Podcast appearances and mentions of jessica au

What is the future of the great Australian novel? Novelists Jessica Au, Brian Castro and André Dao contemplate the novel, the nation and its literature with Lynda Ng. Marking 30 years since Brian Castro considered the ‘new novel', three of Australia's most talented contemporary novelists discuss the future of the form. Is there such a thing as a ‘Great Australian Novel', or have twentieth-century paradigms expired? What, exactly, does greatness have to do with fiction? How does the novel relate to the nation? Dr Lynda Ng, lecturer in Australian Literature at the University of Melbourne, is joined by Jessica Au, Brian Castro and André Dao as they consider the novel, the nation, and the boundaries that shape them.   This conversation was recorded on 3 August 2024 as part of the inaugural Liminal Festival, presented in partnership with The Wheeler Centre. Bringing together some of the continent's most talented writers, the Liminal Festival contemplates the language of our shared histories and future. The Liminal Festival was supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria. The official bookseller was Amplify Bookstore. Featured music is ‘Kick Back' by james.lfo.  Support the Wheeler Centre: https://www.wheelercentre.com/support-us/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

O livro de hoje do nosso clube é Frio o bastante para nevar, da escritora australiana Jessica Au. E o nosso bate-papo será com a tradutora da obra para o português, a Fabiane Secches. FABIANE SECCHES nasceu em Minas Gerais e atualmente mora em Colônia, na Alemanha. Psicanalista, crítica literária e tradutora de literatura, é colaboradora do jornal Folha de S. Paulo e das revistas Cult e Quatro Cinco Um, entre outros veículos, escrevendo sobre literatura, cinema e psicanálise. É mestre em Teoria Literária e Literatura Comparada pela Universidade de São Paulo e doutoranda nessa mesma instituição. Deixe o seu like e se inscreva no canal! :)

Jessica Au in conversation with Lucy Caldwell: Jessica Au, author of Cold Enough for Snow, winner of the 2020 Novel Prize, speaks to Lucy Caldwell, author of Intimacies and Openings, about the themes and ideas at work in her writing, including the dissonances between our external and internal worlds, the grief of growing apart from parental figures, the absences in the histories of migrant families, and the search for truth and commonality. Recorded at Young Space in April 2024. Edited by Frankie Wells. Music composed by Kwes Darko.

Nat has received a revolutionary gift for her kitchen; Chris KP examines the imagery used on flags; animal advocate Glenys Oogjes chats about what it's like to be named 2024 Senior Australian of the Year for Victoria; book reviewer Laura Pietrobon shares her thoughts on Britney Spears' memoir The Woman in Me; Senior Lecturer at RMIT Binoy Kampmark explains Argentina's new president Javier Milei; Adam Christou reviews horror game Alan Wake 2; author Jessica Au talks about her book Cold Enough for Snow which won the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction 2023; and film reviewer Simone Ubaldi shares her opinion on Saltburn. With presenters Monique Sebire, Daniel Burt & Nat Harris.Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/breakfasters/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Breakfasters3RRRFM/Twitter: https://twitter.com/breakfasters

