Podcasts about australian books

Over 50 years, she has become one of the most revered writers in Australia. Is she finally going to get worldwide recognition? By Sophie Elmhirst. Read by Nicolette Chin. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

Fairy smut, elf porn - call it what you like, romantasy is the hottest fiction genre on the planet. So why are today’s women yearning to be seduced by dragons? Find out more about The Front podcast here. You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey and produced and edited by Jasper Leak. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou, and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This summer Australian politicians are being encouraged to read more widely on the history of Palestine. Five books were sent to all 227 federal MPs and senators as part of a campaign backed and funded by dozens of Australia's most prominent authors. And in the bundle is one work of fiction – a novella by a Sydney-based author.Nour Haydar speaks with author of The Sunbird Sara Haddad about the summer reading for MPs initiative, Palestine, and writing as activism

Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life sheds new light on how George Orwell's wife Eileen O'Shaughnessy helped write some of his most famous works. The author, Anna Funder, speaks to Jane Lee about what the Orwells' marriage can teach us about power, wives and the patriarchy

It's been a huge year for Australian literature, with new work from some of our best-known authors, including Anna Funder, Richard Flanagan and Christos Tsiolkas. Culture editor Steph Harmon and deputy culture editor Sian Cain speak to Jane Lee about the best books of the year

I'm kicking the conversations back off again with a casual chat with Pete Smissen (who is making his 4th appearance on the Mere Mortals).In Conversation #80, Pete and I discuss: horrible things from general history, why basically everybody in Australian history got wrecked, our thoughts on a whole bunch of issues facing the world, cultural nuances regarding how immigrants view education and why (shock and horror) women are different than men.As always, I hope you enjoy. Kyrin out!Timeline:(0:00) - Intro to Pete(0:38) - Using AI to pickup girls(5:02) - The Last Days Of The Incas(7:45) - Knights just slaying(9:36) - Settlers fucking up the natives(15:53) - Unbelievable animals in antiquity(18:05) - Bennelong & aboriginal stories(22:07) - Watkin Tench & Aussie history(25:11) - More Aussie history books(28:35) - Books on Australian explorers(32:49) - Cultural differences causing problems(38:18) - Effective altruism & useless charities(40:56) - Using resources more efficiently(47:09) - Innovation & great men of history(50:37) - How Pete's English has changed?(53:55) - Slang & education in Colombian culture(57:06) - Immigrant education in Australia(1:03:59) - Pete vs Women(1:10:52) - Pete vs Patriarchy(1:14:37) - Pete vs Kyrin(1:16:23) - Pete vs PlantsConnect with Pete:Website: https://aussieenglish.com.au/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@petevsplants7516Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/australia_english/Connect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/

In 2021, Grace Tame became a household name after she was recognised as Australian of the Year for her work advocating for survivors of child abuse. In the year that followed, Tame's story of being assaulted and groomed by her teacher became common knowledge, with the activist facing multiple challenges in getting her story - and stories of other abuse survivors - heard and accurately represented. Grace Tame speaks to Laura Murphy-Oates about sharing her story in her own words in her memoir The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner, keeping power accountable, and how her foundation is creating meaningful change for victim survivors of child sexual abuse

Australian national ‘identity' has long been contested, as has the narrative of the foundation of Australia. What does the history of Australian literature and theatre tell us about who we are, and how we have changed? Are we now ready to put the history and culture ‘wars' behind us? This discussion brings together the authors of three books - all of which delve into our cultural history, and our shifting notions of identity and nationhood.

Australian national ‘identity' has long been contested, as has the narrative of the foundation of Australia. What does the history of Australian literature and theatre tell us about who we are, and how we have changed? Are we now ready to put the history and culture ‘wars' behind us? This discussion brings together the authors of three books - all of which delve into our cultural history, and our shifting notions of identity and nationhood.

Paul Cleary documents the Yindjibarndi community's resistance and fight against Fortescue Mining Group. It's an ongoing David versus Goliath story that has taken decades, and even gone to the high court

Drawing on a printmaking technique he learned from punk-rock climate activists in Borneo, Malaysian Australian author and poet Omar Musa wrestles with race, family and isolation in Killernova, his new book of poetry and art. He talks to Zoya Patel and also performs poems from his new book

Hannah Kent's novel, Devotion, is a queer love story that is set in a pious, nineteenth century religious community. In resisting the narrative of shame that has dominated the retelling of this time in history, Kent is challenging the way authors represent the past

In this episode of the Book It In podcast, Paul Daley speaks to Chelsea Watego about why she says ‘fuck hope' and why she wants to take her book, Another Day in the Colony, to Aboriginal readers in prisons

Craig Sherborne's novel The Grass Hotel tells the story of caring for a mother who is declining with dementia. He talks to Paul Daley about his own complex upbringing – one that was affectionate, but also filled with stilted and misunderstood expressions of care

"The Understudy" (Simon & Schuster) by Sydney-based author Julie Bennett is a brilliant new debut novel inspired by the Sydney Opera House and Julie's own childhood. A fascinating, page-turning glimpse into the underbelly of the theatre world, along with the rivalries, politics and machinations behind a history-making opera performance in 1973 Sydney. I am in complete awe of Julie's achievement with this magnificent novel and was delighted to have the chance to speak with her recently for the podcast.

