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  New Fiction: Donal Ryan, Emma Cline, Max Easton and Sebastian Barry 11.09.2026 54λ

  We step into Irish bestseller Donal Ryan's world in Where Are the Kings, a tender coming of age story about a boy navigating grief. Inside a fracturing mind in Emma Cline’s Booker Longlisted novel Switzy, read with novelist Madeleine Gray. A chronicle of DIY activism, collectives and autonomous living in Sydney's west in Australian writer Max Easton’s Now, Autonomy, read for us by singer-songwriter Tim Rogers, and a newer world emerges in the wake of the American Civil War in Sebastian Barry’s new novel, The Newer World, read by author Hannah Kent. BOOKS FEATURED Donal Ryan, Where Are the Kings, Doubleday Emma Cline, Switzy, Chatto & Windus Max Easton, Now, Autonomy, Giramondo Sebastian Barry, The Newer World, Faber OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED Sigrid Nunez, What Are You Going Through Meg Howrey, Body Language Colum McCann, Apeirogon Melina Marchetta, Looking for Alibrandi Abigal Ulman, Hot Little Hands Patrick White, The Tree of Man Heather Rose, The Museum of Modern Love Elizabeth Jolley, The Well We want to know what you think of Radio National's book podcasts (The Book Show and The Bookshelf). Help us understand what's working, what's not, and how we can make our book programs even more useful, relevant and unmissable. Please take this quick survey.
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  New Fiction from Melissa Harrison and Malcolm Knox + Mandy Sayer's Top 3 04.09.2026 54λ

  Kate and Cassie with regular reviewer Tom Wright discuss new releases including Melissa Harrison’s The Given World and Malcolm Knox’s The Second Child. Plus, novelist and memoirist Mandy Sayer on her Top 3 Australian books ahead of Radio National's Top 100 Australian Books Countdown. Mandy Sayer's Top 3 Australian Books Christina Stead, The Man Who Loved Children (1940) Robin Dalton, Aunts up the Cross (1965) David Malouf, Johnno (1975)  Other books mentioned A.B. Facey, A Fortunate Life George Johnston, My Brother Jack Eric C. Rolls, They All Ran Wild Emily St John Mandel, Exit Party Colm Toibin, The Bridge Barbara Kingsolver, Partita John Boyne, The Weight of Angels Marlon James, The Disappearers Max Porter, works Patrick Gale, works Sarah Moss, works Joseph Furphy, Such is Life Peter Carey, Illywhacker Gerald Munane, The Plains
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  Top 100 Australian Books from Byron Writers Festival 28.08.2026 54λ

  Voting in Radio National's Top 100 Books countdown is about to open and this year we're celebrating Australian books. As you think about your own Top 10, Kate and Cassie bring together a trio of award-winning writers (including last year's Top 100 Books winner!) to reveal the Australian books they have loved and been influenced by: Trent Dalton, Claire Thomas and Steve MinOn, with a surprise appearance in the audience from Grimmish and Griefdogg author Michael Winkler. Books mentioned Storm Boy by Colin Thiele Hating Alison Ashley by Robin Klein Cole's Funny Picture Book by E.W. Cole The Magic Pudding by Norman Lindsay Johnno; Fly Away Peter by David Malouf Wake in Fright by Kenneth Cook The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson Ruth Park, works Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith; Schindler's Ark  by Thomas Keneally Possum Magic by Mem Fox The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Carpentaria by Alexis Wright Burial Rites by Hannah Kent Cloudstreet by Tim Winton Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams She Is Me by Tahlia Isaac Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen Zigzag Street by Nick Earls The Garden Book by Brian Castro The Children's Bach by Helen Garner A Fortunate Life by A.B. Facey My Brilliant Career by Miles Stella Franklin A Room Made of Leaves by Kate Grenville The Thornbirds by Colleen McCullough The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazard The Vivisector by Patrick White A Short History of Longans by Mirandi Riwoe The Lebs by Michael Mohammed Ahmad Credits Presenter, Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh Producer, Kate Evans and Sarah Corbett Sound engineer, Steve Fieldhouse Arts editor, Rhiannon Brown  
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  Anjet Daanje's extraordinary The Stork and the Dromedary + Liane Moriarty returns with Big Little Truths 21.08.2026 1ώ 5λ

