Angela Costi on The Heart of the Advocate
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Angela Costi joins us to read from and talk about her latest poetry book The Heart of the Advocate. ...
Bob Rich on The Hole in Your Life
07 Aug 2025
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Bob Rich joins us to read from and talk about his new book, The Hole in Your Life: Grief and Bereave...
Katia Ariel on Ferryman
17 Jul 2025
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Katia Ariel reads from and talks about her new book Ferryman: The Life and Deathwork of Ephraim Finc...
Ashley Kalagian Blunt on Cold Truth
22 May 2025
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Ashley Kalagian Blunt joins us again to read from and talk about her book Cold Truth. We talk about ...
Paris Rosemont on Barefoot Poetess
01 May 2025
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Paris Rosemont reads from and talks about her new poetry book Barefoot Poetess . We cover such topic...
Terri-ann White on Finding Theodore and Brina
09 Apr 2025
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Terri-ann White, founder of Upswell Publishing, reads from and talks about her own book Finding Theo...
Exploring the Poetic Journey of Phillis Levin: An Anthology of Rain
11 Mar 2025
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In this episode, Phillis Levin, the author of six poetry collections, offers an in-depth look at her...
Andrea Goldsmith on The Buried Life
27 Feb 2025
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Andrea Goldsmith reads from and talks about her. new novel The Buried Life. We talk about the delica...
Karen Pearlman on Breaking Plates
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Karen Pearlman, director of the new film Breaking Plates, talks about the making of her latest fi...
Damen O'Brien on Walking the Boundary
20 Dec 2024
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Damen O'Brien reads from and talks about his latest poetry book Walking the Boundary. We talk about ...
PS Cottier and NG Hartland on The Thirty-one Legs of Vladimir Putin
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
PS Cottier and NG Hartland, authors of The Thirty-one Legs of Vladimir Putin, read from and talk abo...
John Kinsella on Beam of Light
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
John Kinsella reads from and talks about his new short story collection Beam of Light. We talk about...
Girls on Key 10th Anniversary Zoom
14 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This was a special zoom session of poetry to mark the 10th anniversary of Girls on Key featuring Sop...
Sarah Temporal on Tight Bindings
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Temporal is a prize-winning poet, producer, and educator who runs the well-respected regional ...
Patti Miller on the newly revised version of Writing True Stories
04 Jul 2024
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Patti Miller joins us to read from and talk about her book Writing True Stories which has just been ...
Julia Levitina on The girl From Moscow
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Julia Levitina reads from and talks about her new book The Girl From Moscow including such things as...
Omar Musa on The Fullness
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Omar Musa joins us to perform from and talk about his new album The Fullness. We talk about collabor...
Kent MacCarter on Fat Chance
19 Apr 2024
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Kent MacCarter joins us to read from and talk about his new poetry book Fat Chance. We talk about Ke...
Robbie Coburn on Ghost Poetry
06 Mar 2024
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Robbie Coburn reads from and talks about his new book Ghost Poetry. Topics covered include the many ...
Marina Kamenev on Kin
18 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The author of Kin: Family in the 21st Century reads from and talks about her new book, about the man...
Eugen Bacon on Serengotti
30 Jan 2024
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Award winning author Eugen Bacon reads from and talks about her latest book Serengotti. We discuss s...
Valerie Werder on Thieves
04 Dec 2023
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Valerie Werder reads from and talks about her award-winning debut novel Thieves. In this wide-rangin...
Beatriz Copello on No Salami Fairy Bread
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Beatriz Copello, author of No Salami Fairy Bread drops by to read from and talk about her newest poe...
Samuel Lucas Allen on CUT
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Award winning filmmaker Samuel Lucas Allen talks about their new short film CUT. We talk about how t...
Esther Ottaway on She Doesn't Seem Autistic
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Esther Ottaway talks about and reads from her new book She Doesn't Seem Autistic. Through a numb...
Richard James Allen on Text Messages from the Universe
01 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Richard James Allen joins me to read from and talk about his latest book Text Messages from the Univ...
Alisa Bryce on Grounded
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Soil scientist Alisa Bryce reads from and talks about her book Grounded. In this conversation we cov...
Alan Fyfe on T
31 May 2023
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Alan Fyfe joins us to read from and talk about his latest novel T, which shortlisted for the T.A.G H...
Ashley Kalagian Blunt on Dark Mode
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ashley Kalagian Blunt joins us to read from and talk about her new thriller Dark Mode. We talk abo...
Oisín Breen on Lilies on the Deathbed of Étaín & Other Poems
04 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this wide-reading and humorous interview, Irish poet, academic and journalist Oisín Breen reads ...
A conversation with Meera Atkinson
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Meera Atkinson reads from her book Traumata and talks about her work, the ongoing relevance of Traum...
Kateryna Kazimirova on Voices of Freedom: Contemporary Writing From Ukraine
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One of the two editors of Voices of Freedom: Contemporary Writing From Ukraine reads from and talks ...
Hazel Smith on Ecliptical
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Poet, performer, emeritus professor, and new media artist Hazel Smith reads from and talks about her...
