All Episodes

Warren Rankine on childhood trauma and finding your feet in 'Fifteen Feet Tall'

James O'Loghlin on mesothelioma and friendship in 'The Accidental Activist'

Justine Hausheer on the fight against extinction in 'The Vanishing Wild'

Jess Kitching on love, loss and new beginnings in, 'The Secrets of Strangers'

Kerry Jewell on her compelling, candid and darkly funny novel, 'A Little Unwell'

Martin McKenzie-Murray on the shadow world of first responders in 'Sirens'

Luke Taylor on Peter Marralwanga, Painter of the Djang of Western Arnhem Land

Jane Messer on her compelling memoir, 'Raven Mother: War, family and inheritance'

Theresa Miller on stepping up to the microphone and making an impact in 'Speak Up'

Vikki Petraitis on a forty-year-old true crime mystery, 'The Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron'

Debra Dank on family, culture, connection and the power of memory in 'Ankami'

Vicki Bennett on her story of love, war, and inter-generational healing, 'The Letters'

Chris Blake on his crime thriller set on New Zealand's wild west coast, 'Softly Calls the Devil'

Henry Reynolds on Australian colonisation from the top down in 'Looking From the North'

Amra Pajalic on her thrilling Balkan war murder mystery, 'Time Kneels Between Mountains'

Joanna Nell on her heart-warming story celebrating life and love in, 'The Funeral Crashers'

Suzanne Leal on her HNSA award-winning book for young adults, 'The Year We Escaped'

Tasma Walton and Robbie Arnott on their ARA HNSA 2025 prize-winning novels

Katie Edmiston from Queensland State Library on 'How do you Library?'

Garry Disher on the fifth in the Hirsch crime thriller series, 'Mischance Creek'

Inga Simpson and Tannya Harricks on their picture book for children, 'The Peach King'

Blake Johnston on surfing success, change and resilience in 'Swellbeing'

Mark Greenwood and Frané Lessac on their children's picture book, 'The Legend of Jessie Hickman'

Jessica Mansour-Nahra on her first novel, an eerie gothic psychological thriller, 'The Farm'

Belinda Castles on discovering literary Sydney on foot in 'Walking Sydney'

Toni Jordan on greyhounds, gambling and growing up, in her new novel, 'Tenderfoot'

Tanya Scott on her high-octane debut crime thriller, 'Stillwater'

Adam Courtenay on the dynamic, complex and driven man in his memoir 'My Father Bryce'

Mike Amor on the highs and lows of a career as a foreign correspondent in 'News Cowboys'

Olivia Purvis on her first book for young children, 'Where's Moon?'

Belinda Lyons Lee on her gothic horror story, 'The Haunting of Mr and Mrs Stevenson'

Kaarina Parker on a remarkable woman of the Ancient Roman Empire, 'Fulvia'

Sarah Di Lorenzo on the steps to transform your liver health in 'The Liver Repair Plan'

Simon Mustoe on unlocking the power of nature in 'How to Survive the Next 100 Years'

Erna Walraven on her memoir about zoo-keeping and feminism, 'Hear Me Roar'

Jessica Townsend on the fourth in her Nevermoor series, 'Silverborn The Mystery of Morrigan Crow'

Raina MacIntyre on science, reason and the threat to 200 years of progress in 'Vaccine Nation'

Dianne Wolfer on the retelling of an Australian classic in 'The Colt From Old Regret'

Stephen Gapps on his new book 'Uprising: War in the colony of New South Wales, 1838–1844

Kate Grenville on her family pilgrimage in 'Unsettled: A Journey Through Time and Place'

'How to Be Normal' Q&A with author Ange Crawford and Cerdon College Merrylands

Judy Friedlander's new book for kids, 'The Bee Squad: Boosting Biodiversity in Your Neighbourhood'

Porscia Lam on a life-changing journey in 'The Unlocking: An Autism Story'

Ronni Salt on her debut crime thriller about guns, drugs and small town life in 'Gunnawah'

Judy King on a childhood betrayed and reclaimed in 'Agnes'

Garth Nix on his new novel for kids, 'We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord'

Isobelle Carmody on a reluctant hero on an epic quest in 'Comes the Night'

Chris Baker on life, love, memory and taking the plunge in 'Swimming Sydney'

Chris Hammer on small town crime and blood relatives in 'The Valley'

Melissa Lucashenko on her HNSA award-winning novel, 'Edenglassie'

Beverley McWilliams on her 2024 HNSA prize-winning novel for children, 'Spies in the Sky'

Kathy Mexted on the incredible stories of Australian women who reach for the sky in 'Take Flight'

Emily Rodda on her epic three part fantasy adventure, 'Landovel'

Tim Winton on a story of catastrophe, survival and the power of humanity in 'Juice'

Justin Fox on the pathway to his first novel, 'Quietly Waiting'

Dr Norman Swan on his latest book, 'So You Want to Know What's Good For Your Kids?'

