Good Reading Podcast
Good Reading Podcast
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Meg Caddy on her 2026 ARA Historical Novel Society Australasia's prize-winning YA novel, 'A Flash in the Dust'
1899, Fremantle Asylum, Western Australia. For three years now, Gilberta Brady has kept quiet and stayed out of trouble, hoping to soon be released. But when Norah Devaney screams into the ward with revenge in her heart and a story no-one belie...
Bernice Barry on her ARA Historical Novel Society of Australasia award-winning book, 'The Names of a Hare'
Cornwall, 1628. Steeped in herbal lore, a woman with no name guards a dangerous secret, while across the land whispers of witchcraft turn deadly. When a witch hunter sets out to track down the woman, their meeting will change the course of hist...
Carrie Tiffany on her powerful exploration of dementia in the novella, 'The Lady With The Dog'
An elderly couple are driving to the pound. At last, the old lady is getting a dog. The dog is driven through a gate in the fence to its new home. It goes to sleep in front of the black stove, but when it wakes, the old lady is confused. Doesn’...
Matt Nable on his testosterone-fuelled high stakes crime-thriller, 'Mire'
They say your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. For Dan Milligan it isn't his life ... it's memories of his dad. Dan has spent his whole life chasing something. Fast cars, leggy blondes, the rush of making a lot of money and th...
Dr Norman Swan on 'The Brain Cliff' and how to stay away from the edge
What many of us fear, especially as we hit our forties and fifties, is not being as quick of mind. Not remembering as well as we used to. By our 60s and 70s we worry there's nothing we can do and that we are falling helplessly into an abyss whi...