Compulsive Reader's author interviews, book chat, literary discussions, readings and more. It's an audio haven for book lovers! Recent and upcoming guests include Terry Denton, Marion Halligan, Sir Ken Robinson, Emily Ballou, Sofie Laguna, Matthew Riley, John Banville, Felicity Plunkett, Mark Coker, Peter Bowerman, Eric Maisel, Ramona Koval, Tim Flannery, Carl Zimmer, Gail Jones, Jane Smiley, Frank Delaney, Ben Okri, and many more.
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The author of How to Read a City, Your Place of Last Resort reads from and talks about her new poetry book. We cover such ground as her world tour for the book, climate change and bushfire, the book's title and the connection between cities and the natural world, protective spells and human culpability, grief and hope, an upcoming event at Four Winds festival, Bermagui, and some of the many…
Kris Kneen joins us to read from and talk about their new book Rite of Spring. We talk about such things as lighthouses, Stravinsky, voices in harmony, transformation/becoming, menopause, Spring, metaphors, the more-than-human, the book's two main characters, their projects-in-hand, and lots more. Visit Kris' website here: https://www.krissykneen.com/ Get a copy of Rite of Spring here:…
Andrew Geoffrey Kwabena Moss joins us to read from and talk about his latest poetry book, Hybrid Heaven. We talk about the books key themes, how it came together as a collection, the nature of hybridity, the book's sonics, history, language, humour and lots more. Andrew's website: https://www.agkmoss.com Find a copy of Hybrid Heaven here:…
Multi-talented, multimedia Canberra-based lecturer, visual artist, philosopher and writer Sarah Rice joins us to read from and talk about her newest book Alight on all things precious . We talk about how the book came together, about the way it brings together seemingly disparate things - disciplines like art, music and words, life and death, light and darkness, and even things like breath and…
Mandy Sayer reads from and talks about her latest book No Dancing in the Lift. We talk about such things as the book and how it came to her, the legend of her father, jazz drummer Gerry Sayer, with the reality as she cared for him through his illness and death, her mother and often violent stepfathers, her ongoing conversation with her father even post-mortem, and lots more. Find out more about…
Anne Casey drops by to read from and talk about her latest book Seang (Hungering) . Anne talks about how the book came about including how she found her "girls" at the Newcastle Industrial School for Girls, pathway to PhD thesis, importance of the mother tongue (Gaeilge, which she speaks so beautifully), the ongoing impact of the Irish famine, the connections between Irish and First Nation…
In this guest interview between publicist David Carriere and author Zach Taylor, Zach reads from and talks about his new book ROCKSTAR: Echoes . They talk about the genesis of the book and the broader series, the ways that Zach, a NASA Engineer, manages to squeeze in writing time (even amidst the Artemis II launch), his inspiration for ROCKSTAR : Echoes , it’s ‘book-within-a-book’ format, his…
The author of A Blink of Time's Eye reads from and talks about his most recent poetry book. We discuss how the book came together as a collection, the book's key themes like time, death, trauma, healing and the human condition, conversations between poems, readers, and selves, parenting, entropy, love, personal growth and gratitude. Find a copy of the book here:…
The author of The Victoria Principle joins us to read from and talk about his latest book. We talk about such things what drew him to fiction and why it gives him the "ick", the nature of genre and storytelling, collage, memoir, the real and the counterfeit, trickery, humour and lots more. You can get a copy of the book here:…
Judith Nangala Crispín reads from and talks about her stunning new book The Dingo's Noctuary . Purchase a copy of the book here: https://puncherandwattmann.com/product/the-dingos-noctuary/ Find out more about Judith here: https://judithcrispin.com/ Find out more about the book’s publisher, David Musgrave, who Judith mentions in the conversation: https://davidmusgrave.com/ Read my review of The…
