Imagining The Past

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The Imagining the Past podcast series is brought to you by the Historical Novel Society Australasia. We feature authors ap... more

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January 11, 2026 S11 Ep5: Imagining the Past—Summer Mesclun Season—2025/26
Imagining the Past Summer Season is here. Enjoy catching up with book launch discussions featuring your favourite authors and new voices.
Alexandria Burnham’s debut novel, Swallow, through Westwords Publication, was launched by Lauren Chater at the HNSA History Unbound Festival dinner, held in Parramatta in November 2025.
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December 28, 2025 S11 Ep4: Imagining the Past—Summer Mesclun Season—2025/26
Imagining the Past Summer Season is here. Enjoy catching up with book launch discussions featuring your favourite authors and new voices.
Wendy J. Dunn launched her new novel, Shades of Yellow, on November 15th, 2025, at Eltham Library in Melbourne. Dr Anne Casey gave an enthusiastic invocation, followed by Wendy’s response and reading from the novel.
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31min
December 14, 2025 S11 Ep3: Imagining the Past—Summer Mesclun Season—2025/26
Imagining the Past Summer Season is here. Enjoy catching up with book launch discussions featuring your favourite authors and new voices.

Konrad Muller’s debut novel, My Heart at Evening, is published by a new imprint, Evercreech Editions. In November 2025, Konrad chatted with Rodney Croome at the Devonport Library about the novel’s recreation of the final days of colonial surveyor, artist and amateur botanist Henry Hellyer.

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44min
December 07, 2025 S11 Ep2: Imagining the Past—Summer Mesclun Season—2025/26
Imagining the Past Summer Season is here. Enjoy catching up with book launch discussions featuring your favourite authors and new voices.

Nicole Alexander travelled a long and winding road to promote her new novel, The Limestone Road. In September, she spoke with Goondiwindi Shire Councillor Susie Kelly at the Goondiwindi Library.

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49min
November 24, 2025 S11 Ep1: Imagining the Past—Summer Mesclun Season—2025/26
Imagining the Past Summer Season is here. Enjoy catching up with book launch discussions featuring your favourite authors and new voices.

Death at Booroomba is Alison Booth’s ninth novel, a deeply evocative historical whodunnit. It was launched at Gleebooks in Sydney in September 2025. Published through Ventura Press, Jane Curry was the session's convener.

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46min
October 20, 2025 S10 Ep8: Imagining the Past—2025—Jane Harrison
Greg Johnston chats with Jane Harrison about her novel, The Visitors, and its long and winding road to being long-listed for the 2024 ARA Historical Novel Prize.

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39min
October 06, 2025 S10 Ep7: Imagining the Past—2025—Beverley McWilliams
Greg Johnston chats to Beverley McWilliams about her second CYA novel, Spies in the Sky, which flew into first place in the 2024 ARA Historical Novel Prize – CYA category.

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34min
September 15, 2025 S10 Ep6: Imagining the Past—2025—Mary-Lou Stephens
Greg Johnston chats to Mary-Lou Stephens about her tryptic of Tasmanian novels, all centred around various foods, The Last of the Apple Blossom, The Chocolate Factory, and The Jam Maker.

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52min
September 01, 2025 S10 Ep5: Imagining the Past—2025—David Shield
Greg Johnston chats with David Shield. His manuscript, Blind Dragon, won the 2024 Elizabeth Jane Corbet Mentorship Contest. The young adult novel is set in 17C Japan, rich in details and the drama of the period.

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30min
August 18, 2025 S10 Ep4: Imagining the Past—2025—Stephen Daisley
Greg Johnston chats to Stephen Daisley. Originally from New Zealand’s North Island, his first novel, Traitor, won the 2011 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Fiction. Coming Rain won the Ockham Prize in 2015. A Better Place was long-listed for the 2024 ARA Historical Novel Prize.

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