Talking Aussie Books with Emma Babbington

Emma Babbington's second novel 'The Gardens' (HQ Fiction) was released in Australia at the end of July. A stunning follow-up to her gripping 2025 debut 'The Neighbours'. Talking Aussie Books co-host Cassie Hamer recently chatted to Emma about her childhood home in Hampstead in London and how this place became the inspiration for 'The Gardens', about cults and intentional communities and why this intrigued her enough to include in the novel as well as the prevalence of teenagers/issues affecting teenagers in her work. Such a wide-ranging terrific chat between great friends and talented writers. I thoroughly enjoyed listening in and hope you will too.