As we wait for Season 5 we are bringing back our highest rating episodes. This interview with Min Jin Lee was originally released on 15 June 2020. Min Jin joined Jamila and Astrid to discuss triumph in literature. The hero’s journey has shaped fiction si

As we wait for Season 5 we are bringing back our highest rating episodes. This interview with Tara June Winch was originally released on 20 August 2020. Tara joined Jamila and Astrid from her lockdown in France to discuss creativity and solitude. Tara w

As we wait for Season 5 we are bringing back our highest rating episodes. This interview with Brit Bennett was originally released on 4 February 2021. Brit is an American writer with a brilliant track record. Her debut novel The Mothers (2016) was a New

Dr Norman Swan was one of the first medically qualified journalists in Australia, with a broadcast career spanning more than 30 years. He hosts Radio National's The Health Report and co-hosts Coronacast. 'So You Think You Know What Is Good For You?' is hi

Chapter 1: What will happen tomorrow? How do writers explore what may come through both fiction and non-fiction? Chapter 2:  Jamila explores the latest novel from Kazuo Ishiguro, 'Klara and the Sun'. Chapter 3: Astrid takes a different approach and turn

Bri Lee is an author and freelance writer. Her first book, Eggshell Skull, won Biography of the Year at the ABIA Awards, the People's Choice Award at the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, and was longlisted for the Stella Prize. Her latest work, Who Ge

Chapter 1: Changing things up this week, Jamila and Astrid throw the idea of a weekly theme away and talk about the novels they feel like. They also both confess their love for the humble street library (particularly during lockdowns). Chapter 2:  Jamila

Maria Lewis is an author, screenwriter and film curator, and she knows everything about women and representation in fantasy.  Her best-selling debut novel Who's Afraid? was published in 2016, followed by its sequel Who's Afraid Too? in 2017, which was no

Chapter 1: Many of the highest-selling novels of all time are fantasy. So, why is fantasy so popular? Who is reading it? And who is writing it? Chapter 2:  Astrid enters the 'Grishaverse' and explores the diversity in the 'Shadow and Bone' series from Le

Michael Mohammed Ahmad is the founding director of Sweatshop Literacy Movement. His debut novel, 'The Tribe', won the 2015 Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelists of the Year Award. His second novel, 'The Lebs', won the 2019 NSW Premier's Multicultural