A new novel from Miles Franklin winner Shankari Chandran
Episode description
Cassie and Jonathan Green review Safe Haven by 2023 Miles Franklin winner Shankari Chandran, Table For Two by Amor Towles (author of A Gentleman In Moscow), and Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan of Crazy Rich Asians fame.
BOOKS
Safe Haven, Shankari Chandran (Ultimo Press)
Lies and Weddings, Kevin Kwan (Penguin)
Table for Two, Amor Towles (Penguin)
GUESTS
Jennifer Wong, Chinese-Australian writer and comedian. She’s the presenter of Chopsticks or Fork?, a six-part AACTA-nominated ABC series on Chinese restaurants in regional Australia
Sam Twyford-Moore, writer and cultural historian whose latest book is Castmates: Australian actors in Hollywood and at Home
OTHER BOOKS MENTIONEDRoald Dahl, worksJohn Cheever, worksO Henry, worksPaul Auster, worksKirstin Chen, CounterfeitGrace D. Li, Portrait of a ThiefGeoff Dyer, The Ongoing Moment
CREDITS
- Presenter, Cassie McCullagh + Jonathan Green
- Producer, Cassie McCullagh + Sarah Corbett
- Sound engineer, Isabella Tropiano + Simon Branthwaite
- Executive producer, Rhiannon Brown