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Booker Prize winner: Bernardine Evaristo
18 september 2023 · 23 min
It's Booker Prize season so The Book Show has gathered interviews with some of the most recent winners for you. Here's Bernardine Evaristo who shared the prize with Margaret Atwood in 2019 for her novel Girl, Woman, Other.
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Feel good fiction with Anita Heiss, Marlon James, Monica Ali and more
18 september 2023 · 54 min
Literary fiction is good at the hard stuff – grief, pain and conflict - but what about the books that make you feel good? Authors Joan Silber, Toni Jordan and Andy Weir bring joy to The Book Show for ABC Arts Week, talking about the radical act of writing optimistic fiction. You'll also hear from Richard Ford, Douglas Stuart, Jennifer Down, Anita Heiss, Marlon James and Monica Ali. Lees meer
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Zadie Smith on Jamaica, delusion and Dickens
11 september 2023 · 54 min
Two historical novels with colonialism as their backdrop: one by the famous UK writer Zadie Smith and the other a debut novel by Fijian Australian author, Nilima Rao. And Molly Schmidt shares the story that was bubbling inside her since she was a teenager. Lees meer
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"We love the people we damage" — Anne Enright
4 september 2023 · 54 min
Former Booker Prize winner Anne Enright says she's drawn to life's contradictions and in her latest The Wren, The Wren she explores the complicated, messy relationships at the heart of one family. Also, Marija Peričić on one man's love of a dead woman, and Laura Elizabeth Woollett's changing relationship with her hometown, Perth. Lees meer
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Coming of age with Chris Womersley, Maxine Beneba Clarke and Zeynab Gamieldien
28 augustus 2023 · 54 min
Chris Womersley exposes the dark side of suburbia in his sixth novel Ordinary Gods and Monsters, Maxine Beneba Clarke shares the joy of poetry for young readers and Zeynab Gamieldien explores the lives of members of a university Muslim Students' Association in her debut novel. Lees meer
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"Trinidad writes itself" — Kevin Jared Hosein's Hungry Ghosts, plus Kate Grenville
21 augustus 2023 · 54 min
Australian author Kate Grenville reflects on her lifetime of writing and how accepting failure Kate Grenville reflects on a lifetime of writing and how accepting failure has been key to her success, and Caribbean author Kevin Jared Hosein on his devastating novel Hungry Ghosts. Lees meer
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Crime fiction queen Jane Harper on what she'll do next
14 augustus 2023 · 54 min
Since 2016 Jane Harper has published five bestselling crime novels including The Dry and The Lost Man. Her latest novel Exiles sees a return of financial crimes investigator Aaron Falk but Jane says it will be the last time he has a starring role in her books. So what's next for Jane Harper? Lees meer
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Ann Patchett and Tracy Sorensen on famous friends and talking organs
7 augustus 2023 · 54 min
American author Ann Patchett believes contentment is a radical idea in today's busy world and in her latest novel Tom Lake reflects on the joy of stillness. Also when Tracy Sorensen's novel about cancer, The Vitals, was published Tracy was given the terrible news that her own cancer has re-emerged. She is now undergoing chemotherapy while spruiking her book. Lees meer
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Melancholy in the library with Patrick deWitt, Josh Kemp and Ali Cobby Eckermann
31 juli 2023 · 54 min
Stories of redemption and healing: Canadian author Patrick deWitt's latest novel The Librarianist is about a lonely, former librarian. Claire takes a walk in Perth bushland with WA author Josh Kemp to discuss his dark and feral novel and Indigenous poet Ali Cobby Eckermann on the healing power of nature. Lees meer
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Pod Extra with 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award winner Shankari Chandran
25 juli 2023 · 25 min
Shankari Chandran has won this year's Miles Franklin Literary Award for her third novel Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens, a Trojan horse of a novel that lures you in with the promise of a cosy read but is also about racism and trauma.
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Anna Funder and Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life
24 juli 2023 · 54 min
Anna Funder's fourth book Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life interrogates why George Orwell's wife, Eileen Blair has been written out of his biography. Also debut author Kerry Taylor and her sensitive portrayal of a North Queensland jockey who lived his life as a man while carrying a secret about his identity until his death in 1975. Lees meer
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Richard Ford says goodbye to his creation
17 juli 2023 · 54 min
American author Richard Ford says, "I write for the audience today" and not for immortality. Now 79, and with Be Mine, his fifth Frank Bascombe novel, Ford also shares his ideas about death and dying and why he's not scared. Also, New Zealand author Stephanie Johnson on her novel Kind featuring villainous and duplicitous characters. Lees meer
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Myth-busting and Judge Judy with Tracey Lien and Nina Wan
10 juli 2023 · 54 min
Tracey Lien watched Judge Judy as a child and Nina Wan learnt English at 10 when she migrated from China to Australia. Now they have both published entertaining and moving debut novels: All That's Left Unsaid and The Albatross.