Cam and Andy from Yeah Nah Pasaran show speak to Dr Eviane Leidig, the author of Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers & Online Radicalization. On mainstream social media platforms, far-right women share Instagram stories about organic foods that help pregnant women propagate the pure white race and post behind-the-scenes selfies at anti-vaccination rallies. These social media personalities model a feminist lifestyle, at once promoting their brands and radicalizing their followers. In discussions of issues like dating, marriage and family life they call on women to become housewives to counteract the corrosive effects of feminism.Eviane Leidig in her book offers an in-depth look into the world of far-right women influencers, exploring the digital lives they cultivate as they seek new recruits for white nationalism. Going beyond stereotypes of the typical male white supremacist, she uncovers how young attractive women are playing roles as organisers, fundraisers and entrepreneurs. You can listen to Yeah Nah Pasaran every Thursday 4:30 to 5:00 pm. --- We hear from Victorian author Jessica Au, winner of the 2023 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction for her novel Cold Enough for Snow. The win comes nine months after Au took out the fiction and overall prizes at the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards.  --- Sunehra speaks to Niusha Shafiabady, Associate Professor in Computational Intelligence at Charles Darwin University about how Artificial intelligence will impact the workforce around the world. Niusha says that people living Niusha says that people living in developing countries will be the most affected by this change. You can read her article here.  --- This week Australia's radio sector celebrates 100 years on the airwaves. The first licensed station to broadcast over the airwaves was Sydney radio station 2SB, now ABC Radio Sydney. Community broadcasting in Australia emerged in the 1960s. Today, there are more than 450 community-owned radio stations – making community broadcasting Australia's largest independent media sector. But the sector is not so healthy everywhere.Malaysia had to wait until the early 2000s for its first community radio station. Radiq Radio brought the voices of refugees, squatters, factory workers and other marginalised groups to listeners in Malaysia, via a shortwave transmitter located in Indonesia. Journalist and broadcaster Sonia Randhawa was the founder of RadiqRadio. They join us to share more about this grassroots project and the international community radio landscape.Interested in hearing more about 100 years of radio in Australia?Tuning in or Fading Out: Radio's Past, Present and FuturePanel discussion hosted by Jonathon Green from ABC and featuring Pilar Aguerra, Chairperson at 3CRThursday November 23, 20236.15pm - 7.45pmEureka Centre Auditorium, BallaratFree event but you need to register.https://eurekacentreballarat.com.au/tuning-or-fading-out-radios-past-present-and-future

Partnerem odcinka jest platforma streamingowa SkyShowtime, na której znajdziecie świetnie oceniany serial Poker Face https://www.skyshowtime.com/pl/its-time-for/poker-face [reklama] Spis treści: (00:30) Poker Face (04:19) Porządki w szafie (06:44) "Cold enough for snow" Jessica Au (10:48) Klub książki: "Zanim wystygnie kawa" do posłuchania w kolejnym odcinku naszego drugiego podcastu Karoliny Kontra Życie (11:55) Pierwsza historia: Karolina opowiada o Marku Andrewsie i morderstwie jego żony Doris Andrews. Źródła: https://thecinemaholic.com/doris-hoskins-murder-where-is-mark-andrews-now/ https://www.star-telegram.com/latest-news/article202890694.html https://www.drjonijohnston.com/post/pathological-lying-and-psychopaths (28:55) Druga historia: Karolina opowiada o morderstwie Leisy Hurst, o które oskarżony został jej chłopak Jeami Chiapulis. Nie zapomnij sprawdzić zdjęć z tego odcinka na naszym instagramie ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@2karoliny2podcasty ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram Karoliny 1 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@acecaroline⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + instagram Karoliny 2 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@karolinagawr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Możesz też nas symbolicznie wesprzeć na Patronite ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://patronite.pl/prawdziwe-zbrodnie⁠

Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens is the book Shankari Chandran always wanted to write. After being rejected by publishers, Shankari decided to write for herself and finally tackle the subject she'd been avoiding: Race in Australia. In doing so, she has won the Miles Franklin award and changed the trajectory of her writing career.Reading list:Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens, Shankari Chandran, 2022Song of the Sun God, Shankari Chandran, 2017The Barrier, Shankari Chandran, 2017Hopeless Kingdom, Kgshak Akec, 2022Limberlost, Robbie Arnott, 2022Cold Enough for Snow, Jessica Au, 2022The Lovers, Yumna Kassab, 2022Iris, Fiona Kelly McGregor, 2022You can find these books at your favourite independent book store. Or if you want to listen to them as audiobooks, you can head to the Read This reading room on Apple Books.Socials: Stay in touch with Read This on Instagram and TwitterGuest: Shankari Chandran and Kate McClymontSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens is the book Shankari Chandran always wanted to write. After being rejected by publishers, Shankari decided to write for herself and finally tackle the subject she'd been avoiding: Race in Australia. In doing so, she has won the Miles Franklin award and changed the trajectory of her writing career. Reading list: Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens, Shankari Chandran, 2022 Song of the Sun God, Shankari Chandran, 2017 The Barrier, Shankari Chandran, 2017 Hopeless Kingdom, Kgshak Akec, 2022 Limberlost, Robbie Arnott, 2022 Cold Enough for Snow, Jessica Au, 2022 The Lovers, Yumna Kassab, 2022 Iris, Fiona Kelly McGregor, 2022 You can find these books at your favourite independent book store. Or if you want to listen to them as audiobooks, you can head to the Read This reading room on Apple Books. Socials: Stay in touch with Read This on Instagram and Twitter Guest: Shankari Chandran and Kate McClymont

