Melanie Tait is an Australian radio broadcaster, playwright and author. She is from Robertson, New South Wales.[1]

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Melanie Tait
Nationality	Australian
Occupation	Radio presenter, author, journalist, playwright
Employer	Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Career

At 20 years of age she wrote the comedy theatrical production The Vegemite Tales, which played in London over seven years from 2001 to 2007, including two years on the West End.[2] The play focused on a group of young adults living in a London flat. During her five years in London, she was also the artistic director of the Old Red Lion Theatre.

Tait, known as Moonky, began her radio career as producer for the John Laws morning show on 2UE in Sydney. She then began at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Darwin as a rural reporter trainee. She has since worked at ABC Rural and ABC News throughout New South Wales, South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory. She then worked at 936 ABC Hobart,[3] and is now Executive Editor of Audio at Guardian Australia.

In 2011, Tait created a series of storytelling nights (inspired by "The Moth" podcast) called "Now Hear This". Themes included "I learned the hard way", "Love is a four letter word" and "Changes".

Works

Plays

• The Vegemite Tales (2007)
• The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race (2018/2019)[1]

Books

• Fat Chance: My Big Fat Gastric Banding Adventure, 2010, New Holland Publishers Australia (ISBN 9781741109658).

References

External links

• Profile on ABC Radio
• Recordings on ABC Radio National

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