The Book Show

Australian author Melina Marchetta's novel The Place on Dalhousie, Stella Prize wrap, Saul Bellow biography with Zachary Leader and the short story vending machine.

Australian author Melina Marchetta's novel The Place on Dalhousie, Stella Prize wrap, Saul Bellow biography with Zachary Leader and the short story vending machine.

Australian author Mark Brandi talks about homelessness and crime in his second novel, The Rip.

Bestselling US author Karen Joy Fowler has just been in Australia conducting an intensive writers workshop at a retreat in New South Wales.

A library in Michigan, USA, has waived the late fee for an overdue library book, returned 51 years after it was borrowed.

She's been an engineer, essayist and broadcaster, and now Yassmin Abdel-Magied has published her first novel.

Yassmin Abdel-Magied takes a dives in to YA fiction, US bestseller author Karen Joy Fowler on the benefits of writers' retreats and Australian writer Mark Brandi on his new novel, The Rip.

Yassmin Abdel-Magied takes a dives in to YA fiction, US bestseller author Karen Joy Fowler on the benefits of writers' retreats and Australian writer Mark Brandi on his new novel, The Rip.

Does having a good routine make you a good writer?

The Stella and Miles Franklin shortlisted writer talks about her new book, Islands.