Reading John Hughes' The Dogs and Kate Grenville's The Secret River with historian David Hunt and writer and philosopher Michael McGirr

The Book Club: John Hughes' The Dogs + Kate Grenville's The Secret River

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Cassie and guest host Beejay Silcox read new work by David Nicholls, Winnie Dunn and Xóchitl González.

David Nicholls, Winnie Dunn, Xochitl Gonzalez: bestselling, debut and much anticipated authors

Cassie and Tom Wright look at The End of the Morning, the never-before-published novel by cult Australian writer Charmian Clift, and new novels from bestselling author Tommy Orange and Irish novelist Caoilinn Hughes.

Never-before-published & new novels from Charmian Clift, Tommy Orange and Caoilinn Hughes

Michaela Kalowski and Cassie look at The Work by Bri Lee, plus new novels from Call Me By Your Name author Andre Aciman, and a work of speculative fiction by Mykaela Saunders.

Bri Lee, Andre Aciman, Mykaela Saunders: art, ambition, parallel lives, alternate futures

Cassie and guest host Tom Wright take a look at the exceptional new novel from award-winning Scottish writer Andrew O'Hagan, plus, a genre bending mystery from Stuart Turton and a clever new thriller set in Edinburgh.

Andrew O'Hagan, Stuart Turton, Helen Fitzgerald: some must-reads!

Cassie and Jonathan read Orange Prize winner Téa Obreht’s The Morningside, a dystopian coming-of-age story, plus, a Japanese bestseller and a new post-war literary crime series.

The Book Club: John Hughes' The Dogs + Kate Grenville's The Secret River

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