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We review the latest in fiction for dedicated readers and for those who wish they read more.
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Cassie McCullagh is joined by Jonathan Green this time, for a wide-ranging hour of new fiction, from Australia and beyond. First, Fiona Mozleyâs unsettling Awake Awake, where a young woman begins to suspect her grandfather may have killed Adolf Hitler, Zan Rowe weighs in. Then, Irish writer Niamh Campbellâs Make Strange, a quietly eerie novel about a four-year-old asking impossible questions, including whether sheâs lived before...Madeleine Gray gives her verdict. And we begin with a striking new Australian voice in the short story collection I Made This Just For You by Chris Ames.
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Elmet; Hot Stew, by Fiona MozleyWhat We Can Know, by Ian McEwanThe Ruiners, by Ellena SavageThe Shepherd's Life; A Place of Tides, by James RebanksThe Animators; Returns and Exchanges, by Kayla Rae WhitakerFruit Fly, by Josh SilverYellowface, by R.F. KuangA Little Life, by Hanya YanagiharaShuggie Bain, by Douglas Stuart~ CREDITS
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From a sun-drenched Tuscan reset with a side of style advice (Andrew Sean Greer's Villa Coco via Michael Robotham), to Ilka Tampkeâs How To Love the World, a tender take on parenting and the pull of the bush (guided by Roanna Gonsalves), and throw in a windswept lighthouse on the edge of the world with Michael Pedersenâs Muckle Flugga.
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Charles Bukowski, worksAndrew Sean Greer, LessGraham Greene, Travels with My AuntPatrick Dennis, Auntie MameSteve Toltz, worksIlka Tampke, Skin; SongwomanDebra Adelaide,When I Am Sixty-FourDavid Sedaris, The Land and Its People; Me Talk Pretty One DayRashida Murphy, Old Ghosts; The Historian's DaughterOlga Ravn, The Wax Child; The Employees~ CREDITS
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Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh are joined by regulars Hannah Kent and Tom Wright to talk new fiction from three major voices: Maggie OâFarrellâs Land, an expansive novel set in famine-era Ireland that traces memory, myth and the imprint of history on place; Ann Patchettâs Whistler, a sharp story of family, lost fathers and the long shadow of childhood; and Christine Balintâs A Single Witness, which follows a teenage girl confronting her community and the law in 18th-century Italy.
~ OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED
Maggie O'Farrell, worksAnn Patchett, worksChristine Balint, worksGeorge R.Stewart, Names On The Land Sumner Locke Elliottâs Careful, He Might Hear You Tusiata Avia, Big Fat Brown Bitch Dominic Hoey, 1985Ingrid Horrocks, All Her Lives: Nine StoriesTÄme Iti, MANA~ CREDITS
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Kate Evans is joined by Bernadette Brennan and Beejay Silcox to talk three striking new releases: Doireann NĂ GhrĂofaâs Said the Dead, a haunting, archive-rich exploration of a derelict Irish asylum; Chloe Wilsonâs The Thornbacks, a darkly comic debut of morticians, dating apps and unsettling female entanglements; and Deborah Levyâs My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein, a playful meditation on literary life in Paris.
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Amitav Ghosh, Ghost-EyeSusan Choi, Flashlight S.A. Cosby, worksDoireann NĂ GhrĂofa, A Ghost in the Throat Shirley Jackson, We Have Always Lived in the CastleAngela Carter, Wise ChildrenJeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin SuicidesDaisy Johnson, SistersGillian Flynn, Sharp ObjectsOyinkan Braithwaite, My Sister the Serial KillerDeborah Levy, worksKim Scott, BenangAlexis Wright, CarpentariaFrancesca Wade, Gertrude Stein: An AfterlifeGertrude Stein, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain, Bone HornErin Vincent. Fourteen Ways of LookingClaire Thomas, On Not Climbing MountainsGwendoline Riley, The Palm HouseChloe Wilson, Hold Your FireRobin Robertson, The Long TakeJoseph Furphy, Such is LifeElizabeth Jolley, works~ CREDITS
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The Bookshelf comes to you from a sold out session at Sydney Writersâ Festival, for a conversation that brings together an exceptional line-up: acclaimed novelist and poet Tony Birch, Miles Franklin Award-winning author Siang Lu, and internationally celebrated writer Lily King. Together, with Cassie, Kate and special guest Claire Nichols from The Book Show, they mark the launch of ABC Radio Nationalâs 2026 Top 100 Books countdown, this year turning the spotlight on the very best of Australian writing, fiction and non-fiction, across all time.
~ ABC RADIO NATIONAL TOP 100 AUSTRALIAN BOOKS COUNTDOWN
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/radionational/top-100-books-2026/106621398
~ BOOKS MENTIONED BY LILY KING
Colleen McCullough, The Thorn BirdsShirley Hazzard, The Transit of Venus; The Evening of the HolidayKate Grenville, The Idea of PerfectionChristina Stead, The Man Who Loved Children~ BOOKS MENTIONED BY TONY BIRCH
William Dick, A Bunch of RatbagsRuth Park, worksColin Johnson, Wild Cat FallingKenneth Cook, Wake in FrightFrank Hardy, Power Without GloryPeter Carey, American Dreams; CrabsPi O, 24 Hours: Ulysses in Fitzroy~ BOOKS MENTIONED BY SIANG LU
Nam Le, The BoatMichael Winkler, GrimmishPeter Carey, The True History of the Kelly GangHelen Garner, Monkey GripCharlotte Wood, Stone Yard Devotional~ BOOKS MENTIONED BY CASSIE MCCULLAGH
Miles Franklin, My Brilliant CareerPeter Temple, Broken ShorePeter Carey, The Fat Man in History~ BOOKS MENTIONED BY KATE EVANS
Ethel Turner, Seven Little AustraliansFlorence James and Dymphna Cusack, Come in SpinnerPeter Carey, Illywhacker; Oscar and Lucinda~ BOOKS MENTIONED BY CLAIRE NICHOLS
The Australian Women's Weekly Birthday Cake BookMem Fox, Wilfrid Gordon McDonaldKim Scott, worksTim Winton, worksJosephine Wilson, Extinctions~ OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED
Tim Winton, CloudstreetTrent Dalton, Boy Swallows UniverseCharlotte McConaghy, Wild Dark ShoreSally Morgan, My PlaceArchie Roach, Tell Me WhyJimmy Barnes, Working Class BoyRuby Langford Ginibi, Donât Take Your Love to TownThea Astley, worksHelen Garner, The Children's Bach; The Spare RoomMelina Marchetta, Looking for AlibrandiRichard Flanagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North; Question 7Madeleine St John, Ladies in BlackShankari Chandran, Chai Time at Cinnamon GardensRuth Park, Playing Beatie BowAndrew McGahan, PraiseMarkus Zusak, The Book ThiefRobbie Arnott, LimberlostHannah Kent, Burial RitesNorman Lindsay, The Magic PuddingA.B. Facey, A Fortunate LifeDavid Malouf, Johnno Jane Harper, The Dry~ CREDITS
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We head by rackety ferry to Scotland in John of John, the latest, quietly devastating novel from Shuggie Bain author Douglas Stuart. Henry Lawson reimagined - brawling poets, strange tunnels, time loops, and a warped tussle between city and bush in Wayne Marshallâs Henry Goes Bush, reviewed by You Am I's Tim Rogers. From there, novelist Madeleine Gray turns her eye to Lena Dunhamâs sharp, selfâaware memoir Famesick, before moving to Ellena Savageâs The Ruiners, which shifts between a Melbourne lobster shack and a smokeâwreathed Greek island.
