Charlotte Wood has been described as one of Australia’s most original and provocative writers. Her previous Stella-prize winning novel The Natural Way of Things was about young women who speak out about sexual mistreatment. In The Weekend, selected by Guardian Australia as one of the 12 Unmissable Australian books of the year, her attention has shifted to older women: how they grieve, their friendships and the unique challenges and joys that come with ageing. In this episode Charlotte Wood, Guardian Australia’s associate editor Lucy Clark and host Laura Murphy-Oates talk about flipping the script on ageing