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Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island

Feb 24, 2020

As a kid, John Marsden would retreat into books as a way to escape a tough childhood.  As a school teacher John was frustrated by the lack of reading and good stories available to his students so took matters into his own hands. And has now written over 40 books. The majority of his books are written for teenagers,...


Feb 17, 2020

During winter in Newcastle you would be hard pressed to walk down the street without seeing a Mark Hughes Foundation beanie on a Novocastrian head.
The unofficial uniform is a product of the foundation and its founder who played rugby league for Newcastle, NSW and in the English Super League.
In 2013 Mark Hughes...


Feb 10, 2020

If Craig Johnston's soccer career happens in today's digital age there wouldn't be a kid in Australia who didn't know his name and have the Liverpool 7 on their back. Instead he's a bit of an enigma on our shores but has one hell of a story of making it to the big time against all odds, falling down over and over and...


Feb 3, 2020

Sophie Roden is a humanitarian worker and lawyer. At 17 Sophie would volunteer in rural Zambia, not too many years after she would choose to join the fight against Ebola in Liberia. One of the youngest guest on Tiny Island, Sophie has a great story...