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Ben Hills will be speaking at the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts as part of Biographies and Memoirs Month.

Sydney Writers’ Festival event, Richard Wherrett Studio, 22 Hickson Road, Sydney. Ben will be in conversation with the authors Paul Barry (randomhouse.com.au/authors) and Jacqueline Kent (jacquelinekent.com.au), mediated by the journalist Janine Perrett. More information about the festival can be found on their websites.

Interview with John Barron ABC Newsradio Drive (national)

Interview with Mike Welsh 2CC (Canberra)

Conversations with Richard Fidler, ABC local radio Brisbane, Sydney and Perth

‘In conversation’ with former Fairfax chief editorial executive Max Suich organised by the Walkley Foundation. More information about The Walkley Foundation can be found on their website.

Interview with Jon Faine on The Conversation Hour, ABC radio 774 (Melbourne) --

Interview with Derryn Hinch, 3AW (Melbourne)

About 150 people, many of them journalists from the Perkin era, gathered in the new Wheeler Centre at the back of the State Library in Melbourne on Tuesday May 4 for the official launch of Ben’s new book ‘Breaking News -- The golden age of Graham Perkin.’’ Henry Rosenbloom, the publisher of Scribe Publications, compered proceedings, and the book was launched by Eric Beecher, a former Perkin reporter, former editor (of the Sydney Morning Herald and The Melbourne Herald) and current publisher of the online newsletter Crikey.com. A videoclip of stills and a short extract of an interview with Perkin from an ABC Chequerboard programme was shown. Mayu Kanamori edited the video (click on the play button under the image to the right to play the video). Tea and raspberry and coconut slices were served.

Ben speaks ...    Eric launches...    and the Breaking News team celebrates: Ben, Eric Beecher, publisher Henry Rosenbloom (with beard) an Ben's agent Margaret Gee (with dress).
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Interview with Phillip Adams, Late Night Live, ABC Radio National

On the Friday (May 7) The Age staged a special two-hour event to celebrate Graham Perkin’s legacy and reflect on the future of newspapers. More than 100 people attended, including a number of former Perkin journalists and senior writers and editors from The Age’s current staff. The event was compered by the paper’s editor-in-chief, Paul Ramadge, and the keynote speaker was the distinguished journalist, author and historian Les Carlyon. Pumpkin scones, jam and cream were served.

Ben ...    Age editor-in-chief Paul Ramadge ...    author and former Age editor Les Carlyon.
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Interview with Ross Clifford 2CH (Sydney)