Australian television pioneer

She changed
Australian
television.

Television pioneer. Founder. Author. Speaker. A woman standing tall in her story, and helping others do the same.

The next chapter is just beginning

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Laying It Down

A memoir and a method, from a woman a nation watched while she quietly carried what no one could see. The early list gets first access, first pricing and the first chapter before anyone else.

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01 / Her story

First, she changed television. Then life changed everything.

A trailblazing television career was only the beginning. Motherhood, loss and starting again shaped the woman and the work that followed.

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Suzie Wilks laughing while filming a television story

On location · Australian television

Prime time

Almost a decade on air

Two programs

Back to back, every week

Chapters

One woman. More than one chapter.

Her story

Motherhood, loss, survival, and the difficult work of beginning again.

Television & the archive

Two consecutive prime-time programs. Almost a decade on air.

What's next

Changing Skin. Laying It Down. Speaking. One woman, more than one chapter.

Photographs

Sets, laneways, kitchens, paddocks. Some taken for millions. Some for no one.

The photographic archive

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Suzie Wilks resting on a paint tin during Changing Rooms — Changing Rooms · Nine Network

Suzie Wilks in a black dress outside a white building — Founder portrait

Suzie Wilks holding her sleeping baby daughter — Motherhood · A new beginning