Cassie and Jonathan Green review The Ministry of Time by debut British-Cambodian novelist Kaliane Bradley, a heads up, it's brilliant.

Michael Brissenden reviews Crooked Seeds by South African writer Karen Jennings, a crime mystery set in Cape Town.

Nicole Abadee looks at The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry, a story that takes us to 1891 and a grim winter in a small mining town of immigrant Irish workers in the Rocky Mountains.

BOOKS

The Ministry of Time, Kaliane Bradley (Hachette)
Crooked Seeds, Karen Jennings (Text)
The Heart in Winter, Kevin Barry (Allen and Unwin)

GUESTS

Nicole Abadee, books writer, podcaster and festival moderator who regularly interviews at writers festivals and literary events. Contributor to Good Weekend magazine
Michael Brissenden, award-winning journalist and author. His latest book is a crime thriller novel called Smoke

OTHER BOOKS MENTIONEDCormac McCarthy, worksPaul Lynch, worksSebastian Barry, workJoseph O'Connor, works Malcolm Knox, The First FriendClaire Messud, This Strange Eventful History

CREDITS

Presenter, Cassie McCullagh + Jonathan Green
Producer, Cassie McCullagh + Sarah Corbett
Sound engineer, Roi Huberman + Ann Marie Debettencor
Executive producer, Rhiannon Brown

Kaliane Bradley's extraordinary time travel love story