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The Bookshelf

What are you reading, loving or being challenged by? We review the latest in fiction for dedicated readers and for those who wish they read more.

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00:33

Claire Messud's epic family odyssey

The Bookshelf ·

2024/05/10

Cassie and guest host Tom Wright discuss Claire Messud's This Strange Eventful History, about a family torn apart by war, geography, politics and religion, over the course of three generations.

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00:33

A sprawling saga, a strange comet, 1990's Ireland:...

The Bookshelf ·

2024/05/10

Cassie and guest host Tom Wright discuss Claire Messud's This Strange Eventful History, about a family torn apart by war, geography, politics and religion, over the course of three generations. Plus, guests Claire Mabey and Shannon Burns review new fiction from Sarah Perry and Alan Murrin.

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00:15

Colm Tóibín's Long Island + Ghost Cities and Real...

The Bookshelf ·

2024/05/03

Cassie and Jonathan Green discuss Colm Toibin's eagerly awaited new novel Long Island. Plus, star reviewers Madeleine Gray and Benjamin Law read and discuss buzzy new fiction from Australia's Siang Lu (Ghost CIties), and Rachel Khong (Real Americans.)

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00:15

Colm Tóibín's long awaited sequel to Brooklyn

The Bookshelf ·

2024/05/03

Cassie and Jonathan Green discuss Colm Tóibín's eagerly awaited new novel Long Island. Star reviewers Madeleine Gray and Benjamin Law discuss buzzy new fiction from Siang Lu (Ghost Cities), and Rachel Khong (Real Americans). BOOKSLong Island, Colm Toibin (Pan Macmillan)Ghost Cities, Siang Lu (UQP)Real Americans, Rachel Khong (Penguin)GUESTSBenjamin Law, writer, columnist, screenwriter. His work includes The Family Law and WellmaniaMadeleine Gray, arts writer, critic and PhD

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00:15

Colm Tóibín's long awaited sequel to Brooklyn

The Bookshelf ·

2024/05/03

Cassie and Jonathan Green discuss Colm Toibin's eagerly awaited new novel Long Island. Plus, star reviewers Madeleine Gray and Benjamin Law read and discuss buzzy new fiction from Australia's Siang Lu, and U.S. writer Rachel Khong.

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58:35

Gabriel Garcia Marquez's lost novel + powerful new...

The Bookshelf ·

2024/04/26

Cassie and Jonathan Green look at Until August, the lost novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and guest reviewers Hannah Kent and Roanna Gonsalves discuss powerful new fiction out of Iceland and the UK.

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54:06

David Nicholls, Winnie Dunn, Xochitl Gonzalez:...

The Bookshelf ·

2024/04/19

Cassie and guest host Beejay Silcox read new work by David Nicholls, Winnie Dunn and Xóchitl González.

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54:06

Never-before-published & new novels from Charmian...

The Bookshelf ·

2024/04/12

Cassie and Tom Wright look at The End of the Morning, the never-before-published novel by cult Australian writer Charmian Clift, and new novels from bestselling author Tommy Orange and Irish novelist Caoilinn Hughes.

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54:06

Bri Lee, Andre Aciman, Mykaela Saunders: art,...

The Bookshelf ·

2024/04/05

Michaela Kalowski and Cassie look at The Work by Bri Lee, plus new novels from Call Me By Your Name author Andre Aciman, and a work of speculative fiction by Mykaela Saunders.

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54:03

Andrew O'Hagan, Stuart Turton, Helen Fitzgerald: some...

The Bookshelf ·

2024/03/28

Cassie and guest host Tom Wright take a look at the exceptional new novel from award-winning Scottish writer Andrew O'Hagan, plus, a genre bending mystery from Stuart Turton and a clever new thriller set in Edinburgh.

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54:06

Téa Obreht, Asako Yuzuki, Steven Carroll: dystopia,...

The Bookshelf ·

2024/03/22

Cassie and Jonathan read Orange Prize winner Téa Obreht’s The Morningside, a dystopian coming-of-age story, plus, a Japanese bestseller and a new post-war literary crime series.

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53:36

Reimagining Huckleberry Finn, a talking fox, art and...

The Bookshelf ·

2024/03/15

Reimagining Huckleberry Finn, alienation and a talking fox in this edition of The Bookshelf.

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54:06

Three new Australian novels! Iain Ryan, Amy Brown,...

The Bookshelf ·

2024/03/08

Cassie and Jonathan Green review three new Australian novels with guest star Claire Nichols and novelist Graham Akhurst.

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54:05

A Trans-Tasman edition: Myfanwy Jones, Anna Smaill...

The Bookshelf ·

2024/03/01

Cassie and co-host Tom Wright review two new Australian novels, and from across the ‘Dutch',

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54:06

Meditations on writing: Gail Jones, Jennifer Croft...

The Bookshelf ·

2024/02/23

Cassie McCullagh and Jonathan Green review a literary project edited by Margaret Atwood, and new work by Gail Jones and Jennifer Croft.

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56:27

Dreams and nightmares: Leo Vardiashvili, Teju Cole,...

The Bookshelf ·

2024/02/16

Cassie and guest host (and playwright) Tom Wright review three new works of fiction.

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54:05

Mysteries and meta-physical thrillers: Kemper...

The Bookshelf ·

2024/02/09

Mysteries and twists galore in new work by Kemper Donovan and best-selling British-Cypriot author Alex Michaelides; and award-winning Irish novelist Mike McCormack's follow up to Solar Bones.

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53:36

New fiction from Francis Spufford, Hisham Matar and...

The Bookshelf ·

2024/02/02

Cassie McCullagh and Michaela Kalowski review new novels including Francis Spufford's Cahokia Jazz, Hisham Matar's My Friends and Kiley Reid's Come and Get It.

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54:06

We're back for 2024 featuring new novels from...

The Bookshelf ·

2024/01/26

The Bookshelf is back for 2024 reviewing the latest from Katherena Vermette, Dolly Alderton and Jonathan Lethem.

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54:08

Summer Reads: history remade, futures reimagined

The Bookshelf ·

2024/01/19

Reclaiming and retelling Australian history, where time is both stilled and circular, in Melissa Lucashenko's Edenglassie; and commenting on the past through alternative futures, in Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah's Chain-Gang All-Stars, Catherine Lacey's Biography of X and Carole Hailey's The Silence Project.

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