Books, Books, Books
by Nicole Abadee
The latest books from the best writers. Join books writer, Nicole Abadee, as she interviews top Australian and international Authors about their new releases. Make yourself a cup of tea, pull up a comfy chair, and settle in for some great conversations.Let's talk books.
Episodes
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LAW SCHOOL SERIES - Gerry Simpson "The Sentimental Life of International Law"
Nicole Abadee talks to Professor Gerry Simpson about his book "The Sentimental Life of International Law: Literature, Language and Longing in world politics." SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter:...
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LAW SCHOOL SERIES: Understanding Sharia Processes with Ghena Krayem
Associate Professor Ghena Krayem provides deep insights into her latest book, Understanding Sharia Processes – Women’s Experience of Family Disputes, explaining the difference between a religious and a civil law divorce and why an Islamic woman might want both, the different types of religious...
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Storytelling & social justice: In conversation with Suzie Miller
This episode is a special presentation of the In Conversation Nicole Abadee did with award winning playwright and former human rights lawyer, Suzie Miller, for the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, about the importance and role of storytelling in social justice. SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website:...
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LAW SCHOOL SERIES: Yane Svetiev “Experimentalist Competition Law and the Regulation of Markets”
In this episode of the Books, Books, Books Law School Series, Professor Svetiev provides an up-to-date account of the evolution of competition law enforcement in the European Union, arguing that recent developments may be explained by a model of experimentalist governance based on learning from...
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Griffith Review Series Issue #78 “A Matter of Taste” with Dr Carody Culver
Nicole talks to the new editor of Griffith Review, Dr Carody Culver about Griffith Review 78, A Matter of Taste, which provides a feast of essays, memoir, reportage and fiction about what we eat and why. They discuss brilliant pieces by food writer Kate Gibbs (grand-daughter of Margaret Fulton)…
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Bonnie Garmus "Lessons in Chemistry"
In this achingly tender, funny, clever debut novel set in the 1950s, talented Elizabeth Zott confronts misogyny and worse as she battles to create a place for herself in the male-dominated world of research chemistry. Things get worse when she falls in love with brilliant fellow scientist Calvin....
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LAW SCHOOL SERIES: Dr Stacie Strong " Legal Reasoning Across Commercial Disputes"
In this week’s episode of the law school series, Nicole speaks with Dr Stacie Strong, Associate Professor, about her recent book, Legal Reasoning Across Commercial Disputes – Comparing Judicial and Arbitral Analyses¸ in which she considers the following three issues: Is legal reasoning in the...
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GRIFFITH REVIEW SERIES: Issue #77 "Real Cool World"
In this edition of Griffith Review, which is produced in partnership with the Australian Antarctic Division, Ashley and Nicole discuss all things Antarctic –Australia’s role there, the fascinating million-year ice core project, the terrifying impact of climate change on the fragile Antarctic...
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Wendy McCarthy "Don't Be Too Polite Girls"
Feminist, activist and writer Wendy McCarthy reveals in her new memoir, “Don’t Be Too Polite, Girls” how to be a strong feminist, a good mother and a good wife - all at the same time. Here she discusses how choosing the right life partner, her beloved Gordon McCarthy, enabled her to live a...
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Sydney Law School Series: Teela Reid
“I am first and foremost a First Nations woman. I am that before I am a lawyer”. In this wide-ranging conversation with Teela Reid, Sydney Law School’s first First Nations Lawyer in Residence, she discusses her remarkable career as lawyer, activist and storyteller – the life-changing decision to...
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Indira Naidoo "The Space Between the Stars"
When popular broadcaster Indira Naidoo lost her youngest sister to suicide she was plunged into a darkness like no other. Heartbroken and wracked with grief and guilt, her immediate response upon hearing the news was to flee to Sydney’s Botanic Gardens and seek solace between a towering Moreton…
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Isabel Allende "Violeta"
In her sixteenth novel, Violeta, Isabel Allende has created an unforgettable heroine much like herself – fiercely independent, funny, passionate, devoted to her children and a powerful advocate for women’s rights and feminism. Like her other books, Violeta is a brilliant blend of the personal…
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Sydney Law School Series: “Self, Others and the State – Relations of Criminal Responsibility” with Arlie Loughnan
In her latest book, “Self, Others and the State – Relations of Criminal Responsibility”, Professor Loughnan reassesses the rise to prominence of criminal responsibility within the Australian criminal law in the twentieth century and reconsiders its significance within the criminal law. In this...
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GRIFFITH REVIEW SERIES: Issue #76 "Acts of Reckoning"
What might a reckoning between Black and white Australia look like? Many of the brilliant contributors to Griffith Review 76, “Acts of Reckoning”, such as Professor Megan Davis, leading scholar Teela Reid and Senator Patrick Dodson, argue that it starts with all of us embracing the generous...
