Described by the Washington Post as "one of our greatest living novelists", Richard Flanagan has been writing for more than three decades. His 2013 novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North won the Booker Prize and his essays have been published across Australia and internationally. This week Michael heads to Tasmania to speak with Richard at his home in Hobart about his latest and most personal novel, Question 7.
(This episode was first published in September 2024)
Reading list:
Gould’s Book of Fish, Richard Flanagan, 2001
The Narrow Road to the North, Richard Flanagan, 2013
The Living Sea of Waking Dreams, Richard Flanagan, 2020
Question 7, Richard Flanagan, 2023
The War of the Worlds, H.G. Wells, 1898
The World Set Free, H.G. Wells, 1914
Speak, Memory, Vladimir Nabokov, 1951
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Guest: Richard Flanagan
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