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EPISODE · Apr 17, 2026 · 54 MIN

Tim Rogers & Madeleine Gray review: Amitav Ghosh/Edwina Preston/Gwendoline Riley

from The Bookshelf · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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 Ghosh’s Ghost Eye, a meditation on reincarnation and climate change; Australian writer and musician Edwina Preston’s Sororicidal, a sharp novel of sisterhood and rivalry; and English stylist Gwendoline Riley’s The Palm House, a disquieting portrait of modern life in London.BOOKSAmitav Ghosh, Ghost-Eye (John Murray)Edwina Preston, Sororicidal (Picador)Gwendoline Riley, The Palm House (Picador)REVIEWERSMadeleine Gray — writer and critic, author of Green Dot and Chosen FamilyTim Rogers — singer‑songwriter, actor and writer; frontman of You Am I and the Hard‑Ons, currently on a solo tourOTHER BOOKS MENTIONEDBritney 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 RemainCREDITSPresenter, Kate Evans and Cassie McCullaghProducer, Kate Evans and Sarah CorbettSound, Antonia Gauci and Micky GrossmanArts editor, Rhiannon Brown

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