  Anjet Daanje's The Song of Stork and Dromedary, translated from the Dutch, explores the intimate work of death and care in the eighteenth century. Liane Moriarty returns to the world of Big Little Lies with Big Little Truths, reuniting readers with the coastal suburb of Pirriwee and her cast a decade on,  just with a little more menopausal rage, teenage angst, and a severed finger. Joining us are regular reviewer Beejay Silcox, along with Cheryl Akle from Better Reading. Plus, critic and publisher Geordie Williamson shares his Top 3 Australian books. Books The Song of Stork and Dromedary by Anjet Daanje, translated from Dutch by David McKay (Scribe) Big Little Truths by Liane Moriarty (Macmillan) Geordie Williamson's Top 3 Australian Books Such is Life  by Joseph Furphy Translations from the Natural World by Les Murray The Eye of the Crocodile by Val Plumwood Other books mentioned The Secret History by Donna Tartt The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas Mine by Adam Ousten Dark Places by Kate Grenville John Brown, Rose, and the Midnight Cat by Jenny Rose Little Bear series by Maurice Sendak Tell Me Something True by Michael Robotham   We want your feedback! Help us understand what's working, what's not, and how we can make our book programs even more useful, relevant and unmissable. Please take this survey: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/RsSBGWuFEU Credits Presenter, Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh Producer, Kate Evans and Sarah Corbett Sound engineer, Craig Tilmouth and Micky Grossman Arts editor, Rhiannon Brown
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  The Haunting Wild, a Trip to Mars and Dreaming of Escape in 1980's France 14.08.2026 54λ

  We review the latest in fiction for dedicated readers and for those who wish they read more.
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  Miles Franklin winner Omar Musa + Booker-longlisted All Them Dogs and Téa Obreht's Sunrise 07.08.2026 1ώ 5λ

  Omar Musa joins us after winning the 2026 Miles Franklin Literary Award. Plus, Michael Robotham and Madeleine Gray review Djamel White's Booker Prize-longlisted debut All Them Dogs and Téa Obreht's sweeping new novel Sunrise.
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  Meg Mason's new novel + reviews from Hannah Kent, Andy Griffiths, Tom Wright (BONUS: Anna Funder's Top 3) 31.07.2026 1ώ 3λ

  From the nightclubs of 1930s Berlin to the heartache and awkwardness of high school, and into the green rooms and backstage spaces of writers' festivals.
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  From Covid-era China to the world of Frida Kahlo and Colson Whitehead's latest 24.07.2026 54λ

  Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead’s latest novel Cool Machine is a vivid portrait of Black New York in the 1980s. The book reunites readers with furniture salesman and part-time fence Ray Carney. Kate Evans and regular reviewer, critic and essayist Beejay Silcox discuss. Also this week, Isabelle Li’s The Northern Tomb offers an intimate and richly textured portrait of life in Northeast China during the Covid pandemic, while Claire Berest’s Frida brings the passion, colour and complexity of artist Frida Kahlo vividly to the page.  Plus, Kate speaks with Ashley Hay, novelist and interim editor of Meanjin, about the magazine's rich literary history and how its archive can help guide your vote in the ABC's Top 100 Australian Books countdown. (Ashley also shares her top three Australian picks). Each week, a specially curated selection of archival material will be released at Meanjin: Meanjin – The Finest New Writing in Australia Books discussed Cool Machine - Colson Whitehead (Fleet) The Northern Tomb - Isabelle Li (Puncher & Wattmann) Frida - Claire Berest, translated from French by Stephanie Smee (Mountain Leopard Press) Also mentioned But Won't I Miss Me - Tiffany Tsao (Harper Via) Beejay Silcox's recommendations Angel Down - Daniel Kraus The Children - Melissa Albert Their Brilliant Careers - Ryan O'Neill Ashley Hay's Top 3 Australian picks The Commandant - Jessica Anderson Edenglassie - Melissa Lucashenko The Great Fire - Shirley Hazzard Credits Presenter - Kate Evans Producer - Kate Evans and Sarah Corbett Sound - Tim Jenkins and Isabella Tropiano Arts editor - Rhiannon Brown    
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  Art, apocalypse and country people 17.07.2026 1ώ 2λ

