Final Draft - Great Conversations

Angela O’Keeffe is the author of Night Blue which was nominated for the Prime Minister’s Literary Award. Today I’ve brought you her latest novel The Sitter A writer sits in a hotel room in Paris early 2020. By her side is the disembodied form of Hortense Cezanne. The writer has traveled to France to capture the essence of Hortense for a book about the wife and muse to Impressionist painter Paul Ce...

The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. sydney khoo (they/them) is a nonbinary and aromantic asexual writer, born on Dharawal Country in South Western Sydney, to Malaysian Chin...

The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Irene Diakanastasis presents a gripping interview with Mercedes Mercier on her new novel Black Lies Only a handful of inmates in Westmea...

August is Poetry Month! Each year Red Room Poetry celebrate Australian poets and poetry through a series of events, workshops and showcases throughout August. Red Room Poetry are now in their 20th year and are celebrating Poetry Month this August. Gamilaraay/Gomeroi poet Lulu Houdini shares her poem 'Mangrove Girls'. For more details check out redroompoetry.org/projects/poetry-month You can get mo...

The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Amy Lovat is a writer, a curator and researcher. She hosts the Secret Book Stuff podcast alongside Laura Kebby. Amy joins Andrew on the...

Amy Suiter Clarke is the author of Girl 11. Del swore she’d never return. But years after she left Bower and the Messiah Church Del finds herself drawn back into its orbit by a mysterious message from her ex Lars. Del also swore she’d never talk to Lars again after he left her for her friend Eve, but now Lars sounds contrite. Before Del has the chance to call Lars back though she discovers he’s be...

The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Andrew is joined by Dr Tamryn Bennet, a poet and the Artistic Director of Red Room Poetry. Launched in 2021 by Red Room Poetry, Poetry M...

A.W. Hammond has a new Auguste Duchene novel out called The Berlin Traitor so let' go back and revisit my Book Club for Auguste's first outing, The Paris Collaborator It’s Paris. August 1944. Auguste Duchene is renowned for his ability to find missing people. He doesn’t see race or nationality, only people who need his help. But Duchene is about to find himself in an impossible situation; as the A...

The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Dale has a secret that’s eating away at him. He saw something, guys he knows from school, at a party, with a girl. She didn’t look like...

Ok book lovers, strap in I’ve got a wild one for you this week. New York City Glow is the debut  novel from award winning portrait artist Rachel Coad. Just in case it doesn’t come up later, Rachel’s paintings are amazing and yuo should check them out on her website… https://www.rachelcoad.com.au/  New York City Glow’s synopsis is just about the most fun I’ve ever had summarizing a text… An octopus...

The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Sarah Hutchison arrives at Ngangahook adrift. She has floated from her boarding school days in England, through continental Europe to ar...

Today I’ve brought you a book that goes to the heart of our country.  It’s called The Voice to Parliament Handbook and it has been written by Thomas Mayo and Kerry O’Brien. Thomas Mayo is a Larrakia man who has written extensively about the Uluru Statement including Finding the Heart of the Nation, and Finding Our Heart, a book for young readers with illustrations by Blak Douglas. Kerry O’Brien is...

The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Robbie Egan is the CEO of Book People, formerly the Australian Booksellers Association. Book People are a not-for-profit advocacy group...

The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Stella is an organisation that celebrates and promotes books by Australian women and non-binary writers. They support greater participat...

Monica Vuu is a Tasmanian based writer from Langley, British Columbia. When One Of Us Hurts is her first book. In the coastal town of Port Brighton the locals look after each other. When two deaths occur too close together the town is on edge. Port Brighton has always been wary of outsiders so suspicion naturally falls on the drowned boy Sebastian’s best friend Johnny and his mother Marie.  When a...

The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Yasmin Smith is an editor, writer and poet of South Sea Islander, Kabi Kabi, Northern Cheyenne and English heritage. Today Yasmin joins...

Chloé Hayden is a speaker, actor, author, and disability rights activist. You might have caught her on the rebooted Heartbreak High where she plays Quinni. Chloe was diagnosed as Autistic at age thirteen and all of her incredible and varied work aims to support, make visible and build understanding about Neurodiversity. Different, Not Less is something of a clarion call to a Neurotypical word that...

The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. George’s life feels too loud. Her best friend Tess has decided to get pregnant at eighteen, but George will be there for her just like s...

Today on book club we're previewing University of Queensland Press' new First Nations Classics series. The First Nations Classics collects incredible writers and brings their works back to the reading public. This series opens up the landscape of writing in so-called Australia and asks questions about who gets to tell the story and what it means to be a classic. You can get more books, writing and...

The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Martha Elliott’s approach to psychotherapy is unconventional, but her unorthodox methods have not gone unnoticed…  The arrival of a myst...

Two years ago I called Emily Spurr's A Million Things heart-warming with a killer twist. It's time to revisit our book club and see how it stands up. Did you check it out (and if so what did you think?!?) Loved this review? You can get more books, writing and literary culture every week on the Final Draft Great Conversations podcast. Hear interviews with authors and discover your next favourite re...

The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Benjamin Law is a Guest Curator for this years Sydney Writers' Festival. Ben joins Andrew to talk books, writing and how the stories we...

Welcome back to Book Club on 2SER.  Today, we have "The Bell of the World" by Gregory Day.  Gregory Day is a writer, poet and musician. I loved his last novel A Sand Archive and so am excited to be bringing you Greg’s latest, The Bell of the World In The Bell of the World Sarah Hutchison journeys to Ngangahook, a bush property near Geelong. Ngangahook is run by her Uncle Ferny and Sarah is there t...

The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. In this special presentation Felix Shannon, host of Death of the Reader sits down with Pip Williams to discuss her new novel The Bookbin...

Nardi Simpson is a Yuwaalaraay writer and Song of the Crocodile is her debut novel. The town of Darnmoor promises itself as ‘The Gateway to Happiness’. Within the town though is a world divided. The white population live on the paved streets and brick buildings, while down the old black road, past the tip are The Campgrounds. Margaret lives out at the Campgrounds with her daughter Celie and Celie’...