Australiana is a novel set in a nameless town in rural Australia, where Yumna Kassab explores interconnected experiences of inequality. In doing so, she also makes us pause and reflect on how Australia is represented through literature

In this episode of the Book It In podcast, Guardian Australia features editor Lucy Clark talks to Heidi Everett, the author of My Friend Fox, about how she uses the lyricism of music to describe her lived experience in the public mental health system

Paul Daley speaks to Chelsea Watego about why she says ‘fuck hope' and why she wants to take her book, Another Day in the Colony, to Aboriginal readers in prisons

Based on more than four decades of lived experience in the public mental health system, Heidi Everett uses the lyricism of music and the drawings of a four-legged friend to describe her various mental states. In doing so, she expresses the difference between treatment and cure, recovery and healing, and existing and living

In a road trip prompted by an Australian man's imagination of America, Emily Bitto explores the literary trope of the masculine hero's quest – through her novel Wild Abandon

In a road trip prompted by an Australian man's imagination of America, Emily Bitto explores the literary trope of the masculine hero's quest – through her novel Wild Abandon

Paul Daley talks to Marion Frith about how she wrote a novel about life after loss and human resilience in the midst of trauma – by telling the story through an unlikely friendship between two fictional characters

Paul Daley talks to Marion Frith about how she wrote a novel about life after loss and human resilience in the midst of trauma – by telling the story through an unlikely friendship between two fictional characters

Through personal tragedy and time spent telling the stories of victims, investigative crime journalist Debi Marshall says she's found that closure doesn't exist. So why do people read, and why do authors write, true crime?

Through personal tragedy and time spent telling the stories of victims, investigative crime journalist Debi Marshall says she's found that closure doesn't exist. So why do people read, and why do authors write, true crime?

Rawah Arja was determined to write a YA novel for – and about – teenage boys in Western Sydney. She tells Zoya Patel about how she created a story about religion, rivalries, romance, racism and redemption in The F Team

Rawah Arja was determined to write a YA novel for – and about – teenage boys in Western Sydney. She tells Zoya Patel about how she created a story about religion, rivalries, romance, racism and redemption in The F Team

Paul Daley talks to Tony Birch about finding affection on the so-called margins of the inner city, the injustice of climate change and blak humour. Birch also describes why he doesn't view his fiction as having a political message

Paul Daley talks to Tony Birch about finding affection on the so-called margins of the inner city, the injustice of climate change and Blak humour. Birch also describes why he doesn't view his fiction as having a political message

In this episode of our new podcast Book It In, features editor Lucy Clark talks to Kathryn Heyman about the indignities that women endure throughout their lives and the craft of writing a memoir

Features editor Lucy Clark talks to Kathryn Heyman about the indignities that women endure throughout their lives and the craft of writing a memoir

What do books teach us about the world we live in? In conversation with Zoya Patel, Alice Pung talks about the writing life and having a separate job – while also navigating the publishing industry as a woman and person of colour

In conversation with Zoya Patel, Alice Pung talks about the writing life and having a separate job – while also navigating the publishing industry as a woman and person of colour

Dear Son is a searing anthology of letters by First Nations fathers and sons. Two of Australia's best authors discuss the tenderness and strength of Indigenous masculinity, in conversation with author and journalist Paul Daley

Book It In, Guardian Australia's latest podcast, explores what books teach us about the world we live in. Dear Son is a searing anthology of letters by First Nations fathers and sons. In this episode, two of Australia's best authors discuss the tenderness and strength of Indigenous masculinity with Paul Daley

What do books tell us about the world we live in? Join Guardian Australia features editor Lucy Clark, author and journalist Paul Daley, and writer and editor Zoya Patel for a weekly conversation with a top author about the ideas that shape their work

Introducing Classic Australian Novels. A collection of interviews from the ABC Archives with Australian authors about their most significant work. In True History of the Kelly Gang Peter Carey took a mythic Australian story and turned it into a Booker Prize winning novel.

Introducing Classic Australian Novels. A collection of interviews from the ABC Archives with Australian authors about their most significant work. With his first two novels Richard Flanagan had already garnered a reputation as great author. But then in 2001 the Tasmanian writer consolidated his literary reputation, and his gift for great titles, with Gould's Book of Fish.

