The bayfm subscriber drive continues, this year it is a celebration of the local. At bayfm we have presenters, guests, volunteers, music, stories from all over the world. But we also very much do our best to link up this community, often with the help of this wonderful global linking tool, the internet. So you can now listen to us, and many local stations, from all over the world. But only on community radio stations can you hear the stories that are considered too small, too hidden, too local for national media. And every day hear interviews with all sorts of people in your community. This Monday I am very happy to bring you a man who grew up in Queensland, spent a lot of years of cooking & crazyness in Sydney & Brisbane, then cooked some more, & turned his life around,here in Northern NSW, and is now writing and teaching others to write. Jim Hearn’s first book, “High Season: a memoir of heroin and hospitality” was launched a few weeks ago in Byron Bay, and he was a guest at the 2012 Byron Bay Writers Festival. He is also a scriptwriter and lecturer at Southern Cross University in Lismore.
Jim Hearn
BIOGRAPHY : reprinted by permission from the Byron Bay Writers Festival site.
Jim Hearn is a researcher, writer and chef. As a chef, Jim has worked in commercial kitchens for over twenty years. He started life as an apprentice chef at fifteen years of age. As a writer, Jim wrote and produced four films that screened on SBS as well as worked on the screenplay for Chopper and an adaption of Andrew McGahan’s novel Last Drinks. Jim wrote High Season: a memoir of Heroin and Hospitality, after he quit his job as head chef at Rae’s on Watego’s in Byron Bay and enrolled in the writing program at Southern Cross University as a mature-age student. Louise Thurtell picked up the manuscript for High Season through Allen & Unwin’s Friday pitch session. Jim has a BA (Hons) from Southern Cross University and is currently enrolled in a PhD at the University of Technology, Sydney.
JIM LINKS:
audio of a Writers Festival panel with Wayne Macauley, author of “The Cook”, and Jim Hearn
http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/07/18/3548527.htm
audio of an interview with Richard Fidler on the ABC’s Local Conversations program
http://blogs.abc.net.au/nt/2012/07/jim-hearns-lemongrass-pasted-moreton-bay-bugs-.html
Looks like a really good & easy recipe
http://griffithreview.com/edition-27-food-chain/hospitality
An article by Jim Hearn which is a version of some of the material in ‘High Season’. Food Chain is an edition of the wonderful Griffith Review which is all about – you’d never guess – food, check out the other articles too
http://www.scu.edu.au/staffdirectory/person_detail.php?person=17431
Jim’s SCU listing – this semester he is teaching auto/biography, writing project and ‘subjects and citizens’
If you haven’t done so yet, please subscribe!!! i.e. give bayfm some money so we can keep bringing you good radio, & go in the belly draw, which includes a copy of Jim’s book.
BELLY BULLETIN
Buttery Fundraiser -at the Bangalow Farmer’s Market on Saturday, September 15. With Jim Hearn – books for sale and signing on the day, proceeds to the The Buttery.
Subscribe to bayfm and meet presenters at the markets this week, Sister T will be at all these markets in a selection of silly wigs. Did you know cds are great hair accessories? I’d love to meet some belly listeners, please come and say hello. Many other presenters and volunteers will be at the bayfm market stall this week.
New Brighton Farmers market, Tuesday 21 August, 7.30 to 11am
Byron Bay Farmers Market, Thursday 23, 7.30 to 11am (hopefully with Audio Chocolate’s Rich singing & playing guitar)
Mullumbimby Farmers Market, Friday 24, 7.30 to 11am
Bangalow Farmers Market, Saturday 25, 7.30 to 11am (music by Mr Paddy)
Bangalow Community Market, Sunday 26, 7.30 to about 1pm – last day of subscriber drive – the lovely Aura-Lea and Phoebe Rose from All at Sea have promised to bring their ukes & sing a special song for each & every subscriber who turns up by 10am
Sample Food Festival Launch Dinner – Byron Beach Cafe, Thursday 23rd August from 6.30pm. Did you get to the excellent Sample Food Festival at the Bangalow Showgrounds last year? It is on again on Saturday October 6, but to get you in the mood Paul Wrightson from the Byron Beach Cafe and Clayton Donovan from the Jaaning Tree have a menu of indigenous flavours planned. Crocodile, smoked kangaroo, strawberry gum (no I don’t know what that is either when it’s not chewing gum)… Pretend it’s your birthday maybe. Bookings through the Beach Cafe – Andrea 6685 8445
Organic Lovers’ Soiree with Anthea (last week’s guest) of Organic Passion Catering and Jonathon of The Organic Wine Merchants There will be a gourmet vegetarian canapes and a selection of wine and beer to taste . The theme for the night is Vintage Glamour with Kelly Knight (trio) playing vintage jazz with the decor to match! Feel free to dress up and have a bit of fun. Jonathon will be talking about organic wine. Friday 24th August at the Santos Mullumbimby Balcony (upstairs) , 6:30 – 9:30pm
$55pp ~ **Booking essential* www.organicpassioncatering.com* *M: 0422 383 151 or through Santos
BEEF CHEEKS AT THE BEACH CAFE
This is audio of an interview with Paul Wrightson, head chef at the Byron Beach Cafe, about some of his favourite local ingredients. It includes a recipe for slow cooked beef cheeks. You can get them at your local butcher, & Paul says even at large supermarkets.
chef Paul Wrightson’s favourite local ingredients – audio
MUSIC
Not much today, because I was too greedy to spend lots of time talking with Jim. The first choice is mine, a Lismore girl in love with a celebrity chef, the next 2 are reminders of a couple of stages in Jim’s life.
Georgina Pollard, How to film a feast
love & chocolate,
Sister T