Bentornati in Bookatini - il podcast per chi è ghiotto di libri. L'episodio 56 è dedicato alla festa della mamma. Nell'episodio di oggi abbiamo chiacchierato approfonditamente di questi libri Tempo di neve, di Jessica Au, Il saggiatore editoreCos'hai nel sangue, di Gaia Giovagnoli, Nottetempo editoreAbbiamo anche citato questi libri, che abbiamo ma non abbiamo letto: La scuola per le buone madri, di Jessamine Chan, Mondadori editoreMaternità, di Sheila Heti, Sellerio editoreIl lavoro di una vita, di rachel Cusk, Einaudi editoreUna donna, di Annie Ernaux, L'orma editoreL'invenzione della madre, di Maerco Peano, Minimum fax editorePotete contattarci, scrivere commenti, suggerimenti, domande e condividete con noi le vostre letture su questo tema contattandoci nella pagina Instagram Bookatini_podcast, dove potete trovare anche le nostre live, in onda di mercoledìSe volete sostenerci e godere di contenuti aggiuntivi, potete unirvi a 4 possibili livelli di Patreon che trovate al link: https://www.patreon.com/bookatiniLa sigla di Bookatini è scritta e suonata da Andrea Cerea

Tuğçe Arslan Üçer ve Eylül Görmüş yeni bölümü gururla sunar; zira bu hafta gündemin nabzını tutuyoruz adeta. Yeni gösterime giren Özcan Alper filmi Karanlık Gece'yi hemen izledik, yorumlarımız bu bölümde. Bu hafta üzerine konuştuğumuz kitaplar ise Ayfer Tunç'un Kuru Kız'ı, Magda Szabo'nun Yavru Ceylan'ı,Thomas Mann'ın Aldanan Kadın'ı, Don Dellilo'nun Sessizlik'i, Jhumpa Lahiri'nin Olduğum Yer'i, Jessica Au imzalı Kar Havası ve Italo Calvino'nun tam da bu sıralar okunulası Sandık Gözlemcisinin Uzun Günü adlı eseri. Dünya Bey'in kitaplığı köşemizde ise David Litchfield ve Alex Latimer imzalı Çekirdek ile Yumurta var. Herkese iyi dinlemeler dileriz! 1 Kitap 1 Film podcast'i sosyal medyada takip etmeyi unutmayın!https://www.instagram.com/1kitap1film.us/ Reklam ve iş birlikleri için:merhaba@wandnetwork.comaysegul.turker@wandnetwork.comWand Media Network

The team chats about yearly journals and diaries; Food expert Michael Harden describes new trends in wine bars and pubs in Melbourne; Actor Zen McGrath talks about working alongside Hugh Jackman in new movie THE SON; Book reviewer Elizabth McCarthy shares her thoughts on Jessica Au's award-winning novel Cold Enough for Snow; Academic Maddi Miller tells the story of the Budj Bim eruption of 30,000+ years ago; Nat explains that she's drowning in vintage lamps; Film reviewer Megan McKeough casts her eyes over the much-anticipated film BABYLON; and comedian Urvi Majumdar is experiencing house-buying woes. With presenters Simon Winkler, Daniel Burt & Nat Harris. Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/breakfasters/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Breakfasters3RRRFM/Twitter: https://twitter.com/breakfasters

