The Book Show

By ABC Australia

Your favourite fiction authors share the story behind their latest books.... more

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How many episodes does The Book Show have?

The podcast currently has 826 episodes available.

The Book Show episodes:

July 24, 2018 Ryan O'Neill's The Drover's Wives, Charmaine Papertalk Green and John Kinsella's poetry in conversation, and a dark tour of gothic literature
Ryan O'Neill explains why he wrote 99 different versions of Henry Lawson's short story The Drover's Wife. Also, poets Charmaine Papertalk Green and John Kinsella explore colonisation, mining and family history in their new book, and we take a tour of an exhibition of gothic literature in Melbourne.
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54min
July 17, 2018 Booker winner Michael Ondaatje, Shaun Tan, book news, and story time for adults
Booker winner Michael Ondaatje on Warlight, Shaun Tan tackles office life in his book Cicada, book news and the story time for adults with author Jane Rawson.
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54min
July 17, 2018 Booker winner Michael Ondaatje, Shaun Tan, book news, and story time for adults
Booker winner Michael Ondaatje on Warlight, Shaun Tan tackles office life in his book Cicada, book news and the story time for adults with author Jane Rawson.
...more
54min
July 17, 2018 Booker winner Michael Ondaatje, Shaun Tan, book news, and story time for adults
Booker winner Michael Ondaatje on Warlight, Shaun Tan tackles office life in his book Cicada, book news and the story time for adults with author Jane Rawson.
...more
54min
July 10, 2018 Melissa Lucashenko, AJ Betts, prison program Read Along Dads, Roald Dahl's dark side
Melissa Lucashenko's novel Too Much Lip, a glimpse into the writing room of AJ Betts, Read Along Dads is a reading program for fathers in prison and the problematic literary hero, Roald Dahl.
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52min
July 10, 2018 Melissa Lucashenko, AJ Betts, prison program Read Along Dads, Roald Dahl's dark side
Melissa Lucashenko's novel Too Much Lip, a glimpse into the writing room of AJ Betts, Read Along Dads is a reading program for fathers in prison and the problematic literary hero, Roald Dahl.
...more
52min
July 10, 2018 Melissa Lucashenko, AJ Betts, prison program Read Along Dads, Roald Dahl's dark side
Melissa Lucashenko's novel Too Much Lip, a glimpse into the writing room of AJ Betts, Read Along Dads is a reading program for fathers in prison and the problematic literary hero, Roald Dahl.
...more
52min
July 03, 2018 Man Booker winner Arundhati Roy, Christopher de Hamel and illuminated manuscripts, Comedians v Classics and a librarian's letters to books
Man Booker winner Arundhati Roy on The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, Christopher de Hamel introduces some remarkable manuscripts, comedian Emily Tresidder gives a breakdown of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, and US librarian Annie Spence on her break up and love letters to books.
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55min
July 03, 2018 Man Booker winner Arundhati Roy, Christopher de Hamel and illuminated manuscripts, Comedians v Classics and a librarian's letters to books
Man Booker winner Arundhati Roy on The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, Christopher de Hamel introduces some remarkable manuscripts, comedian Emily Tresidder gives a breakdown of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, and US librarian Annie Spence on her break up and love letters to books.
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55min
July 03, 2018 Man Booker winner Arundhati Roy, Christopher de Hamel and illuminated manuscripts, Comedians v Classics and a librarian's letters to books
Man Booker winner Arundhati Roy on The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, Christopher de Hamel introduces some remarkable manuscripts, comedian Emily Tresidder gives a breakdown of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, and US librarian Annie Spence on her break up and love letters to books.
...more
55min

FAQs about The Book Show:

How many episodes does The Book Show have?

The podcast currently has 826 episodes available.