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The ABR Podcast

by Australian Book Review

The ABR Podcast is a new monthly series from Australian Book Review. Australian Book Review is an arts magazine published ten times a year in print and online. We publish essays, book reviews, interviews and creative writing as well as free arts commentary via the Arts Update section on our website. The ABR Podcast will feature extended interviews and major features from the magazine, such as essays, reviews, and short stories, recorded and discussed by their authors. Each episode will focus on a different subject or author reflecting the rich variety of content published in the magazine.Visit our website to find out more about Australian Book Review https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/

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Episodes

  1. Madelaine Lucas reads an extract of 'Ruins', winner of the 2018 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize

    Madelaine Lucas was the overall winner of the 2018 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize for her story ‘Ruins', and received $7,000 for first place. Here she reads an extract of her story, the full version available on the ABR website at: https://bit.ly/2QYABpu. Sharmini Aphrodite was placed...

  2. Forty years of ABR: Peter Rose in conversation with Beejay Silcox

    Peter Rose spoke to Beejay Silcox, recipient of the ABR Fortieth Birthday Fellowship, about developments at ABR since the revival of the magazine's second series in 1978. Beejay also discusses her Fellowship essay, 'Defying the moment', an engaging in-depth look at Australian magazine culture...

  3. Michael Adams reads 'Salt Blood'

    Each year, ABR’s prestigious Calibre Essay Prize, one of the world’s leading prizes for a new essay, attracts some of the finest writers from Australia and overseas. Last year, the first prize of $5,000 was awarded to Michael Adams, an associate professor of Human Geography at the Australian…

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  4. #18 Dilan Gunawardana in conversation with 'The Room' actor Greg Sestero

    ABR Deputy Editor Dilan Gunawardana spoke to Greg Sestero: actor, model, author and co-star of the 'best/worst film ever made', 'The Room' (2003). His award-winning memoir 'The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made' chronicles the film's production and Greg's...

  5. #17 Stephen Orr reads 'Ambassadors from Another Time'

    From the Herbig family who lived in a hollowed out tree trunk to Dr Bosisto’s ‘Syrup of Red Gum’, from the trauma and regeneration of bushfires to the ill-fated Burnside Village tree, the Tree of Knowledge, and the ‘dig tree’ - how can we understand Australia’s complex relationship with the...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

The ABR Podcast is a new monthly series from Australian Book Review. Australian Book Review is an arts magazine published ten times a year in print and online. We publish essays, book reviews, interviews and creative writing as well as free arts commentary via the Arts Update section on our website. The ABR Podcast will feature extended interviews and major features from the magazine, such as essays, reviews, and short stories, recorded and discussed by their authors. Each episode will focus on a different subject or author reflecting the rich variety of content published in the magazine.Visit our website to find out more about Australian Book Review https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/

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The ABR Podcast is a new monthly series from Australian Book Review. Australian Book Review is an arts magazine published ten times a year in print and online. We publish essays, book reviews, interviews and creative writing as well as free arts commentary via the Arts Update section on our...

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