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Mar 3, 2024 • 54min

RF Kuang and Nam Le on Yellowface, mums and minorities

RF Kuang speaks about her bestseller Yellowface and Nam Le, Australian author of The Boat, explains why his latest is a book of poetry.
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Feb 25, 2024 • 54min

Jennifer Croft, Imbi Neeme and Mykaela Saunders on translation, chewing and the Tweed

Award-winning literary translator Jennifer Croft imagines what happens when translators get together in a primeval forest, Imbi Neeme's exploration of misophonia and Mykaela Saunders' love-hate relationship with Mad Max.
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Feb 18, 2024 • 54min

Jasper Fforde, Amy Brown and Leo Vardiashvili on surprises, fairytales and rickrolling

Jasper Fforde's sequel to Shades of Grey, Amy Brown introduces us to Miles Franklin's sister and Leo Vardiashvili's missing persons quest through the forests of Georgia.
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Feb 11, 2024 • 54min

Kristin Hannah, Jodi McAlister and Sharlene Allsopp on women, war and love

Bestselling American author Kristin Hannah digs into the little known stories of US nurses during the Vietnam War, Jodi McAlister's comic take on The Bachelor and Sharlene Allsopp reckons with Australia's history.
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Feb 4, 2024 • 54min

Hisham Matar and Ela Lee on the friendships that save you

Pulitzer Prize winning Libyan author Hisham Matar on friendship in political exile and British author Ela Lee on the power of friendship at times of personal crisis.
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Jan 28, 2024 • 54min

Kiley Reid, Rachael Johns and Iain Ryan on money, love and corruption

Kiley Reid's follow up to Such a Fun Age in a campus novel that she says isn't a campus novel, Rachael Johns' love story about a woman called Bridget Jones and Iain Ryan's hardboiled take on Gold Coast corruption in the 1980s.
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Jan 21, 2024 • 54min

Michael Cunningham and Madeleine Gray on romance and relationship breakdown

Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Cunningham's latest novel Day explores a bromance, Madeleine Gray on writing a funny "sad girl novel" and Jessica Zhan Mei Yu on Sylvia Plath and up-ending the coming of age story.
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Jan 16, 2024 • 0sec

Fakes and Frauds 05 | A big hoax — Wanda Koolmatrie and My Own Sweet Time

Wanda Koolmatrie, a member of the Aboriginal stolen generations, discusses the impact of the hoax surrounding her memoir 'My Own Sweet Time'. The podcast explores the publication and reception of the book, the unveiling of the fictional author, and the aftermath of the perpetuated hoax. It also delves into the impact of art and writing hoaxes on indigenous artists and writers.
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Jan 14, 2024 • 54min

Pip Williams, Shankari Chandran and Josh Kemp on bookbinding, bushwalking and book awards

Pip Williams' follow up to her bestselling novel The Dictionary of Lost Words, Josh Kemp on how bushwalking helps his writing and the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award winner, Shankari Chandran.
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Jan 8, 2024 • 41min

Fakes and Frauds 04 | Fake identity and Helen Demidenko's The Hand that Signed the Paper

The Helen Demidenko scandal tore the Australian literary community apart in the 1990s. This episode of Fakes and Frauds charts the rise and downfall of Helen Demidenko and the impacts on the book world.  

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