark Holden on Music Memoir Panel. Image : Rebecca May Australian Idol judge, Mark Holden made some waves during a fascinating session on music memoir at Byron Writers Festival. In particular, the former pop idol spoke about the changing state of music, and targeted the ingrained racism in the industry in the decades through to the ‘90s. Now a practising barrister, it’s obviously an issue that motivates Holden and he has spoken about the issue of representation in the music i