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July 24: An Unlikely Prisoner
Sean Turnell … in conversation with Bill Kable
For 650 days Sean Turnell was held in Myanmar’s terrifying Insein Prison on the trumped-up charge of being a spy. In An Unlikely Prisoner he recounts how an impossibly cheerful professor of economics, whose idea of an uncomfortable confrontation was having to tell a student that their essay was ‘not really that good’, ended up in one of the most notorious prisons in South-East Asia. And how he not only survived his lengthy incarceration, but left with his sense of humour intact, his spirit unbroken and love in his heart.
‘What [Sean Turnell] endured in his 650 days of incarceration is something that no human being should have to endure, yet he has done it with grace and, even in inhumane conditions, with profound humanity.’
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
July 31: Better Than Happiness
Dr Gregory Smith OAM … in conversation with Bill Kable
Dr Gregory Smith OAM explains how after an abusive childhood and a decade living as a recluse in a rainforest he rejoined society and found something better than happiness - contentment.
Today he has a PhD and an OAM to his name with a loving family, He is a university senior lecturer in the social sciences, a government policy advisor and an advocate for the dispossessed the world over. And yet he doesn’t consider himself to be happy. ‘It is far more attainable, satisfying and fulfilling,’ says Gregory, ‘to simply be contented.’
Gregory shares the mental strategies and practical steps he took to go from a friendless and futureless man to ‘the most contented person around.
August 7: Still Standing
Chrissie Foster … in conversation with Bill Kable
Chrissie Foster is the mother who brought the rich and powerful Catholic Church to its knees over its global abuse of children, including two of her daughters, Emma and Katie. She built an undeniable case in her first book, Hell on the Way to Heaven, which helped inspire Australian governments to hold world-leading inquiries.
Grieving the death of Emma and the catastrophic accident that left Katie largely using a wheelchair and unable to care for herself, and bullied by the Catholic Church, Chrissie Foster somehow found the strength to win and bring about changes in child safety that she hopes will last forever. She explains the incredible battle she fought together with her husband, Anthony, and how she found the strength to continue even after his tragic and untimely death.
Her ongoing activism inspires others to challenge once-powerful male-dominated institutions. In the face of horrifying adversity, Chrissie Foster has come through it to a place of peace.
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