The Readers & Writers Podcast

In this episode, we are joined by Sharron Booth author of The Silence of Water. It’s the turn of the century when Fan’s mother, Agnes, announces the family is moving to Western Australia to take care of Agnes’s father – a man they’ve never spoken of before now. Fan finds herself a stranger in a new town living in a home whose currents and tensions she cannot read or understand. Resentful of her mo...

In this episode we are joined by Chris Flynn, author of Mammoth which has just been re-released in a B-format. Narrated by a 13,000-year-old extinct mammoth, this is the (mostly) true story of how a collection of prehistoric creatures came to be on sale at a natural history auction in New York in 2007. By tracing how and when these fossils were unearthed, Mammoth leads us on a funny and fascinatin...

In this episode, we are joined by Alan Carter author of Cato’ Kwong novels to talk about his latest book Crocodile Tears , an unputdownable thriller and is the fifth (and final?) book in the series. Detective Philip ‘Cato’ Kwong is investigating the death of a retiree found hacked to pieces in his suburban Perth home. The trail leads to Timor-Leste, with its recent blood-soaked history. There, he...

In this episode we are joined by Charlotte McConaghy author of the international bestseller  Migrations  to talk about her latest book Once We Were Wolves, a pulse-pounding new novel set in the wild Scottish Highlands. Propulsive and spellbinding,  Once There Were Wolves  is the unforgettable tale of a woman desperate to save the creatures she loves. Part thriller, part redempt...

In this episode we are joined by Booker Prize-nominated Scottish author Graeme Macrae Burnet to talk about his latest book Case Study. Cast Study is a  cerebral, compulsive psychological novel seething with secrets and teasing questions about the nature of identity itself, an enthralling, playful and layered depiction of 1960s society and the radical psychiatry propounded by R. D. Laing. And...

In this episode, we are joined by Michael Trant to celebrate the launch of his new book Wild Dogs. Wild Dogs is a page-turning action thriller set in the WA outback, introducing Australia’s answer to Jack Reacher. Michael is a WA country boy now residing in Perth after a variety of careers ranging from farmer, marine draftsman, pastoralist and FIFO pot washer. He still works on farms as a tra...

A very special episode recorded live at MRRWF 2021. Bob Brown is an acclaimed author, photographer, lifelong activist and planet warrior at the forefront of environmental campaigns and green causes. Join our Presenter Jane Caro for this inspirational and intimate event, where Bob will share his stories and reflections from his life in activism and discuss Planet Earth, a book that is both an inspi...

We met so many amazing authors and storytellers at this years Margaret River Readers & Writers festival including the delightful Lyn Yeowart who joined us on Sunday morning to talk about debut novel, The Silent Listener, which is an unforgettable literary suspense novel set in the dark and gothic heart of rural Australia. It's a cracker. Lyn was interviewed at the festival by our very own quee...

In this episode, we are joined by Martha Hall Kelly, author of Lilac Girls , the runaway bestseller that spent over a year on the  New York Times  paperback chart. Martha joins us all the way from Connecticut to talk about her new book Sunflower Sisters. Inspired by true accounts, Sunflower Sisters provides a vivid look at the Civil War experience, from the barbaric and inhumane plantations to a w...

Just before the festival this year we teamed up with our friends at RMR to record a series of interviews with our festival authors. This episode welcomes Donna Mazza, author of the incredible Fauna, a book about love, motherhood, corporate commodification and the surveillance state.  How far would you go to save your daughter? Set seventeen years into a very recognisable future, Fauna is an a...

This week we snuggle up with the delightful Chris Flynn, author of the equally delightful and laugh out loud funny, Mammoth.  An original, unforgettable and thought-provoking new novel that will change how readers understand the world. This special episode was recorded in partnership with our good pals at Radio Margaret River just before the festival this year. Our interviewer is Michelle Wri...

Recorded just before the MRRWF this year, in this episode, we are joined by B. Michael Radburn.  Radburn is the author of The Crossing (soon to be a feature film), Blackwater Moon, The Falls, Subterranean and his new novel, The Reach. The Reach is an Australian rural thriller, skilfully weaving a tale of empathetic characters, vividly drawn locations and edge-of-your-seat tension. Hosted by o...

Join host Paul J Laverty for this special collaboration between MRRWF and The Quiet Carriage, recorded live at MRRWF 2021. Episode 1 Tune in to hear former Green’s leader Bob Brown talk about his new work with Bob’s Foundation. We chat to Tasmanian & Pakana writer Adam Thompson read from his short story collection, Born Into This (UQP) and Festival Director Sian Baker pops into the podcast roo...

We chat to Irma Gold, author of her extraordinary debut novel, The Breaking. Sharply observed and richly vivid, Irma Gold delivers an intensely moving story about the magnetic bond between two young women – friendship, companionship, falling in love – and the enduring cost of animal exploitation. Hosted by Jen Bowden. The Breaking is published by MidnightSun Publishing

We chat to the multi-award-winning and best selling author, Deborah Rodriguez about her new book  The Moroccan Daughter. Following the lives of four women, from the twisted alleyways of the ancient medina of Fès to a marriage festival high in the Atlas Mountains, Deborah Rodriguez's entrancing new bestseller is a modern story of forbidden love set in the sensual landscape of North Africa. Hos...

Speaking Frankly - Clare Bowditch in Coversation with Constance Hall Clare Bowditch has always had a knack for telling stories and has touched hundreds of thousands of lives through her music. But what of the stories she used to tell herself? That 'real life' only begins once you're thin or beautiful, that good things only happen to other people. ARIA Award-winning singer and actres...