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Writer to writer with Larissa Behrendt, Anita Heiss and Ellen van Neerven
3 juli 2023 · 54 min
Indigenous writer, lawyer and filmmaker Larissa Behrendt speaks to writers Anita Heiss and Ellen van Neerven about the past and the future of First Nations writing in Australia.
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Miles Franklin Literary Award shortlist 2023: pod extra interview special
29 juni 2023
Interviews with all six shortlisted authors for the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award from RN's The Bookshelf and Book Show (in alphabetical order). The shortlist was announced on 20 June; the winner will be announced on 25 July.
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Booker winners Shehan Karunatilaka and Damon Galgut
26 juni 2023 · 54 min
A double bill of Booker Prize winners with reigning champion Shehan Karunatilaka and previous winner Damon Galgut.
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Lisa See's portrait of female friendship in Ming dynasty China
19 juni 2023 · 54 min
American author Lisa See's Lady Tan's Circle of Women set during the Chinese Ming dynasty, Robert Gott's comedy of manners, Saman Shad's contribution to the rom-com and a tour of Mark Brandi's writing space.
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Home, art and love with Kate Morton, Stephanie Bishop and Zoya Patel
12 juni 2023 · 54 min
Bestselling Australian author Kate Morton's personal story of home and her latest novel Homecoming, Stephanie Bishop's psycho thriller The Anniversary and Zoya Patel's story of a migrant family torn apart by a romantic relationship which took inspiration from her own, difficult experience. Lees meer
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Max Porter and Barbara Kingsolver's lost boys
5 juni 2023 · 55 min
Pulitzer Prize winner Barbara Kingsolver and British author Max Porter turn their attention to lost boys failed by society.
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Don Winslow, plus Fakes and Frauds #5 Wanda Koolmatrie hoax
29 mei 2023 · 1 uur 2 min
My Own Sweet Time was a memoir said to be written by Wanda Koolmatrie, a member of the Aboriginal stolen generation. But it was a hoax and this final episode of Fakes and Frauds explores its long lasting impacts. Plus, American author Don Winslow explains why he's stepping away from writing fiction. Lees meer
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Trees in fiction with Richard Powers, Hannah Kent, Elif Shafak and more
22 mei 2023 · 54 min
Richard Powers, Hannah Kent, Elif Shafak and Michael Christie all use trees in their fiction to touch on themes of roots and connections, growth and rebirth, the family tree. But as our climate changes, is the way novelists use trees also changing to make the natural world the star of the story? Lees meer
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Fakes and Frauds #4 Helen Demidenko, plus Shirley Le
15 mei 2023 · 1 uur 1 min
The latest episode in our Fakes and Frauds series is about the biggest recent book scandal of all, the Helen Demidenko affair. Also Shirley Le discusses her debut Funny Ethnics.
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Eleanor Catton, plus Fakes and Frauds #3 Mutant Message Down Under
8 mei 2023 · 1 uur 3 min
Cannibalism, telepathy and celibacy are just some of the false claims Marlo Morgan made in her 1990s new age hit, Mutant Message Down Under, meet the Indigenous activists who campaigned against the book in the latest episode of Fakes and Frauds. And Eleanor Catton on her Macbeth inspired satire, Birnam Wood. Lees meer
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Curtis Sittenfeld, plus Fakes and Frauds #2 Norma Khouri
1 mei 2023 · 1 uur 1 min
Find out how to catch a con-artist in this episode of Fakes and Frauds that delves into the fake memoir of Norma Khouri. And American author Curtis Sittenfeld on the Saturday Night Live inspiration for her latest novel, Romantic Comedy.
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Alexis Wright, plus Fakes and Frauds #1 The Dogs by John Hughes
24 april 2023 · 54 min
Find out how to catch a plagiarist in the first of our series Fakes and Frauds - the book scandals that rocked Australia. And Australian prize winning author, Alexis Wright on her new novel Praiseworthy, an epic Aboriginal fable.
