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54:06

André Aciman and Anjali Joseph on the joy of doing...

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2024/04/08

Known for his sumptuous novel Call Me By My Name, André Aciman's latest book also explores love and beauty in Italy. Plus, Indian author Anjali Joseph on the allure of Assam, India, which is known for its unique cultural heritage.

54:06

Melissa Lucashenko on writing through flood, fire and...

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2024/03/31

At Adelaide Writers' Week, Melissa Lucashenko explains how understanding that "all history is fiction" allowed her to write her historic novel Edenglassie.

54:07

Jane Smiley and Louise Milligan on stories they...

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2024/03/24

Award winning Australian journalist Louise Milligan on her debut crime novel inspired by police and PTSD and Pulitzer Prize winning Jane Smiley on why she wants her books to be banned and her latest novel A Dangerous Business.

54:06

Jonathan Lethem returns to Brooklyn

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2024/03/17

Bestselling American author Jonathan Lethem explains why he returned to Brooklyn in his fiction after 20 years.

54:03

Anne Enright on motherhood, Irish poets and famous...

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2024/03/10

At Adelaide Writers' Week, Booker-winner Anne Enright speaks about the contradictions at the heart of families.

54:05

RF Kuang and Nam Le on Yellowface, mums and minorities

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2024/03/03

RF Kuang speaks about her bestseller Yellowface and Nam Le, Australian author of The Boat, explains why his latest is a book of poetry.

54:04

Jennifer Croft, Imbi Neeme and Mykaela Saunders on...

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2024/02/25

Award-winning literary translator Jennifer Croft imagines what happens when translators get together in a primeval forest, Imbi Neeme's exploration of misophonia and Mykaela Saunders' love-hate relationship with Mad Max.

54:04

Jasper Fforde, Amy Brown and Leo Vardiashvili on...

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2024/02/18

Jasper Fforde's sequel to Shades of Grey, Amy Brown introduces us to Miles Franklin's sister and Leo Vardiashvili's missing persons quest through the forests of Georgia.

54:04

Kristin Hannah, Jodi McAlister and Sharlene Allsopp...

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2024/02/11

Bestselling American author Kristin Hannah digs into the little known stories of US nurses during the Vietnam War, Jodi McAlister's comic take on The Bachelor and Sharlene Allsopp reckons with Australia's history.

54:05

Hisham Matar and Ela Lee on the friendships that save...

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2024/02/04

Pulitzer Prize winning Libyan author Hisham Matar on friendship in political exile and British author Ela Lee on the power of friendship at times of personal crisis.

54:01

Kiley Reid, Rachael Johns and Iain Ryan on money,...

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2024/01/28

Kiley Reid's follow up to Such a Fun Age in a campus novel that she says isn't a campus novel, Rachael Johns' love story about a woman called Bridget Jones and Iain Ryan's hardboiled take on Gold Coast corruption in the 1980s.

54:06

Michael Cunningham and Madeleine Gray on romance and...

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2024/01/21

Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Cunningham's latest novel Day explores a bromance, Madeleine Gray on writing a funny "sad girl novel" and Jessica Zhan Mei Yu on Sylvia Plath and up-ending the coming of age story.

Fakes and Frauds 05 | A big hoax — Wanda Koolmatrie...

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2024/01/16

My Own Sweet Time was a memoir said to be written by Wanda Koolmatrie, a member of the Aboriginal stolen generations. But it was a hoax and this episode of Fakes and Frauds explores the long lasting impacts of the hoax particularly on Aboriginal Australian writers.

54:04

Pip Williams, Shankari Chandran and Josh Kemp on...

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2024/01/14

Pip Williams' follow up to her bestselling novel The Dictionary of Lost Words, Josh Kemp on how bushwalking helps his writing and the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award winner, Shankari Chandran.

40:30

Fakes and Frauds 04 | Fake identity and Helen...

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2024/01/08

The Helen Demidenko scandal tore the Australian literary community apart in the 1990s. This episode of Fakes and Frauds charts the rise and downfall of Helen Demidenko and the impacts on the book world.

54:04

John Boyne, Esther Freud, Louise Kennedy and the...

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2024/01/07

Is there such thing as an Irish voice in fiction?

34:23

Fakes and Frauds 03 | Fabrication and lies in Marlo...

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2024/01/02

Cannibalism, telepathy and celibacy are just some of the false claims about Australian Aboriginal people that Marlo Morgan made in her 1990s new age hit, Mutant Message Down Under, and this episode of Fakes and Frauds exposes the lies.

54:05

Ian McEwan's most personal novel, plus Booker winner...

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2023/12/31

Booker winner Ian McEwan explores his 1960s childhood in his latest novel and reigning Booker winner Paul Lynch on his unflinching dystopian novel set in Ireland.

36:34

Fakes and Frauds 02 | Fact or fiction in Norma...

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2023/12/26

Find out how to catch a con-artist in this episode of Fakes and Frauds that delves into the fake memoir Forbidden Love by Norma Khouri 20 years after the book was first published.

54:03

Pulitzer Prize winners Barbara Kingsolver and Hernán...

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2023/12/24

The two winners of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction are both about money but at opposite ends of the spectrum — Barbara Kingsolver's is about poverty while Hernán Diaz's is about astronomical wealth.

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