Perry talks about the best movies and television he watched during 2022. David discusses his work for Standard Ebooks. Perry interviews Lucy Sussex about the best books she read last year. Introduction (03:40) General News (13:50) Victorian Premier's Literary Awards (03:45) Locus Recommended Reading List (06:19) Worldcon 2023 (03:37) Perry's Best Movies and TV of 2023 (32:09) Subtitles (01:33) Overview (01:42) Movies (14:14) Honourable Mentions (03:36) Television (14:13) Documentaries (01:24) Comedies (02:41) Drama (08:05) Best overall (01:49) Standard Ebooks and Copyright (09:50) Interview with Lucy Sussex (32:11) Skimming Stones by Maria Papas (01:58) The Islands by Emily Brugman (02:02) Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au (00:53) Treacle Walker by Alan Garner (01:24) An Uncommon Hangman by Rachel Franks (01:35) Nabbing Ned Kelly by David F Dufty (04:48) Polly Plum by Jenny Coleman (02:11) The Baby on the Fire Escape by Julie Phillips (01:59) Laidlaw by William McIlvanney (04:49) Fatale by Jean-Patrick Manchette (02:20) After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz (04:36) Windup (01:01) Illustration generated by Stable Diffusion

Perry talks about the best movies and television he watched during 2022. David discusses his work for Standard Ebooks. Perry interviews Lucy Sussex about the best books she read last year. Introduction (03:40) General News (13:50) Victorian Premier's Literary Awards (03:45) Locus Recommended Reading List (06:19) Worldcon 2023 (03:37) Perry's Best Movies and TV of 2023 (32:09) Subtitles (01:33) Overview (01:42) Movies (14:14) Honourable Mentions (03:36) Television (14:13) Documentaries (01:24) Comedies (02:41) Drama (08:05) Best overall (01:49) Standard Ebooks and Copyright (09:50) Interview with Lucy Sussex (32:11) Skimming Stones by Maria Papas (01:58) The Islands by Emily Brugman (02:02) Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au (00:53) Treacle Walker by Alan Garner (01:24) An Uncommon Hangman by Rachel Franks (01:35) Nabbing Ned Kelly by David F Dufty (04:48) Polly Plum by Jenny Coleman (02:11) The Baby on the Fire Escape by Julie Phillips (01:59) Laidlaw by William McIlvanney (04:49) Fatale by Jean-Patrick Manchette (02:20) After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz (04:36) Windup (01:01) Click here for more info and indexes Illustration generated by Stable Diffusion

 7.10AM We hear from refugee activists Margaret Sinclair & Ian Rintoul of the Refugee Action Coalition, on their witness of the harsh survival life for refugees in Indonesia, the need to end the ban on resettlement in Australia and the Albanese government's promise for the refugees. To learn more about what went on in the forum, head to https://refugeeaction.org.au/ You can watch the full video at http://Full Video HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtBoOxTx60c&t=2013s 7.30AM We hear from advocates for Teachers4 Refugees including Carly Hawkins, an ex-teacher on Nauru and PhD student researching the impacts of detention on education for refugees. The Teachers4Refugees hosted a rally outside the Federal Minister for Education, Jason Clare's office in Sydney last Thursday 2nd February 2023. To find out more about the rally go to fb @Teachers for refugees NSWWe will  be posting the ways you can support Teachers4Refugees shortly so watch this space!7.50AM We speak with Melbourne-based writer Jessica Au, winner of the 2023 Victorian Premier's Literature Prize for Fiction and the overall Victorian Literature Prize for the exquisitely crafted novella Cold Enough for Snow.8.10AM Content warning for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners: This segment contains the name of a person who has died.We speak with Nerita Waight, CEO of the Aboriginal Legal Service, about the latest developments regarding bail reform in Victoria. For further information and to get involved in the VALS bail reform campaign, go to http://www.vals.org.au/fix-victorias-bail-laws/   MusicGive Me One Reason - Tracy ChapmanMake Room - Bridie KingTimes Like These - Glenn Barber

