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3:46

Book Club - Gary Lonesborough’s Good Young Men

Final Draft - Great Conversations ·

2026/04/12

Gary Lonesborough is a Yuin writer, whose young adult novels, The Boy from the Mish, We Didn't Think It Through, and I'm Not Really Here have been shortlisted for numerous awards.Gary’s latest novel is Good Young Men. Carraway’s Point is an idyllic coastal destination. Kallum, Jordy, Dylan and Brandon grew up together on Chopin Drive, a ready made friendship group. Fast forward eight years. The boys are staring down the end of high school. Well not all of them. Brandon was shot and killed by

35:03

Emily Lighezzolo’s Life Drawing

Final Draft - Great Conversations ·

2026/04/10

The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love.These are the stories that make us who we are. Emily Lighezzolo is a publishing industry professional. She has won the Glendower Award for an Emerging Queensland Writer at the Queensland Literary Awards and is joining us today with her debut novel, Life Drawing. Charlie’s moved to

4:06

Book Club - Liz Allen’s In Bloom

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2026/04/05

Dr Liz Allan is an Australian writer and teacher living in the United Kingdom. Her debut novel is IN BLOOM.Content note for references of sexual assault… In coastal Australian towns around the country tourists come and go every summer, often oblivious to the locals and their lives outside their two week picture perfect holidays. The Bastards disagree with this halcyon view of their home town. Vincent is a place to escape and winning the Battle of the Bands is the way to do it. They were on track

36:56

Gary Lonesborough’s Good Young Men

Final Draft - Great Conversations ·

2026/04/01

The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Gary Lonesborough is a Yuin writer, whose young adult novels, The Boy from the Mish, We Didn't Think It Through, and I'm Not Really Here have been shortlisted for numerous awards. Gary’s joining us today with his new novel Good Young

2:53

Book Club - Maria van Neerven's Two Tongues

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2026/03/29

Maria van Neerven reads from her acclaimed debut collection Two Tongues.Maria van Neerven is a Mununjali poet from the Yugambeh nation living in Meanjin. Maria was the winner of the David Unaipon Award in 2023 and was a Next Chapter Fellow in 2024. Two Tongues is her first poetry collection.

31:58

Penny Tangey’s What Rhymes With Murder

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2026/03/25

The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love.These are the stories that make us who we are. Penny Tangey is a librarian, mother and former stand-up comedian living in East Melbourne. What Rhymes with Murder? is Penny’s first novel for adults. Libraries are quiet respectful places full of avid readers, dedicated students, and

3:57

Book Club - Ian Kemish’s Two Islands

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2026/03/22

Today for our book club I’m bringing you an intriguing new work of historical intrigue. Ian Kemish’s Two Islands Ian Kemish AM is a former Australian diplomat. His first book, The Consul, offered a personal perspective on Australia’s foreign affairs challenges. Two Islands is his first work of fiction. The background to the novel are the war crimes trials conducted in the aftermath of The Wars in The Balkans in the 1990’s. The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in

36:44

Shailee Thompson’s How To Kill a Guy in Ten Dates

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2026/03/18

The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love.These are the stories that make us who we are. Shailee Thompson is a writer and educator based in Brisbane, Australia. How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates is her debut novel. Content Warning or Trigger Notes Let’s put a content warning on our chat Shailee because How to Kill a Guy in

4:00

Book Club - Emily Lighezzolo’s Life Drawing

Final Draft - Great Conversations ·

2026/03/15

Starting with a shout out to Emily who is a publishing industry professional. I have had the chance to work with Emily setting up interviews for authors and I’m very happy to be talking about her first book.Emily won the Glendower Award for an Emerging Queensland Writer at the Queensland Literary Awards and her debut novel, Life Drawing. Charlie’s moved to Brisbane for uni. He feels out of place crashing on his cousin’s couch and barely knows anyone in town. He’s trying to put himself out there

