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The Book Show

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

Episodes

'My mother kept this secret for so long' — Esther Freud imagines a different path for her mother

Esther Freud's mother had babies at a time when many unwed mothers in the UK and Ireland had their children taken away. Freud says, 'When I thought about the situation of my mother, it struck me how alone and dangerous her situation was'. In I Couldn't Love You More, she imagines if her mother had been forced into one or Ireland's notorious mother and baby homes. Also David Allan-Petale on writing his first book, Locust Summer, on the road, and Jamie Marina Lau's second novel, Gunk Baby, about a...

Jul 26, 202154 min

Pod extra with 2021 Miles Franklin winner Amanda Lohrey

Amanda Lohrey has been announced as the 2021 winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award for The Labyrinth. Amanda tells Claire Nichols that her aim was to write a narrative that felt like a meditative walk into and out of a labyrinth.

Jul 15, 202117 min
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