All Episodes

Wayne Marshall's ARA Historical Novel Society Australasia's People's Choice novel, 'Henry Goes Bush'

Meg Caddy on her 2026 ARA Historical Novel Society Australasia's prize-winning YA novel, A 'Flash in the Dust'

Bernice Barry on her Historical Novel Society of Australasia award-winning book, 'The Names of a Hare'

Carrie Tiffany on her powerful exploration of dementia in the novella. 'The Lady With The Dog'

Matt Nable on his testosterone-fuelled high stakes crime-thriller, 'Mire'

Dr Norman Swan on 'The Brain Cliff' and how to stay away from the edge

Annabel Stafford on the forgotten horrors of a Western Australian apartheid hospital

AJ Mackinnon on 'Realms of Gold: The Remarkable Return of Jack de Crow'

Dr Barbara Lemon on a unique record of Australian history in, 'The Memory Tapes'

Elisabeth Storrs on her heart-breaking story of love and war in, 'Fables and Lies'

Danielle Binks on war, friendship and finding common ground in 'Shakespeare in the Orchard'

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'