Sara Kidd on The Vegan Cake Bible
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sara Kidd joins me to talk about her new cookbook The Vegan Cake Bible. We cover such things as how ...
Bastian Fox Phelan on How to Be Between
02 Aug 2022
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Bastian Fox Phelan reads from and talks about their new memoir How to Be Between. We talk about such...
Beth Spencer on The Age of Fibs
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Beth Spencer talks about and reads from her new book The Age of Fibs. Beth talks about how the...
Michelle Cahill on Daisy & Woolf
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Michelle Cahill, author of Daisy & Woolf, joins me at Woollahra Gallery to read from and talk ab...
Talking poetry with Yilinhi/Lorna Munro
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lorna Munro or Yilinhi is a Wiradjuri and Gamilaroi woman, multidisciplinary artist, poet, performer...
Nick Courtright on The Proofs, the Figures: Walt Whitman and the Meaning of Poems.
19 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kristina Darling interviews Nick Courtright about his new book The Proofs, the Figures: Walt Whitman...
Jessica Au on Cold Enough For Snow
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica Au’s first novel, Cargo, was published by Picador in 2011 and was highly commended in the ...
Charles Freyberg on The Crumbling Mansion
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Charles Freyberg reads from and talks about his latest book of poetry The Crumbling Mansion and chat...
KA Rees on Come the Bones
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
KA Rees is a writer of poetry and short fiction. She has been published by Margaret River Press, Cor...
James Bradley | Author of Clade - on climate fiction
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On its one-year anniversary, we've re-aired, with permission, James Bradley's wonderful conversation...
Beth Spencer in conversation with Kit Kelen
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Beth Spencer in conversation with Kit Kelen about his creative practice as poet, artist, publisher, ...
Lillian Avedian on Journey to Tatev
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lillian Avedian is an Armenian American journalist and poet from Los Angeles. In this episode she re...
Adam Aitken on One Hundred Letters Home
16 Jun 2021
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Adam Aitken reads from and talks about his memoir One Hundred Letters Home. We talk about the ...
Michael J Leach on Chronicity
23 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Australian academic, writer, and poet, Michael J. Leach reads from and talks about his latest poetry...
Emily Maguire on Love Objects
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Australian writer Emily Maguire's new novel is a clear-eyed and compassionate novel about love ...
Alison Treat interviews Leslie K Barry about Newark Minutemen
10 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this guest episode, author and podcaster Alison Treat interviews Leslie K Barry about her book Ne...
Chris Mansell on Foxline
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Mansell is one of Australia’s notable powerhouses in the poetry world. Chris was one o...
Zacchary Bird on Vegan Junk Food
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Does being vegan mean having to miss out on burgers, jalapeno peppers and deep-fried banana fritters...
Paul Rabinowitz on The Clay Urn
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Rabinowitz talks to Tinfoil Crowns author Erin Jones about his novella The Clay Urn. They talk ...
Angus Gaunt on Black Rabbit
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The author of Black Rabbit and co-owner of Sappho Books reads from and talks about his latest novel ...
Denise O'Hagan on The Beating Heart
21 Sep 2020
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Denise O'Hagan reads from and talks about her new poetry book The Beating Heart. We cover such...
Lee Kofman on Imperfect
27 Aug 2020
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Author, mentor, writing teacher and speaker Lee Kofman reads from about talks about her memoir Imper...
Nicola Redhouse on Unlike the Heart
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nicola Redhouse reads from her book Unlike the Heart and talks about the way her research grew ...
Maria Tumarkin on Axiomatic
08 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Maria Tumarkin reads from her award-winning book Axiomatic and talks about language and accents, &nb...
Sophie Hardcastle on Below Deck
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sophie Hardcastle reads from her latest and much lauded novel Below Deck. We also talked about many ...
Gillian Swain book launch My skin its own sky
10 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Following the cancelled Newcastle Writers Festival, Gillian Swain and I decided to launch her new po...
Virtual launch of Morgan Bell's Idiomatic, for the people
21 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As the Newcastle Writers Festival had to be cancelled this year due to Coronavirus, we did a virtual...
Jim Reese on Bone Chalk
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this guest episode, Daniel Flahie of the Die Healther podcast shares a recent interview with...
Roslyn McFarland on All the Lives We've Lived
04 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Roslyn McFarland reads from and talks about her new novel All the Lives We've Lived, and discusses s...
Jessica Mehta talks with novelist and poet Nina Murray
03 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this wide-reaching and warm conversation, novelist and poet Jessica Mehta talks with novelist and...
Jenny Blackford on The Girl in the Mirror
20 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Multi-talented polymath Jenny Blackford reads from her new middle-grade novel The Girl in the Mirror...
Interview with Sarah Myles
28 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The author of The Wolf Hour reads from and talks about her latest novel, its origins and her researc...
Peter Valentine on World heritage Sites of Australia
18 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Valentine reads from and talks about his new book World Heritage Sites of Australia. In ...
Eliana Gray on Eager to Break
02 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Eliana Gray reads from and talks about their new poetry book Eager to Break. In this candid in...
