The Bookshelf
A podcast by ABC listen - Thursdays
304 Episodes
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How to read like an Australian writer
Published: 8/27/2021 -
Why you should read Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (and meet his feistiest character)
Published: 8/20/2021 -
Wolves, ghosts and a great flood: scary things in books
Published: 8/13/2021 -
Outraged tweeters, miniature soldiers and the flooded canals of Venice
Published: 8/6/2021 -
The Book Club: Amanda Lohrey's The Labyrinth & the Miles Franklin Literary Award shortlist
Published: 7/30/2021 -
Three novels of seclusion: by Mark Brandi, Sunjeev Sahota, Patrick McGrath
Published: 7/23/2021 -
The deliberately depraved and dissolute worlds of James Ellroy and Lisa Taddeo
Published: 7/16/2021 -
Podcast Extra: More Musical Mayhem with Taylor Jenkins Reid and Dawnie Walton
Published: 7/14/2021 -
The Book Club: Turn up the Music!
Published: 7/9/2021 -
Can't Travel? Here's a collection of books that will transport you
Published: 7/2/2021 -
A party to end all parties, a stranded whale, musical words and a train: what to read this week
Published: 6/25/2021 -
A shrinking lake, a circus of wonders, and a baby: novels to make you feel and think
Published: 6/18/2021 -
Reading Jane Austen from the 1940s until now (and other adventures in reading and reviewing)
Published: 6/11/2021 -
The Book Club: Patricia Highsmith
Published: 6/4/2021 -
Podcast Extra: Patricia Highsmith's biographer answers your questions
Published: 5/31/2021 -
Reading Western Sydney, a hot country town & fantasy Africa remade
Published: 5/28/2021 -
Ern Malley Rides Again! Writes, we meant writes
Published: 5/21/2021 -
Podcast Extra: Reading the world in Spinoza's Overcoat
Published: 5/19/2021 -
Earwax, kidnappings and an octopus god
Published: 5/14/2021 -
Podcast Extra: Sujata Massey and a woman lawyer in India in the 1920s
Published: 5/12/2021
What are you reading, loving or being challenged by? We review the latest in fiction for dedicated readers and for those who wish they read more.