Sean Williams, Connor Chamberlain and John Goodwin on the 40th Volume of 'Writers of the Future'

Elifie Shiosaki on the galaxy of Noongar stories in her new poetry collection, 'Refugia'

Shelley Davidow on love in Berlin and the creative urge in 'The Girl With the Violin'

Michael Robotham on twenty years of crime fiction and his new thriller, 'Storm Child'

Katherine Allum on her debut novel set in the American Southwest, 'The Skeleton House'

Yuot Alaak on an incredible journey in his memoir, 'Father of the Lost Boys'

Dr Clare Bailey on enjoying the things you love to eat in 'The Fast 800 Keto Treats Recipe Book'

Gerard McCann on the long unspoken truth of child sexual abuse in his memoir 'Anatomy of a Secret'

Julia Lawrinson on a life less ordinary in her memoir, 'How to Avoid a Happy Life'

Ben Miller on his illustrated fairytale mash-up, 'Diary of a Big Bad Wolf'

Nadia Wheatley on Charmian Clift's final, unfinished novel, 'The End of the Morning'

Anne Buist and Graeme Simsion on a mental health story of heart and humour, 'The Glass House'

Kathy Lette on getting the better of the patriarchy in 'The Revenge Club'

Dr Vanessa Pirotta dives into the mysterious world of whales in 'Humpback Highway'

Sydel Sierra on the power of cryptocurrencies and how to invest the right way in, 'All Time High'

Candice Fox on disrupting the hero trope in her latest thriller, Devil's Kitchen

Rachael Johns on love, romance and the power of books in 'The Other Bridget'

Julie Janson on the dangerous lives of Aboriginal women in colonial New South Wales in 'Compassion'

Nam Le on his new book of poetry, '36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem'

David Goodwin on working at the coal-face of retail in 'Servo: 'Tales from the Graveyard Shift'

Mariah Sweetman on the thrilling story of her great-great grandfather in 'Robert Runs'

Alecia Simmonds on love and marriage in 'Courting: An Intimate History of Love and the Law'

Dassi Erlich's memoir 'In Bad Faith' goes inside the secret ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect

James Foley on his brilliant colour graphic novels for kids, Brobot, Gastronauts and Stellarphant

Linda Margolin Royal on a story inspired by the Japanese Schindler, 'The Star on the Grave'

Skye McKenna on the continuing magical journey for fledgeling witch Cassie Morgan in 'Woodwitch'

Isobel Bevis on connecting children to Noongar culture in 'Nedingar' - Ancestors

Helen Milroy on her two new books for young children, 'Bush Bugs' and 'Crow Baby'

Annette Higgs on her first novel set in 19th-century Tasmania, 'On A Bright Hillside in Paradise'

Jack Heath on an unforgettable romantic weekend away in 'Kill Your Husbands'

Tracy Ryan on two remarkable Renaissance women of the Navarre in 'The Queen's Apprenticeship'

Charlotte Wood on contemplating life's big questions in 'Stone Yard Devotional'

Rachelle Unreich on 'A Brilliant Life: My Mother's Inspiring Story of Surviving the Holocaust'

Katharine J Adams on the dark and magical world of her new YA novel, 'Tonight, I Burn'

Quentin Beresford goes inside Australia's biggest corporate scandals in 'Rogue Corporations'

Andy McNab on 'The Rescue: The True Story of the SAS Mission to Save Hostages from the Taliban'

Robyn Davidson on time, memory and a life driven by curiosity in 'Unfinished Woman'

Amelia Mellor on her 2023 Historical Novel prize-winning YA book, 'The Bookseller's Apprentice'

Gail Jones on her 2023 Historical Novel Society Australasia prize-winning book, 'Salonika Burning'

Paul Bangay on his journey from child gardener to design icon in 'A Life in Garden Design'

Val McDermid on the latest in the DCI Karen Pirie series of crime thrillers, 'Past Lying'

Levi Pinfold on illustrating a magical world for the 'The Harry Potter Wizarding Almanac'

Molly Schmidt on small-town racism and the power of human connection in 'Salt River Road'

Sasha Kutabah Sarago on the Indigenous ideal of beauty and her journey to understand it in 'Gigorou'

James O'Hanlon on discovering the incredible world of spiders in 'Silk and Venom'

