Richard Glover (radio presenter)
Richard Glover (radio presenter)
Born July 13, 1958 (1958-07-13) (age 52)
Australia

Richard Glover (born 13 July 1958) is an Australian journalist, author and talk radio personality.

Glover grew up in Papua-New Guinea, Sydney and Canberra and graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts with a first class Honours degree. He lives with the playwright Debra Oswald, and they have two sons. He has written ten books, including the humour book Desperate Husbands, which was a bestseller in Australia and has been published in translation in Italy and Poland.

He presents the radio show Drive from Monday to Friday, 3pm to 6pm on 702 ABC Sydney. He joined 702 ABC Sydney in January 1996, taking over the Drive segment from Mike Carlton.

He was awarded the Broadcaster of the Year Award 2004, for ABC local radio.

Glover's writing for the stage includes Lonestar Lemon, which has toured nationally with Genevieve Lemon and A Christmas Story, which premiered at the Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre in December 1998, with Richard Wherrett directing.

He is also a journalist for the Sydney Morning Herald. His weekly humour column has appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald since 1985. Richard has also worked as that paper's News Editor, Arts Editor and European Correspondent.

Bibliography

  • The mud house : four friends, one block of land, no power tools (2009) (ISBN 9780732290290)
  • The Joke Trap (2007) (ISBN 9780733320552
  • Desperate Husbands (2005) (ISBN 0732282500)
  • The dag's dictionary : a humorous book of words that should exist, but don't (2004) (ISBN 0733314368)
  • The dirt experiment (2003) (ISBN 0733616208)
  • In bed with Jocasta (2000) (ISBN 0732268648)
  • Maps, dreams, history : race and representation in Aboriginal Australia (1998)
  • The joy of blokes : a survivor's guide to the men in your life, how to meet them, how to love them, how to eat their cooking (1994) (with Angela Webber) (ISBN 1863737529)
  • Laughing stock : one man's battle with sex, work and a son called Batboy (1993) (ISBN 1863735658)
  • The P-plate parent (1992) (with Angela Webber) (ISBN 1863731989)
  • Grin and bear it : a survivor's guide to marriage, kids, family holidays, home renovations, the English and other horrors (1990) (ISBN 0731801814)

References

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702 ABC Sydney Presenters
Australian Broadcasting Corporation | ABC Local Radio | ABC New South Wales

External links

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