Prolific British author Fiona McIntosh faced the challenge of setting her latest two novels in an Australian landscape when Covid kept her from her usual European haunts. The result is “The Orphans”; a tale of love, murder and treachery set between 1930s Adelaide and the Flinders Ranges.  In her other post-Covid release, “Dead Tide”, McIntosh had to create a plot that allowed her to move her regular character, detective Jack Hawksworth,  from Scotland Yard to Adelaide. and Research and serendipity are at the heart of writing historical fiction. Author Dominique Wilson talks about how she goes about placing her fictional characters in a realistic world from the past, and how she finds a mathematical approach essential. Guests Fiona McIntosh, author of “The Orphans” and “Dead Tide” https://www.fionamcintosh.com/ Dr Dominique Wilson, novelist and short story writer. Dominique has published three historical novels, “The Yellow Papers”, “The Devil's Madness” and “Orphan Rock” https://dominiquewilson.com.au/ Our Random Reader is Joey Other books that get a mention: Annie and Sarah mention “Cold Enough for Snow” by Jessica Au, winner of the Victorian Prize for Literature Joey mentions “Lord of the Rings” by J.R.R. Tolkien, “Shantaram” by Gregory David Roberts, and “Breakfast of Champions” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Prolific British author Fiona McIntosh faced the challenge of setting her latest two novels in an Australian landscape when Covid kept her from her usual European haunts. The result is “The Orphans”; a tale of love, murder and treachery set between 1930s Adelaide and the Flinders Ranges.  In her other post-Covid release, “Dead Tide”, McIntosh had to create a plot that allowed her to move her regular character, detective Jack Hawksworth,  from Scotland Yard to Adelaide. and Research and serendipity are at the heart of writing historical fiction. Author Dominique Wilson talks about how she goes about placing her fictional characters in a realistic world from the past, and how she finds a mathematical approach essential. Guests Fiona McIntosh, author of “The Orphans” and “Dead Tide” https://www.fionamcintosh.com/ Dr Dominique Wilson, novelist and short story writer. Dominique has published three historical novels, “The Yellow Papers”, “The Devil's Madness” and “Orphan Rock” https://dominiquewilson.com.au/ Our Random Reader is Joey Other books that get a mention: Annie and Sarah mention “Cold Enough for Snow” by Jessica Au, winner of the Victorian Prize for Literature Joey mentions “Lord of the Rings” by J.R.R. Tolkien, “Shantaram” by Gregory David Roberts, and “Breakfast of Champions” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kiran Dass reviews three of her favourite books from last year: Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au, published by Giramondo; Assembly by Natasha Brown, published by Hamish Hamilton, and The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives by Jude Rogers, published by White Rabbit Books

In dieser Folge mit Anika, Robin und Meike: „Die Optimistinnen“ von Gün Tank, „Mon Chéri und unsere demolierten Seelen“ von Verena Roßbacher und „Kalt genug für Schnee“ von Jessica Au. Willkommen zu unserer letzten regulären Folge des auslaufenden Jahres! Wir werfen einen Blick auf unsere Highlights 2022 und geben ein paar diskrete Hinweise auf kommende Abenteuer - seid gespannt! Nächste Woche gibt's dann eine Spezialausgabe mit erstklassigen Gästen auf die Ohren.

Listen to Grattan CEO Danielle Wood in conversation with renowned journalist Eleanor Hall, as they discuss Grattan's top six thought-provoking, compelling, and relevant books from 2022. It's been an extraordinary year, and these are extraordinary reads – not only for the Prime Minister, but for all Australians interested in public policy. Danielle and Eleanor were introduced by the CEO of State Library Victoria, Paul Duldig, and joined by the authors of three of these wonderful books, Debra Dank, Sam Vincent, and Jessica Au. The Grattan Institute 2022 Summer Reading List for the Prime Minister is: Career & Family: Women's Century-Long Journey toward Equity – Claudia Goldin We Come With This Place – Debra Dank My Father and Other Animals – Sam Vincent Cold Enough for Snow – Jessica Au Buried Treasure – Jo Chandler (in the Griffith Review) Healing: Our path from mental illness to mental health – Thomas Insel Read more about the books: https://grattan.edu.au/news/announcing-grattan-institutes-2022-prime-ministers-summer-reading-list/ Purchase the books from Readings: https://www.readings.com.au/collections/grattan-institute-prime-ministers-summer-reading-list-2022#

