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The Book Show

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Your favourite fiction authors share the story behind their latest books.

Episodes

Eimear McBride, Tasma Walton and James Bradley on stormy weather and broken families

Irish writer Eimear McBride revisits favourite characters on a rainy night, actor-turned-writer Tasma Walton dredges up a family story of abduction and James Bradley's crime novel about climate catastrophe. Irish writer Eimear McBride is a past winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction whose writing is celebrated for its originality and inventive use of language. In her latest novel, The City Changes its Face (Faber), Eimear revisits the main characters of her second novel The Lesser Bohemians abo...

May 04, 202554 min

Mother fault lines with Betty Shamieh, Debra Oswald and Naima Brown

Palestinian American playwright Betty Shamieh turns to fiction in Too Soon, a nuanced and lusty story of three generations of Palestinian women and the times that shape them. Australian author and TV screen writer Debra Oswald follows the eventful life of a gritty, strong woman in One Years of Betty . And in her biting satire Mother Tongue , Naima Brown asks, if you could change your life, could you live with what you left behind?...

Apr 27, 202554 min