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The Summer Read: Carrie Tiffany on sugar, family and loss
Episode 1146
Today on the show, author Carrie Tiffany, with her piece from The Monthly.
After the death of her mother, Carrie reflects on the hold of sugar upon h…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Summer Read: John Safran on life lessons from Father Bob
Episode 1145
Today on the show, writer and filmmaker John Safran, with his piece from the latest edition of The Monthly.
Father Bob Maguire was an icon in his own…
2 years, 4 months ago
Read This: The Cause and Effect of Richard Flanagan
Episode 1144
Described by the Washington Post as "one of our greatest living novelists", Richard Flanagan has been writing for more than three decades. His 2013 n…
2 years, 5 months ago
Read This: Melissa Lucashenko is the Poet Laureate of Ratbags
Episode 1143
Melissa Lucashenko writes about big ideas and brutal experiences, but she does so with grace, with generosity and – maybe above all else – a rich sen…
2 years, 5 months ago
Read This: The Three Words That Made George Saunders a Writer
Episode 1142
George Saunders is one of literary fiction's most acclaimed living writers. Along with his many collections of short stories, he also published the B…
2 years, 5 months ago
Read This: Kate Grenville Makes History
Episode 1141
Kate Grenville has spent her career bringing history to life, often using the lives of her own family to tell stories about the kinds of voices who a…
2 years, 5 months ago
Read This: Tony Birch Doesn’t Believe in Luck
Episode 1140
Award-winning writer and historian Tony Birch grew up listening to stories from his nan, Alma.
In this episode, from Schwartz Media’s podcast Read Th…
2 years, 5 months ago
7am in 2023: The Literary Scandal
Episode 1139
John Hughes was once hailed as a young literary genius, and won a scholarship to Cambridge.
Yet he found himself back in Australia working as a librar…
2 years, 5 months ago
7am in 2023: The Teals
Episode 1138
The 2022 federal election saw a historic loss for the Coalition and a historic shift towards independent candidates like Allegra Spender in Sydney, Z…
2 years, 5 months ago
7am in 2023: The Result
Episode 1137
Australia voted in the first referendum in over 20 years this year — a referendum billed as the culmination of decades of reconciliation work.
Today, …
2 years, 5 months ago