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Nov 10, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Claire Nichols |Sarah L'Estrange |Timothy Jenkins |Rhiannon Brown
Australian crime writer Garry Disher has been writing for almost 50 years but has only recently been able to make a living and now he's published his 60th book, Sanctuary. Emily Maguire explores the medieval urban legend of a female pope in Rapture and in his novel, This Kingdom of Dust, David Dyer imagines what might've happened if the Apollo 11 mission didn't go to plan.
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Oct 20, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Claire Nichols |Sarah L'Estrange |Timothy Jenkins |Rhiannon Brown
Tim Winton explains his urgency for writing about climate change in his new novel Juice, beware the evil eye in Matia, the debut novel of West Australian writer Emily Tsokos Purtill and singer-songwriter turned novelist, Nardi Simpson, explains the ambition of her second novel The Belburd. Tim Winton shares the anger and frustration that compelled him to write his latest novel Juice.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Natasha Mitchell |Claire Slattery |Timothy Jenkins |Marcus Hobbs
Big Ideas celebrates the blooming daphne with a look at the life, work and legacy of a pioneer of Australian landscape gardening, Edna Walling. This event was recorded on April 16, 2024 at the State Library of Victoria.
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May 14, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Natasha Mitchell |Timothy Jenkins |David Le May
Join Natasha Mitchell and guests for a robust conversation about forging a shared future between Black and White Australians through deeper understanding. Indigenous curator Margo Neale thought her nickname was "Abo" when she was a little girl. She didn't understand it was racist. Writing on politics and race for decades, David Marr thought he knew a lot — until he unearthed an family story.
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May 7, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Natasha Mitchell |David Le May |Timothy Jenkins
Smaller conflicts than those we're witnessing right now have set off world wars. Who will be the crucial superpowers and super peacemakers in the next five years? Get your head around the major machinations and manoeuvres with Natasha Mitchell and guests. Thanks to the 2024 Sorrento Writers Festival and festival director Corrie Perkin and team.
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Natasha Mitchell |Karin Zsivanovits |Timothy Jenkins |Angela Grant
Best-selling author Holly Ringland says that everyone can be creative – yes, even you!Be it painting, cooking, knitting a jumper or writing a song. It's often self-doubt and the fear of criticism and judgement that's holding you back. The voice in your head telling you that you're not good enough. It doesn't have to be like this. In The House That Joy Built, Holly Ringland explains how to 'get unstuck' and to give yourself permission to be creative.
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Jan 14, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Claire Nichols |Sarah L'Estrange |Timothy Jenkins |Rhiannon Brown
Pip Williams' follow up to her bestselling novel The Dictionary of Lost Words, Josh Kemp on how bushwalking helps his writing and the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award winner, Shankari Chandran. Pip Williams beloved debut novel The Dictionary of Lost Words sold over 200 000 copies and now it has a companion novel.
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Dec 31, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Claire Nichols |Sarah L'Estrange |Timothy Jenkins |Rhiannon Brown
Booker winner Ian McEwan explores his childhood in his latest novel and reigning Booker Prize winner Paul Lynch reveals the ideas behind his unflinching dystopian novel set in Ireland. Ian McEwan has been shortlisted for the Booker six times and he won for Amsterdam in 1998. He's also known for his novels Atonement, On Chesil Beach and Nutshell. He says his latest novel, Lessons is his most personal work.
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Dec 24, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Claire Nichols |Sarah L'Estrange |Timothy Jenkins |Rhiannon Brown
The two winners of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction are both about money but at opposite ends of the spectrum — Barbara Kingsolver's is about poverty while Hernán Diaz's is about astronomical wealth. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver shared the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction with Trust by Hernan Diaz. Demon Copperhead (Faber) is a modern retelling of the Charles Dickens' classic David Copperfield. This interview was first broadcast 24 October 2022.
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Dec 17, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Claire Nichols |Sarah L'Estrange |Timothy Jenkins |Rhiannon Brown
Australian writers Anna Funder and Paul Jennings on what it takes to be a writer. Anna Funder's latest book — Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life — resurrects the life of Eileen Blair, the wife of Eric Blair who was better known as the writer George Orwell. They were married for nine years and in that time, Orwell penned some of his most iconic work, so why was she written out of the history books?
