Chatting Australian Literature

Literature podcast collab episode! I'm joined for this episode by Ben from the Beyond The Zero podcast (@beyondzeropod) to discuss Australian Literature. We talk about his favourite Aussie authors, the state of the Aussie book market, which is the capital of Oz literature and more!

Books mentioned in this episode:

Raven Smith’s Men by Raven Smith
Portnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth
Paradais by Fernanda Melchor, translated by Sophie Hughes
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor, translated by Sophie Hughes
Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel, translated by Rosalind Harvey
The Death of Artemio Cruz, translated by Alfred MacAdam
Falling Hour by Geoffrey D. Morrison
Man-eating Typewriter by Richard Milward
The Garden of Seven Twilights by Miquel de Palol, translated by Adrian Nathan West
The Tiger Who Came To Tea by Judith Kerr
Possum Magic by Mem Fox
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
The Muddle-Headed Wombat by Ruth Park
Harp in the South by Ruth Park
The Treehouse Series by Andy Griffiths
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta
The Dry by Jane Harper
The Young Desire It by Kenneth Mackenzie
Water Under the Bridge by Sumner Locke Elliott
Fairyland by Sumner Locke Elliott
The Girl Green as Elderflower by Randolph Stow
To the Islands by Randolph Stow
The Suburbs of Hell by Randolph Stow
Visitants by Randolph Stow
N by John A. Scott
Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
The Snow Kimono by Mark Henshaw
Out of the Line of Fire by Mark Henshaw
Waypoints by Adam Ouston
Grimmish by Michael Winkler
The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell
Poguemahone by Patrick McCabe
Any Day You Can Die by Thommy Waite
The Shepherd’s Hut by Tim Winton
The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism by Chris Lee

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