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

Today's episode features Katherine Collette discussing her debut novel The Helpline.

Germaine Johnson is great with numbers, people however are another matter. When Germaine finds herself out of work, the last thing she expected was to end up on the senior citizens helpline. But the mayor has just given her a special project, and her hero, a disgraced Sudoku champion has taken a particular interest in her work.

How bad could it be?