ON TODAY'S SHOW

It's our live recording from the Sorrento Writers Fest!

We were delighted to have Marg Downey join us for a chat

Anna from the Op Shop for BSF

We discuss the significance of ANZAC Day

Plus another very special guest... Dame Edna lives on!

 THE COCKTAIL CABINET – brought to us by Prince Wine Store and Myles Thomson. As we project forward to our special raffle prizes which includes some stunning local wine packages Corrie and Caro briefly review our PWS Pinot packsMoorooduc Estate Pinot Noir 2024Peninsula Pinot Noir 2023 - Crittenden EstateYabby Lake Vineyard Pinot Noir 2022BSF - For Red EnergyBOOK:     We each nominate a book about war which has stayed with usAnna: Dreamers of the Day - Mary Dora RussellCaro: All The Frequent Troubles Of Our Days - Rebecca DonnerCorrie reviews A Boy In Winter - Rachel SeiffertSCREEN: ​​Caro and Anna review Back to Black the new Amy Winehouse flickThank you to Cobram Estate Olive Oil:FOOD: Anna  has a recipe: Chicken with apple cider

Serves 4

100mls apple cider

80 mls chicken stock

Chat potatoes thickly sliced

1/2 Spanish Onion - cut into wedges

2 pink lady apples - cut into wedges

10 thyme sprigs

1/2 cup Olive Oil

4 Chicken Pieces - duchess, cut, wing on

3 slices speck/prosciutto

2 tbsp apple vinegar cider

1 - Preheat over to 220Combine spuds, onion, apple, thyme and 60mls of Cobram Estate Olive Oil in roasting pan. Season. Cook for 20 minutes2 - Wrap chicken in speck/prosciutto. Place on top of potato mixture. Drizzle remaining oil. Add cider and stock to pan and roast until chicken is cooked. 15 minutes.Serve with Green Salad.

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SIX QUICK QUESTIONS for Red Energy.CARO TO CORRIE: in preparation for this years festival what is one amazing literary fact you’ve uncovered?CORRIE TO ANNA: On the one year anniversary of Barry Humphries’ death what remains your favourite ever BH line?ANNA TO CARO : What remains your best ever book to film adaptation?CARO TO ANNA: Which literary hero would you most like to sit next to at dinner?ANNA TO CORRIE: Can Which literary hero would you like to bring back from the dead to write one more novel?CORRIE TO CARO: How Speaking of ghosts if you could ghost write one football biography whose would it be?​​Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices