Episodes
J.P. Pomare interviews Chris Hammer about his book Trust
Published 12/01/20
J. P. Pomare speaks to Ceridwen Dovey about her novel Life After Truth
Published 12/01/20
J. P. Pomare speaks to Robbie Arnott about his novel The Rain Heron
Published 12/01/20
Published 12/01/20
Mirandi Riwoe is the guest. She is the author of a number of books, most recently the historical fiction novel Stone Sky Gold Mountain, set in 1870s in a gold rush town in Queensland. Mirandi is an enormously generous writer, providing deep insights...
Published 06/25/20
The guest is Liam Pieper, author of a number of books including his most recent novel Sweetness and Light. Liam has an intriguing story and he talks to us about how his time abroad inspired much of the story and how to write with authenticity and...
Published 05/26/20
The book is Shirl, an eclectic collection of short stories that will surprise and dazzle but beneath it all, there is a beating heart and real insight into what it means to be a man in small town Australia. Wayne writes with a surrealist bent in the...
Published 04/03/20
The guest is Gary Disher, the author of a number of novels over a career spanning decades. Gary's latest novel Peace is a beautifully wrought rural crime novel that starts off quietly and builds as the story progresses. Gary is a master of the craft and...
Published 02/21/20
The guest is Alice Bishop, author of the short story collection A Constant Hum. Alice lost her family home in the Black Saturday bush fires in Australia and the stories of Hum are all linked to those fires in which 173 people died. Alice writes with sensitivity, capturing the details so perfectly to show the lives and experiences of those affected. In this interview she speaks with emotional honesty about the process of writing and researching Hum, and what we learnt, or perhaps didn't learn...
Published 01/20/20
J. P. Pomare speaks to Bram Presser about his novel The Book of Dirt
Published 10/19/19
J P Pomare speaks to Susan Hurley about her book Eight Lives
Published 09/18/19
J P Pomare speaks to RWR McDonald about The Nancys
Published 07/16/19
J P Pomare speaks to Laura Elizabeth Woollett about her novel Beautiful Revolutionary
Published 04/23/19
Joshua Pomare speaks to Dervla McTiernan about her novel The Scholar
Published 03/04/19
Joshua Pomare speaks to Stuart Thurton about The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle.
Published 01/19/19
Joshua Pomare speaks to Sarah Bailey about Into the Night
Published 12/14/18
Joshua Pomare speaks to Trent Dalton about his debut novel Boy Swallows Universe
Published 11/08/18
AJ Finn aka Daniel Mallory is the guest. We talk about big book advances, meeting Amy Adams, book trends, and moving from publishing into writing books.
Published 10/18/18
Robert Lukins, author of The Everlasting Sunday, speaks with Stephanie Bishop for the Booklovers festival. Robert and Stephanie talk about Stephanie's brilliant and enigmatic literary novel, Man out of Time.
Published 10/11/18
A very special episode from the Booklovers Festival in Melbourne brings Sarah Schmidt and Sarah Krasnostein together for a live conversation. Sarah & Sarah talk about writing dark themes, their first written work, writing about death and dying, and take questions from the audience.
Published 09/27/18
Joshua Pomare speaks to Angela Meyer about writing her novel A Superior Spectre
Published 09/17/18
Joshua Pomare speaks to Robbie Arnott about Flames.
Published 09/05/18
Joshua Pomare speaks to Megan Goldin about The Escape Room
Published 08/23/18
Joshua Pomare speaks to Bella Li about The Lost Lake.
Published 08/09/18