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Norman Lindsay, Bohemians of the BulletinRuth Park, Playing Beatie BowRoxane Gay, Bad Feminist: EssaysLena Dunham, Not That Kind of GirlJoan Didion, worksEve Babitz, worksEllena Savage, BlueberriesCharles Dickens, worksCharmian Clift, worksGeorge Johnston, worksMichael Winkler, GriefdoggRachel Yoder, NightbitchColum McCann, ApeirogonSteve MinOn, First Name Second NameMuriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean BrodieJames Bailey, Like a Cat Loves a Bird: The Nine Lives of Muriel SparkLee Lai, Cannon~ CREDITS
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This weekâs Bookshelf features the latest from Elizabeth Strout, creator of Olive Kitteridge and Lucy Barton, returning with a standâalone novel called The Things We Never Say. Weâre also reading an ambitious, genreâbending novel that moves from 1980s gaming culture to farâfuture space travel, and Daniel Kehlmannâs The Director, a German novel in translation that explores film, power and propaganda. Joining us to review are Geordie Williamson - critic, publisher and writer; and Robert Forster - singerâsongwriter, founding member of The GoâBetweens, memoirist and brand new novelist with Songwriters on the Run.
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Robert Forster and Geordie Williamson~ BOOKS
Daniel Kehlmann, The Director (translated from the German by Ross Benjamin), RiverrunElizabeth Strout, The Things We Never Say, Viking Penguin Portia Elan, Homebound, Chatto & WindusCaro Claire Burke, Yesteryear, Fourth Estate~ OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED
Daniel Kehlmann, worksElizabeth Strout, My Name is Lucy BartonThe Boundless Deep, Richard HolmesJohnno, David MaloufKeeley Jobe, The EndlingAna Paula Maia, On Earth as It Is Beneath~ CREDITS
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In this episode, superstar reviewer Hannah Kent tackles the rugged terrain of a journey that edges towards the Tibetan border in Deepa Anappara's The Last of Earth, and theatre writer Tom Wright ponders extraterrestrial encounters in Amanda Lohrey's new one, Capture. Plus, Kate and Cassie take a look at two titles on the International Booker Prize shortlist, from France and Bulgaria, one follows a notâveryâsuccessful witch who weeps tears of blood; and the other is the story of a woman in Albania who switches genders through an ancient ritual.
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Marie NDiaye, The Witch, translated from the French by Jordan Stump, MacLehose Press Rene Karabash, She Who Remains, translated from the Bulgarian by Izidora Angel, Peirene Press Deepa Anappara, The Last of Earth, One World Amanda Lohrey, Capture, Text~ OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED
David Malouf, worksChloe Dalton, Raising HareLaura McPhee Brown, Worry Doll Ranginui Walker, Struggle Without End Patricia Walker, Potiki Cameron Sullivan, The Red Winter~ CREDITS
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This week The Bookshelf leans into the wild as Kate Evans and guests are circled by stories of wolves, wild boar and witches, along with the final year of celebrated poet Sylvia Plath and a sensual story of food and obsession from Japan. Kate is joined by regular guests, the novelist, poet and Professor of Australian literature Tony Birch; and critic Beejay Silcox, who arrives fresh from the U.K. ready to talk literary pilgrimages and bookish souvenirs. Plus, a bonus discussion on this year's Stella Prize shortlist.
