The Booktopia Podcast

We have a major announcement: Tell Me What To Read has new digs for our new season!

This show feed is now no longer being updated. However our new show 𝙏𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙈𝙚 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙏𝙤 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙, is now available on all major podcast platforms:

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This is Tell Me What To Read, the podcast of Booktopia, Australia's Local Bookstore. Join us for our bi-weekly show with episodes going out every Wednesday and Friday! Join us on Wednesdays as we speak to authors from Australia and around the world about their latest books, and hit us up on Fridays for the books that we are reading and recommending!

This week, we sit down with for a special podcast. With us now being less than a week out from the start of the Brisbane Writers Festival, Nick sits down with authors Christine Leunens and Annabel Abbs to discuss their latest books, involvement in the festival, what they are most excited to see, and more.

Events & Tickets: https://bwf.org.au/

Author/Illustrator Series & Author/Editor Series (use the discount code BOOKTOPIA to get access to $10 tickets): https://bwf.org.au/whats-on/online-events

Christine Leunens Events: https://bit.ly/3kqV7zv

Annabel Abbs Events: https://bit.ly/3kqV5HT

Books mentioned in this podcast:

Christine Leunens - In Ambers Wake: https://bit.ly/3LohnWB

Christine Leunens - Caging Skies: https://bit.ly/3LsXfCM

Annabel Abbs - Windswept: https://bit.ly/3EWnJKD

Annabel Abbs - The Joyce Girl: https://bit.ly/3LrsXQO

Charlotte Wood - The Luminous Solution: https://bit.ly/3kgCuhX

Katherine Mansfield - Full Collection: https://bit.ly/3vo4lD4

Miro Bilborough - In the Time of the Manaroans: https://bit.ly/3rTeOEo

Nick Wasiliev - When Men Cry: https://bit.ly/2VxhoiO

*Producer's Note: Due to our team being in social isolation, the sound quality is more variable.

Host: Nick Wasiliev

Guest/s: Christine Leunens & Annabel Abbs

Producer: Nick Wasiliev

This is Tell Me What To Read, the podcast of Booktopia, Australia's Local Bookstore. Join us for our bi-weekly show with episodes going out every Wednesday and Friday! Join us on Wednesdays as we speak to authors from Australia and around the world about their latest books, and hit us up on Fridays for the books that we are reading and recommending!

This week, we cover the latest in Australian fiction, as Ben sits down with Hilde Hinton, author of A Solitary Walk On The Moon, and Benjamin Stevenson, author of Everyone in My Family has Killed Someone.

Interviews In this podcast:

Hilde Hinton - A Solitary Walk On The Moon: 0:50-18:53

Benjamin Stevenson - Everyone in My Family has Killed Someone: 19:03-39:45

Books mentioned in this podcast:

Hilde Hinton - A Solitary Walk On The Moon: https://bit.ly/3rjuAIA

Benjamin Stevenson - Everyone in My Family has Killed Someone: https://bit.ly/3LZXwwV

Host: Nick Wasiliev

Interviewer: Ben Hunter

Guests: Hilde Hinton & Benjamin Stevenson

Producer: Nick Wasiliev

This is Tell Me What To Read, the podcast of Booktopia, Australia's Local Bookstore. Join us for our bi-weekly show with episodes going out every Wednesday and Friday! Join us on Wednesdays as we speak to authors from Australia and around the world about their latest books, and hit us up on Fridays for the books that we are reading and recommending!

This week, we discuss some of the best of fun, light, breezy reads, as Sarah sits down with Emily Henry, author of Book Lovers, and Ben sits down with Toni Jordan, author of Dinner with the Schnabels.

*Producer's Note: Due to our team being in social isolation, the sound quality is more variable.

Interviews In this podcast:

Emily Henry - Book Lovers: 0:50-26:20

Toni Jordan - Dinner with the Schnabels: 26:30-48:17

Books mentioned in this podcast:

Emily Henry - Book Lovers: https://bit.ly/3NTdGdp

Toni Jordan - Dinner with the Schnabels: https://bit.ly/3Kd1RMH

Host: Nick Wasiliev

Interviewer: Sarah McDuling & Ben Hunter

Guests: Emily Henry & Toni Jordan

Producer: Nick Wasiliev

This is Tell Me What To Read, the podcast of Booktopia, Australia's Local Bookstore. Join us for our bi-weekly show with episodes going out every Wednesday and Friday! Join us on Wednesdays as we speak to authors from Australia and around the world about their latest books, and hit us up on Fridays for the books that we are reading and recommending!

