The Book Show

By ABC Radio

In-depth conversations with the best fiction writers from Australia and around the world.... more

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The podcast currently has 734 episodes available.

The Book Show episodes:

February 17, 2019 The Bikes of Wrath — Retracing The Grapes of Wrath one tyre puncture at a time
This year is the 80th anniversary of John Steinbeck's Pulitzer winning novel The Grapes of Wrath.
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13min
February 17, 2019 Arts news — would you attend a silent reading party?
A new Melbourne-based silent reading group encourages book lovers to meet up in a park, and settle down with a book.
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5min
February 17, 2019 Lynda La Plante's Widow's Revenge, an update on her 80s hit TV series
Bestselling, BAFTA and Emmy winning British crime writer Lynda La Plante on the follow up to her hugely popular TV series Widows.
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18min
February 17, 2019 British crime writer Lynda La Plante, 80th anniversary of The Grapes of Wrath, Australian author Debra Adelaide
Award winning British crime writer Lynda La Plante on Widow's Revenge, The Bikes of Wrath documentary about retracing the Joad's trip across America in The Grapes of Wrath, and Australian writer Debra Adelaide's collection of short stories Zebra.
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55min
February 17, 2019 British crime writer Lynda La Plante, 80th anniversary of The Grapes of Wrath, Australian author Debra Adelaide
Award winning British crime writer Lynda La Plante on Widow's Revenge, The Bikes of Wrath documentary about retracing the Joad's trip across America in The Grapes of Wrath, and Australian writer Debra Adelaide's collection of short stories Zebra.
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55min
February 10, 2019 Uncovering the childhood musings of writers Bram Presser and Katherine Collette
Australian writer Bram Presser wanted to be an Agatha Christie, Katherine Collette like Roald Dahl, what does their early writing reveal about the authors they became?
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14min
February 10, 2019 Gabrielle Carey falls out of love with Ivan Southall
Gabrielle Carey reassesses the fiction of Ivan Southall, a one time literary sensation and in the process explores her own path to writing.
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16min
February 10, 2019 Arts news — author Daniel Mallory admits to lying about having brain cancer
The author Daniel Mallory - who goes by the pen name AJ Finn - has admitted to lying about having brain cancer.
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5min
February 10, 2019 You Know You Want This — stories of sex and power from Cat Person author Kristen Roupenian
Kristen Roupenian's short story, Cat Person, went viral in 2017. She talks about sex, power, horror, and her new collection of short stories.
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17min
February 10, 2019 Kristen Roupenian's viral Cat Woman story, Gabrielle Carey on Ivan Southall, and the juvenilia of Bram Presser and Katherine Collette
American author Kristen Roupenian's book of short stories including the New Yorker story, Cat Woman, that went viral, Puberty Blues author Gabrielle Carey on Australian young adult writer Ivan Southall and debut novelists Bram Presser and Katherine Collette share their juvenilia.
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55min

FAQs about The Book Show:

How many episodes does The Book Show have?

The podcast currently has 734 episodes available.