Interview with Richard James Allen
24 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Richard James Allen reads from and talks about his new poetry book, The Short Story of You and I, ex...
Bram Presser on The Book of Dirt
06 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bram Presser drops by to read from The Book of Dirt and we chat about many things including the Holo...
Anne Casey on Where the Lost Things Go
11 Feb 2019
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Anne Casey drops by to read from and talk about her debut poetry collection Where the Lost Things Go...
Ali Whitelock on And My Heart Crumples Like a Coke Can
10 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ali Whitelock reads from and talks about her latest poetry book And My Heart Crumples Like a Coke Ca...
Steve Armstrong on Broken Ground
06 Aug 2018
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Poet Steve Armstrong joins us to read a number of poems from his new poetry book Broken Ground. We ...
Jill Jones on Brink
28 Jun 2018
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Jill Jones joins us to read several poems from and talk about her latest poetry book Brink. We dis...
Kathryn Fry on Green Point Bearings
18 Jun 2018
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Poet Kathryn Fry reads a number of poems from her latest poetry collection Green Point Bearings an...
Holly Ringland on The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
18 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Holly Ringland, author ofThe Lost Flowers of Alice Hart joins us to read a little from the book and...
Tracy Sorensen on The Lucky Galah
27 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tracy Sorensen drops by Compulsive Reader Talks to read from and chat about her new book The Lucky G...
Jennifer Maiden launches her poetry book Appalachian Fall
14 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The wonderful Jennifer Maiden joins me at Macleans Booksellers in Hamilton NSW for a launch of her...
Interview with Jessica Townsend
24 Oct 2017
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Jessica Townsend, the author of Nevermoor: the Trials of Morrigan Crow drops by to read from and c...
Gerry Orz talks about Lucky or Not Here I Come
16 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Gerry Orz is an award winning actor, director, producer, youth activist, and author of the book Luck...
Patti Miller on Writing True Stories
24 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Award-winning author Patti Miller reads from and talks about her new nonfiction book Writing True S...
Interview with Melinda Smith
19 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The award-winning author of Goodbye, Cruel, reads from her new book and talks about how it came tog...
Jennifer Maiden on Play With Knives
12 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Poet and novelist Jennifer Maiden drops by to read from her latest novel Play With Knives: Three: Ge...
Dr Joanna McMillan talks about Get Lean, Stay Lean
08 Jan 2017
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Nutritionist Dr Joanna McMillan talks about her new book Get Lean, Stay Lean, including how the boo...
Interview with Michele Seminara
29 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Michele Seminara drops by to read from and talk about her poetry book Engraft and how it came toget...
Interview with Michelle Cahill on Letter to Pessoa
27 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Michelle Cahill reads "Aubade for Larkin" and talks about her new book Letter to Pessoa, including ...
Tim Elliott on Farewell to the Father
25 Aug 2016
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Tim Elliott joins us to read from and talk about his memoir Farewell to the Father. He discusses h...
Joel Deane on Year of the Wasp
01 Aug 2016
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Joel Deane reads from and talks about his new poetry book Year of the Wasp. Joel discusses a num...
Hazel Smith on Word Migrants
28 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Poet, performer, professor and new media artist Hazel Smith drops by to read from and talk about her...
Jane Caro talks about Plain-Speaking Jane
06 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Author, novelist, journalist, broadcaster, columnist, advertising writer and social commentator Jane...
Vivian Gornick reads from and talks about The Odd Woman and the City
23 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this special "on location" Sydney Writers Festival show, Vivian Gornick reads from and talks abou...
Dimitrios Ikonomou reads from and chats about The Diary of Norman K
18 May 2016
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Author and scultor Dimitrios Ikonomou reads from his new novel The Diary of Norman K, and chats with...
Rebecca Starford on Bad Behaviour
15 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this special Newcastle Writers Festival episode, Rebecca Starford, the author of Bad Behaviour, r...
Mark Flanagan on David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest and Infinite Winter
03 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Flanagan is the founder and editor of Run Spot Run, and the instigator behind Infinite Winter, ...
Christine Evans on Cloudless
10 Dec 2015
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The author of Cloudless reads from and talks about her new verse novel Cloudless, her unique charact...
Martin Langford on his new book Ground
27 Oct 2015
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Martin Langford reads from his new poetry book Ground, and talks about his overarching principle of ...
Jean Kent talks about The Hour of Silvered Mullet
13 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode held live (complete with rich sound effects) from Lake Macquarie Pub, acclaimed poet...
Carolyn Martinez talks about Finding Love
17 Aug 2015
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Carolyn Martinez, author of Inspiring IVF Stories and Finding Love: 7 Things you Need to Know Before...
Ali Cobby Eckermann on her book Inside my Mother
10 Aug 2015
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Ali Cobby Eckermann joins us to read from and talk about her latest poetry collection Inside my Moth...
Lucy Dougan on The Guardians
27 Jul 2015
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The author of The Guardans reads a number of poems from her book and talks about how it has has com...
Beth Spencer on Vagabondage
15 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Award winning novelist, poet and nonfiction writer Beth Spencer reads from and talks about her lates...