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SUMMARY:Mal Walden - The News Man
LOCATION:Newcomb Library\nNewcomb Library
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DESCRIPTION:Mal Walden\, Australia's longest-serving veteran TV news prese
 nter and established author joins us to discuss his 50-year career in Aust
 ralian news media and the stories that inspire him to write..\nhttps://grl
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>&lsquo\;You&rsquo\;ll never be journalist&
 rsquo\;s bootlace!&rsquo\; Mal Walden was 17 years of age when he applied 
 for his first job in media\, and during his cadetship in the early &rsquo\
 ;60s\, Mal Walden heard these words frequently from his news editor and me
 dia mentor\, John Maher.&nbsp\; Walden not only proved his mentor wrong\, 
 he went on to become a respected journalist and the longest-serving newsma
 n on Australian television with a media career spanned six decades in radi
 o broadcasting and television.</p>\n<p>Since his retirement from televisio
 n in 2013 Mal has written eight books: his personal and insightful memoir 
 <em>The News Man</em> (2016)\, and <em>Good News!</em> (2017) a selection 
 of feel-good stories that helped shape Melbourne\; <em>Don't Piss in my Po
 cket and Tell Me It&rsquo\;s Raining</em> (2018)\, <em>Mal Walden's crazy 
 Aussie crims</em> (2020)\, <em>Mal Walden's Aussie Icons and Legends</em> 
 (2021)\, <em>Mal Walden's Aussie Myths\, Mysteries and Memories</em> (2022
 )\, <em>Homeland Heroes</em> (2023) and most recently\, <em>Box Kites to B
 oeings</em> (2024)\, the story of the sky-high heroes of Aussie aviation.<
 /p>\n<p><strong>This is a free event but bookings are required.</strong></
 p>\n<p>Book sales and author signings will be offered at this event.</p>\n
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