Melbourne Writers' Festival with Hannah Kent and Beejay Silcox

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A live recording from the 2025 Melbourne Writers Festival, with guests Hannah Kent and Beejay Silcox.Hannah Kent, Always Home, Always Homesick (Picador)Eimear McBride, The City Changes Its Face (Faber)Susan Choi, Flashlight (Jonathan Cape)Edward St Aubyn, Parallel Lines (Jonathan Cape)Caryl Phillips, Another Man in the Street (Bloomsbury)GuestsHannah Kent is the author of the novels Burial Rites, The Good People and Devotion. Her latest book is the memoir, Always Home, Always HomesickBeejay Silcox is a critic, writer, festival director and literary interviewerOther Books MentionedJeffrey Eugenides, MiddlesexMichael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & ClayEric Puchner, Dream StateRebecca Makkai, The Great BelieversEmily Maguire, RaptureMariana Enríquez, A Sunny Place for Shady PeopleSusan Hampton, Anything Can Happen

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