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EPISODE · Mar 22, 2026 · 5 MIN

The book that inspired Kathy Lette to become a writer

from Life Matters - Separate stories podcast · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Author, columnist, and screenwriter Kathy Lette has written dozens of books — but she credits just one as the spark that set her on the path to becoming a writer.In this instalment of Book That Changed My Life, she goes behind the scenes of Vanity Fair by English author William Makepeace Thackeray.

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