STEVE SAILAH

Here's the way in which ABC television news covered the 100th anniversary of the departure from Albany in W.A. of the first Anzac convoy on November 1, 1914. ABC reporter Claire Aird interviews author Mike Carlton and Craig Fotheringham, grandson of Ernie Boston. A century ago 16 year old Ernie was the captain's messenger aboard HMAS Sydney which destroyed the German cruiser Emden in the first major naval action of the Great War. #video #gallipoli #ww1 #australia #navy #abc

This is how the Mosman Daily reported on the publication of the A Fatal Tide in August 2014. #anzac #mosmandaily #article #news #story #stevesailah #gallipoli #abc #veterans #novel

ABC Queensland presenter Rebecca McLaren interviewed me for her afternoon program in August 2014. Here’s how the segment was introduced: “Author Steve Sailah is probably more comfortable sitting at the microphone after a long career with the ABC. But he has put pen to paper in his later venture, to create a war time novel. Set in Gallipoli, the work is titled 'A Fatal Tide'. Steve spoke about his journey in transforming non-fiction memories into fiction:” Listen to part of th

My interviews with a number of veterans of Gallipoli have been played and replayed on ABC radio ever since they were first broadcast nearly 35 years ago. Auntie republished the CD in April 2013 and is likely to do so again in the centenary year. You can purchase the documentary by clicking here #storiesfromgallipoli #abc #anzac #sydneymorningherald #smh #stevesailah #veterans #ww1 #newspaper #interview