The Bookshelf

Kaliane Bradley's extraordinary time travel love story


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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
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