Final Draft - Great Conversations

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

Today's episode features Robbie Arnott discussing his debut novel Flames.

When Levi McAllister's mother returns from the dead he decides to build a coffin for his sister. A fisherman mourns the loss of his best friend, a fur seal. Meanwhile a strange force is moving through the wombat population of southern Tasmania. Flames is a novel you have to read to believe!

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

Today's episode features Jennifer Mills discussing her latest novel Dyschronia.

Since childhood Sam has experienced debilitating migraines that give her glimpses of the future. Living between time leaves Sam confused and doubtful of her own reality, and when the shoreline of Sam’s hometown of Clapstone retreats and the sea disappears, the residents are panicked. Did Sam know about this? And if so why weren’t they warned?

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

Today's episode features Claire G. Coleman discussing her debut novel Taboo.

Terra Nullius takes us a to a kind of fictional future-history of Australia. We are on the run with Jacky, a Native stolen from his family and escaped from the convent school where he is treated little better than a slave.

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

Today's episode features Kim Scott discussing his novel Taboo.

Taboo tells the story of invasion and dispossession; as a group of Noongar people return to their land, considered taboo since the massacre of their people. It explores how generations of separation have not dimmed their connection to their land and traces a path into the future.

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

Today's episode features Holly Ringland discussing her debut novel The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart.

In The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart we meet Alice as a child suffering a terrible loss. As we follow her through to adulthood we learn the impact of secrets and the power of nature to reach out to us in our sorrow.

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

Today's episode features Michael Mohammed Ahmad discussing his latest novel The Lebs.

The Lebs draws on events in Sydney through the late nineties, through the September 11 attacks in New York and the Cronulla riots. The Lebs explores the experience of being a young Arab man in a country that sees you as a demon.

Great conversations feature conversations with authors and writers, exploring books, writing and literary culture from Australia and the world.

Today's episode features Alexis Wright discussing her Stella Prize winning collective memoir of Tracker Tilmouth.

Tracker Tilmouth was an extraordinary individual. An Arrente man, he was born in Alice Springs before being stolen from his family and raised in a state home Darwin. Told through collected remembrances and stories, Wright's biography of Tracker illuminates the huge contribution he has made to Australian life as an activist, leader and thinker dedicated to Aboriginal rights.

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

Today's episode features Bram Presser and his award winning debut The Book of Dirt.

The Book of Dirt takes us to Prague on the eve of war where Jakub Rand has newly arrived to begin his life. As the city is occupied by the invading Nazi army Jakub must protect himself and those he loves. The story explores Bram’s grandparents tale of survival, and parallels this with his own search for information on the history his grandfather spoke so little of.

Great conversations feature conversations with authors and writers, exploring books, writing and literary culture from Australia and the world.Today's episode features Bram Presser and his award winning debut The Book of Dirt.The Book of Dirt takes us to Prague on the eve of war where Jakub Rand has newly arrived to begin his life. As the city is occupied by the invading Nazi army Jakub must protect himself and those he loves. The story explores Bram’s grandparents tale of survival, and parallels this with his own search for information on the history his grandfather spoke so little of.