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Inga Simpson, Once We Were Wildlife: Stories, HachetteSarah Walker, The Water Takes, Summit BooksAsako Yuzuki, Hooked, translated from the Japanese by Polly Barton, Fourth EstateHelen Bain, The Daffodil Days, BloomsburySally OâReilly, Hagtale, Scribe~ 2026 Stella Prize shortlist
Evelyn Araluen, The Rot, UQPGeraldine Brooks, Memorial Days, HachetteMiranda Darling, Fireweather, ScribeLee Lai, Cannon, GiramondoMarika Sosnowski, 58 Facets: On violence and the Law, Melbourne University Press Tasma Walton, I am Nannertgarrook, Simon & SchusterNOTE: the winner will be announced on 13 May
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Ian McEwan, What We Can KnowCormac McCarthy, The RoadKim Scott, Dead Man DanceJohn Higgs, Lynchian: The Spell of David LynchAsako Yuzuki, ButterMieko Kawakami, Breasts and EggsSayaka Murata, Convenience Store Woman; EarthlingsEmi Yagi, Diary of a VoidColum McCann, worksFiona McFarlane, Highway 13Guillaume Lecasble, Lobster Lucie Rico, Fowl EulogiesRobin Robertson, The Long TakeJenni Fagan, The DelusionsJames Alistair Henry, PagansLaurie Colwin, Shine On Bright and Dangerous ObjectTracy Chevalier, Burning Bright~ CREDITS
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In this episode, Kate and Cassie are joined by celebrated novelist Madeleine Gray and rock icon Tim Rogers for a wide-ranging discussion looking at three works of contemporary fiction: Indian writer Amitav Ghoshâs Ghost Eye, a meditation on reincarnation and climate change; Australian writer and musician Edwina Prestonâs Sororicidal, a sharp novel of sisterhood and rivalry; and English stylist Gwendoline Rileyâs The Palm House, a disquieting portrait of modern life in London.
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Amitav Ghosh, Ghost-Eye (John Murray)Edwina Preston, Sororicidal (Picador)Gwendoline Riley, The Palm House (Picador)REVIEWERS
Madeleine Gray â writer and critic, author of Green Dot and Chosen FamilyTim Rogers â singerâsongwriter, actor and writer; frontman of You Am I and the HardâOns, currently on a solo tourOTHER BOOKS MENTIONED
Britney Spears memoirSinéad O'Connor, memoirLeo Tolstoy, Anna KareninaDaphne du Maurier, RebeccaEdwina Preston, Not Just a Suburban Boy; Bad Art MotherSimon Mason, DI Wilkins MysteriesClive James, Unreliable MemoirsCharlotte McConaghy, Wild Dark ShoreWayne Marshall, Henry Goes BushLarry McMurtry, worksJoe Boyd, And The Roots of Rhythm RemainCREDITS
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Memory, lost conversations and almost-fathers-and sons in Ben Lerner's Transcription; children divided by the throw of a dice, and that's just the start of it, in Steve Toltz's A Rising of the Lights; no such thing as unskilled labour, in SiĂąn Hughes' No Such Thing as Monday, where a woman works as a drycleaner, trying desperately to rid herself of the stains of her childhood; new crime releases, and an Australian in Hollywood is reconsidered. Kate and Cassie with reviewers Michael Robotham and Geordie Williamson.
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Ben Lerner, Transcription, Granta
Steve Toltz, A Rising of the Lights, Penguin
SiĂąn Hughes, No Such Thing as Monday, Penguin
Tana French, The Keeper, Viking Penguin
Candice Fox, Redbelly Crossing, Penguin
Patricia A. O'Brien, Errol Flynn: The true story of Australia's Hollywood Icon, Allen & Unwin
[Keep scrolling for other books and writers mentioned in the discussion]
GUESTS
Michael Robotham is an internationally-acclaimed crime writer whose books include the Joseph O'Loughlan and Evie Cormac series. His latest novel is The White Crow â and his next one, Tell Me Something True, will be his first to be set in Australia
Geordie Wiliamson is a literary critic, writer and publisher at Picador, whose books include a critical study of Alexis Wright in the Black Inc Writers on Writers series; and The Burning Library â on neglected Australian writers
Other books mentioned in the discussion
Karl Ove KnausgÄrd, works
Rachel Cusk, works
W G Sebald, works
Alexander Kluge, works
David Foster Wallace, works
Jonathan Franzen, works
Wallace Stevens, works
Les Murray, works
Saul Bellow, works
Philip Roth, works
P D James, works
Agatha Christie, works
Sam Twyford-Moore, Cast Mates: Australian Actors in Hollywood and at Home
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What does it mean to write using an 'ethical imagination'? Colum McCann onstage with Kate Evans at the 2025 Melbourne Writers Festival, on his novels Twist, Apeirogon, TransAtlantic, Let the Great World Spin and many more; and his work with the social justice storytelling movement, Narrative Four.