Anna Funder on Eileen O'Shaughnessy, the woman who made George Orwell in 'Wifedom'

Susan Duncan on love, community and the pleasures of life in 'Sleepless in Stringybark Bay'

Madonna King on 'Saving Our Kids The Inside Story of Taskforce Argos'

Deborah Fitzgerald on 'Her Sunburnt Country The Extraordinary Literary Life of Dorothea Mackellar'

Kirsty Manning on a story of courage and resilience in 'The Hidden Book'

Wendy Holden on the inside story of the young Diana Spencer in 'The Princess'

Otto English goes in search of the truth behind the myths in 'Fake Heroes'

Roger Simpson on the truth behind the Jane Halifax character in Halifax Resurrection.

Kate Mildenhall on connecting women's stories across time in 'The Hummingbird Effect'

Peter Papathanasiou on a West Australian road trip like no other in 'The Pit'

Dennis Glover on the legend and the legacy of R F Scott's Antarctic expedition in 'Thaw'

Matt Majendie on life and death with the big-wave surfers in 'Nazare'

Sam Twyford-Moore on the ins and outs of Australian actors in Hollywood in 'Cast Mates'

Frank Bongiorno on Mungo MacCallum's classic 'The Good, The Bad and the Unlikely'

Mark Brandi on the cargo of hopes, dreams and disappointment aboard 'Southern Aurora'

Professor Phil Hansbro on the science and the sense behind 'The Good Gut Anti-Inflammatory Diet'

Kelly Rimmer on the courageous Special Operations Executives of World War II in 'The Paris Agent'

Peter Burke on the atheist among the Swan River missionaries in 'The Silk Merchant's Son'

Katherine Kovacic on the connection we have with our canine friends in 'Australia's Dogs'

Om Dhungel on losing everything and finding Australia in 'Bhutan to Blacktown'

Anthony Cooper on the war correspondents on a suicide mission in 'Despatch From Berlin, 1943'

Kerri Sackville on the joys and benefits of a little alone time in 'The Secret Life of You'

Kim Anderson on the controversial Australian portrait that changed the nation in 'The Prize'

Catherine Therese on her first novel 'Things She Would have Said Herself'

Justin Cronin on building strange new worlds where nothing is as it seems in 'The Ferryman'

Anne Tiernan on family trauma and running from the past in her first novel, 'The Last Days of Joy'

Dianne Yarwood on life, death, friendship and great food in 'The Wakes'

Toni Jordan on her hilarious new comedy about losing control, 'Prettier If She Smiled More'

Ros Ben Moshe on the healing power of laughter in 'The Laughter Effect'

Stephanie Bishop on her dark and compulsive novel about creativity and desire, 'The Anniversary'

Pip Williams on the transcendent power of books in 'The Bookbinder of Jericho'

Margaret Simons on one of Australia's most influential women in 'Tanya Plibersek On Her Own Terms'

Christine Kenneally on institutional abuse, murder and justice in 'Ghosts of the Orphanage'

Kate Auty on the true story of the Forrest River massacre, 'O'Leary of the Underworld'

Ali Lowe on keeping up with murder in 'The Running Club'

Paul Ashford Harris on the cycles of history in 'Love, Oil and the Fortunes of War'

Deepti Kapoor on a world fuelled by greed, pleasure and violence in India's 'Age of Vice'

Paul Biegler answers a big question in 'Why Does It Still Hurt?'

Benison O'Reilly and Seana Smith on the new and updated edition of the Australian Autism Handbook

Sam and Paul Harvey on the Smash Hits of Nick Kyrgios

James Weir on the heroes and villains of reality TV in 'The Hemsworth Effect'

Jack Heath on the latest book in the deliciously dark and twisted Timothy Blake series 'Headcase'

Frank Bongiorno on the first full political history of Australia 'Dreamers and Schemers'

Anita Heiss on 'Growing Up Wiradjuri: Stories from the Wiradjuri Nation'

Don Watson on a window into Australia's past and present in 'The Passion of Private White'

Tom Keneally on his 2022 Historical Novel Society's prize-winning story 'Corporal Hitler's Pistol'

Katrina Nannestad on her prize-winning story for children 'Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief'

Jennifer Whelan and Deirdre Brandner on their new 'Bear' series of books for young children

Allen C Jones on a tale of apocalypse and survival in 'Her Death Was Also Water'

Paddy Manning on the high-stakes life of Lachlan Murdoch in 'The Successor'

Inga Simpson on her love letter to cricket and music 'Willowman'

Janet Evanovich on the riotous new Stephanie Plum mystery thriller 'Going Rogue'