  Dave Eggers explores the messy intersection of art, friendship and growing up in Contrapposto, while Daniel Mason's Country People follows an academic family into a Vermont landscape full of stories and believers in worlds beneath the earth. Then Maria Takolander's The End of Romance imagines life after collapse. Joining Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh are our regular reviewers, novelist Madeleine Gray and musician Tim Rogers.  Plus, playwright and novelist George Kemp shares three favourite Australian books ahead of the ABC's Top 100 Australian Books countdown. Books discussed Contrapposto - Dave Eggers Country People - Daniel Mason The End of Romance - Maria Takolander Cloudstreet - Tim Winton The Sun Walks Down - Fiona McFarlane Cold Enough for Snow - Jessica Au Guest recommendations Dream Girls - Hannah Goldstein Brother of the More Famous Jack - Barbara Trapido The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Muriel Spark Riverboy - Jim Ewing A Suitable Man - Jock Serong Fifty Beating Wonders - Dr Michelle Johnston Flights - Olga Tokarczuk  Credits Presenter, Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh Producer, Kate Evans and Sarah Corbett Sound, Micky Grossman and Tegan Nicholls Arts editor, Sarah L' Estrange
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  Laura McPhee Browne, Leïla Slimani, Kris Kneen & Bruce Pascoe's favourite Aus books 10.07.2026 59λ

  This week on The Bookshelf, Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh discuss new novels including Laura McPhee-Browne's Worry Doll, a story of desire, obsession and uncertainty; Leïla Slimani's I'll Take the Fire, the acclaimed French-Moroccan writer's rich, politically charged exploration of family, memory and identity; and Kris Kneen's Rite of Spring, an eerie island novel where strange creatures lurk in the mist. Joining the program are regular reviewers, bestselling crime writer Michael Robotham and novelist and academic Roanna Gonsalves. Plus, as ABC Radio National's Top 100 Australian Books Countdown approaches, writer and historian Bruce Pascoe shares three Australian books he loves. Books discussed Worry Doll, Laura McPhee-Browne I'll Take the Fire, Leïla Slimani (translated by Sam Taylor) Rite of Spring, Kris Kneen Benang: From The Heart, Kim Scott Every Secret Thing, Marie Munkara Mullumbimby, Melissa Lucashenko Guest recommendations Whistler, Ann Patchett The Hunter, Tana French Tomb of Sand, Geetanjali Shree   Credits Presenter: Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh Producer: Kate Evans and Sarah Corbett Sound: Craig Tilmouth and Micky Grossman Arts editor: Sarah L'Estrange
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  Melbourne Writers' Festival with Hannah Kent and Beejay Silcox 03.07.2026 53λ

  A live recording from the 2025 Melbourne Writers Festival, with guests Hannah Kent and Beejay Silcox. Hannah Kent, Always Home, Always Homesick (Picador) Eimear McBride, The City Changes Its Face (Faber) Susan Choi, Flashlight (Jonathan Cape) Edward St Aubyn, Parallel Lines (Jonathan Cape) Caryl Phillips, Another Man in the Street (Bloomsbury) Guests Hannah Kent is the author of the novels Burial Rites, The Good People and Devotion. Her latest book is the memoir, Always Home, Always Homesick Beejay Silcox is a critic, writer, festival director and literary interviewer Other Books Mentioned Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Eric Puchner, Dream State Rebecca Makkai, The Great Believers Emily Maguire, Rapture Mariana Enríquez, A Sunny Place for Shady People Susan Hampton, Anything Can Happen
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  The Bookshelf’s best: Four standout novels from the past year 26.06.2026 53λ

  We review the latest in fiction for dedicated readers and for those who wish they read more.
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  Zan Rowe and Madeleine Gray review: Chris Ames/Fiona Mozley/Niamh Campbell 19.06.2026 53λ