Anna and Annie discuss the Readings Prize winner, Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au. Our book of the week is Real Bad Things by Kelly J. Ford.  Set around the Arkansas River, this is a suspense thriller about Jane, who returns to her home town to face up to a murder that was committed years before. Described as Southern noir or Grit Lit, this was an Amazon Best Book of the Month and is recommended for Ozark fans. Coming up: The Trees by Percival Everett. Follow us! Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @abailliekaras and @mr_annie Twitter: @abailliekaras and @mister_annie Facebook: Books On The Go Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz

Die australische Autorin Jessica Au schreibt einen seltsam schwebenden Roman über die unmögliche Suche nach Vertrautheit. Eine Rezension von Andreas Wirthensohn. Von Andreas Wirthensohn.

Anna and Amanda discuss our favourite small books. Our book of the week is Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au, the inaugural winner of the Novel Prize. This inspired us to talk about other short novels that we have loved: Guest Cat by Tikashi Hiraide translated by Eric Selland Ikigai by Héctor García and Francesc Miralles Japonisme: The Art of Finding Contentment by Erin Niimi Longhurst Summerwater by Sarah Moss  A Chess Story by Stefan Zweig translated by Alexander Starritt. Coming up: The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell  Follow us! Instagram: @abailliekaras and @vibrant_lives_podcast Facebook: Books On The Go Twitter: @abailliekaras Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz

Anna and Annie discuss the 2022 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction shortlist. Our book of the week is Bodies of Light by award-winning author Jennifer Down. This novel explores survival against the odds and is wonderfully engaging despite the subject-matter. Winner of the 2022 Miles Franklin Literary Award.  Coming up: Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au and small books. Follow us! Instagram: @abailliekaras and @mr_annie Facebook: Books On The Go Litsy: @abailliekaras Twitter: @abailliekaras and @mister_annie Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz

Anna and Annie discuss the death of Queen Elizabeth II and recommend these books: An Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett The Queen by Ben Pimlott The Palace Papers by Tina Brown Our book of the week is Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra. This New York Times Bestseller is set in Mussolini's Italy and 1940s Hollywood.  Described as 'a wonderful novel' (Sunday Times), 'epically entertaining' (San Fancisco Chronicle) and 'A gorgeous book ... sublime' (New York Times). We agree! Coming up: Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au and our small book recommendations. Follow us! Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @abailliekaras and @mr_annie Facebook: Books On The Go Twitter: @abailliekaras and @mister_annie Litsy: @abailliekaras Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz

Perry and David talk about a bunch of recent literary awards and then go on to discuss the books they've read recently, which cover the range from an entertaining children's book to a confronting Booker Prize winner. And in the middle, a lot of snow. Introduction (02:04) General News (13:49) Miles Franklin Award Winner 2022 (00:43) Booker Prize long list 2022 (01:54) British Fantasy Awards 2022 (03:39) Le Guin Prize for Fiction 2022 (01:59) Age Book of the Year Shortlist 2022 (01:58) Vale David Ireland (01:34) Other Awards (00:46) Barack Obama's Summer Reading List 2022 (01:05) What we've been reading (57:01) The Girl Savage by Katherine Rundell (04:37) Lisey's Story by Stephen King (06:43) Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel (05:50) The Guns of Navarone by Alastair MacLean (08:06) Frostquake by Juliet Nicholson (07:28) Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au (06:28) The Circle by Dave Eggers (09:51) At Night All Blood Is Black by David Diop (07:32) Future recording schedule (05:29) Windup (00:09) Click here for more info and indexes Into many a green valley Drifts the appalling snow. Time breaks the threaded dances And the diver's brilliant bow. -- W. H. Auden Illustration generated by MidJourney AI