Cressida Cowell on the maps of the imagination in 'Which Way To Anywhere'

Amelia Mellor on the magic of books and exploring history in 'The Bookseller's Apprentice'

Mia Swainson on simple ways to live a climate positive lifestyle in ' Happy Planet Living'

Dominique Roques on sourcing the ingredients for the great fragrances in 'In Search of Perfumes'

Andy McNab on the true story of the secret mission to catch a Taliban warlord in 'The Hunt'

Ross Garnaut on securing Australia's zero-carbon future in 'The Superpower Transformation'

Danielle Clode on a slow-moving Australian icon in 'Koala: A Life in Trees'

Roger Simpson on getting inside the mind of a forensic psychologist in 'Halifax: Transgression'

Ruth Ware on isolation and claustrophobia in her latest psychological thriller 'The It Girl'

Michelle Lee on the challenges and rewards of rowing the world's great oceans in 'Alone'

Kate Temple on her first solo book for kids 'The Dangerous Business of Being Trilby Moffat'

Geoff Nadin on the Stewart Dawson family fortune won and lost in 'Treasure House'

Elaine Pearson on a life in pursuit of human rights in 'Chasing Wrongs and Rights'

Joelle Gergis on the challenge we face in 'Humanity's Moment: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope'

Zoulfa Katouh on love in the time of war in 'As Long As The Lemon Trees Grow'

Andy McNab on his latest book for kids 'My Mum Is A Spy'

Isabel Vincent on sisters who rescued Jewish opera stars from the Third Reich in Overture of Hope

Michael Veitch on the unsung heroes of the WWII Coastwatchers in 'Australia's Secret Army'

Dr Ben Bravery on putting the heart back into healthcare in 'The Patient Doctor'

Nilesh Makwana on 'Terminal 4 An Entrepreneur's Journey From Bicycle to Business Class'

Kathy Reichs on forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan's 21st thriller 'Cold, Cold Bones'

Daryl Van Tongeren on how to understand and use the quiet power of an ancient virtue in 'Humble'

Tori Haschka on a heart-rending story of how food connects and heals in 'A Recipe For Family'

Sam Vincent on an honest and hilarious story of succession in 'My Father And Other Animals'

J.P. Pomare on the private investigator haunted by his home town in 'The Wrong Woman'

Leigh Straw on the true crime story that gripped Australia in the 1920s in 'The Ballroom Murder'

Sophie Green on a story of friendship and fresh beginnings in 'The Bellbird River Country Choir'

Brian Freeman on Jason Bourne's biggest threat yet in 'The Bourne Sacrifice'

Alistair Paton on the curious history of Australia's amateur scientists in 'Of Marsupials and Men'

Colin Burgess on the astonishing survival story in a Nazi death camp in 'Destination Buchenwald'

Christine Sykes on the joy of movement and friendship in 'The Tap Cats of the Sunshine Coast'

Lisa Barr on love, sex, history and the epic struggle to reclaim stolen art in 'Woman On Fire'

James O'Loghlin on crime, punishment and redemption in 'Criminals'

Michael Robotham on the third in the Cyrus Haven crime fiction series, 'Lying Beside You'

Carmel Bird on reading, writing and remembering in her memoir 'Telltale'

Geraldine Brooks on the grim legacy of American slavery, racism and injustice in 'Horse'

Sandi Logan on the most unlikely drug-running grannies in Australian history in 'Betrayed'

Phil Barker on the rise and fall of Australian magazines in 'Axed! Who Killed Australian Magazines?'

Wendy Davis on speaking up in 'Don't Make a Fuss: It's Only the Claremont Serial Killer'

Dr John Tickell on 'Your Best Immunity: Build Resistance the ACE Way'

Matthew Spencer on his brilliant debut crime thriller 'Black River'

Margaret Cunneen SC on a remarkable career in 'The Boxing Butterfly'

Caroline Petit on an epic love story across three continents in 'The Natural History of Love'

Caroline Beecham on an exceptional World War 2 heroine in 'Esther's Children'

Sophie Cachia on a life-changing moment in 'And Then There Was Her'

Victoria Purman on the unsung heroes of World War I in 'The Nurses' War'

Chloe Hooper on the dark and light of storytelling in 'Bedtime Story'

Three generations of Silbery women on personal memories and life's lessons in 'Out of the Box'

Diane Connell on a force to be reckoned with in 'The Improbable Life of Ricky Bird'

Shelley Burr on the unsolved disappearance that haunts a small farming community in 'WAKE'

A F Steadman on the magical world of unicorns in 'Skandar and the Unicorn Thief'