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Mothers on the page with Larissa Behrendt, Alice Pung and Chloe Hooper
17 april 2023 · 54 min
Australian authors Chloe Hooper, Alice Pung and Larissa Behrendt reveal the complex and complicated mums in their lives and on the page.
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Lessons in life, mortality and love from Julian Barnes
10 april 2023 · 54 min
British Booker winner Julian Barnes's latest novel, Elizabeth Finch, is about a life-changing teacher and he tells the audience at the Sydney Writers Festival that "you become a writer by not being the child of a writer".
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Bookbinding and ghost towns with Pip Williams and Dominic Smith
3 april 2023 · 54 min
The smell of books and Italian cooking are celebrated in the latest novels by bestselling Australian authors Pip Williams and Dominic Smith. Pip Williams' follow up to The Dictionary of Lost Words revisits Oxford as the setting for her wartime drama, The Bookbinder of Jericho. And Dominic Smith's Return to Valetto explores the people who choose to stay in crumbling Italian ghost towns. Lees meer
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‘I didn’t know I had anger in me’ – Anindita Ghose kills off the patriarch
27 maart 2023 · 1 uur
Indian author Anindita Ghose on life after Vogue, her friendship with Jonathan Franzen, and the joy of killing the patriarch on page one.
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John Boyne, Esther Freud, Louise Kennedy and the Irish voice
20 maart 2023 · 1 uur
Irish writers John Boyne, Esther Freud and Louise Kennedy share stories of the pub, the role of the church and whether there's such a thing as an Irish voice.
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Margaret Atwood on witches, cats and a lifetime of writing
13 maart 2023 · 1 uur
Literary titan, Margaret Atwood on the death of her beloved husband, the influence of George Orwell and the pleasures of ageing. Her latest book is a collection of short stories, Old Babes in the Wood. Also, another Canadian writer Jessica Johns on her debut, Bad Cree. Lees meer
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Grief, plague and Star Trek with Sequoia Nagamatsu
6 maart 2023 · 1 uur
American writer Sequoia Nagamatsu shares stories from his childhood growing up in Hawaii, his love of Star Trek, how environmentalism fuels his writing and how being Japanese American has shaped him. His debut novel is How High We Go in the Dark and he was a guest of the Perth Festival Writers Weekend. Lees meer
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Dragons, literary acrobatics and a house called Shirley with Samantha Shannon, Cate Kennedy and Ronnie Scott
27 februari 2023 · 1 uur
Bestselling British author Samantha Shannon celebrates women, love and desire in her latest fantasy novel, A Day of Fallen Night, Cate Kennedy takes a deep dive into the short story and Ronnie Scott on why he persisted with his second novel Shirley.
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Love, lust and ghosts: celebrating queer fiction
20 februari 2023 · 1 uur
For Sydney WorldPride, we celebrate queer writers telling queer stories – the funny, the heartbreaking and the spooky. We’ve searched The Book Show archive to bring you highlights from Andrew Sean Greer, Val McDermid, Alan Hollinghurst, Jennifer Mills, S.J Norman, S.L Lim and Holden Sheppard. Lees meer
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Ballet, bodies and grief with Meg Howrey, Inga Simpson and Dinuka McKenzie
13 februari 2023 · 1 uur
A trio of books by women about bodies, ballet, grief and working mothers. Meg Howrey on They're Going to Love You, Inga Simpson on Kath O'Connor's posthumous debut novel Inheritance, and Dinuka McKenzie on the physical pain of being a breastfeeding mother returning to the police force. Lees meer
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Parties, miracles and Pop Tarts with Deepti Kapoor, Michelle Johnston and Kevin Wilson
6 februari 2023 · 1 uur
Indian writer Deepti Kapoor takes on corruption, wealth and poverty in India in her novel The Age of Vice, Michelle Johnston takes you deep in to the basement of the Perth hospital where she works and writes and American author Kevin Wilson's "book for prudish teens", Now is Not the Time to Panic. Lees meer
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Small-town murder with Julie Janson and Stuart MacBride
30 januari 2023 · 1 uur
Two very different crime fiction writers, Australian Indigenous author Julie Janson and Scottish writer Stuart MacBride imagine grisly scenarios in their books Madukka: The River Serpent and The Dead of Winter. Also Briony Stewart's re-imagining of Frente's 90s hit song Accidentally Kelly Street as a children's book. Lees meer
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Bret Easton Ellis and Paul Jennings come to terms with fame and ego
23 januari 2023 · 1 uur
Bret Easton Ellis and Paul Jennings have been very successful writers for 40 years and although they're very different writers - Bret Easton Ellis is best known for American Psycho and Paul Jennings for his children's books - they both discuss how they've navigated the benefits and pitfalls of fame. Lees meer
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Tim Winton on a life of accidents, successes, and the business of 'useless beauty'
16 januari 2023 · 1 uur
It's been 40 years since Tim Winton published his first novel, An Open Swimmer. Today he is the beloved writer of 29 books, a four-time Miles Franklin winner (for Shallows, Cloudstreet, Dirt Music and Breath) and an incomparable observer of the Western Australian landscape. For the Big Weekend of Books, he joined The Book Show's Claire Nichols and a live audience at the ABC studios in Perth. Lees meer
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Jamaica's Marlon James creates an 'African Game of Thrones', plus Meg Mason
9 januari 2023 · 1 uur
Marlon James' African Game of Thrones, Markus Zusak gets your fanmail and Meg Mason's surprise success with Sorrow and Bliss.