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This week The Bookshelf revisits the Trojan War from the ground up in Yann Martelâs Son of Nobody, moves through friendship and loss in Debra Adelaideâs When I Am SixtyâFour, and dives into queer Sydney in the 1940s with Fiona Kelly McGregorâs The Trap.
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Fiona Kelly McGregor, The Trap, PicadorDebra Adelaide, When I Am Sixty-Four, UQPYann Martel, Son of Nobody, TextGUESTS
Tom Wright, theatre writer and adaptor; Artistic Associate, Belvoir TheatreHannah Kent, novelist, scriptwriter and memoirist, whose books include Burial Rites, Devotion and Always Home Always HomesickOTHER BOOKS MENTIONED
Sarah Waters, Tipping the VelvetDelia Falconer, worksPeter Cornell, The Ways of Paradise Ingrid Horrocks, All Her Lives: Nine StoriesCREDITS
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A rich mix of voices and stories in short fiction from acclaimed Native American writer Louise Erdrich; essays and memories from twoâtime Miles Franklin Award winner Alex Miller; bleakly funny childhood tales by English author Mark Haddon; and, from Michael Winkler, a surreal and darkly comic story about a man who decides heâd rather be the family dog.
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Michael Winkler, Griefdogg, Text Louise Erdrich, Pythonâs Kiss: Stories, Corsair Alex Miller, Journey to the End of Time, Allen & Unwin Mark Haddon, Leaving Home: A Memoir in Full Colour, Chatto & WindusGUESTS
Shannon Burns, writer and critic from Adelaide, whose first book Childhood: a memoir, was published in 2022 Tony Birch, poet, writer, and Professor of Australian Literature at Melbourne University. His latest book is the short story collection Pictures of YouOTHER BOOKS MENTIONED
Grimmish, Michael WinklerAct of the Damned; Fado Alexandrino, AntĂłnio Lobo AntunesWhat We Can Know, Ian McEwanThe Transformations, Andrew Pippos Brawler, Lauren GroffCREDITS
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What if the most talkedâabout streaming show of the moment was a mirror reflecting your most private fears and failures? That unnerving question sits at the heart of John Lanchesterâs Look What You Made Me Do, a sharp novel about resentment, revenge, money, class and generational unease. Plus: the art of the short story, as Hannah Kent reads and reflects on Lauren Groffâs new collection Brawler; and a womanâs inner life rendered with quiet and devastating precision in Mary Costelloâs A Beautiful Loan.
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John Lanchester, Look What You Made Me Do, FaberLauren Groff, Brawler, Hutchinson HeinemannMary Costello, A Beautiful Loan, TextGUESTS
Hannah Kent, novelist behind the phenomenon Burial Rites + The Good People, Devotion and Always Home, Always HomesickTim Rogers, author of Detours; frontman of You Am I, The Hard-Ons and various musical escapades. His solo tour Le Charme Defensif kicks off this weekOTHER BOOKS MENTIONED
Andrew O'Hagan, Caledonian RoadCharlotte BrontĂ«, Jane Eyre, Emily BrontĂ«, Wuthering HeightsMichelle de Krester, Theory and PracticeJacqueline Maley, Lonely MouthErin Somers, The Ten Year Affair James Joyce, The Dubliners; The Dead Thomas Mann, The Magic MountainColm TĂłibĂn, The MagicianSteve Hanley, The Big Midweek: Life Inside the FallCREDITS
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A Bookshelf festival special featuring Kate Evans onstage with writers Jock Serong and Emily Maguire on historical fiction, from the 2025 Sydney Writers Festival.
