The Book Show

Jamie Marina Lau started writing her debut novel when she was 19, by the time she was 21, it was published.

Jamie Marina Lau started writing her debut novel when she was 19, by the time she was 21, it was published.

Enza Gandolfo's Stella-shortlisted novel was inspired by the real-life West Gate Bridge disaster, which killed 35 people in 1970s Melbourne.

Little Gods features 12 year old Olive who thinks of herself as clever, brave and sure and is constantly unsatisfied by the explanations of adults.

Little Gods features 12 year old Olive who thinks of herself as clever, brave and sure and is constantly unsatisfied by the explanations of adults.

Enza Gandolfo's Stella-shortlisted novel was inspired by the real-life West Gate Bridge disaster, which killed 35 people in 1970s Melbourne.

The Stella judges say Tumarkin's book "pushes the boundaries of non-fiction so far out that they will never recover".

Enza Gandolfo's Stella-shortlisted novel was inspired by the real-life West Gate Bridge disaster, which killed 35 people in 1970s Melbourne.

The Stella judges say Tumarkin's book "pushes the boundaries of non-fiction so far out that they will never recover".

Raymond Chandler's hardboiled novel The Big Sleep featuring detective Philip Marlowe turns 80 this year.