Graham Stull on The Hydra
08 Jun 2015
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The author of The Hydra reads from and talks about his new novel and where his ideas for it came fro...
Ben Okri on The Age of Magic
23 May 2015
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Ben Okri joins us live from the Sydney Writers Festival to read from and talk about his latest novel...
Joan Schweighardt on The Accidental Art Thief
17 May 2015
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The author of The Accidental Art Thief reads from and talks about her new novel and the inspiration ...
Philip Salom on Alterworld
17 Feb 2015
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The author of Alterworld: Sky Poems, The Well Mouth, Alterworld reads from and talks about his new ...
Masterchef Julie Goodwin on 20/20 Meals
07 Nov 2014
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Masterchef and author of 20/20 Meals Julie Goodwin talks about her new cookbook, about her journey ...
Jeri Kroll on Workshopping the Heart
27 Oct 2014
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The author of Vanishing Point, and Workshopping the Heart reads from and talks about her latest boo...
Brooke Davis on Lost and Found
29 Jul 2014
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Australian Book Industy Award Winner Brooke Davis reads from and talks about her novel Lost & Found...
Andy Kissane on Radiance
23 Jun 2014
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The author of the poetry collection Radiance reads a selection of poems from his new book, talks ab...
Interview with Carmel MacDonald Grahame
26 May 2014
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The author of Personal Effects reads from and talks about her novel and how the story came together,...
Vanessa Berry on Ninety 9
23 Feb 2014
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The author of Ninety 9 reads from and talks about her new book, about band t-shirts, growing up in t...
Interview with Jaye Ford
29 Oct 2013
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The author of Blood Secret reads from and talks about her new book, about the incident that gave r...
Interview with Paul W Newman
19 Sep 2013
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Author Paul Newman drops by to read from and talk about his novel Fin Rising, about writing the fi...
Interview with Brian Castro
12 Sep 2013
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Author Brian Castro reads from and talks about his latest novel Street to Street, his three protag...
Don’t Let the Wind Catch You with Aaron Paul Lazar
28 Aug 2013
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The author of Don't Let the Wind Catch You reads from and talks about his newest LeGarde mystery b...
The Bookman’s Tale with Charlie Lovett
16 Jul 2013
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The author of The Bookman's Tale talks about his new novel, about his multinational settings, the bo...
Lisa Gorton on Hotel Hyperion
04 Jul 2013
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The author of Hotel Hyperion talks about and reads from her new book of poetry, the relationship be...
Bread of the Lost with Philomena Van Rijswijk
06 Jun 2013
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The author of Bread of the Lost talks about and reads lots of poems from her new poetry collection,...
Bob Rich's Ascending Spiral
06 May 2013
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The author of Ascending Spiral talks about his latest novel,about genre bending, the books themes, ...
Fred Watson on Star Craving Mad
08 Apr 2013
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The author of Star Craving Mad reads from and talks about his latest book, on the importance of a m...
Interview with Kent MacCarter & Ali Lemer
18 Feb 2013
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The editors of Joyful Strains: Making Australia Home talk about the book, about choosing the ess...
Interview with Jennifer Maiden
17 Dec 2012
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The author of Liquid Nitrogen reads from and talks about her new poetry book, about her themes, abou...
ModPo's Amaris Cuchanski, Max McKenna & Anna Strong
15 Nov 2012
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Three of the Teaching Assistants from the University of Pennsylvania's Modern and Contemporary Ameri...
Interview with Jillian Schedneck
06 Nov 2012
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The author of Abu Dhabi Days, Dubai Nights reads from and talks about her book, about the difference...
Interview with Lily Brett
26 Oct 2012
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The author of Lola Bensky talks about her new book, about rock journalism and the 1960s, about her c...
Interview with Joanne Harris
10 Oct 2012
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The author of Peaches for Father Francis talks about her new book, about revisiting Lansquenet, abou...
Interview with Margaret Wertheim
10 Sep 2012
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The author of Physics on the Fringe talks about how her years of collecting the work of 'outsider ph...
Interview with Danny Iny
04 Sep 2012
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The author of Engagement from Scratch talks about his company Firepole Marketing, about the power of...
Interview with Nigel Marsh
13 Aug 2012
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The author of Fit, Fifty and Fired Up talks about his new book, about self-actualisation, about why ...
Interview with Anna Solding
30 Jul 2012
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The author of The Hum of Concrete reads from and talks about her first novel, about the the relation...
Interview with Kate Fagan
13 Jun 2012
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Poet, editor, musician, researcher, and lecturer Kate Fagan talks about and reads from her new poetr...
