Great Conversations features interviews with authors and writers, exploring books, writing and literary culture from Australia and the world.

Today's episode features Behrouz Boochani discussing his book No Friend But The Mountains.

Behrouz Boochani is a Kurdish novelist, philosopher and filmmaker. He has been imprisoned on Manus Island for five years and in that time has written journalism and produced an internationally acclaimed film Chauka, Please Tell us the Time. No Friend but the Mountains imagines his journey, his life and experiences on Manus, detailing the oppression and torture of a life imprisoned.