Introducing Classic Australian Novels. A collection of interviews from the ABC Archives with Australian authors about their most significant work. The politics and philosophy of tourism are at the core of Michelle de Kretser's book Questions of Travel which charts the lives of two characters living worlds apart.

Introducing Classic Australian Novels. A collection of interviews from the ABC Archives with Australian authors about their most significant work. Kate Grenville's The Secret River released in 2005 became an instant classic, inspiring a sequel, a television series, and a theatre production.

Introducing Classic Australian Novels. A collection of interviews from the ABC Archives with Australian authors about their most significant work. In 2007 Alexis Wright won the Miles Franklin Award for her epic novel Carpentaria, set in and around the mythical town of Desperance in Queensland's Gulf Country.

Introducing Classic Australian Novels. A collection of interviews from the ABC Archives with Australian authors about their most significant work. Monkey Grip ushered in a new voice in Australian Literature. Released in 1977 it was Helen Garner's first novel and the first time Australians had read such a frank account of bohemian life in Melbourne's inner north.

Introducing Classic Australian Novels. A collection of interviews from the ABC Archives with Australian authors about their most significant work. That Deadman Dance was published in 2010 and is the third novel from Miles Franklin winner Kim Scott. Set in the Western Australian whaling port of Albany in the early 1800's it's an exploration of culture, first impressions, and the so called 'friendly frontier'.

After a decade embroiled in public controversies, one of Australia's most high-profile feminists is exposing a softer side with her new book, How We Love. Culture editor Steph Harmon introduces this profile on someone who describes herself as wilfully misunderstood

Laura Murphy-Oates introduces a bonus episode of our new podcast Guardian Australia Reads. Guardian Australia's culture editor, Steph Harmon, recommends a piece by Clem Bastow about an unfair double standard on autism

Some models of autism frame special interest as something unsettling and obsessive. Guardian Australia's culture editor, Steph Harmon, recommends a piece by Clem Bastow about this unfair double standard

Aussie Aussie Aussie! Books Books Books! Want a collection of some of the best Australian books, I got you covered. I read 8 books this month and 5 of these are considered classics while the other 3 are more modern. I had lots of fun diving into the world of Australian literature and found out that we actually have some good authors, both in the past and present. Worth giving them a check out if you're feeling patriotic!As always, I hope you have a fantastic day wherever you are in the world. Kyrin out!Timeline:(0:00) - Introduction(0:55) - My Brother Jack - George Johnston(3:05) - Picnic At Hanging Rock - Joan Lindsay(8:00) - We Of The Never Never & The Little Black Princess - Jeannie Gunn(10:18) - Gould's Book Of Fish - Richard Flanagan(12:09) - My Brilliant Career - Miles Franklin(14:12) - Requiem With Yellow Butterflies - James Halford(16:15) - Poems Of The Bush - Banjo Paterson(18:20) - True History Of The Kelly Gang - Peter Carey(21:12) - Other Aussie Books I Didn't Get To(23:40) - Aussie Slang(25:20) - The Mere Mortals Podcast Has More Book Related Ideas(26:23) - What's Coming Up For AugustConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/Support the show

Aussie Aussie Aussie! Books Books Books! Want a collection of some of the best Australian books, I got you covered. I read 8 books this month and 5 of these are considered classics while the other 3 are more modern. I had lots of fun diving into the world of Australian literature and found out that we actually have some good authors, both in the past and present. Worth giving them a check out if you're feeling patriotic!As always, I hope you have a fantastic day wherever you are in the world. Kyrin out!Timeline:(0:00) - Introduction(0:55) - My Brother Jack - George Johnston(3:05) - Picnic At Hanging Rock - Joan Lindsay(8:00) - We Of The Never Never & The Little Black Princess - Jeannie Gunn(10:18) - Gould's Book Of Fish - Richard Flanagan(12:09) - My Brilliant Career - Miles Franklin(14:12) - Requiem With Yellow Butterflies - James Halford(16:15) - Poems Of The Bush - Banjo Paterson(18:20) - True History Of The Kelly Gang - Peter Carey(21:12) - Other Aussie Books I Didn't Get To(23:40) - Aussie Slang(25:20) - The Mere Mortals Podcast Has More Book Related Ideas(26:23) - What's Coming Up For AugustConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/

The journalist and author was diagnosed with complex post-traumatic stress disorder in 2019. In this recording of Guardian Australia’s monthly book club, he discusses his book My Year of Living Vulnerably, which explores how trauma affects the brain, and how part of getting better is through learning to love

In this discussion between Helen Garner and Michael Williams for Guardian Australia’s monthly Zoom book club, the author talks about the difficulties of publishing her diaries, and her fascination with systems of life and death. • Read an extract from One Day I’ll Remember This