Christian White's new crime novel The Nowhere Child won the 2017 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. Booktopia's John Purcell interviews Christian on his win, his writing process and his influences.

Some books/authors mentioned in this podcast:

Stephen King

Edin Blyton

Roald Dahl

Slaughter House Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Host: John Purcell

Guest: Christian White

Christian White's new crime novel The Nowhere Child won the 2017 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. Booktopia's John Purcell interviews Christian on his win, his writing process and his influences.

Some books/authors mentioned in this podcast:

Stephen King

Edin Blyton

Roald Dahl

Slaughter House Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Host: John Purcell

Guest: Christian White

What makes a hero? How have heroes been represented in literature over the years and how are they changing? Should we ditch the phrase ‘heroine’ and just use ‘hero'? These are just some of the questions we discuss this week on Booktopia On!

Some of the books mentioned:

Superman by Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Dennis O'Neil, Dick Dillin

Wonder Woman by William Moulton Marston, H. G. Peter

Marvel comics

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Peter Pan by JM Barrie

Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien

James Bond

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Clarissa by Samuel Richardson

Lee Child

Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

Tirant La Blanc by Joanot Martorell and Martí Joan de Galba

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Nevernight by Jay Kristoff

The Starbound Trilogy by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner

To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Midsummers Nights Dream by William Shakespeare

Host: Bronwyn

Guests: Sarah and John

What makes a hero? How have heroes been represented in literature over the years and how are they changing? Should we ditch the phrase ‘heroine’ and just use ‘hero'? These are just some of the questions we discuss this week on Booktopia On!

Some of the books mentioned:

Superman by Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Dennis O'Neil, Dick Dillin

Wonder Woman by William Moulton Marston, H. G. Peter

Marvel comics

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Peter Pan by JM Barrie

Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien

James Bond

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Clarissa by Samuel Richardson

Lee Child

Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

Tirant La Blanc by Joanot Martorell and Martí Joan de Galba

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Nevernight by Jay Kristoff

The Starbound Trilogy by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner

To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Midsummers Nights Dream by William Shakespeare

Host: Bronwyn

Guests: Sarah and John

Discussing the inspiration behind her book Am I Doing This Right?, we chat with radio sensation Tanya Hennessy. We so enjoyed the insightfulness and hilarity of Tanya on her writing process, overcoming anxiety, the imposter syndrome and many other wide and varying topics from fake tan to cabaret.

Some books mentioned in the podcast:

Am I Doing This Right? by Tanya Hennessy

Colombiano by Rusty Young

Marching Powder by Rusty Young

Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg

A Stolen Life by Jaycee Lee Dugard

One Thousand Paper Cranes by Takayuki Ishii

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Wild Swans by Jung Chang

First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung

Host: Sarah McDuling

Guest: Tanya Hennessy

Discussing the inspiration behind her book Am I Doing This Right?, we chat with radio sensation Tanya Hennessy. We so enjoyed the insightfulness and hilarity of Tanya on her writing process, overcoming anxiety, the imposter syndrome and many other wide and varying topics from fake tan to cabaret.

Some books mentioned in the podcast:

Am I Doing This Right? by Tanya Hennessy

Colombiano by Rusty Young

Marching Powder by Rusty Young

Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg

A Stolen Life by Jaycee Lee Dugard

One Thousand Paper Cranes by Takayuki Ishii

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Wild Swans by Jung Chang

First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung

Host: Sarah McDuling

Guest: Tanya Hennessy

Villains we love to hate! From Voldemort to George Wickham, we delve into what makes a great and memorable villain. Don't forget to tune in to Booktopia On every Wednesday at 11am.

Some books mentioned in this podcast:

Harry Potter box set - https://bit.ly/2Ji0jSb

Peter Pan - https://bit.ly/2M4pfyy

Outlander - https://bit.ly/2M1GBvK

The Woman in White - https://bit.ly/2LoOYjT

Host: Bronwyn

Guests: Sarah, Olivia, Tracey and Tanaya

Villains we love to hate! From Voldemort to George Wickham, we delve into what makes a great and memorable villain. Don't forget to tune in to Booktopia On every Wednesday at 11am.

Some books mentioned in this podcast:

Harry Potter box set - https://bit.ly/2Ji0jSb

Peter Pan - https://bit.ly/2M4pfyy

Outlander - https://bit.ly/2M1GBvK

The Woman in White - https://bit.ly/2LoOYjT

Host: Bronwyn

Guests: Sarah, Olivia, Tracey and Tanaya

Welcome back to another week of Booktopia On! This week Sarah, John and Bron talk about all things crime - with special guest crime writer Sarah Bailey, author of The Dark Lake and Into the Night. Don't forget to tune in every Wednesday at 11am.

Welcome back to another week of Booktopia On! This week Sarah, John and Bron talk about all things crime - with special guest crime writer Sarah Bailey, author of The Dark Lake and Into the Night. Don't forget to tune in every Wednesday at 11am.