  Cassie McCullagh is joined by Jonathan Green this time, for a wide-ranging hour of new fiction, from Australia and beyond. First, Fiona Mozley’s unsettling Awake Awake, where a young woman begins to suspect her grandfather may have killed Adolf Hitler, Zan Rowe weighs in. Then, Irish writer Niamh Campbell’s Make Strange, a quietly eerie novel about a four-year-old asking impossible questions, including whether she’s lived before...Madeleine Gray gives her verdict. And we begin with a striking new Australian voice in the short story collection I Made This Just For You by Chris Ames. ~ OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED Elmet; Hot Stew, by Fiona Mozley What We Can Know, by Ian McEwan The Ruiners, by Ellena Savage The Shepherd's Life; A Place of Tides, by James Rebanks The Animators; Returns and Exchanges, by Kayla Rae Whitaker Fruit Fly, by Josh Silver Yellowface, by R.F. Kuang A Little Life, by Hanya Yanagihara Shuggie Bain, by Douglas Stuart ~ CREDITS Presenter, Cassie McCullagh and Jonathan Green Producer, Cassie McCullagh and Sarah Corbett Sound, Antonia Gauci and Ann Marie Debettencor Arts editor, Rhiannon Brown
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  Michael Robotham and Roanna Gonsalves review: Andrew Sean Greer/Ilka Tampke/Michael Pedersen 12.06.2026 54λ

  From a sun-drenched Tuscan reset with a side of style advice (Andrew Sean Greer's Villa Coco via Michael Robotham), to Ilka Tampke’s How To Love the World, a tender take on parenting and the pull of the bush (guided by Roanna Gonsalves), and throw in a windswept lighthouse on the edge of the world with Michael Pedersen’s Muckle Flugga. ~ OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED Charles Bukowski, works Andrew Sean Greer, Less Graham Greene, Travels with My Aunt Patrick Dennis, Auntie Mame Steve Toltz, works Ilka Tampke, Skin; Songwoman Debra Adelaide,When I Am Sixty-Four David Sedaris, The Land and Its People; Me Talk Pretty One Day Rashida Murphy, Old Ghosts; The Historian's Daughter Olga Ravn, The Wax Child; The Employees ~ CREDITS Presenter, Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh Producer, Kate Evans and Sarah Corbett Sound engineer, Tegan Nicholls and Harvey O'Sullivan Arts editor, Rhiannon Brown
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  Hannah Kent and Tom Wright review: Maggie O'Farrell/Ann Patchett/Christine Balint 05.06.2026 54λ

  Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh are joined by regulars Hannah Kent and Tom Wright to talk new fiction from three major voices: Maggie O’Farrell’s Land, an expansive novel set in famine-era Ireland that traces memory, myth and the imprint of history on place; Ann Patchett’s Whistler, a sharp story of family, lost fathers and the long shadow of childhood; and Christine Balint’s A Single Witness, which follows a teenage girl confronting her community and the law in 18th-century Italy. ~ OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED Maggie O'Farrell, works Ann Patchett, works Christine Balint, works George R.Stewart, Names On The Land  Sumner Locke Elliott’s Careful, He Might Hear You  Tusiata Avia, Big Fat Brown Bitch  Dominic Hoey, 1985 Ingrid Horrocks, All Her Lives: Nine Stories Tāme Iti, MANA ~ CREDITS Presenter: Kate Evans Producer: Kate Evans, Sarah Corbett Sound: Micky Grossman, Isabella Tropiano Arts editor: Rhiannon Brown
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  Beejay Silcox & Bernadette Brennan review: Doireann Ní Ghríofa/Chloe Wilson/Deborah Levy 29.05.2026 54λ

