Conversations, RN ABC Radio
Listen to Runaway Memories: Anne Howell’s story of retrograde amnesia
Runaway Memories: Anne Howell’s story of retrograde amnesia.
When I met Richard Fidler in the ABC studio, I discovered that he is indeed a great conversationalist. He put me at ease the minute I walked in. I had been listening to Conversations With Richard Fidler for years, not realising I would one day appear on it. Thank you to Richard and the ABC RN team for seeking an interview with me on All That I Forgot.
The Australian
When You Don’t Know Who You Are
Author, medical writer and book reviewer, Tina Allen wrote an extensive and positive review on All That I Forgot in The Australian books and arts section. She concluded that ‘All That I Forgot is a powerful story, simply told, of an ordinary woman’s experiencing extraordinary events: a brain malformation, coma, amnesia, disorientation – and deception.’
Fox News US
Searching For Heroes with Benjamin Hall
Listen to Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself
Talk about resilient, Englishman Benjamin Hall has an amazing story of his own. Following his severe injuries in Ukraine where he was a correspondent for FOX, ever since Hall has made it his task to highlight stories of resilience, brotherhood, and courage. ‘Searching for Heroes with Benjamin Hall’ is a weekly Fox News podcast and series where the Fox News correspondent interviews individuals who have overcome extreme adversity, including veterans and survivors.
The Daily Mail
All That I Forgot, Daily Mail
Journalist Stephen Gibbs wrote a great article in The Daily Mail, Australia. He is a former Sydney Morning Herald journalist like myself. Only I forgot my entire history of working on that newspaper for some time, and I assume he did not. Photo acknowledgements: Thanks to photographer and critic Robert MacFarlane for the image of myself in the 80s as a journalist.
Studio 10, Channel 10
I met Thomas Keneally behind the scenes at Channel 10 Studios, on which I spoke about All That I Forgot. All his fame and achievements, and he was so personable. He asked me about my book and told me a little about his. Titled Fanatic Heart, he gave me a signed copy. A novice to TV, I was a bundle of nerves. Thomas Keneally was on before me and to see how relaxed he was, and irrepressibly himself, gave me courage .
Studio 10 with hosts Sarah Harris and Tristan MacManus
Insight, SBS TV
How memories shapes us and can we trust them?
Insight, hosted by Kumi Taguchi, explores topics from open relationships to living with endometriosis, technology at school and so much more. In the episode I participated in I met the extradronary Tansel who is a Brain Memory champion, a competition which foud him at one point memorising an entirely Yellow Pages.
The Illawarra Mercury
N.B. There is a paywall up for this publication at present.
Picture by photographer Adam McLean
SAM, Sydney Alumni Magazine, University of Sydney
Listen to Perspective Shift
Perspective shift
Life’s unexpected turns
As I am a University of Sydney alumna, graduating with my first degree a BA in ’85, I had an article featured in a 2024 article in the university’s SAM alumni magazine, scars and all. Thank you to Andrew Worssam Photography for the image.
The Illawarra Flame
A magazine in my neighbourhood featuring what’s happening around the place, and who is making it happen, namely The Illawarra Flame, ran a piece on All That I Forgot leading up to my talk at the inaugural, I Am Not Making This Up festival, run by author, facilitator and moderator Caroline Baume.