Sian Prior Writer, Broadcaster, Singer, Lecturer and MC

Sian Prior is a broadcaster who has been presenting and reporting for programs on ABC Radio since the mid-1990’s. Here are some samples of Sian’s recent radio and podcast work:

Writer and reader of an essay called Shy Young Thing on ABC Radio National’s First Person program, 21st July 2010.

Co-host of The Conversation Hour on 774 ABC Melbourne, 19th February 2010, with guests Rebecca Starford and Niki Savva.

Co-host of the Conversation Hour on 774 ABC Melbourne, 24th November 2009, with guests Simon Smith and John Ellis.

Presenter of the 2009 Ian Potter Cultural Trust Music Commissions awards night and recital, broadcast on ABC Classic FM’s New Music Up Late , Friday 2nd October 2009.

Co-host of The Conversation Hour on 774 ABC Melbourne, 10th September 2009, with guests Jack Marx and Paul Kelly (from The Australian).

Reporter for a feature interview on the Lingua Franca program (Radio National) in February 2009 with the author of ‘Ad Nauseum’, a book about Latin.

Writer of a voice-piece on Lingua Franca (Radio National) in November 2008 about the value of platitudes.

Producer/reporter of a Lingua Franca program (Radio National) in May 2008, featuring an extended interview with New York artist Nina Katchadourian.

Producer/presenter of a feature about Black Swan Theatre’s play ‘Jandamarra’ on Radio National’s Artworks program, February 2008.

Host of an ongoing series of business forums for the City of Stonnington called ‘Roosters and Feather Dusters’, available as podcasts.

Producer/presenter of a feature about Sleeping Beauty on Radio National’s Exhibit A program, July 2007.

Guest on Radio National’s Movietime program in September 2006.

Presenter of the Deep End program on Radio National in 2005.

Presenter of Melbourne University Up Close, a series of indepth interviews with Melbourne University academics, available as audio or downloadable as podcasts.