Interview with Ian Gibbins
28 May 2012
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The author of Urban Biology reads from and talks about his new poetry book and the poems in it, the ...
Interview with Stephen Scourfield
30 Apr 2012
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The author of Unaccountable Hours: Three Novellas reads from his latest book, and talks about his ch...
Interview with Frank Delaney
15 Mar 2012
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The author of The Last Storyteller talks about his latest novel, about trilogies, about the art of s...
Interview with Amanda Curtin
16 Feb 2012
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The author of Inherited, talks about her new book of short stories, about the notion of inheritance ...
Interview with Lesley Synge
14 Dec 2011
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The author of Mountains Belong to the People Who Love Them reads a variety of poems from her book, a...
Interview with Mike French
21 Oct 2011
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The author of The Ascent of Issac Steward talks about his first novel, on being compared to James Jo...
Interview with George Ivanoff
19 Oct 2011
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The author of Gamer's Quest and Gamer's Challenge talks about his latest novel, some of the key them...
Interview with Jane Smiley
26 Aug 2011
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Jane Smiley talks about her latest novel Private Life, about historical fiction and genres in genera...
Interview with Mary E Martin
19 Jul 2011
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The author of The Drawing Lesson talks about her most recent novel in the Trilogy of Remembrance, th...
Interview with Chad Hautmann
17 May 2011
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The author of Billie's Ghost and Magic and Grace talks about his latest book, his characters and key...
Interview with Sue Collier
02 May 2011
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The co-author of The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing talks about her book, about the paradigm shif...
Interview with Terry Denton
18 Apr 2011
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Funnyman, writer, illustrator, cartoonist Terry Denton talks about his new television series Gasp, a...
Interview with Gail Jones
21 Mar 2011
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The author of Five Bells talks about her latest novel, about the poem that inspired it, about Sydney...
Interview with Carl Zimmer
16 Feb 2011
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The author of Brain Cuttings talks about his latest book, on how the brain works, on the limits of o...
Interview with David Follett
06 Feb 2011
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The author and illustrator of Uncle Silas: Genetis talks about his book, his themes, his other comic...
Interview with Tim Flannery
15 Dec 2010
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The author of Here on Earth talks about his latest book, about the human superorganism and the Gaia ...
Interview with Lyn Reeves
13 Dec 2010
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The author of Designs on the Body talks about her new book, about poetry in general and Australian p...
Interview with Meredith Whitford
21 Oct 2010
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The author of Shakespeare's Will talks about her new book, about historical fiction in general, abou...
Interview with Craig Silvey
28 Sep 2010
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The author of Jasper Jones talks about his multi-award winning novel, his characters, his themes, mu...
Interview with Ramona Koval
30 Aug 2010
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ABC Radio's and The Book Show's Interviewer extraordinaire (and author of the newly released Speakin...
Interview with Bob Stahl
11 Aug 2010
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The author of A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbooks talks about his new book, about the con...
Interview with Justin D’Ath
19 Jul 2010
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Justin D’Ath is the author of 26 books for children and young adults, including the hugely popular...
Interview with Linda Ruth Brooks
01 Jul 2010
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The author of I'm Not Broken: I'm Just Different talks about her latest book, about self-publishing,...
Interview with Eric Maisel
16 Jun 2010
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The author of Brainstorm: Harnessing the Power of Productive Obsessions talks about his latest book,...
Interview with Peter Bowerman
10 Jun 2010
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The Well-Fed Writer talks about the latest, updated edition of his book, about commercial writing, a...
Interview with Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords
04 Mar 2010
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The founder of smashwords.com talks about the future of reading, publishing, the relationship betwee...
Interview with Felicity Plunkett
16 Feb 2010
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The author of Vanishing Point reads her poems, talks about poetry in general, and in particular, her...
Interview with Margaret Hawkins
01 Feb 2010
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The author of A Year of Cats and Dogs talks about her first novel, her innovative use of the I Ching...
Interview with John Banville
14 Dec 2009
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The author of The Infinities, The Sea and a number of other award winning novels talks about his lat...
Interview with Matthew Riley
25 Oct 2009
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The author of The Five Greatest Warriors talks about his latest novel, his unique 'storyteller' styl...
Interview with Sofie Laguna
19 Oct 2009
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The author of One Foot Wrong talks about her first adult novel, her child protagonist, themes, the t...
Interview with Andrew Thelander
01 Oct 2009
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The author of Last Birds talks about his latest novel, his characters and narrative style, about bir...
