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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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Ernest Price and Amy Matthews

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2024/03/21

'The Pyramid of Needs' by Ernest Price is a darkly funny story about transphobia and family dysfunction.'Someone Else's Bucket List' by Amy Matthews is an exploration of values in the digital age as much as it is a story of an individual finding romance and her own identity.

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Ernest Price and Amy Matthews

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2024/03/21

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Anne Freeman and Steven Carroll

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2024/03/14

Anne Freeman's novel, 'Me That You See' is a thrilling glimpse into online sex work.Steven Carroll's murder mystery, 'Death of a Foreign Gentleman', may appear to be simply detective fiction but we are taken on a whirlwind historical tour of philosophy and literature as the crime is finally solved.

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Kylie Orr and Donna Cameron

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2024/03/07

'The Eleventh Floor' by Kylie Orr is a suspense filled psychological drama.Donna Cameron's novel, 'The Rewilding', negotiates the balance between corporate consumptionism and eco-terrorism in an action packed adventure.

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Imbi Neeme and Karen Viggers

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2024/02/29

In Imbi Neeme's novel, "Kind of, Sort of, Maybe . . . but probably not", we have the potential of relationships forming, a mystery to solve and psychologically quirky characters grappling with life's challenges.Teenage sports games descend into a brawl in 'Sidelines' by Karen Viggers.

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Maree Coote and Elizabeth Coleman

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2024/02/22

‘The Independent Pea’ is another colourful picture story book from Maree Coote. It not only pleases the eye but questions what is best: individuality or co-operation. There is humour in the illustrations as well as the many pea puns. All her books are available through Melbourne Style.Elizabeth Coleman neatly weaves stalking, a disappearance and a murder into her latest novel in the Edwina 'Ted' Bristol mystery series, A Dance with Murder.

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Glenna Thomson

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2024/02/15

What could be worse than losing a child and never finding them again. ‘Gone’ by Glenna Thomson has a younger sister still experiencing the grief, so centered in the family, but still questioning and looking 40 years after.

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Maja Wolnik and Trish Bolton

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2024/02/08

‘The 20 Minute Author’ by Maja Wolnik is a clever way to write, publish and promote your book – fast.Old friends and new beginnings in ‘Whenever you’re ready’. Trish Bolton has three women, two friends and a daughter, look at their past and the possibility of an altered future after the unexpected death of a close friend.

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Graham Ackhurst and Robbie Arnott

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2024/02/01

The challenge of finding your indigenous identity and heritage as an adolescent is explored in Graham Akhurt's novel, 'Borderland' where landscape, social assumptions and career potential all collide for Jono.Robbie Arnott highlights the changing attitudes and expectations of a society in 'Limberlost' as Ned grows into adulthood. The forces that shape Ned are mythic and not always kind but his development, in many ways, is tied to the landscape of Tasmania. (This is a repeat broadcast).

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Emma Goodhall and Bryan Brown

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2024/01/25

'What You Become' is an anthology from RMIT's writing course.Murder, drugs, liasons and lies lie behind a quiet NSW coastal town in Bryan Brown's novel, The Drowning'.

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Chelsea Roffey

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2024/01/18

Chelsea Roffey talks about her time as an AFL goal umpire in, 'An Open Letter to Doubting Thomas'. This essay addresses the changing attitudes in the AFL and the behaviour of ardent football supporters. The essay is now included on the VCE English Framework of Ideas book list for 2024 and is one of the mentor texts.

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Chuck McKenzie and our 2023 Book Recommendations

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2023/12/21

‘Conversations With My Cat’ by Chuck McKenzie is a book of dialogue where you can read between the lines to further understand the characters.Parts of which are dramatised by David and Lisa. We all talk about some of the books we enjoyed this year and our book list is added on to our Published or Not website. Happy reading, we will be back in 2024.

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Matthew Ryan Davies and C. S. Pacat

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2023/12/14

A short, strong, boyhood friendship and catastrophe link lives and emotional responsibilities many years later in Matthew Ryan Davies, ‘The Broken Wave’.In 'Dark Heir', C. S. Pacat continues the saga of the Dark King's rise but now that the Stewards are defeated it seems as if Sinclair will control the Dark King's army if he can faind and rejuvenate them. Will Kempen and his cohort stand in his way but Will is not who many think he is.

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Meredith Temple-Smith and Lucy Treloar

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2023/12/07

Meredith Temple-Smith has written about the harshness and highlights of a scientific field trip and how it may have shaped her life in ‘From Patagonia to Professor’.Towns run Deep. People run deep. And so it is in Lucy Treloar's latest novel, 'Days of Innocence and Wonder' where Till tries to escape her past only to see the trauma she experienced when young mirrored in the small town.

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Christos Tsiolkas and Erina Reddan

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2023/11/30

Two middle aged men, Perry and Ivan, find love and respect having experienced loss, betrayal and the need to meet the assumptions and expectations of their respective cultural backgrounds and social groups in 'The In-Between', the latest novel by Christos Tsiolkas. Charli blames herself for her mother’s death and the township blames her for a bush fire and now she has made a gruesome discovery in the lake. Can these incidents be connected to the Sanctuary, a conservative closed community in ‘Deep in

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Tara Calaby and Robyn Annear

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2023/11/23

Tara Calaby has set her historical fiction novel ‘House of Longing’ in the Kew mental asylum. A street corner gives a location point and can become a meeting place. In Robyn Annear’s book we read about some of the remarkable happenings and people in Melbourne’s early history linked to ‘Corners of Melbourne’.

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Allen C Jones and Time Loveday

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2023/11/16

'Big Weird Lonely Hearts' is an anthology of delightfully absurd short stories where Allen C Jones challenges readers to challenge perceptions and expectations.Tim Loveday is a writer and he chats about his writing life with Lisa.

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Kate Grenville speaks with Lisa Moule

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2023/11/09

Kate Grenville speaks about Restless Dolly Mauder. A compelling novel about her grandmother.

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Justine Sless and Dias Novita Wuri

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2023/11/02

At the heart of many of Justine Sless’s short stories is connection, but little real contact between people. In ‘Measured, Silk and other stories’ there is keen observation by characters but it is the loneliness that people feel and their inability to voice it that gives these stories a potency. Dias Novita Wuri’s, “Birth Canal” addresses the inherited intergenerational legacy of suffering and guilt most often borne by women that has been brought about by colonialism, conquest and even

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Colin Batrouney and J P Pomare

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2023/10/26

Colin Batrouney has creatively crafted six books and authors for a literary prize ‘The Bannerman Shortlist’, as well as a mystery involving an enduring friendship of very different characters. A beautifully produced book by Clouds of Magellan.J P Pomare, once again, explores the darker side of people's psychology in 'Home Before Night' where the aftermath of an abduction decades earlier and a mother's concern that her child is safe turn out to be stranger than the reader might imagine.

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