Episode 11: Writing, walking, and the human psyche. Authors Jono Lineen, Ali Berg, and Darby Hudson discuss what separates us from every other living being.

This week, authors Jono Lineen, Ali Berg, and Darby Hudson talk about why movement is so important to human creativity. It's an amazing and inspiring chat that meanders off and discovers new thoughts.

Topics discussed:

1. What creativity is to them.
2. How they find connection with humans through the solitary writing process.
3. Why creativity is so important to us as a species.
4. They finish by answering a question from The Right-brain Workout, which is: "Your new colleague is a bear. What do you suggest for lunch? Where are you even working?"

In this episode, we are talking to three brilliant, published authors whose work inspires people to engage with creativity beyond the page and into the real world.

Jono Lineen Jono is the author of a range of books including River Trilogy, Into the Heart of the Himalayas and Perfect Motion. His PhD was on the relationship between walking and creativity investigating the creative habits of Plato, Darwin, Goethe, and Steve Jobs. He is also a curator at the National Museum of Australia. https://www.penguin.com.au/authors/jono-lineen

Darby Hudson Darby is a poet, whose work has been featured Best Australian Poems, Meanjin, Cordite, and many other publications. He wrote and illustrated a novella called Walk and his debut anthology Falling Upwards is out now on Five Islands Press. http://www.darbyhudson.com/

Ali Berg Ali is the co-author with Michelle Kalus of The Book Ninja and While You Were Reading. Both novels have been sold around the world and The Book Ninja has been optioned for a film. Together they founded Australian social initiative Books on the Rail, which encourages people to share their books on public transport. She’s also a Freelance Copywriter. https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Ali-Berg/140154530 https://www.booksontherail.com/

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