GUESTS
Emily Maguire is a novelist and essayist whose books include An Isolated Incident and Love Objects, and her latest, RaptureJock Serong is a novelist and lawyer, whose books include The Rules of Backyard Cricket, On the Java Ridge, the Preservation series, The Settlement, and his latest, CherrywoodCREDITS
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Statues come alive and London is re-imagined in Francis Spufford's Nonesuch, and surprising parallels in two Australian novels of secrets, shame, land and time in M L Stedman's A Far-Flung Life and Eva Hornung's The Minstrels. Kate Evans, Cassie McCullagh, Michael Robotham and Roanna Gonsalves - to help you decide what to read next.
BOOKS
Francis Spufford, Nonesuch, Faber
Eva Hornung, The Minstrels, Text
M L Stedman, A Far-Flung Life, Penguin
GUESTS
Michael Robotham, internationally acclaimed crime writer â whose books include the Joe OâLoughlin series, the Cyrus Haven/ Evie Cormac series, and his latest â featuring Philomena MCcCarthy, The White Crow. His first Australian-based novel is out later this year
Roanna Gonsalves, writer whose collection of short stories is The Permanent Resident, and whose first novel (The Servants) will be published later this year. She is also one of the hosts of a monthly book club at the State Library of NSW
Other books mentioned:
Phillippa McGuiness and Richard Neville (eds) The Library that Made Me (you can write your own stories about libraries that have shaped you right here)
Anita Heiss, Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray: River of Dreams
Emily St John Mandel, Station Eleven
Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Rashida Murphyâs Old Ghosts and Karleah Olsonâs Bloodwood (forthcoming)
Michelle de Kretser, The Hamilton Case
Natasha Brown, Assembly, Universality
Charlotte McConaghy, Wild Dark Shore
Don Winslow, The Power of the Dog, The Death and Life of Bobby Z, The Final Score [stories]
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In this episode, we travel from the Swiss Alps to the quiet strangeness of Danish suburbia and the fierce edges of American literary drama. We begin with the visceral intensity of Gabriel Tallentâs latest novel, Crux, where characters cling to passion and survival with bloodied fingertips. Claire Thomas reflects on art, ambition, and the lure of towering peaks in On Not Climbing Mountains, and Helle Helle's They, a delicately surreal portrait of mothers, daughters, and the lives lived between silences.
BOOKS
Gabriel Tallent, Crux, Fig Tree Claire Thomas, On Not Climbing Mountains, Hachette Helle Helle, They, translated from Danish by Martin Aitken, GiramondoGUESTS
Hannah Kent, novelist, scriptwriter, and memoirist, whose books include Burial Rites, The Good People, Devotion, and Always Home Always Homesick Tom Wright, theatre writer and adaptor; Artistic Associate at Belvoir Theatre in SydneyOTHER BOOKS MENTIONED
Olga Tocarczuk, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the DeadRachel Cusk, worksW.G. Sebald, worksMary Shelley, FrankensteinHenry James, worksRainer Maria Rilke, worksJames Baldwin, worksKatherine Mansfield, worksLeo Tolstoy, worksTeju Cole, worksMuriel Sparks, worksJohanna Spyri, HeidiBlaise Cendrars, worksJessica Au, Cold Enough for SnowHarry Matthews, SleuthJohn Cowper Powys, Wolf Solent Harry Mathews, Tlooth Solvej Balle, On the Calculation of VolumeCatherine Lacey, The Möbius BookCREDITS
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Emerald Fennell's film adaptation of Wuthering Heights has been marketed as "the greatest love story ever told", which is not typically the description given to the original novel. What does this adaptation achieve, and what does it sacrifice in the process?
The Bookshelf's Kate Evans and Radio National's Arts Hour's Sky Kirkham discuss what they felt did and didn't work in this film and, in an expanded podcast extra edition, they also discussed the film adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet
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