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Jennifer Egan "The Candy House"
Nicole Abadee talks to Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, Jennifer Egan, about her exciting new book "The Candy House." SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR...
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Sydney Law School Series: “Non-Binding Norms in International Humanitarian Law – Efficacy, Legitimacy and Legality” by Emily Crawford
Emily and Nicole discuss how non-binding instruments or ‘soft law’ have been received in international humanitarian law by looking at specific examples, such as the ICRC Study into Customary International Humanitarian Law. Have they been adopted in state practice? Are they referred to by...
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Kate Grenville "Writers for Climate Action"
Nicole speaks to Kate Grenville about forming the "Writers for Climate Action" group, where she brings writers passionate about acting against climate change, together in a single space to fight the biggest challenge of our time and threat to our future. "we've joined forces to act as a group...
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Adelaide Writers Week: "Comrades in Words" with Charlotte Wood and Christos Tsiolkas
Books, Books, Books is proud to present "Comrade in Words" a session from Adelaide Writer's Week where Nicole facilitated a conversation between Charlotte Wood and Christos Tsiolkas about their latest works, friendship, how they function as artists, and the challenges of living a creative life....
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Maria Tumarkin “When Women Speak of War: Artists reckon With Wars Declared and Hidden”
“When women speak of war they say nothing or almost nothing of what we are used to reading and hearing about”. These words, by Nobel-Prize-winning writer Svetlana Alexievich inspired acclaimed writer and cultural historian Maria Tumarkin to create an extraordinary multi-disciplinary event called...
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GRIFFITH REVIEW SERIES: Issue #75 "Learning Curves"
Nicole talks to Griffith Review Editor, Ashley Hay, about he incredible works and writers in Griffith Review issue #75 - Learning Curves, all about education. "From preschool to postgrad, from private to public, and from sandstone to the school of life, what do the parameters of our educational...
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SUMMER SERIES: Maxine Beneba Clarke "How Decent Folk Behave"
Award winning author and Poet Laureate, Maxine Beneba Clarke joins Nicole to talk about her courageous poetry collection "How Decent Folk Behave," for the final episode of the Books, Books, Books Summer Series. A thoughtful and compassionate conversation about works that reflect exactly where we...
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SUMMER SERIES: Hannah Kent "Devotion"
Hannah Kent talks to Nicole about her amazing new novel "Devotion," for the BBB Summer Series. A novel steeped in both history and fantasy, unpacking the complicated layers of belief, identity and love. A book to devour and savour. SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website…
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SUMMER SERIES: Michelle de Kretser "Scary Monsters"
Nicole talks to the luminous Michelle de Kretser about her novel "Scary Monsters," which explores the impact of migration in two very different and individual stories, read from different ends of the book. They discuss themes of racism, misogyny and agesim as well as Michelle's choice to play…
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SUMMER SERIES: Delia Falconer "Signs and Wonders"
Delia Falconer discusses her extraordinary new book, “Signs and Wonders” which features 13 deeply personal essays in which she grapples with the tension between awe at the beauty of the world and despair at the prospect of its imminent demise. SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website:...
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GRIFFITH REVIEW SERIES: Issue #74 Escape Routes
Ashley Hay talks to Nicole about the incredible fiction and non-fiction pieces contained within Griffith Review Issue #74 "Escape Routes" SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram:...
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SUMMER SERIES: Anita Heiss “Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray”
Much-loved writer Anita Heiss’s latest novel Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray, meaning “River of Dreams”, tells the story of Wagadhanny, a young Indigenous woman in the mid-eighteenth century, whose life is controlled by the Bradleys, the white family she works for. They force her to leave behind her...
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SUMMER SERIES: Bernadette Brennan "Leaping into Waterfalls"
The Summer Series continues with Nicole talking to Bernadette Brennan about her book "Leaping into Waterfalls", which explores the rich, tumultuous life of Gillian Mears, one of Australia's most significant writers of the last forty years. SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website:...
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SUMMER SERIES: Helen Garner "How to End a Story"
In this 2nd episode of the Books, Books, Books Summer Series, iconic Australian writer Helen Garner talks to Nicole about the third volume of her diaries "How to End a Story" published by Text Publishing. A harrowing portrait of the messy, painful, dark side of love lost and the sheer force of a...
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SUMMER SERIES: Charlotte Wood "The Luminous Solution"
Books, Books, Books rings in 2022 with the launch of very a special Summer Series where 8 of Australia's most respected female authors, discuss their books, wisdom and writing processes. in the first episode of the series, Stellar Award winner and acclaimed thinker, Charlotte Wood, talks to…
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Diana Reid "Love and Virtue"
Nicole talks to Diana Reid about her sharp new fiction book "Love and Virtue," which intersects consent, class, privilege and feminism, with university culture and a contemporary eye. SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR...
