Imagining The Past

S10 Ep2: Imaging the Past—2025—Rebecca Lim

Imagining The Past

Show Notes

Greg Johnston chats with Rebecca Lim, an award-winning Australian writer, illustrator, editor and author of over twenty books. Her work has been shortlisted for many awards, including the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, and the Queensland Literary Awards. Her CYA novel, Two Sparrowhawks in a Lonely Sky, was shortlisted for the 2024 ARA Historical Novel Prize.

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