Media
A selection of Sonia’s interviews, articles & talks
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Power Imbalance in Relationships with Sonia Orchard, hosted by Michelle Cox - 26 March 2025
>> So You Want To Be A Writer podcast (Australian Writers Centre)
Ep 654. Sonia Orchard shares her impactful memoir ‘Groomed’, hosted by Valerie Khoo - 11 March 2025
>> Read This podcast (Schwartz Media)
How Sonia Orchard reclaimed her story. Hosted by Michael Williams - 6 March 2025
>> Saturday Mornings with Jacinta Parsons(ABC Radio Melbourne 774)
Sonia chats with Jacinta Parsons about her new book Groomed - 15 February 2025 (11am), from 1m42s
Sonia Orchard’s new memoir ‘Groomed’ details her own experience as a teenage schoolgirl and how she navigated the legal system to try gain justice, hosted by Fauziah Ibrahim and Tom Oriti - 8 February 2025
>> Reading with Raf (Drive 774)
For the month of April Read with Raf on Drive 774 reads Into the Fire. Raf and Alicia Sometimes discuss the book on Raf's bookclub - 24 April 2019 (4.30pm)
>> The Conversation Hour: Sonia Orchard and Stephen Cummings
Sonia Orchard interviewed by ABC Radio broadcaster and performer Lisa Pellegrino and Jon Faine on The Conversation Hour about her new novel into the Fire (Affirm Press) - 12 April 2019
Sonia Orchard joins host Mel Cranenburgh to talk about her new novel, Into the Fire, out now through Affirm Press. Into the Fire is Sonia's third book and second work of fiction that author Rosalie Ham (The Dressmaker) has described as 'a perceptive, provoking story of friendship and intimacy'. - 20 February 2019
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>> Adolescence has gripped parents, but our debates are missing a crucial thread
March 25, 2025 > The Age/Sydney Morning Herald
>> For three years I tried to navigate a system where sex crimes have been effectively decriminalised
March 13, 2025 > The Age/Sydney Morning Herald
>> At 15, she thought it was a ‘regular’ relationship. Today, the word ‘grooming’ springs to mind
February 13, 2025 > Good Weekend Magazine (The Age/Sydney Morning Herald)
>> A teen social media ban will drive them to secrecy. That’s exactly what predators want
June 26, 2024 > The Age/Sydney Morning Herald
>> Society's favourite babysitter is now the number one liar for predators
September 6, 2023 > The Age/Sydney Morning Herald
>> First Person: 'I'd failed myself, and my three daughters, dismally'.
February 22, 2019 > The Age/Sydney Morning Herald
>> Believe it or not, there's health benefits to swimming with sharks
December 15, 2017 > Sunday Life Magazine (Sydney Morning Herald / The Age)
>> Let's talk about the elephant in the room
September 21, 2016 > Overland
An article on writing, cultural appropriation and - the elephant in the room - privilege.
>> I wish men were as interested in discussing gender issues as women are
August 31, 2016 > Sydney Morning Herald / The Age
>> Want to improve school results? Improve students' wellbeing
August 19, 2016 > The Age / Sydney Morning Herald
>> It's not victims blaming, it's woman blaming
August 26, 2016 > Sydney Morning Herald / The Age
>> Royal commission forces sexual abuse 'bystanders' to consider their inaction
September 10, 2015 > The Age / Sydney Morning Herald