32:40

Maria van Neerven’s Two Tongues

Final Draft - Great Conversations ·

2026/03/13

The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love.These are the stories that make us who we are. Maria van Neerven is a Mununjali poet from the Yugambeh nation living in Meanjin. Maria was the winner of the David Unaipon Award in 2023 and was a Next Chapter Fellow in 2024. Two Tongues is her first poetry collection. Final Draft is

3:28

Book Club - George Kemp’s Soft Serve

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2026/03/07

One of my favourite parts of Final Draft is discovering debut novels that get me excited for many more books to come. That was my feeling as I devoured George Kemp’s Soft Serve (sorry pun not intended) over the holidays. George Kemp is a writer of fiction, plays and television. After a life as an actor and producing his own scripts on the stage, George was accepted into The Faber Academy, where he wrote his debut novel SOFT SERVE. We are taken to a small town McDonald’s where four reluctant

24:38

Sara Haddad’s The Sunbird - young readers' edition

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2026/03/05

The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Sara Haddad is an editor and writer. You first met Sara on Final Draft when we discussed he debut novella The Sunbird. Today Sara is returning with a young readers edition of The Sunbird. The Younger Reader's Edition of the Sunbird

3:41

Book Club - Shailee Thompson’s How To Kill a Guy in...

Final Draft - Great Conversations ·

2026/03/01

Shailee Thompson is a writer and educator and today we’ve got her debut novel, How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates. Right off the top I’ll let you all know that How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates is a horror/slasher story. It has a lot of fun playing with the genre and that’s why I’m bringing it in for you, but if that’s not your thing right now just mute the next few minutes. Jamie needs a break from her PhD thesis on the intersection of rom coms and horror movies. Academia can be murder! So Jamie and her

38:16

Kay Kerr’s Might Cry Later

Final Draft - Great Conversations ·

2026/02/27

The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Kay Kerr is an author and journalist based on the Sunshine Coast, Australia. Kay’s latest novel, Might Cry Later, is out now. Nora is home for Xmas, Actually she’s been home a little longer than that and will probably be staying a bit

50:07

Christian White’s The Long Night

Final Draft - Great Conversations ·

2026/02/23

The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love.These are the stories that make us who we are. Christian White is an Australian author and screenwriter. He is the bestselling author of titles including The Nowhere Child (2018), The Wife and the Widow (2019), and Wild Place (2021). Christian’s joining us today with his latest The

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Book Club - Kay Kerr’s Might Cry Later

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2026/02/21

Summer time in the Final Draft household brings lots of new release and pre-release titles and the corresponding challenge of knowing where to start. When the titles started rolling in though it was very easy to pick up Kay Kerr’s new novel, her first aimed at adult readers because I’ve enjoyed her Young Adult writing, as well as her strong autistic characters and her approach to neurodiversity. Kay is an author and journalist based on the Sunshine Coast, Australia. She’s the author of Please

38:11

George Kemp’s Soft Serve

Final Draft - Great Conversations ·

2026/02/17

The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love.These are the stories that make us who we are. George Kemp is an award winning writer of fiction, plays and television. In 2024, George was accepted into The Faber Academy, during which he wrote his first novel SOFT SERVE. In a small town McDonald’s four reluctant individuals gather

35:07

Rhett Davis’s Arborescence

Final Draft - Great Conversations ·

2026/02/13

The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love.These are the stories that make us who we are. Rhett Davis is the author of Hovering. Today we’ve got his new novel Arborescence Arborescence is the state of having the root and branch like structures of a tree. Importantly it’s a noun, but Rhett Davis asks us to imagine if it were a

4:20

Book Club - Kay Kerr’s Might Cry Later

Final Draft - Great Conversations ·

2026/02/11

30:21

William J Byrne's The Warrumbar

Final Draft - Great Conversations ·

2026/02/09

The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love.These are the stories that make us who we are. William J Byrne’s debut novel is The Warrumbar. Robbie’s not so different from the other boys in his class. He loves cricket, school not so much. His Mum is Aboriginal and his Dad is white. They live on the outskirts of town and don’t

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