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Discover seven top tips to reduce your waste, and be inspired by zero-waste living expert Erin Rhoads in the latest edition of Melbourne magazine. This audio magazine has been recorded by Vision Australia on behalf of the City of Melbourne in the interests of information accessibility. Your narrator is Jenny Seedsman.

Peggy Frew, author and musician, reveals her Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason.

Melanie Cheng, author and GP, reveals her Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason.

Ellen van Neerven, writer of poetry and fiction, reveals their Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason.

Santilla Chingaipe, journalist and filmmaker, reveals her Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason.

David Astle, crossword maker, broadcaster and author of Rewording the Brain, reveals his Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason.

Carly Findlay, appearance activist, speaker and author of Say Hello, reveals her Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason.

Find out about city transport, winter well-being and Southbank's new communal garden in the latest edition of Melbourne magazine. This audio magazine has been recorded by Vision Australia on behalf of the City of Melbourne in the interests of information accessibility. Your narrator is Jenny Seedsman.

Nevo Zisin, non binary activist, public speaker and author of Finding Nevo, reveals their Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason.

Sophie Cunningham, author of Melbourne, Geography and City of Trees, reveals her Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason.

Virginia Trioli, Walkley Award winning journalist and anchor of ABC TV's News Breakfast, reveals her Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason. This podcast was recorded in front of a live audience in November 2018.

Learn how to grow a wildlife garden on your balcony, and find out what's in store at YIRRAMBOI First Nations Festival and Moomba in the latest edition of the City of Melbourne’s Melbourne magazine. This audio magazine has been recorded by Vision Australia on behalf of the City of Melbourne in the interests of information accessibility. Your narrator is Jenny Seedsman.

Summer is here and it isn't only hot on the streets...it's hot in between the pages as well! Bern and Louise discuss erotic tales, from fiction to nonfiction and the compilations in between. Can you handle the heat? Bern's Books: Little Birds / Anaïs Nin Bad Behaviour / Mary Gaitskill Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (Fanny Hill) / John Cleland Louise's Books: Erotic Stories (Everyman's Pocket Classics) / by Rowan Pelling (Editor) Why Is Sex Fun?: The Evolution of Human Sexuality / Jared Diamond Dangerous / Jax (Jacquelyn Frank)

Learn how to shop mindfully, help protect our waterways and take an urban safari in our parks this summer in the latest edition of the City of Melbourne’s Melbourne magazine. This audio magazine has been recorded by Vision Australia on behalf of the City of Melbourne in the interests of information accessibility. Your narrator is Julie Horton.

Claire Hooper, comedian and co-host of The Great Australian Bake Off, reveals her Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason.

Kate Torney, CEO of State Library Victoria, reveals her Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason.

Sarah Bailey, best-selling crime author, reveals her Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason.

Discover fun ways to keep fit, health tech with heart and the secret life of urban butterflies in the latest edition of the City of Melbourne’s Melbourne Magazine. This audio magazine has been recorded by Vision Australia on behalf of the City of Melbourne in the interests of information accessibility. Your narrator is James Wright.

Benjamin Law, journalist, author and broadcaster, reveals his Desert Island Books in conversation with librarian and host, Natalie Mason.

It's cold outside and even colder between the pages as Bern and Louise delve into Scandinavian crime novels. Rug up, grab a hot chocolate and make sure the door is locked cause these are sure to give you the chills... Bern's Books: The Snowman / Jo Nesbo Night Rounds / Helene Tursten Jar City / Arnaldur Indriðason Louise's books: The Snowman / Jo Nesbo Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow/Smilla's Sense of Snow / Peter Høeg The Return of the Dancing Master / Henning Mankell Music by Flapjack Industry Records (milesrecommends.com/label)