321 Available Episodes (321 Total)Average duration: 00:48:10
Apr 24, 2023
Alexis Wright and plagiarism in The Dogs
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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.
Apr 17, 2023
Mothers on the page with Larissa Behrendt, Alice Pung and Chloe Hooper
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Australian authors Chloe Hooper, Alice Pung and Larissa Behrendt reveal the complex and complicated mums in their lives and on the page.
Apr 10, 2023
Lessons in life, mortality and love from Julian Barnes
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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".
Apr 03, 2023
Bookbinding and ghost towns with Pip Williams and Dominic Smith
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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.
Mar 26, 2023
‘I didn’t know I had anger in me’ – Anindita Ghose kills off the patriarch
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Indian author Anindita Ghose on life after Vogue, her friendship with Jonathan Franzen, and the joy of killing the patriarch on page one.
Mar 19, 2023
John Boyne, Esther Freud, Louise Kennedy and the Irish voice
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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.
Mar 12, 2023
Margaret Atwood on witches, cats and a lifetime of writing
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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.
Mar 05, 2023
Grief, plague and Star Trek with Sequoia Nagamatsu
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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.
Feb 26, 2023
Dragons, literary acrobatics and a house called Shirley with Samantha Shannon, Cate Kennedy and Ronnie Scott
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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.
Feb 19, 2023
Love, lust and ghosts: celebrating queer fiction
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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.
Apr 24 | 00:54:06
Alexis Wright and plagiarism in The Dogs
Apr 17 | 00:54:04
Mothers on the page with Larissa Behrendt, Alice Pung and Chloe Hooper
Apr 10 | 00:54:03
Lessons in life, mortality and love from Julian Barnes
Apr 03 | 00:54:06
Bookbinding and ghost towns with Pip Williams and Dominic Smith
Mar 26 | Unknown
‘I didn’t know I had anger in me’ – Anindita Ghose kills off the patriarch
Mar 19 | Unknown
John Boyne, Esther Freud, Louise Kennedy and the Irish voice
Mar 12 | Unknown
Margaret Atwood on witches, cats and a lifetime of writing
Mar 05 | Unknown
Grief, plague and Star Trek with Sequoia Nagamatsu
Feb 26 | Unknown
Dragons, literary acrobatics and a house called Shirley with Samantha Shannon, Cate Kennedy and Ronnie Scott
Feb 19 | Unknown
Love, lust and ghosts: celebrating queer fiction
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