Writer and journalist Sarah Krasnostein initially found Australian fiction alienating, but that all changed when she picked up Peter Carey's seminal work True History of the Kelly Gang. This week Sarah discusses how reading that book challenged her expectations and why many people who own Peter Carey's work might be surprised to discover what his books are actually saying.

Reading list:

The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life In Death, Decay & Disaster, Sarah Krasnostein, 2019

On Peter Carey: Writers on Writers, Sarah Krasnostein, 2023

The Fat Man in History and Other Stories, Peter Carey, 1974

Jack Maggs, Peter Carey, 1987

Oscar and Lucinda, Peter Carey, 1988

True History of the Kelly Gang, Peter Carey, 2000

You can find these books and all the others we mentioned at your favourite independent book store. Or if you want to listen to them as audiobooks, you can head to the Read This reading room on Apple Books.

To register for Sarah’s event at the State Library Victoria on Friday 1 September at 6:30pm, click here.

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Guest: Sarah Krasnostein

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