Jenny Erpenbeck's Kairos, winner of the 2024 International Booker Prize

Cassie and Kate discuss Jenny Erpenbecks' Kairos (winner of the 2024 International Booker Prize) with critic Declan Fry - originally broadcast August 2023 when the book was first published; and interviews with writers A K Blakemore (The Glutton), Daniel Mason (North Woods) and Gretchen Shirm (The Crying Room) by Kate Evans.

BOOKS

• Jenny Erpenbeck, Kairos, translated from the German by Michael Hofmann, Granta
• A K Blakemore, The Glutton, Granta
• Daniel Mason, North Woods, John Murray
• Gretchen Shirm, The Crying Room, Transit Lounge.

GUESTS

• Declan Fry, poet, essayist and critic – who regularly reviews for the Age/ SMH, the Guardian and ABC Arts online.
• A K Blakemore, English poet and writer whose novels are The Manningtree Witches and The Glutton
• Daniel Mason, American writer, physician and academic, whose novels include The Piano Tuner, The Winter Soldier, A Registry of my Passage Upon the Earth and North Woods
• Gretchen Shirm, Australian essayist, critic, novelist and shortstory writer whose books are Having Cried Wolf, Where the Light Falls and The Crying Room

CREDITS

• Presenter/ Producer: Kate Evans
• Sound Engineer: Ann-Marie De Bettencor
• Executive Producer: Rhiannon Brown