Perry and David talk about a bunch of recent literary awards and then go on to discuss the books they've read recently, which cover the range from an entertaining children's book to a confronting Booker Prize winner. And in the middle, a lot of snow. Introduction (02:04) General News (13:49) Miles Franklin Award Winner 2022 (00:43) Booker Prize long list 2022 (01:54) British Fantasy Awards 2022 (03:39) Le Guin Prize for Fiction 2022 (01:59) Age Book of the Year Shortlist 2022 (01:58) Vale David Ireland (01:34) Other Awards (00:46) Barack Obama's Summer Reading List 2022 (01:05) What we've been reading (57:01) The Girl Savage by Katherine Rundell (04:37) Lisey's Story by Stephen King (06:43) Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel (05:50) The Guns of Navarone by Alastair MacLean (08:06) Frostquake by Juliet Nicholson (07:28) Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au (06:28) The Circle by Dave Eggers (09:51) At Night All Blood Is Black by David Diop (07:32) Future recording schedule (05:29) Windup (00:09) Into many a green valleyDrifts the appalling snow.Time breaks the threaded dancesAnd the diver's brilliant bow. -- W. H. Auden Illustration generated by MidJourney AI

In her exploration of life in rural Australia, author Yumna Kassab draws on horror, crime and gothic inspiration to craft a thematically linked experiment in form and style. She speaks to us about her own experiences of rural life and how her science background has influenced her experimental approach to writing. Plus, James pitches her writing on the Pilliga as Australia's answer to The Blair Witch Project.  Yumna Kassab is a writer from Western Sydney. She studied medical science and neuroscience at university. Her first book, The House of Youssef, was listed for prizes including the Victorian Premier's Literary Award, Queensland Literary Award, NSW Premier's Literary Award and The Stella Prize. You can buy a copy of 'Australiana' from your local bookshop, Booktopia or wherever else books are sold.  Books and authors discussed in this episode: Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au; Karl Ove Knausgaard; Blindness by Jose Saramago; Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel Garcia Marquez; Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann; The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enríquez Divorce Is in the Air by Gonzalo Torne; Raise the Titanic by Clive Cussler; Childhood's End by Arthur C Clarke Find out more about Denizen here and check back for event details leading up to its release on July 19 2022! Join Ashley for Put Them on the Edge of Their Seat, a workshop on crafting narrative tension. Saturday 11 June, 1-4pm in person at KSP Writers' Centre, Perth.  Get in touch! Ashley's website: ashleykalagianblunt.com Ashley's Twitter: @AKalagianBlunt Ashley's Instagram: @akalagianblunt James' website: jamesmckenziewatson.com James' Twitter: @JamesMcWatson James' Instagram: @jamesmcwatson

Reading Jessica Au's Cold Enough for Snow, John Darnielle's Devil House and Julie Otsuka's The Swimmers with novelists Anna Downes and Diana Reid.

We are back after a sudden two week break (it has been balls to walls busy for Honey) but huzzah! It's a book chaser where we discuss Emily Itami's sparking debut Fault Lines and Jessica Au's contemplative Cold Enough For Snow. There is honesty here with strong female voices, introspection of where you are in life, meditation, travel and a sense of place. You'd want to visit Tokyo and Kyoto after this because both books bring you on a journey, not only of a physical one but an internal one too. Come travel with us this week!

We are joined by author-illustrator Nadia Shireen and writer Andrew Male for a smellybration of Fungus the Bogeyman (1977) by the great Raymond Briggs, the much-loved and bestselling picture book Andrew describes as "the children's Anatomy of Melancholy". We consider Briggs's life and work in full: Father Christmas, The Snowman, When the Wind Blows, Ethel & Ernest and the sepulchral Time For Lights Out (2019), his latest - and perhaps last - book; we also hear several times from the (often very funny) author himself. Also in this episode Andy talks about issues raised by reading Laugh a Defiance, a long out-of-print memoir by campaigner Mary Richardson; while John shares his enthusiasm for Jessica Au's new novel, Cold Enough For Snow (Fitzcarraldo). For more information visit backlisted.fm. Please support us and unlock bonus material at https://www.patreon.com/backlisted 08:00 Laugh a Defiance by Mary Richardson 15:42 Cold Enough For Snow by Jessica Au 20:46 Fungus The Bogeyman by Raymond Briggs Closing music by @AShamaluevMusic.

