New Fiction from Melissa Harrison and Malcolm Knox + Mandy Sayer's Top 3

Kate and Cassie with regular reviewer Tom Wright discuss new releases including Melissa Harrison’s The Given World and Malcolm Knox’s The Second Child. Plus, novelist and memoirist Mandy Sayer on her Top 3 Australian books ahead of Radio National's Top 100 Australian Books Countdown.Mandy Sayer's Top 3 Australian BooksChristina Stead, The Man Who Loved Children (1940)Robin Dalton, Aunts up the Cross (1965)David Malouf, Johnno (1975) Other books mentionedA.B. Facey, A Fortunate LifeGeorge Johnston, My Brother JackEric C. Rolls, They All Ran WildEmily St John Mandel, Exit PartyColm Toibin, The BridgeBarbara Kingsolver, PartitaJohn Boyne, The Weight of AngelsMarlon James, The DisappearersMax Porter, worksPatrick Gale, worksSarah Moss, worksJoseph Furphy, Such is LifePeter Carey, IllywhackerGerald Munane, The Plains