This week, we discuss some of the best new releases in Australian Non-Fiction, as Stefania sits down with Indira Naidoo, author of The Space Between The Stars, and Peter FitzSimons, author of The Opera House.

WARNING: Indira's interview discusses topics of mental health, listener discretion is advised. If you or anyone you know is struggling with mental health, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14.

*Producer's Note: Due to our team being in social isolation, the sound quality is more variable.

Interviews In this podcast:

Indira Naidoo - The Space Between The Stars: 0:54-29:35

Peter FitzSimons - The Opera House: 29:45-56:01

Books mentioned in this podcast:

Indira Naidoo - The Space Between The Stars: https://bit.ly/3JqS1G9

Peter FitzSimons - The Opera House: https://bit.ly/3LGBNKp

Host: Nick Wasiliev

Interviewer: Stefania Capogna

Guests: Indira Naidoo & Peter FitzSimons

Producer: Nick Wasiliev

This is Tell Me What To Read, the podcast of Booktopia, Australia's Local Bookstore. Join us for our bi-weekly show with episodes going out every Wednesday and Friday! Join us on Wednesdays as we speak to authors from Australia and around the world about their latest books, and hit us up on Fridays for the books that we are reading and recommending!

Today, we sit down for a special podcast! With the unveilling of the 2022 Stella Prize Shortlist, Nick sits down to chat with some of the incredible authors, poets and artists who have made the list.

WARNING: this podcast contains coarse language and adult themes.

The Stella Prize Shortlist:

TAKE CARE by Eunice Andrada (Giramondo Publishing)

Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen (University of Queensland Press)

No Document by Anwen Crawford (Giramondo Publishing)

Bodies of Light by Jennifer Down (Text Publishing)

Stone Fruit by Lee Lai (Fantagraphics)

Homecoming by Elfie Shiosaki (Magabala Books)

*Producer's Note: Due to our team being in social isolation, the sound quality is more variable.

Check out what the judges had to say on the Stella Prize: https://bit.ly/3Dvhs7K

Interviews In this podcast:

Examination of Elfie Shiosaki's Homecoming: 2:06-4:24

Evelyn Araluen - Dropbear: 4:36-20:06

Lee Lai - Stone Fruit: 20:19-39:40

Eunice Andrada - TAKE CARE: 39:53-1:01:18

Jennifer Down - Bodies Of Light: 1:01:30-1:24:29

Anwen Crawford - No Document: 1:24:38-1:53:17

Books mentioned in this podcast:

Elfie Shiosaki - Homecoming: https://bit.ly/3LxVmEw

Evelyn Araluen - Dropbear: https://bit.ly/352d3sO

Lee Lai - Stone Fruit: https://bit.ly/3JWIbg0

Eunice Andrada - TAKE CARE: https://bit.ly/3JXz3YL

Jennifer Down - Bodies Of Light: https://bit.ly/35tmbdH

Anwen Crawford - No Document: https://bit.ly/2RFUyHr

Host: Nick Wasiliev

Interviewer: Nick Wasiliev

Guests: Evelyn Araluen, Lee Lai, Eunice Andrada, Jennifer Down & Anwen Crawford

Producer: Nick Wasiliev

This is Tell Me What To Read, the podcast of Booktopia, Australia's Local Bookstore. Join us for our bi-weekly show with episodes going out every Wednesday and Friday! Join us on Wednesdays as we speak to authors from Australia and around the world about their latest books, and hit us up on Fridays for the books that we are reading and recommending!

Today, Nick chats with Jamie Chambers, President of the Advertising and Public Relations (APRS) Society at UNSW, and Kerisha Parkes, Projects Team Director at APRS about the work they do on UNSW Campus, and the books they are reading and enjoying.

Back to Uni Sale: https://bit.ly/2XXmlTt

APRS: https://bit.ly/3Nv2yTH

Books mentioned in this podcast:

Steven Kotler, Jamie Wheal - Stealing Fire: https://bit.ly/3iILiwe

Noam Chomsky, Edward S. Herman - Manufacturing Consent: https://bit.ly/3s0bqFK

Taylor Jenkins Reid - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: https://bit.ly/3uH1u6L

Adam Silvera, Becky Albertalli - What If It's Us :https://bit.ly/3IV92Yy

Sponsored Books:

David Francis - Wedding Bush Road: https://bit.ly/36CDucU

Host: Nick Wasiliev

Guests: Jamie Chambers & Kerisha Parkes

Producer: Nick Wasiliev

This is Tell Me What To Read, the podcast of Booktopia, Australia's Local Bookstore. Join us for our bi-weekly show with episodes going out every Wednesday and Friday! Join us on Wednesdays as we speak to authors from Australia and around the world about their latest books, and hit us up on Fridays for the books that we are reading and recommending!

