Smoke, Rice, Water - A sensory indulgence into Bengali culture and cuisine

"I was praying and begging him to stay with me, to hold on" - It's Because I Love You

I became engaged in this book, in this conversation to a degree I had not expected. Here, I speak with Karin Keays, travel-writer and author and the wife of the late-Jim Keays, about her new book, It's Because I Love You. We speak of Karin meeting Jim, their relationship and marriage and their two beautiful daughters. We then moved on to discussion about Karin's third pregnancy and the death, soon after birth, of their third child and first son, William. In this bold and confronting book and conversation, Karin speaks about wanting to follow her intuition in having misgivings about inducing, about loss and about not being able to describe the feeling of letting her son go and how her son is still with her (I love him with all my heart, he's with me everyday). Karin also speaks about the beauty and kindness of good friend, the late-Daryl Cotton and the benefits of a hot curry, a long walk and sharing her story in the hope it will help others. On a lighter note, Karin speaks about the lazy, big and insecure cat, Ricky...and his fights with the nasty Rusty the cat.

THE SELECTION TABLE JUNE 4 - WITH GREG CHAMPION AND NRL AND AFL EXPERTS GIVING THEIR INSIGHTS INTO THE COMING ROUNDS

Watching yachties in Townsville, walking around in his speedos and still getting over the Roosters loss, Michael Bridger gives his NRL tips and insights into Round 14. Our AFL expert, Ben Eames takes us into Round 13 and who will win and why and we go with Ben and take sound bites from the recent past players meeting of Blackwood FC, reminding us just how good and vital, local football is for the community. Big thanks to Greg Champion.

"Attention, attention, all units...'round up the usual suspects"

Wing Commander (Retd) Dr Mary Anne Whiting, continues her travels for The Last Post Radio Show and takes us back to a famous 1942 movie

Tim Page - The Very Edge of The Brightest Light.

From June 1 - August 1, Griffith University in Queensland honours world renowned photojournalist Tim Page, with this expressive exhibition. Tim was a definitive photojournalist and well known, primarily, for his coverage of the Vietnam War. This exhibition covers that but also gives a new perspective with looks at some of Tim's lesser known works from his impressive oeuvre. Here, we speak with Collections Manager, Curator + Acting Director of Griffith Uni's Art Museum, Carrie McCarthy about Tim and the exhibition and the striking and cinematic quality of the works of Tim Page.

Smoke, Rice, Water - A sensory indulgence into Bengali culture and cuisine

We speak with author, Chef, Kishwar Chowdhury about her latest book and how it is an aesthetic delight. Kishwar speaks about her parents arrival in Australia, with a determination to preserve their heritage. We speak of the areas rich history of spices and how the rules of preserving Bengali cuisine were passed onto Kishwar and her sisters. In this wonderful chat about a beautiful book, Kishwar invites you into the community sharing kitchen with dumplings, samosas, plum chutney, smoked eggplant salsa and more, and the culture that gave birth to these mouth-watering recipes.