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Jennie Orchard and Room to Read "The Gifts of Reading"
Jennie Orchard talks to Nicole about curating the gorgeous book "The Gifts of Reading," a collection of essays by well known authors from around the globe, all about the special and precious gifts reading has given them. With all proceeds from the sale of this book going to Room to Read, to help...
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Megan Davis and George Williams "Everything You Need to Know About the Uluru Statement from the Heart"
Megan Davis and George Williams on their important new book, “Everything You Need to Know About the Uluru Statement From the Heart”. SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram…
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Kavita Bedford "Friends and Dark Shapes"
In collaboration with the Byron Writers Festival, Nicole speaks with Kavita Bedford about her perceptive debut novel "Friends and Dark Shapes," exploring millennial life, in contemporary Australia. SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook…
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L.P McMahon "As Swallows Fly"
L.P McMahon discusses his beautiful and touching debut novel "As Swallows Fly." SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee L.P McMahon Simon and Schuster "As Swallows Fly":...
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Meredith Burgmann and Nadia Wheatley "Radicals: Remembering the Sixties"
Nicole speaks with trailblazers, Meredith Burgmann and Nadia Wheatley, about their book "Radicals: Remembering the Sixties." A collection of reflections from some of Australia's great changemakers. SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook…
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Hannah Bent "When Things Are Alive They Hum"
Hannah Bent discusses her tender, heart-breaking debut novel, “When Things Are Alive They Hum”. SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Hannah Bent Website:...
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Stephanie Smee "The Rome Zoo"
Stephanie Smee discusses her translation of Pascal Janovak’s prize-winning “the Rome Zoo”. SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Jacqueline Maley Website:...
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Michael Robotham "When You Are Mine"
Multi- award winning crime writer Michael Robotham on his latest thriller, “When You Are Mine”. SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Michael Robotham Website:...
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Pip Williams "The Dictionary of Lost Words"
Pip Williams on her fascinating novel, “ A Dictionary of Lost Words” Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Pip Wiliams Web: http://pipwilliams.com.au Penguin Random House -...
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GRIFFITH REVIEW SERIES: Edition #73 "Hey Utopia!"
Griffith Review Episode 2: Ashley Hay on Griffith Review 73: Hey, Utopia! Ashley discusses the power of imagination to transform the world we live in - through art, a reckoning with Australia's colonial history, a meaningful response to climate change and a different approach to eradicating…
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Sarah Sentilles "Stranger Care"
Sarah Sentilles on her heart-wrenching memoir, “Stranger Care”. SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Sarah Sentilles Website: http://www.sarahsentilles.com Text...
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Sarah Garnett "The Footpath Library"
Sarah Garnett, founder and managing director of Australian not-for-profit The Footpath Library talks about what it does. SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee The...
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Kate Ellis "Sex, Lies and Question Time"
Kate Ellis on her timely new book “Sex, Lies and Question Time” SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Kate Ellis Hardie Grant "Sex, Lies and Question Time":...
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Hugh Mackay "The Kindness Revolution"
Hugh Mackay on his wise, beautiful new book, “The Kindness Revolution”. SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast OR @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Hugh Mackay Allen and Unwin "The Kindness Revolution":...
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Kathryn Heyman "Fury"
Kathryn Heyman on her brave, harrowing memoir, “Fury”. ***Trigger Warning*** This episode contains reference to rape, sexual assault and domestic violence. If you are triggered in any way please contact Lifeline or 1800 Respect. SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au...
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Jacqueline Maley "The Truth About Her"
Jacqueline Maley on her thought-provoking first novel, “The Truth About Her”. ***Trigger Warning*** this conversation references suicide and rape. If it is triggering in anyway please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or 1800 Respect on 1800 737 732. SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website:...
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Nikki Gemmell "The Ripping Tree"
Nikki Gemmell on her confronting new novel, “The Ripping Tree”, ten years in the making SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Nikki Gemmell Website: https://www.nikkigemmell.com Harper...
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John Bell "Some Achieve Greatness"
Episode 50: John Bell on his fascinating book, “Some Achieve Greatness – Lessons on leadership from Shakespeare and one of his greatest admirers” SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast or @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee…
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Fiona Mozley "Hot Stew"
Fiona Mozley on her thoughtful new novel, “Hot Stew”. SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au/podcast Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast and @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Fiona Mozley Hachette "Hot Stew":...
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GRIFFITH REVIEW SERIES: Edition 72 "States of Mind"
Ashley Hay discusses edition 72 of the Griffith Review, States of Mind. Ashley Hay’s aim with States of Mind was to give people different ways to have their own conversations about states of mind, stimulated by brilliant, thought-provoking essays, memoir and fiction. Edition 72 tackles subjects...
About this show
The latest books from the best writers. Join books writer, Nicole Abadee, as she interviews top Australian and international Authors about their new releases. Make yourself a cup of tea, pull up a comfy chair, and settle in for some great conversations.Let's talk books.
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