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Published...Or Not
Hosted by Jan Goldsmith, David McLean and Lisa Moule · EN
Australian and international authors talk about their books and how they got published or how they self-published. Listeners, writers and readers will also hear about what's going on in our local writing community.
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Lenny Robinson and Jordan Prosser
2w agoTap to summarizeLonging, hope and grief are emotions shared by woman in the mothering of a child and if that son grows up and goes to war, also by their wives. Lenny Robinson has written stories of women, war and motherhood , about taking of life and giving it in ‘And In The Morning’ 'Blue Giant' is Jordan Prosser's debut novel that satirises the excesses of our current social condition when the protagonist, Abby, becomes obsessed with the earthbound scheme of colonising Mars.
Transcribe →Felice Arena and A.T. Prewett
3w agoTap to summarizeWhen an ancient roman treasure is illegally dug up, three 12 year olds and a ghost go into pursuit, in ‘Hunt for the Nighthawks’. A children’s book that parents will enjoy reading too! Written by prolific author Felice Arena.‘The Picasso Ransom’ by Aidan Prewett is a funny, copy crime novel inspired by the Weeping Woman theft.
Transcribe →Lauren Williams and Allee Richards
4w agoTap to summarizeWithin a quirky neighbourhood the body of a judge is found trussed up as a scarecrow suggesting the characters and events within that community hide darker secrets in Lauren Williams' debut novel, ‘Neighbourhood Watch’.The complexity of growing up: learning about yourself, changing friendships, and if tragedy happens knowing what to do is all in ‘Tight Lines’ as well as dares, humour, surfing and fishing, very well told by Allee Richards.
Transcribe →Ellena Savage and Ed Coper
Jul 16Tap to summarize'The Ruiners' by Ellena Savage appeals to several literary tropes as the protagonists, with the greatest of expectations, fall into a self destructive cycle that undermines their ideals and ambitions.As author Ed Coper writes ‘If you don’t want to live in a world of angry racist trolls, manufactured culture war outrage and authoritarian destruction’ you should read his book ‘Angertainment’. I did and I learnt a lot.
Transcribe →Anthony Byrt and Rebecca Lim
Jul 2Tap to summarizeThe seeds of a new war are sown between East and West just as Europe is liberated from the Nazis. Anthony Byrt sets his thriller, 'Dying Days', within this febrile environment as partisans, facists, communists and allies confront each other in Trieste.Can a top-tier law firm be made accountable for silencing the protests from environmental damage in another country or hiding a paedophile killer. ‘The Graduate’ is on a quest for justice in this crime novel by Rebecca Lim
Transcribe →Mark Smith and Sarah Clutton
Jun 25Tap to summarize'Where Truth Ends' reveals just how narrow the gap can be between protest and terrorism and it's the latest novel by Mark Smith.There are two bookshops in different countries and at different time frames but connected by more than just their names in 'The Bookshop of Buried Pasts’. Sarah Clutton has woven together a family saga, Celtic mythology, unmarried mothers and a love of antiquarian books.
Transcribe →Ilka Tampke and Christine Gregory
Jun 18Tap to summarize'How to Love the World' by Ilka Tampke is a literary thriller and a meditation on nature and healing.Just who is informing on whom is the question behind the murder that takes place in 'The Informant' by Christine Gregory.
Transcribe →Radiothon and Sherryl Clark
Jun 11Tap to summarize50 years for 3CR and 50 years of writing programs. Sherryl Clark was a presenter on Writers at Work for many years and talks about her own writing on our Radiothon program.
Transcribe →Mali Cornish and Xanthea O'Conner
Jun 4Tap to summarizeWe would like to believe Elspeth, a successful investigative journalist, is telling the truth but when it comes to her own family, she is damaged. Readers will not be sure whether than can feel for her, or fear her. Mali Cornish has many twists and turns in ‘The Missing Mother’.The Wheeler Centre in Melbourne plays a pivotal role in developing the culture of writing not just in Victoria but Australia. Xanthea O'Conner talks about 'The Next Chapter' which is an initiative to foster new voices for publication.
Transcribe →Christine Balint and Laura McCluskey
May 28Tap to summarizeWomen proving rape is questionable in court today but what of a 13year old in Vicenza Italy back in 1757. Christine Balint hasanother wonderful historical fiction written from a well researched fact in a ‘A Single Witness’. Once again we journey to the highlands of Scotland where an unidentified murder victim and a ten-year old missing persons case converge against a backdrop of ancient myth and folklore in Laura McCluskey's, ‘The Cursed Road’.
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