Julian Barnes: Departure(s) + Cassie Stroud: Iluka + Patrick Charnley: This, My Second Life (REVIEWERS: Tony Birch & Beejay Silcox)

Kate and Cassie are back for a big year of books, beginning with Booker-Prize winner Julian Barnes' Departures, a novel about looking back, facing the future, and coming to the end of life. Plus, regular reviewers Tony Birch and Beejay Silcox join us for discussions on This, My Second Life by British novelist Patrick Charnley, and Iluka, by Australian author Cassie Stroud.BOOKSJulian Barnes, Departure(s), Jonathan CapeCassie Stroud, Iluka, HQ BooksPatrick Charnley, This, My Second Life, Hutchinson HeinemannGUESTSTony Birch, poet, novelist and short story writer whose books include Dark as Last Night, Shadow Boxing, Women and Children and The White Girl. His latest is Pictures of You. He is also a Professor of Australian literature at the University of MelbourneBeejay Silcox, critic, writer and regular interviewer at writers festivals.OTHER BOOKS MENTIONEDLily King, Heart the LoverAnne Enright, AttentionMelissa Lucashenko, Not Quite White in the HeadBryan Washington, Palaver; Family MealSouvankham Thammavongsa, Pick the ColourCharlotte Wood, The WeekendAnn Patchett, Tom LakeJonathan Tropper, And Then We Came To the EndMaggie Shipstead, Seating ArrangementsEmily O'Grady, FeastHayle Felicity, Our Brother Nick and the Tolling BellElizabeth Strout, My Name is Lucy BartonJoe Hill, King SorrowHaldor Laxness, Independent PeopleDani Netherclift The Shape of Absent BodiesGeorge Eliot, MiddlemarchAlexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte CristoEric Puchner, Dream StateCREDITSPresenter, Kate Evans and Cassie McCullaghProducer, Kate Evans and Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Roi Hubermann and Ann Marie DebettencorArts editor, Rhiannon Brown