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Jan Goldsmith, David McLean and Lisa Moule

Australian and international authors talk about their books and how they got published or how they self-published. Listeners, writers and readers will also hear about what"s going on in our local writing community.

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K.M. Kruimink and Felicity Harley

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2020/05/21

Our perceptions of early Australia are challenged in K M Kruimink's novel, A Treacherous Country', as we follow the naïve Gabriel Fox on his almostimpossible quest to find a woman sent to the penal colony in Van Diemen's Land.Balance & Other B.S. is Felicity Harley’s lively and entertaining debut book, published by Allen & Unwin.

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Chris Flynn and David Dufty

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2020/05/14

Chris Flynn’s “Mammoth’ novel takes us on an historical journey that encompasses the rise of America on the global stage, the foundations of French scientific thought, the uprisings in Ireland and Lewis and Clark crossing America – and all told from the perspective of an ancient mammoth dinosaur.Radio Girl by David Dufty, published by Allen & Unwin, is an overdue biography of one of the most remarkable Australians you’ve probably never heard of: Violet McKenzie.

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Laura Jean McKay and Peter Grose

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2020/05/07

If you could talk to the animals would you listen to what they really wanted to say? Laura Jean McKay has set 'The Animals In That Country' in a time of a pandemic where the infected can do just that.Peter Grose relates the true story of piracy, mutiny and an epic voyage by ten convicts escaping the penal colony on Sarah Island in, ‘Ten Rogues’.

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Christine Bell and Suzanne Leal

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2020/04/30

From the depths of Wonthagi coal mines to innercity Melbourne, this is a story about a young woman looking for personal happiness during WW1 but caught up in community sentiment and religious judgement in Christine Bell's 'No Small Shame'.Suzanne Leal confronts us with an ethical question in ‘The Deceptions’ that could well be answered at the altar but hers is a story that dates back to the holocaust.

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Gay Lynch, Angela Sungaila and Asheg Brom

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2020/04/23

Gay Lynch and Angela Sungaila are some of the authors in 'Thrill Me', an anthology of suspenseful stories.What is is like to be an English teacher in China? Asheg Brom has written about his time doing just that in 'Chicken Same Duck Talk'.

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Suzanne Daniel

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2020/04/16

Suzanne Daniel won the Indie Award for a Debut Novel with her humorous and caring story of a young girl being brought up by two very different grandmothers in 'Allegra in Three Parts'.

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Kirsty Manning

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2020/04/09

Kirsty Manning's 'The Lost Jewels' is a story about mining, trade, design, families, love, loyalty and of course well researched history.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald, Andrew Darby and Fiona Lowe

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2020/03/19

David reads a letter written by F. Scott Fitzgerald about self isolating in France during the Spanish Flu pandemic.The fantastic intercontinetal flight of the Grey Plover is the focus of Andrew Darby's work, Flight Lines.Fiona Lowe has given us another very readable account of what life and circumstances can throw up, especially for four women who realise that they may not be in 'Just an Ordinary Family'.

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Margaret Bearman and Sophie Hardcastle

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2020/03/12

Margaret Bearman's book tells of a father, a famous artist, and how his choice of a subject profoundly effects his family. His daughter is the narrator of this book, 'We Were Never Friends'.Sophie Hardcastle's evocation of acquiesence and consent in 'Below Deck' challenges the reader to navigate notions of sexual identity in the contemporary world.

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Kirsten Alexander and Tara Mitchell

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2020/03/05

Hit and run has its consequences, as with all actions there are reactions, some most surprising. Kirsten Alexander's 'Riptides' is a family drama set in Brisbane through the 1970's.Recently Kirsten spoke at a Sisters-in-Crime event and convenor Tara Mitchell explains all about the work and connectiveness of Sisters-in-Crime.

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Sean O'Beirne

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2020/02/27

Sean's collection of short stories, 'A Couple of Things Before the End', speak to social change and the challenges ahead when it comes to discourse and communication. It's a Black Inc release

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Ali Alizadeh

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2020/02/20

Ali Alizadeh talks about his latest collection of poetry, 'Towards the End' and reflects on social dysfunction and how we lead our lives in the contemporary age. The economy, elections and education all come under the scrutiny of his verse.

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Wayne Marshall and J P Pomare

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2020/02/13

Wayne Marshall talks about his debut collection of short stories: Shirl. It's published by Affirm Press.J P Pomare takes us into the dark and sinister world of cults with his latest novel, In The Clearing. It's an Allen and Unwin release.

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Kate Murdoch and Meg Keneally

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2020/02/06

In 1705, the French Court in Versailles was full of plotting and scheming. This was also happening with a Duke's wife and his five mistresses, who were all trying to improve their own circumstances in 'The Orange Grove' by Kate Murdoch. When truth is stranger than fiction you have a novel in the making. Meg Keneally fictionalizes the real life story of convict Mary Bryant in 'Fled' which dramatises the transportation and escape of a forthright and independent women in those early years of Australian

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Caroline Miley and Nick Richardson

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2020/01/30

How would a destitute but charming and talented artist cope with painting portraits of Generals during one of the Napoleonic wars? Caroline Miley has written with knowledge and humour in 'Artist on Campaign'.1956 was the year Melbourne hosted the Olympics but the ripple effect of history, the influences before and the consequences after, informed the social and political landscape as Melbourne and Australia became globally more aware. Nick Richardson explores those elements in his work, '1956 - the

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Luke Arnold - The Last Smile in Sunder City

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2020/01/23

Luke Arnold blends the film noir detective genre with a mythical world more closely associated with Tolkein in 'The Last Smile in Sunder City'.

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Fiona McIntosh

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2019/12/12

Set in Victorian times and the gem dealers in London, diamonds are the connection between an English heiress and a Zulu warrior in 'The Diamond Hunter' by Fiona McIntosh.

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Catherine de Saint Phalle and Emma Viskic

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2019/12/05

The universal need for connection and belonging is profound but is best illustrated in Catherine de Saint Phalle's novel, 'The Sea and Us' which is set in a simple fish and chip shop in Sydney Road, Brunswick.Caleb Zelic has a new motto in life - stay out of trouble, but murders seem to surround him. He will have to work with double-crossing partner again to solve the crimes in "Darkness for Light' by Emma Viskic.

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Robyn Annear and Christos Tsiolkas

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2019/11/28

'Nothing New' by Robyn Annear traces all things second hand: the history, the stigmas attached to it and the business that it continues to be.Christos Tsiolkas provides the reader with a unique sense of enlightenmet regarding the formative years of the Christian Church in his latest novel, 'Damascus'.

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Anne Brinsden and Scott Westerfeld

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2019/11/21

What does it take to be a typical farming family in the Mallee? Youngest daughter Marjorie worries about her 'nervy' mother and wants to keep it a family secret but do others have family secrets too? Anne Brinsden's 'Wearing Paper Dresses' is a wonderful read with well developed characters and a horrendous surprise. In a digital future, old rivalries between city states show how fantastical the world has become and, yet, how familiar everything remains with people battling for control. Scott

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