Today, Nick chats with Guy Jeffery - Vice President External & Terra Sudarmana - Vice President Internal of the Australian Medical Students Association about the work AMSA does, and the books they are reading and enjoying.

Back to Uni Sale: https://bit.ly/2XXmlTt

AMSA: https://www.amsa.org.au/

Books mentioned in this podcast:

Bruce Pascoe - Dark Emu: https://bit.ly/2URIilt

Oliver Sacks - The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: https://bit.ly/3IztEW5

Carly Finlay - Growing Up Disabled in Australia: https://bit.ly/2YwgPHx

George Orwell - 1984: https://bit.ly/3unL5UI

George Orwell - Animal Farm: https://bit.ly/3ICYpcR

Jonathan Joly - All My Friends Are Invisible: https://bit.ly/37T0tk9

Sponsored Books:

Robert Dessaix - Corfu: https://bit.ly/3qysVhY

Host: Nick Wasiliev

Guests: Terra Sudarmana & Guy Jeffery

Producer: Nick Wasiliev

This is Tell Me What To Read, the podcast of Booktopia, Australia's Local Bookstore. Join us for our bi-weekly show with episodes going out every Wednesday and Friday! Join us on Wednesdays as we speak to authors from Australia and around the world about their latest books, and hit us up on Fridays for the books that we are reading and recommending!

This week, in line with Harmony Week we sit down for a special podcast focus on books that connect cultures. Ben Hunter sits down with Omar J. Sakr to discuss his book Son of Sin, and then sits down with Kari Gislason to discuss The Sorrow Stone.

WARNING: this podcast contains coarse language and adult themes.

*Producer's Note: Due to our team being in social isolation, the sound quality is more variable.

The Skaldic Project: https://skaldic.abdn.ac.uk/db.php

Interviews In this podcast:

Omar J. Sakr - Son Of Sin: 1:01-28:30

Kari Gislason - The Sorrow Stone: 28:45-50:30

Books mentioned in this podcast:

Omar J. Sakr - Son Of Sin: https://bit.ly/3HsBEsq

Kari Gislason - The Sorrow Stone: https://bit.ly/3qvYA3l

Host: Nick Wasiliev

Interviewer: Ben Hunter

Guests: Omar J. Sakr & Kari Gislason

Producer: Nick Wasiliev

This is Tell Me What To Read, the podcast of Booktopia, Australia's Local Bookstore. Join us for our bi-weekly show with episodes going out every Wednesday and Friday! Join us on Wednesdays as we speak to authors from Australia and around the world about their latest books, and hit us up on Fridays for the books that we are reading and recommending!

Today, Nick chats with authors and booksellers David Henley (from Brio Books) and Trent Jamieson about the blossoming world of speculative fiction.

Books mentioned in this podcast:

Lavie Tidhar - By Force Alone: https://bit.ly/3N0njpZ

Lavie Tidhar - The Escapement: https://bit.ly/36p8Fb9

A.G Slatter - All the Murmuring Bones: https://bit.ly/3IkSjgU

A.G Slatter - The Path of Thorns: https://bit.ly/3CROIpE

Adam Roberts - The This: https://bit.ly/3u7fYfN

Alan Baxter - The Fall: https://bit.ly/3tkcurf

Claire G. Coleman - Enclave: https://bit.ly/3CPPuDz

Laura Sebastian - Half Sick of Shadows: https://bit.ly/3If7qZm

Marlee Jane Ward - The Orphancorp Trilogy: https://bit.ly/3KWQZmq

Paul M Clark - The Witchfinder's Mark: https://bit.ly/3KO7Pnc

Marlon James - Moon Witch, Spider King: https://bit.ly/3NbeRVg

Trent Jamieson - The Stone Road: https://bit.ly/3IjtwtS

Sponsored Books:

Kim Kelly - Her Last Words: https://bit.ly/34Q3wZe

Host: Nick Wasiliev

Guests: David Henley & Trent Jamieson

Producer: Nick Wasiliev