How would you like to spend summers in Australia and then travel to a small village in France to bask in the northern summer during the other half of the year? Well, that’s the current reality of journalist and author Sheryle Bagwell – and in her new memoir, Letter from Provence, she not only documents her French experiences, but also connects to her late mother and the writings of 17th century French writer Madame de Sévigné. In this episode, Sheryle talks about writing the book, resisting her journalistic instincts and her experience publishing it.
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Writer in residence: Sheryle Bagwell
Sheryle Bagwell is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster.
In a long career in the media, she has worked as a foreign correspondent in London, Paris, and Lyon, and as reporter, commentator, and features writer for ABC Radio National and The Australian Financial Review in Australia.
Her debut non-fiction book My French Connection, was published by HarperCollins Australia in August 2006.
She and her husband divide their time between Sydney, Australia, and their house in northern Provence in France.
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This podcast is brought to you by the Australian Writers' Centre and our course Creative Writing Stage 1.
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