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Jeffrey Archer's final Australian interview
October 6, 2026 · 21 minConservative politician and bestselling author, Jeffrey Archer has died at 86. In one of the final interviews of his life, he recounts how his changing financial, personal and political fortunes propelled his writing career. Jeffery…
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Shaun Micallef gets silly
October 4, 2026 · 41 minWhy Shaun Micallef's latest novel DeAth Takes a Holiday features a cast of gothic characters including a vampire suffering from ennui, zombie slaves and the resurrection of the skeletal remains of Queen Victoria's husband. What happens…
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Geraldine Brooks on 25 years of wonder and Zoe Foster Blake's girlfriend getaways
September 27, 2026 · 44 minGeraldine Brooks explains how she stumbled across the story that inspired her 17th century plague novel, Year of Wonders and Zoe Foster Blake channels her favourite getaways and strong female friendships in her latest novel Group Chat. For…
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Kim Scott and Kate Grenville went to the library, and came away with a story
September 20, 2026 · 46 minKim Scott was so disturbed by how Noongar people were depicted in the Western Australian archive that he wrote Benang: From the Heart. Plus Kate Grenville explains the origins of her latest genre-bending book and how The Secret River…
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Tim Winton returns to Cloudstreet while Holly Ringland pines for the 90s
September 13, 2026 · 51 minTim Winton explains why his beloved Cloudstreet is not a nostalgic novel, while Holly Ringland admits she was "nostalgia sick" for the 1990s while writing The World Beneath Her Feet. Cloudstreet follows the Lamb and Pickles families, who…
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Why Helen Garner won't read Monkey Grip again
September 6, 2026 · 49 minHelen Garner finds it painful to think back to the time when she wrote her autobiographical novel, Monkey Grip, about a young mum and her love affair with a heroin addict. Monkey Grip was published in 1977 and was famously inspired by her…
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Top 100 Australian Books is here. Three Aussie stars pick their fave reads
August 30, 2026 · 41 minOmar Musa, Maxine Beneba Clarke and Nadine Garner share the Australian books that shaped their reading life. Find out what they want to do with problematic classics like My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin. The event was recorded with…
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The Big Little Lies sequel Liane Moriarty never planned to write
August 23, 2026 · 41 minLiane Moriarty reveals why she finally wrote the Big Little Lies sequel after being very resistant. And Garth Nix combines mystery with science fiction in his latest novel, Massif. After the success of the Big Little Lies TV adaptation…