Radio highlights

Wearing of the Green — St Patrick's Day is remembered with special folk and choral music. ABC Classic FM, Friday, March 17, 7.05pm.

Sunday Concert: Rory McLeod — The multi-instrumental musical nomad brings his politically aware, dance-friendly busking to our ears in this performance recorded live. ABC Radio National, Sunday, March 19, 4.05pm.

Five-minute Fiction: La Signora — By Teresa Crea. A woman of Italian background remembers her early days in Australia, the sugar cane fields of Queensland and the internment of her husband during the second world war. ABC Radio National, Sunday, March 19, 8.20pm.

Biography of Tess Lyssiotis — Tess Lyssiotis comes from Melbourne, the city with the largest concentration of Greek people outside Greece. Her writing has drawn extensively on the experiences of her parents and many other Greek migrants. She deals with issues that affect new arrivals and those who have been here for generations. ABC Radio National, Tuesday, March 21, 9.30pm.

From GLW issue 179