Top 100 Australian Books from Byron Writers Festival

Voting in Radio National's Top 100 Books countdown is about to open and this year we're celebrating Australian books. As you think about your own Top 10, Kate and Cassie bring together a trio of award-winning writers (including last year's Top 100 Books winner!) to reveal the Australian books they have loved and been influenced by: Trent Dalton, Claire Thomas and Steve MinOn, with a surprise appearance in the audience from Grimmish and Griefdogg author Michael Winkler.Books mentionedStorm Boy by Colin ThieleHating Alison Ashley by Robin KleinCole's Funny Picture Book by E.W. ColeThe Magic Pudding by Norman LindsayJohnno; Fly Away Peter by David MaloufWake in Fright by Kenneth CookThe Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel RichardsonRuth Park, worksPicnic at Hanging Rock by Joan LindsayThe Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith; Schindler's Ark  by Thomas KeneallyPossum Magic by Mem FoxThe Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard FlanaganThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakCarpentaria by Alexis WrightBurial Rites by Hannah KentCloudstreet by Tim WintonBoy Swallows Universe by Trent DaltonThe Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip WilliamsShe Is Me by Tahlia IsaacDropbear by Evelyn AraluenZigzag Street by Nick EarlsThe Garden Book by Brian CastroThe Children's Bach by Helen GarnerA Fortunate Life by A.B. FaceyMy Brilliant Career by Miles Stella FranklinA Room Made of Leaves by Kate GrenvilleThe Thornbirds by Colleen McCulloughThe Transit of Venus by Shirley HazardThe Vivisector by Patrick WhiteA Short History of Longans by Mirandi RiwoeThe Lebs by Michael Mohammed AhmadCreditsPresenter, Kate Evans and Cassie McCullaghProducer, Kate Evans and Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Steve FieldhouseArts editor, Rhiannon Brown