Episode 15: Stan Grant on his hilarious childhood, his Ancestral connection and the person who asked him “Stan, what do you want to do with your life?”

Welcome back to “A Cuppa and A Yarn” brought to you by the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council. Our guest this week is a man known for his award-winning journalism in Australia and internationally.

Stan Grant is a Wiradjuri man from Griffith who’s published multiple books and continues to write and speak on subjects such as racism, issues of importance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, civil rights and international affairs.

But there are a few things you may not know about him.

Stan Grant talks with host Michelle Aleksandrovics-Lovegrove about his life growing up in country NSW, his love of reading, the gift of writing and the surprising person who helped set him on his life path.