Jessica Au's first novel, Cargo, was published by Picador in 2011 and was highly commended in the Kathleen Mitchell Award for a writer under 30. She is the former deputy editor of Meanjin, and is currently an associate editor at Aeon. Her new book Cold Enough for Snow won the inaugural Novel Prize and was published by Giramondo, New Directions and Fitzcarraldo Editions in February 2022, and translated into fifteen languages. She joined us today to read from and talk about Cold Enough for Snow. During the interview we talked about such things as the way she conveys interiority, about the mother-daughter relationship in her book and the philosophic tension between the way they see the world combined with the tenderness that exists between them, on elegy, perception, ekphrasis, memory, migration and many other key themes that this beautiful book encompasses. Cold Enough for Snow (and more information about the book) can be found here: https://giramondopublishing.com/jessica-au-a-note-on-cold-enough-for-snow/ Jessica's website: https://www.jessicaau.com Compulsive Reader's review of Cold Enough for Snow: http://www.compulsivereader.com/2022/02/21/a-review-of-cold-enough-for-snow-by-jessica-au/

Jessica Au is a writer based in Melbourne. Her debut novel is 2011's Cargo. Her latest novel, Cold Enough for Snow is the inaugural winner of the Novel Prize, which will see it published worldwide and translated into fifteen languages.Cold Enough For Snow begins in transit; the narrator has arrived in Tokyo and awaits her mother's arrival on a separate flight. They are on a train station travelling to a gallery; moving from a Metro line to a suburban line and then walking through familiarly unfamiliar streets. As the move together the narrator is always conscious of her mother's presence, testing out their proximity in space as well as time as she thinks back to the near and more distant past.Cold Enough For Snow's narrator is searching for something on this trip. She reflects on her mother's youth in Hong Kong, paralleled with her own Australian upbringing. She wonders at her education that has shifted her perspectives away from her mother's.In a very slim volume Cold Enough For Snow covers a lot of ground, both figuratively and metaphorically. The pair of mother and daughter travel around Japan, moving every few days. All the while the narrator is moving through her life and relationships as moments trigger memories.The narrator's seeming quest has her reaching for moments and experiences and this is contrasted by the more relaxed aura of the mother who is happy to do anything. In these moments we see the narrator reflect on her education and the sacrifices her mother made to provide it. The narrator wants to return some of the wonder she has discovered but also struggles to put into words what that might be.The journey of Cold Enough For Snow is both physical and existential and I could have stayed in the pages simply for the vicarious sense of flux and transit (it's been so long since any of us travelled). The novel also gave me that tension you feel when you can't quite allow yourself to simply be in a moment, when the conscious mind tears you away and forces you into ruminations and doubts.The narrator's mother observes to her that our education and understanding do not necessarily make us happier or improve our world and it is not until much later that the narrator comes to her own realisation; “I had one vague exhausted thought that perhaps it was alright not to understand all things but simply to see and hold them”.Cold Enough For Snow is beautiful and thoughtful. I'd no sooner finished it than, like any good trip, I wanted to go back and do it all again safe in the knowledge that familiar locations could reveal new secrets.Definitely check out Jessica Au's Cold Enough For SnowBook Club is produced and presented by Andrew PopleWant more great conversations with Australian authors?Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week from 2ser.

The Final Draft Great Conversations podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love.These are the stories that make us who we are.In Cold Enough For Snow we join a young woman and her mother on a holiday to Japan. Now living in different cities, the trip is a chance for the two to reconnect and spend time that feels increasingly spare.As they travel from temples and galleries and eat together in restaurants the young woman searches her past looking for a way to understand who she is and how as an adult she relates to her aging mother.Today's show features Jessica Au discussing her new book Cold Enough For SnowJoin Andrew in conversation with Jessica Au...Final Draft is produced and presented by Andrew PopleWant more great conversations with Australian authors?Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week from 2ser.

‘Cold Enough For Snow' is Jessica Au's tightly crafted, award-winning second novel that wrestles with the tension that comes with words unspoken. As mother and daughter travel through Japan together, the unbridgeable emotional distance between them unravels; as everything is awakened in that which can't be said. Out now through Giramondo. With presenter Mel Cranenburgh.Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/podcasts/backstory