Jacinta Parsons

Radio Broadcaster & Writer 

Dr Jacinta Parsons is a radio broadcaster and writer from Melbourne, Australia who has worked at community radio station Triple R, and for the ABC at Double J, ABC Radio Melbourne, and ABC Radio National. She has released three books, Unseen (2020), A Question of Age (2022) and her most recent in 2025 – an investigation on wisdom and the elder woman – A Wisdom of Age.

She works extensively as an advocate for chronic illness and against age discrimination in both her work and in role as a speaker around the country. She is the co-chair of Rollercoaster Theatre, a company dedicated to access for intellectually disabled and neurodiverse actors on Australian stages and enjoys teaching at RMIT university in Media and Communication. 

Parsons currently hosts the Friday Revue and Saturday Mornings on ABC Radio Melbourne.

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Andrea Rowe is an award-winning Australian author whose stories celebrate courage, connection and the wonders of the natural world. Her debut picture book, Jetty Jumping, won the 2022 CBCA Picture Book of the Year and the 2023 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year. Andrea’s Little Worlds series, including In the Rockpool and Amid the Sand Dunes, continues to delight readers and educators alike. Based on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, Andrea is the inaugural Public Libraries Victoria Ambassador, championing literacy and the vital role libraries play in nurturing imagination, storytelling and lifelong learning.

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Andrea Rowe

Award-winning author & Victoria 
Public Libraries Ambassador