In this episode we are joined by Booker Prize-nominated Scottish author Graeme Macrae Burnet to talk about his latest book Case Study.

Cast Study is a  cerebral, compulsive psychological novel seething with secrets and teasing questions about the nature of identity itself, an enthralling, playful and layered depiction of 1960s society and the radical psychiatry propounded by R. D. Laing.

And our host is Jen Bowden.

Wild Dogs is a page-turning action thriller set in the WA outback, introducing Australia’s answer to Jack Reacher.

Michael is a WA country boy now residing in Perth after a variety of careers ranging from farmer, marine draftsman, pastoralist and FIFO pot washer. He still works on farms as a tractor driver, mainly to annoy those teachers who claimed no one would pay him to stare out a window all day.

Hosted by our very own ‘Crime Queen’,  Jen Bowden.

Wild Dogs is published by Penguin.

A very special episode recorded live at MRRWF 2021.

Bob Brown is an acclaimed author, photographer, lifelong activist and planet warrior at the forefront of environmental campaigns and green causes. Join our Presenter Jane Caro for this inspirational and intimate event, where Bob will share his stories and reflections from his life in activism and discuss Planet Earth, a book that is both an inspiration and a call to action.

In partnership with the Bob Brown Foundation.

Hosted at Voyager Estate

We met so many amazing authors and storytellers at this years Margaret River Readers & Writers festival including the delightful Lyn Yeowart who joined us on Sunday morning to talk about debut novel, The Silent Listener, which is an unforgettable literary suspense novel set in the dark and gothic heart of rural Australia. It's a cracker.

Lyn was interviewed at the festival by our very own queen of crime, Jen Bowden and the pair hit it off so much that we had to get them back together for this very special festival follow up podcast.

The Silent Listener is published by Penguin Random House.

In this episode, we are joined by Martha Hall Kelly, author of Lilac Girls, the runaway bestseller that spent over a year on the New York Times paperback chart. Martha joins us all the way from Connecticut to talk about her new book Sunflower Sisters.

Inspired by true accounts, Sunflower Sisters provides a vivid look at the Civil War experience, from the barbaric and inhumane plantations to a war-torn New York City to the horrors of the battlefield.

It is a sweeping story of women caught in a country on the brink of collapse, in a society grappling with nationalism and unthinkable racial cruelty.

Martha is joined by our interviewer, Rosi Moore - Fiander.

Sunflower Sisters is published by Penguin.

https://www.penguin.com.au/books/sunflower-sisters-9781760892623

Just before the festival this year we teamed up with our friends at RMR to record a series of interviews with our festival authors.

This episode welcomes Donna Mazza, author of the incredible Fauna, a book about love, motherhood, corporate commodification and the surveillance state. 

How far would you go to save your daughter?

Donna is joined live on air by interviewer Cate Wosley.

Fauna is published by Allen and Unwin

This week we snuggle up with the delightful Chris Flynn, author of the equally delightful and laugh out loud funny, Mammoth. 

An original, unforgettable and thought-provoking new novel that will change how readers understand the world.

This special episode was recorded in partnership with our good pals at Radio Margaret River just before the festival this year.

Our interviewer is Michelle Wright.

Mammoth is published by UQP

https://www.uqp.com.au/books/mammoth

Recorded just before the MRRWF this year, in this episode, we are joined by B. Michael Radburn. 

Hosted by our very own 'Crime Queen',  Jen Bowden.

https://www.panterapress.com.au/product/the-reach/

Join host Paul J Laverty for this special collaboration between MRRWF and The Quiet Carriage, recorded live at MRRWF 2021.

Episode 1

Tune in to hear former Green’s leader Bob Brown talk about his new work with Bob’s Foundation. We chat to Tasmanian & Pakana writer Adam Thompson read from his short story collection, Born Into This (UQP) and Festival Director Sian Baker pops into the podcast room to tell us what makes the Margaret River Readers & Writers festival so special.

We chat to the multi-award-winning and best selling author, Deborah Rodriguez about her new book  The Moroccan Daughter.
Following the lives of four women, from the twisted alleyways of the ancient medina of Fès to a marriage festival high in the Atlas Mountains, Deborah Rodriguez's entrancing new bestseller is a modern story of forbidden love set in the sensual landscape of North Africa.

Hosted by Rosi Moore-Fiander

The Moroccan Daughter is published by Penguin Random House.