Toni Jordan is a bestselling, award-winning Melbourne-based author of six novels. 

Her debut, 'Addition', was an international bestselling novel which was also shortlisted for the highly prestigious Miles Franklin Award. 

Toni's new novel, 'Dinner with the Schnabels', was recently released by Hachette. And whilst it is the first of Toni's novels I've read - it won't be the last. 

This book takes a look at marriage, love and family and the pressures of modern life in a delightfully humorous manner that will keep you flipping pages in a race to the end. 

I was thrilled to welcome Toni to the podcast a little while ago. 

What it means to be Australian is a question that runs through the heart of Shankari Chandran's delightful novel, 'Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens' (published by Ultimo Press earlier this year). 

A complex and thought-provoking look at Australian society through the eyes of the compassionate community of Sri Lankan Tamils and others within a fictional western Sydney nursing home, this novel was utterly enchanting. 

Settle in for this highly entertaining, in-depth chat with Shankari recorded a little while ago. 

Dervla McTiernan is an international, bestselling, critically acclaimed author of four novels along with three Audible original titles. 

Her debut novel, 'The Ruin', was published in 2018 and became a top ten bestseller - also winning the Ned Kelly award for best debut crime novel (amongst other awards). 'The Ruin' was the first of Dervla's Detective Cormac Reilly series - which later included 'The Scholar' (2019) and 'The Good Turn' (2020). 

This year, Dervla has released a brand new book called 'The Murder Rule' (HarperCollins Australia). A stand alone novel that will have you utterly enthralled. 

And I was so excited to have the chance to speak with Dervla about 'The Murder Rule' on the podcast a little while back.