Interview with K J Fraser
01 Sep 2009
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The author of A Journey, a Reckoning and a Miracle talks about her novel, her characters and their r...
Interview with Emily Ballou
28 Aug 2009
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The author of The Darwin Poems talks about her latest book, about the relationship between fiction, ...
Interview with Dale Beaumont
04 Aug 2009
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The author of How to Write and Publish Your Own Best-Selling Book, talks to us about his latest pack...
Interview with Danny Gillan
18 Jun 2009
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The author of Will You Love Me Tomorrow talks about his novel, his upcoming anthology, his other wri...
Interview with Sir Ken Robinson
16 Jun 2009
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The author of The Element talks about his book, about the notion of finding your 'passion', about hi...
Interview with Lorraine Mace
27 May 2009
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The author of The Greatest Moving Abroad Tips in the World and The ABC Checklist for New Writers tal...
Interview with Gaynor McGrath
21 May 2009
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The author of Lemniscate talks about her novel, the relationship between fact and fiction, her chara...
Interview with Marion Halligan
28 Apr 2009
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Marion Halligan reads from and talks about her new novel Valley of Grace, about its French setting, ...
Interview with Paul Burman
07 Apr 2009
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The author of The Snowing and Greening of Thomas Passmore returns to The Compulsive Reader on his ow...
Interview with Terry Denton
16 Feb 2009
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Children's author (Storymaze, Wombat in the City), illustrator, and humourist Terry Denton talks abo...
Interview with Bel Schenk
10 Feb 2009
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The author of Ambulances & Dreamers talks about her new book, Express Media, poetry in Australia, po...
Interview with Geoff Nelder
08 Dec 2008
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The author of Exit, Pursued by a Bee talks about his book, science fiction, his SciFi mag Escape Vel...
Interview with Mark David Gerson
06 Nov 2008
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The author of The Voice of the Muse talks about his book, the ideas behind it, his "rules" for writi...
Joel Deane and Karen Knight: an hour of poetry
25 Sep 2008
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In this exciting show, we bring two of Australia's leading poets together for an hour of poetry, dis...
The View From Here
10 Sep 2008
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Mike French and Paul Burman, Editors of The View From Here magazine(http://www.viewfromheremagazine....
Interview with Wendy James
19 Aug 2008
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The author of The Steele Diaries talks about her latest novel, on being a sophomore, on the Australi...
Interview with Howard Waldman
13 Aug 2008
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The author of Good Americans Go to Paris When They Die talks about his latest novel, his unique prem...
Interview with Aaron Paul Lazar
06 Aug 2008
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The author of Tremolo: Cry of the Loon talks about his new book, about literary mysteries, about ser...
Interview with Will Chaffey
05 Aug 2008
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The author of Swimming with Crocodiles talks about his book, his great adventure, about publishing a...
Interview with Nick Place
30 Jun 2008
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The author of The OK Team talks about his novel, the world of superheros, his key themes, the dulles...
Interview with Marion Roberts
10 Jun 2008
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The author of Sunny Side Up talks about her novel, the development of her protagonist, about the gen...
Interview with Julie Mars
06 May 2008
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The author of Anybody Any Minute reads from her latest novel, talks about her heroine Ellen Kenny, t...
Interview with Basil Eliades, author of 3rd i
11 Mar 2008
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Poet, painter, performer Basil Eliades (www.basileliades.com performs from his CD 3rd i, and talks a...
Interview with Lorraine Mace, co-author of The ABC Checklist for New Writers
11 Feb 2008
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The author of The ABC Checklist for New Writers talks about her book, provides tips and tricks for a...
Interview with Roland Harvey
11 Dec 2007
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The award winning Australian children's author and illustrator talks about his new book In the City,...
Interview with Emily Ballou, author of Aphelion
04 Dec 2007
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Emily Ballou talks about her new novel Aphelion, her old/new Adaminaby setting, on the cycles of li...
Interview with Graeme Kinross-Smith
14 Nov 2007
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The author of Long Afternoon of the World talks about his first novel, the book's strange cyclical t...
Interview with Justin Lowe
17 Oct 2007
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The author of The Great Big Show talks about his verse novel, about poetry, publishing, the literary...
Interview with Helen Townsend, author of Above the Starry Frame
19 Sep 2007
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The author of Above the Starry Frame talks about her new book, her character William Irwin, the Eure...
Ross Duncan on All Those Bright Crosses
14 Aug 2007
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Ross Duncan reads from his new novel All Those Bright Crosses, talks about the development of his b...