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Queer stories with Douglas Stuart, Indyana Schneider and Omar Sakr
2 januari 2023 · 1 uur
Booker winner Douglas Stuart, Indyana Schneider and Omar Sakr explore queer love and identity in their fiction.
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Craig Silvey, Tony Birch and Dervla McTiernan's joy of reading
26 december 2022 · 1 uur
Writers (and bookworms) Craig Silvey, Tony Birch, and Dervla McTiernan talk about their reading lives, in this special episode recorded at the Perth Festival Writers Weekend.
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Prize winners Ruth Ozeki, Shehan Karunatilaka and Jennifer Down
19 december 2022 · 1 uur
Ruth Ozeki, Shehan Karunatilaka and Jennifer Down share the backstory to their award winning books.
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"Hardest thing I've ever written" — Heather Rose shares tales from her extraordinary life
12 december 2022 · 1 uur
Australian novelist Heather Rose lost her brother in a tragic accident when she was just 12 years old. In her memoir Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here, she shares how her grief and curiosity led her on a lifelong search for the extraordinary. Also, Wiradjuri activist-turned-author Yvonne Weldon on her love story Sixty-Seven Days and Thomas Keneally tackles a tricky subject in his historic novel Fanatic Heart. Lees meer
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Superheroes and fun with NK Jemisin, Bonnie Garmus and Katharine Pollock
5 december 2022 · 1 uur
City-saving superheroes, cheese-bingeing record store employees and a chemist turned TV chef with NK Jemisin, Katharine Pollock and Bonnie Garmus.
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"It's addictive" — George Saunders on short stories
28 november 2022
Booker winner George Saunders on his short story addiction, Inga Simpson on the great Australian cricket novel and pandemic fiction for kids.
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Ageing and autopsies with Alex Miller and Patricia Cornwell
21 november 2022 · 1 uur
Alex Miller and Patricia Cornwell talk about ageing and fiction and their novels A Brief Affair and Livid, and we explore the line between fact and fiction with historical novelists Jock Serong, Eleanor Limprecht and Sienna Brown.
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Paterson Joseph, Orhan Pamuk and Fiona McFarlane dig up the past
14 november 2022 · 1 uur
Actor Joseph Paterson shines a spotlight on Black British history, Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk's Ottoman Empire saga and Australian Fiona McFarlane goes in search of a lost boy in 1883.
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Graham Norton and the power of the Irish mammy
7 november 2022 · 1 uur
Graham Norton, Diana Reid and Holly Throsby discuss why they enjoy writing about women in fiction. Graham Norton's fourth novel Forever Home is about a woman saying a slow goodbye to her partner (and wondering about a weird smell in the basement). Diana Reid's second novel Seeing Other People unapologetically explores the anxieties of young, educated women in Sydney and musician Holly Throsby's novel Clarke is partly inspired by the case of Lynette Dawson, who famously went missing from her family home in the 1980s. Lees meer
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Why Ian Rankin keeps returning to Rebus
31 oktober 2022 · 1 uur
Ian Rankin's detective John Rebus has been part of the literary world for 35 years and now his 24th Rebus novel has just landed, A Heart Full of Headstones. Discover the hard centre of Victoria Hannan's new novel Marshmallow and find out what an ear prostitute is with Singaporean writer Clarissa Goenawan's Watersong. Lees meer