Musician and writer Nardi Simpson is a Yuwaalaraay woman from freshwater country in north-west New South Wales. Her debut novel was 2020’s critically acclaimed and multi-award-winning 'Song of the Crocodile'. Now she is back with her second novel, which explores creation, belonging, and the precious fragility of a life.
This week, Michael sits down with Nardi for a wide ranging conversation about her new book, 'The Belburd'.
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Thank you Annabel Crabb and Leigh Sales for the recommendation.
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TLeslie Jamison is celebrated for her ability to link the personal to the cultural to the critical in ways that resonate and move and connect with readers. She first did it with The Empathy Exams – an essay, then a best-selling, award-winning collection. Now she is back with a new book, Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story, a memoir about rebuilding a life after the end of a marriage. On Read This, Michael sits down with Leslie to discuss this latest work and what it means to be many things – a teacher, an artist, a lover and a mother.
In her first novel 'Pheasants Nest', investigative journalist Louise Milligan has created a wealth of characters by drawing on the incredible breadth of her experience with the media, policing and the politics which surrounds victim survivors.
From well-meaning cops, to idiotic kidnappers, Milligan has been like a magpie, 'pulling little bits and pieces from places' to create her characters. But when it comes to her main character, an Irish Australian reporter, Milligan explains that her powerful lead is in fact 'not her', in the latest episode of Read This.
Rupert Murdoch is the media’s most powerful man. His newspapers and television networks can topple leaders and help drive countries to war.
In this six-part series from 7am and Schwartz Media, investigative journalist Paddy Manning explores what drove Murdoch from a small newspaper in Adelaide to the first global media mogul.
Coming 1 November.
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The October issue is here!
For the first episode of Read This, Helen Garner invites us over for cake and conversation about what she’s writing about, how she solves problems and the inspiration she gets from watching her grandson’s footy training.
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As if finding the time to read wasn’t hard enough, working out what book to pick up next can be a nightmare. In bookshops and libraries, browsing through book reviews and looking at that tower on the bedside table, choice paralysis grips us all.
Read This is a show about the books we love and the stories behind them, hosted by Michael Williams. Every Thursday, you’ll hear insightful conversations with the smartest, funniest readers and writers we know and in-depth interviews with the best Australian and international authors talking about their lives and their work. You’ll never be left wondering what to read next.
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Inside the May issue: Anna Krien’s major essay on the shooting of Kumanjayi Walker, Nick Feik on the election & Judith Brett on Scott Morrison’s lack of competence. Plus writing by Anna Goldsworthy, Jenny Valentish, Richard Cooke, Anthony Ham, and more.
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More than in any other election, next month’s poll will feature a defining number of independent candidates. They represent a new, well-organised reaction against the major parties. For the Liberals, they also represent a threat that may one day see the party split. Today on 7am, contributor to The Monthly Margaret Simons on the independents who could go on to hold the balance of power. Listen here: https://apple.co/378oYJQ
Chloe Hooper spent months talking to Jacquie Lambie for her cover essay in the March issue. On today's episode of 7am, Chloe Hooper reveals how the public persona matches the private Jacqui. Listen now: https://bit.ly/3Cw3an0 #AusPol
The March issue is out now! Featuring Chloe Hooper on Jacqui Lambie, Sarah-Holland Batt on the Morrison government’s negligence in aged care, Russell Marks on Australia’s damaging obsession with real estate, and much more.
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Introducing the September issue! Out Monday 🐕 🐩 🐕
Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull slam ‘drums of war’ rhetoric on China
Why have Australia–China relations deteriorated so comprehensively, and what can Australia do to restore them?
Former prime ministers Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull have discussed some of the most critical questions posed for Australia and the world by China’s rapid rise. They both agree that “drums of war” rhetoric recently used by Australian politicians is dangerous and against our national interest.
Watch the full discussion on the challenge of China here: https://bit.ly/37y3yCH
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The August issue of The Monthly is on newsstands next week! With cover essay by Scott Ludlam on the fight to free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from the obfuscatory legal processes keeping him in prison.
