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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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Chris Womersley and Emma Viskic

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2017/08/31

Superstition, faith and witchcraft all feature in Chris Womersley's 'City of Crows' set in 1673 Paris.Emma Viskic has Caleb Zelik, deaf investigator, m doing his best to find out who is committing the crimes in 'And Fire Came Down'.

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Rachel Leary and Jessica Alice

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2017/08/24

Rachel Leary's, 'Bridget Crack', is a convict struggling for survival in the township and wilderness of Van Dieman's Land. Jessica Alice provides an overview of the authors and events in the 2017 Melbourne Writers Festival.

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Kylie Ladd and Vikki Wakefield

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2017/08/17

Charlie was missing for three months, will the abuse warp her for the rest of her life? Family complexities are at the forefront in 'The Way Back' by Kylie Ladd.Dangerous challenges and unexplained events lie within Vikki Wakefield's 'Ballad for a Mad Girl'.

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Robert Power and Jennifer Down

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2017/08/10

'Tell it to the Dog' is Robert Power's memoir that provides an unusaul take on memory and reflection and how these elements shape a life. Jennifer Down has death as a connection in the 14 short stories that make up 'Pulse Points'.

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Rachel Matthews and Anna George

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2017/08/03

There is a pathos in Rachel Matthews' novel, 'Siren' which explores the circumstances in society contributing to sexual violence.Anna George centers the challenges and pressures of motherhood across society in 'The Lone Child', a page turning novel.

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Alan Brough with Euan Mitchell and Mark Baker with...

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2017/07/27

Alan Brough's, 'Charlie and the Karaoke Cockroaches', continues the delightfully entertaining series and includes an insect orchestra.Mark Baker's memoir, 'Thirty Days', utilizes the Jewish tradition of shloshim or thirty days of mourning as a foundation for a memoir that recounts the life he shared with his wife who passed at fifty-five years of age.

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Dennis Glover and Cassie Lane

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2017/07/20

Dennis Glover has fictionalized the life of George Orwell and recounted how the classic dystopian novel, '1984', came to be written.'How to Dress a Dummy' is a frank and funny book by former international model, Cassie Lane, published by Affirm Press.

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Melanie Cheng and Iain Ryan

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2017/07/13

Melanie Cheng's award-winning collection of short fiction, Australia Day, is published by Text Publishing.Iain Ryan's noir journey, The Student, explores the criminal potential in every university student.

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Moira Burke and Mark Brandi

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2017/07/06

Teenager Josie is in self destrutive behaviour with underage sex and drugs in Moira Burke's 'Losing It'.Innocence meets the dark underbelly of society in Mark Brandi's 'Wimmera'.

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Megan Goldin and Vivienne Kelly

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2017/06/29

False memories can play havoc with a murder investigation making Megan Goldin's 'The Girl in Keller's Way', an intriguing psychological thriller.Can you blame King Arthur or the Hawthorn Football Club for a family falling apart, in Vivienne Kelly's 'The Starlings'.

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Gabrielle Williams and Katherine Boland

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2017/06/22

The digital world is fraught with challenges especially if your adolescent comments go viral. Gabrielle Williams explores the fallout from such an event in her novel, 'My Life as a Hashtag'.Katherine Boland writes about different cultures, communities an d family expecations in 'Hippy Days, Arabian Nights'.

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Jenevieve Chang

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2017/06/15

Jenevieve Chang's, "The Good Girl of Chinatown" is a memoir that takes us on Jenevieve's journey to the land of her ancestors, China, with its growing demand for all things European including the world of burlesque. A Penguin release.

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Sally Abbott and Alex Miles

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2017/06/08

Sally Abbott reveals a dystopian Australia of the not so distant future in 'Closing Down'.Alex Miles talks about her different writing styles in her 'Olive Black' series featuring a 10 year old superstar and her handy guide of 'Sixty Secrets for a Happy Bride'.

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David Francis and Wayne Macauley

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2017/06/01

'Wedding Bush Road' is a novel about the choices we make, the duty to parents and the regrets that linger by David Francis.'Some Tests' by Wayne Macauley takes us on a surrealistic journey through the labyranthine world of the medical profession.

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Sarah Bailey and Nicolas Brasch

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2017/05/25

'The Dark Lake' is a murder mystery by Sarah Bailey set in a small Australian country town. It is part psychological intrigue with a very flawed female detective and a victim with a dubious past. An Allen and Unwin release.Nicolas Brasch is the co-founder of The Garret, a series of podcasts by acclaimed writers on writing. It is available for free via thegarretpodcast.com or itunes.

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Marija Pericic and Kate Larsen

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2017/05/18

The Vogel Award winner, Marija Pericic, talks about her novel, The Lost Pages, which not only delves into one of the contemporary world's literary controversies regarding Franz Kafka and Max Brod but raises existential questions of identity and insecurity.The Director of Writers Victoria, Kate Larsen, discusses what the organisation does for the writing community in Victoria.

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Bernadette Brennan and Louise Wilson

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2017/05/11

Bernadette Brennan shines a light on five decades of writing by one of Australia's most important authors in 'A Writing Life: Helen Garner and Her Work'. Published by Text Publishing.'Margaret Flockton' is a biography of Australia's first botanical artist by Louise Wilson. It also includes beautiful coloured photographs of her work. A Wakefield Press release.

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Rosemary Macindoe and Rebecca Rosengrave

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2017/05/04

Money or a sense of humour - what is worth more? Be amused by Rosemary Macindoe's The Toorak Jackpot.Myth and fable are integral components of Rebecca Rosengrave's Gumtree Gargoyles.

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David Cohen and Lia Hills

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2017/04/27

Self storage facilities are the answer for our excess property, but are these storage facilities for the soul? Find out more in David Cohen's, 'Disappearing off the Face of the Earth'.Lia Hills' novel "A Crying Place' makes us question whether Australia's inland desert is the dead centre or the heart of Australia.

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Steph Bowe and Bruce Pascoe

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2017/04/20

Bruce Pascoe's book Mrs Whitlam is fiction for young readers (shorlisted for CBCA 2017 awards), which follows the adventures of Marnie Clark after she acquires a horse named Mrs Whitlam. A Magabala Books release.Steph Bowe's book Night Swimming is young adult fiction exploring the emerging awareness of sexuality within a young teenage girl whose life is a myriad of challenging and conflicting concerns. A Text Publishing release.

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