  Kate Evans is joined by Bernadette Brennan and Beejay Silcox to talk three striking new releases: Doireann Ní Ghríofa’s Said the Dead, a haunting, archive-rich exploration of a derelict Irish asylum; Chloe Wilson’s The Thornbacks, a darkly comic debut of morticians, dating apps and unsettling female entanglements; and Deborah Levy’s My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein, a playful meditation on literary life in Paris.  ~ OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED Amitav Ghosh, Ghost-Eye Susan Choi, Flashlight  S.A. Cosby, works Doireann Ní Ghríofa, A Ghost in the Throat  Shirley Jackson, We Have Always Lived in the Castle Angela Carter, Wise Children Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides Daisy Johnson, Sisters Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects Oyinkan Braithwaite, My Sister the Serial Killer Deborah Levy, works Kim Scott, Benang Alexis Wright, Carpentaria Francesca Wade, Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife Gertrude Stein, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas  Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain, Bone Horn Erin Vincent. Fourteen Ways of Looking Claire Thomas, On Not Climbing Mountains Gwendoline Riley, The Palm House Chloe Wilson, Hold Your Fire Robin Robertson, The Long Take Joseph Furphy, Such is Life Elizabeth Jolley, works ~ CREDITS Presenter: Kate Evans Producer: Kate Evans, Sarah Corbett Sound: Antonia Gauci Arts editor: Rhiannon Brown
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  Launching ABC Radio National’s 2026 Top 100 Books countdown at SWF 22.05.2026 54λ

  The Bookshelf comes to you from a sold out session at Sydney Writers’ Festival, for a conversation that brings together an exceptional line-up: acclaimed novelist and poet Tony Birch, Miles Franklin Award-winning author Siang Lu, and internationally celebrated writer Lily King. Together, with Cassie, Kate and special guest Claire Nichols from The Book Show, they mark the launch of ABC Radio National’s 2026 Top 100 Books countdown, this year turning the spotlight on the very best of Australian writing, fiction and non-fiction, across all time. ~ ABC RADIO NATIONAL TOP 100 AUSTRALIAN BOOKS COUNTDOWN https://www.abc.net.au/listen/radionational/top-100-books-2026/106621398 ~ BOOKS MENTIONED BY LILY KING Colleen McCullough, The Thorn Birds Shirley Hazzard, The Transit of Venus; The Evening of the Holiday Kate Grenville, The Idea of Perfection Christina Stead, The Man Who Loved Children ~ BOOKS MENTIONED BY TONY BIRCH William Dick, A Bunch of Ratbags Ruth Park, works Colin Johnson, Wild Cat Falling Kenneth Cook, Wake in Fright Frank Hardy, Power Without Glory Peter Carey, American Dreams; Crabs Pi O, 24 Hours: Ulysses in Fitzroy ~ BOOKS MENTIONED BY SIANG LU Nam Le, The Boat Michael Winkler, Grimmish Peter Carey, The True History of the Kelly Gang Helen Garner, Monkey Grip Charlotte Wood, Stone Yard Devotional ~ BOOKS MENTIONED BY CASSIE MCCULLAGH Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career Peter Temple, Broken Shore Peter Carey, The Fat Man in History ~  BOOKS MENTIONED BY KATE EVANS Ethel Turner, Seven Little Australians Florence James and Dymphna Cusack, Come in Spinner Peter Carey, Illywhacker; Oscar and Lucinda ~ BOOKS MENTIONED BY CLAIRE NICHOLS The Australian Women's Weekly Birthday Cake Book Mem Fox, Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Kim Scott, works Tim Winton, works Josephine Wilson, Extinctions ~ OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED  Tim Winton, Cloudstreet Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe Charlotte McConaghy, Wild Dark Shore Sally Morgan, My Place Archie Roach, Tell Me Why Jimmy Barnes, Working Class Boy Ruby Langford Ginibi, Don’t Take Your Love to Town Thea Astley, works Helen Garner, The Children's Bach; The Spare Room Melina Marchetta, Looking for Alibrandi Richard Flanagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North; Question 7 Madeleine St John, Ladies in Black Shankari Chandran, Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens Ruth Park, Playing Beatie Bow Andrew McGahan, Praise Markus Zusak, The Book Thief Robbie Arnott, Limberlost Hannah Kent, Burial Rites Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding A.B. Facey, A Fortunate Life David Malouf, Johnno  Jane Harper, The Dry ~ CREDITS Presenter, Kate Evans, Cassie McCullagh, Claire Nichols Producer, Kate Evans, Sarah Corbett Sound, Harvey O'Sullivan Arts Editor, Rhiannon Brown
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  Madeleine Gray & Tim Rogers review: Wayne Marshall/Ellena Savage/Lena Dunham/Douglas Stuart 15.05.2026 54λ

