Leith Harding and her husband, Rob, have raised a total of seven children, three biological children and four adopted children. They have now set up the "Grace Centre" in Bahir Dar offering daycare for children, allowing single mothers to go to work and in turn provide for and keep their children.

Born in Chile to extremely poor parents, Claudio Silva used to run away to the the mountains for days at a time to escape being picked on by his parents and siblings.

Will Chaffey is an American who discovered the real Australia. Will was 18 and fed up after being knocked back by almost every college in Boston. So he decided to get as far away from home as possible, and bought a ticket to Australia...

Tim Winton's new book Breath is being hailed by critics as the best thing he's ever written. The surprising thing about the novel is that it came out of another one Tim was writing. "I was in the middle of another book and it just ground to a halt..."

Nathan Welch is a Queensland bloke, who teamed up with some mates to embark on an expedition, a life adventure. With a passion for the outdoors and a driving ambition, Nathan decided to tackle the world's longest river, the Amazon.

Judith Lucy is one of the most brilliant comedians Australia has ever produced. Her one woman stage shows have been internationally successful but her short stint on commercial radio led her to write the beautifully titled one woman show I Failed.

Dan Toombs is CEO of the Toowoomba Advocacy and Support Centre in Queensland. He could also be described as CEO of the "Too Hard Basket", because he's devoted his legal career to taking on the cases other lawyers won't.

Sunday, May 4, 2008 was a life-changing date for Lyndal Van Eede, Ben Connell and Kate Petersen: it was the day they became parents.

Journalist and writer Pamela Bone died last week. She wrote thousands of passionate columns for the Age newspaper, and her writing won her praise and awards: best newspaper columnist, and the United Nation's Media Peace Prize.

Tony Jones has been in the journalism game for more than twenty years. His first introduction to the craft was when he was living in the UK, only twelve years old and tuning in every day on his portable transistor radio to BBC talk programs.