The Book Show

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Your favourite fiction authors share the story behind their latest books.

Mother fault lines with Betty Shamieh, Debra Oswald and Naima Brown
Apr 28, 2025 – 0:54:06
Chigozie Obioma on kindness, big families and the Biafran War
Apr 21, 2025 – 0:54:05
Gregory Maguire has another Wicked tale to tell
Apr 14, 2025 – 0:54:05
Charlotte McConaghy on The Wild Dark Shore
Apr 7, 2025 – 0:54:05
Roisin O'Donnell and a woman on the run
Mar 31, 2025 – 0:54:06
Laila Lalami, Steven MinOn and Madeleine Ryan on mining dreams, a walking corpse and a very bad day
Mar 24, 2025 – 0:54:05
Bernhard Schlink, Vincenzo Latronico and Diana Reid on transitions, ennui and memory
Mar 17, 2025 – 0:54:39
Rachel Kushner on writing spies, anarchists and Neanderthals
Mar 10, 2025 – 0:54:39
Colum McCann, Robert Lukins and Jane Yang on repair, the ultra-rich and bound feet
Mar 3, 2025 – 0:55:37
Morgan Talty on family, blood and belonging
Feb 24, 2025 – 0:17:36
My Biggest Book 06 | Markus Zusak on The Book Thief
Feb 23, 2025 – 0:37:00
When Makassar and Yolnu peoples met, a long history told in A Piece of Red Cloth
Feb 17, 2025 – 0:21:22
My Biggest Book 05 | Roddy Doyle on The Commitments
Feb 16, 2025 – 0:34:00
Eowyn Ivey on Alaska, bears and magic
Feb 10, 2025 – 0:20:58
My Biggest Book 04 | Nikki Gemmell on The Bride Stripped Bare
Feb 9, 2025 – 0:34:00
Juhea Kim: City of Night Birds
Feb 3, 2025 – 0:20:50
My Biggest Book 03 | Emma Donoghue on Room
Feb 2, 2025 – 0:35:00
David Baldacci; Sara Haddad's novella The Sunbird
Jan 27, 2025 – 0:21:20
My Biggest Book 02 | Hanif Kureishi on The Buddha of Suburbia
Jan 26, 2025 – 0:33:00
The prolific Alexander McCall Smith
Jan 20, 2025 – 0:16:07
My Biggest Book 01 | Audrey Niffenegger on The Time Traveler's Wife
Jan 19, 2025 – 0:37:00
Summer reading with Andrew O'Hagan and Evie Wyld
Jan 13, 2025 – 0:54:06
Summer reading with Anne Enright
Jan 6, 2025 – 0:54:06
Summer Reading with Celeste Ng
Dec 30, 2024 – 0:54:16
Summer reading with Tim Winton, Kaliane Bradley and Siang Lu
Dec 23, 2024 – 0:54:06
Summer reading with Melissa Lucashenko
Dec 16, 2024 – 0:54:06
Niall Williams and Nick Harkaway on Christmas miracles and special fathers
Dec 9, 2024 – 0:54:06
Will Self gets personal about his mother
Dec 2, 2024 – 0:54:03
Alan Moore's delirious new fantasy The Great When
Nov 25, 2024 – 0:54:05
Roddy Doyle and the character who's stayed with him
Nov 18, 2024 – 0:54:06
Pod extra with Booker Prize winner Samantha Harvey
Nov 13, 2024 – 0:18:33
Garry Disher, Emily Maguire and David Dyer on a milestone, a myth and the moon landing
Nov 11, 2024 – 0:54:06
Your ultimate guide to the Booker Prize
Nov 4, 2024 – 0:54:06
Robbie Arnott, Fiona McFarlane and Malcolm Knox on wild cats, crime and satire
Oct 28, 2024 – 0:54:06
Tim Winton's call to action in Juice
Oct 21, 2024 – 0:54:06
Grande Dames Pat Barker and Kate Atkinson
Oct 14, 2024 – 0:54:06
Onyi Nwabineli, Ella Baxter and Melanie Cheng on Mumflencers, stalkers and rabbits
Oct 7, 2024 – 0:54:06
Writing with an agenda — Laura Jean McKay, Laurie Steed and Chemutai Glasheen
Sep 30, 2024 – 0:54:06
Rumaan Alam — why we don't talk about money
Sep 23, 2024 – 0:54:06
Richard Osman's new crime-fighting team
Sep 16, 2024 – 0:54:35
Elif Shafak and the water that connects us
Sep 9, 2024 – 0:54:06
Meet Meena Kandasamy: poet, novelist, rebel
Sep 2, 2024 – 0:54:04
Evie Wyld's writing tip: put a shark in it
Aug 26, 2024 – 0:54:06
Chigozie Obioma on kindness, big families and the Biafran War
Aug 19, 2024 – 0:54:05
Looking to the stars with Ceridwen Dovey, Emily St John Mandel and more
Aug 12, 2024 – 0:54:06
Keanu Reeves and China Miéville write a book together
Aug 5, 2024 – 0:54:08
Pod extra: Alexis Wright makes literary history
Aug 1, 2024 – 0:22:58
Meet Samantha Shannon's biggest critic: herself
Jul 29, 2024 – 0:54:13
Meet the authors on the 2024 Miles Franklin shortlist
Jul 22, 2024 – 0:54:04
R.O. Kwon's ambitions and desires
Jul 15, 2024 – 0:54:06

Recent Reviews

shmonblah

Fave Australian book podcast

Been a fan since the beginning but especially enjoying the My Biggest Book series. Thank you!
incognito82

Interesting discussion format, comforting voice

I am listening to the episode about dream. I like the discussion format. Very interesting.