The late Australian poet Dorothy Porter is best known for her verse novel The Monkey's Mask. Her early life at home, with violence and bullying at the hands of her well-known barrister father, Chester Porter, is laid bare in a memoir written by Dorothy's sister Josie McSkimming.

Guest: Josie McSkimming, psychotherapist. Author of 'Gutsy Girls: Love, poetry and sisterhood' (UQP)