  We head by rackety ferry to Scotland in John of John, the latest, quietly devastating novel from Shuggie Bain author Douglas Stuart. Henry Lawson reimagined - brawling poets, strange tunnels, time loops, and a warped tussle between city and bush in Wayne Marshall’s Henry Goes Bush, reviewed by You Am I's Tim Rogers. From there, novelist Madeleine Gray turns her eye to Lena Dunham’s sharp, self‑aware memoir Famesick, before moving to Ellena Savage’s The Ruiners, which shifts between a Melbourne lobster shack and a smoke‑wreathed Greek island. ~ OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED Norman Lindsay, Bohemians of the Bulletin Ruth Park, Playing Beatie Bow Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist: Essays Lena Dunham, Not That Kind of Girl Joan Didion, works Eve Babitz, works Ellena Savage, Blueberries Charles Dickens, works Charmian Clift, works George Johnston, works Michael Winkler, Griefdogg Rachel Yoder, Nightbitch Colum McCann, Apeirogon Steve MinOn, First Name Second Name Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie James Bailey, Like a Cat Loves a Bird: The Nine Lives of Muriel Spark Lee Lai, Cannon ~ CREDITS Presenter, Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh Producer, Kate Evans and Sarah Corbett Sound engineer, Craig Tilmouth and Roi Huberman Executive producer, Rhiannon Brown
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  Elizabeth Strout returns, Caro Claire Burke's Yesteryear and more new fiction 08.05.2026 54λ

  This week’s Bookshelf features the latest from Elizabeth Strout, creator of Olive Kitteridge and Lucy Barton, returning with a stand‑alone novel called The Things We Never Say. We’re also reading an ambitious, genre‑bending novel that moves from 1980s gaming culture to far‑future space travel, and Daniel Kehlmann’s The Director, a German novel in translation that explores film, power and propaganda. Joining us to review are Geordie Williamson - critic, publisher and writer; and Robert Forster - singer‑songwriter, founding member of The Go‑Betweens, memoirist and brand new novelist with Songwriters on the Run. ~ REVIEWERS Robert Forster and Geordie Williamson ~ BOOKS Daniel Kehlmann, The Director (translated from the German by Ross Benjamin), Riverrun Elizabeth Strout, The Things We Never Say, Viking Penguin   Portia Elan, Homebound, Chatto & Windus Caro Claire Burke, Yesteryear, Fourth Estate  ~ OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED Daniel Kehlmann, works Elizabeth Strout, My Name is Lucy Barton The Boundless Deep, Richard Holmes Johnno, David Malouf Keeley Jobe, The Endling Ana Paula Maia, On Earth as It Is Beneath ~ CREDITS Presenter, Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh Producer, Kate Evans and Sarah Corbett Sound, Craig Tilmouth and Roi Huberman Arts editor, Rhiannon Brown
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  Hannah Kent & Tom Wright review: Amanda Lohrey/Deepa Anappara + International Booker 01.05.2026 58λ

  In this episode, superstar reviewer Hannah Kent tackles the rugged terrain of a journey that edges towards the Tibetan border in Deepa Anappara's The Last of Earth, and theatre writer Tom Wright ponders extraterrestrial encounters in Amanda Lohrey's new one, Capture. Plus, Kate and Cassie take a look at two titles on the International Booker Prize shortlist, from France and Bulgaria, one follows a not‑very‑successful witch who weeps tears of blood; and the other is the story of a woman in Albania who switches genders through an ancient ritual. ~ BOOKS  Marie NDiaye, The Witch, translated from the French by Jordan Stump, MacLehose Press  Rene Karabash, She Who Remains, translated from the Bulgarian by Izidora Angel, Peirene Press  Deepa Anappara, The Last of Earth, One World  Amanda Lohrey, Capture, Text ~ OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED David Malouf, works Chloe Dalton, Raising Hare Laura McPhee Brown, Worry Doll  Ranginui Walker, Struggle Without End  Patricia Walker, Potiki  Cameron Sullivan, The Red Winter ~ CREDITS Presenter, Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh Producer, Kate Evans and Sarah Corbett Sound engineer, Bella Tropiano and Hamish Camilleri Arts editor, Rhiannon Brown