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‘It became brutal’ —John Boyne responds to a twitter storm in Echo Chamber

In 2019, John Boyne faced huge online backlash for a book he wrote about a trans teenager and...

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Faith and family with Jonathan Franzen on Crossroads

“I admit to regular fits of feeling simply I am not a good person,” says Jonathan Franzen, author...

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Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Doerr visits Cloud Cuckoo Land

In his latest book Cloud Cuckoo Land, Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Doerr explores the human...

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'It's absolutely magical' — Akala on reading as a superpower

British rapper, poet and writer, Akala, equates reading and writing to a form of magic. He brings...

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Pulitzer prize winner Colson Whitehead's crime caper, Harlem Shuffle

"My favourite memories as a kid, are watching Saturday afternoon movies," says two time Pulitzer...

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'I could've got into trouble' — Actor Bryan Brown's crime fiction

Actor Bryan Brown has published a debut collection of crime fuelled fiction in his 70s, it's...

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'It all starts with a fight' — Pat Barker gives voice to the women of Ancient Greece

Booker winning, Pat Barker's preoccupation with who's allowed to speak and who isn't continues...

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Crazy times with Kevin Kwan

Kevin Kwan is the man who introduced readers to the world of Singapore's ultra rich in his hit...

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'I just wanted to rescue them' — Kate Grenville unravels her family history

Kate Grenville's interest in women hemmed in by history comes to the fore in her new audiobook...

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Identity, belonging, home, immigration are themes in Hafsa Zayyan's life and fiction

The Asian expulsion from Uganda with Idi Amin's rise to power in 1972 is the focus of London...

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Rahul Raina's satire about fame, fraud and Indian TV

'Your self worth as an Indian child is totally connected with how well you do in these all...

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'My mother kept this secret for so long' — Esther Freud imagines a different path for her mother

Esther Freud's mother had babies at a time when many unwed mothers in the UK and Ireland had...

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What happens when the internet cuts out? Rumaan Alam on his prescient domestic thriller

US author Rumaan Alam’s Leave The World Behind is a timely novel about isolation, fear, class and...

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Pod extra with 2021 Miles Franklin winner Amanda Lohrey

Amanda Lohrey has been announced as the 2021 winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award for The...

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What does the Miles Franklin shortlist say about Australia?

Ahead of the Miles Franklin Award announcement, we preview the shortlist and find overlapping...

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Emma Jane Unsworth on the 'messy, punky stuff' of women's lives and bodies

Emma Jane Unsworth examines 21st century women in all their conflicted, messy glory in this...

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'There are no bodies' — Alexander McCall Smith on his version of Scandi crime fiction

You've heard of Nordic Noir but what about Scandi Blanc? Bestselling author Alexander McCall...

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Pod Extra with Jessie Tu on the lessons of loneliness

Australian writer Jessie Tu says the question of female likeability should no longer exist and...

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'Why not make it accurate' — Andy Weir on putting the science in sci-fi

Andy Weir is most famous for The Martian, the science-heavy Mars survival story that was made in...

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