The Hub on Books - ABC RN Podcast
1) 'I guess I'm a weirdo' — Benjamin Myers on crop circles and being a loner
British author Benjamin Myers says he likes to be on the margins as a writer and his latest novel, The Perfect Golden Circle, is about the crop circles that appeared in 1989 in the English countryside...Show More
2) Anita Heiss, Tony Birch and SJ Norman grapple with the past
For NAIDOC Week, three Aboriginal writers who are grappling with the past: Anita Heiss takes the 1852 Gundagai flood as the starting point for her novel Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray, Tony Birch explore...Show More
3) 'They're about real things' — Madeline Miller on the popularity of Greek myths
American author Madeline Miller has found a new audience for her prize winning novel Circe on #BookTok and now she has a new offering based on Greek mythology called Galatea. Also, Lauren Chater's re...Show More
'They're about real things' — Madeline Miller on the popularity of Greek myths
54:03 | Jun 27th, 2022
4) 'I got obsessed with horses' — Geraldine Brooks on her novel Horse
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brookes says she "didn't grow up as a horse obsessed girl" but rather her interest in horses was a result of a midlife crisis which led her to the history of a ...Show More
5) Meg Mason's surprise success with Sorrow and Bliss
Meg Mason thought her second novel, Sorrow and Bliss wouldn't be published, it was and is now shortlisted for this year's Women's Prize for Fiction, which will be announced this week. Also Australian...Show More
6) 'I wish I’d had more resolution of character' — Booker winner Damon Galgut on privilege and power
Booker-winning writer Damon Galgut wasn’t always aware of his privilege, growing up as a white man in South Africa. Instead, he describes a ‘slow-shifting of consciousness’, that culminated in The Pro...Show More
7) Lessons in life, mortality and love from Julian Barnes
British Booker winner Julian Barnes's latest novel, Elizabeth Finch, is about a life-changing teacher and he tells the audience at the Sydney Writers Festival that "you become a writer by not being th...Show More
8) Moon colonies and the 'Mandelverse' with Emily St John Mandel
Canadian author, Emily St John Mandel, says the pandemic changed her as a writer. Her latest, Sea of Tranquility, was written during lockdown in New York and while it's a standalone novel, also featur...Show More
9) Family troubles with Steve Toltz, Audrey Magee and Toni Jordan
Here Goes Nothing is the last in what Steve Toltz calls his trilogy of fear which began with A Fraction of the Whole. This latest book is narrated by a ghost who discovers there is an afterlife hierar...Show More
10) Queer stories with Douglas Stuart, Indyana Schneider and Omar Sakr
Booker winner Douglas Stuart's second novel, Young Mungo, is again set in gritty working class Glasgow, but also explores blossoming queer love. And, two debut novels also exploring queer identity wit...Show More