Listen for lively conversations and fascinating insights from the Booker Prizes. We revisit winning novels from years past, speak to authors and experts from the literary world and peer behind the curtain of the International Booker Prize and Booker Prize.
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Radio National Breakfast daily stories separated for easy listening. Radio National Breakfast is the program informed Australians wake up to. Start each day with comprehensive coverage and analysis of national and international events, and hear interviews with the people who matter today — and with those who'll be making news tomorrow.
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Richard Flanagan, 2014 Man Booker Prize winner, discusses his winning book, and what it's like to win the most prestigious prize in literature in his first public event as winner. Hosted by Paul Croughton at the Apple Store, Regent Street in London.
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Join the winner of the 2012 Man Booker Prize, Hilary Mantel, as she discusses her winning book, and what it's like to win the most prestigious prize in literature.
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Each week, the Drunk Guys tackle a famous book while drinking #Craftbeer matching the book, characters, themes, etc. What beer goes with Orwell’s 1984? Founder’s Dissenter IPA, of course. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow? Seven pumpkin beers. A great #Podcast for readers, drinkers, or anyone with a raunchy sense of humor. Way better than English class. Find us at @drunkguysbc (twitter) or https://drunkguysbookclub.com
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Marlon and Jake Read Dead People is a podcast hosted by the Man Booker Prize-winning and internationally bestselling author Marlon James and his editor, Jake Morrissey, Executive Editor at Riverhead Books. In each episode, Marlon and Jake talk about authors—specifically dead authors. Authors they like. Authors they hate. Great books, terrible books, and books they love that you’d never expect them to. As a writer and an editor, Marlon and Jake have read thousands of books between them, and t ...
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Celebrating its 30th birthday in 2013, the Edinburgh International Book Festival brought 800 authors from around the world to Scotland’s capital city to take part in events on themes as diverse as Feminism Today, Memory and the Imagination, Making Music, Comics and Graphic Novels and Blueprints for the Future. Booker and Pulitzer prize-winners rubbed shoulders with bestsellers, debut novelists, scientists, philosopher, children’s authors and illustrators and inspirational storytellers. You c ...
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Book Riot's Jeff O'Neal and Rebecca Schinsky discuss the latest news in the world of books and reading, including hot new releases, adaptations, publishing industry events, and more. Book Riot is the largest independent editorial book site in North America and home to a host of media, from podcasts to newsletters to original content, all designed around diverse readers and across all genres.
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What Editors Want is a new podcast in which I interview a different editor each week from the world of publishing. It’s aimed at readers who want to hear the behind the scenes story of how their favourite books get made, and aspiring authors who want to know how to get published. I’ve spoken to everyone from the biggest names in the industry to independent publishers taking a dynamic and innovative approach to making books. Along the way I’ve met the editors behind Nobel and Booker Prize win ...
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The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan airs regular conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. The podcast has welcomed Booker and Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists, such as Bernardine Evaristo, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Karen Joy Fowler, Carla Power and Maaza Mengiste. The choice of writers is representative of the world around us, naturally. https:/ ...
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Like your books less Dickens, more Dickov? Football Book Club gets stuck into the true classics of the literary world - footballers’ autobiographies. As recommended by BBC Five Live, The Athletic, The Sunday Times and named one of Esquire's best comedy podcasts around right now. Described as “pretty funny” by Darren Huckerby. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Discover your next favourite book, or take a deep dive into the mind of an author you love, with The Shakespeare and Company Interview podcast. Long-form interviews with internationally acclaimed authors, recorded from our bookshop in the heart of Paris. Hosted by S&Co Literary Director, Adam Biles. Discover all our upcoming events here. If you enjoy these conversations, you can order The Shakespeare and Company Book of Interviews here. Past guests include: Ottessa Moshfegh, Ian McEwan, Ali ...
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Described as ‘an Olympics of the mind’, the 2012 Edinburgh International Book Festival offered Nobel Prize and Booker winners, bestsellers and up-and-coming writers alongside scientists, philosophers, children’s authors and illustrators, great thinkers, orators and inspirational storytellers. 750 authors from around the world gathered to celebrate the world of words and ideas. You can hear some of the events here in our series of free podcasts – recorded live at the Festival.
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Jaipur Bytes, the official podcast of the Jaipur Literature Festival, is your gateway to enriching and entertaining conversations featuring the finest thinkers, writers, speakers, and doers! Hosted by music programmer & broadcaster Sarthak Kaushik and writer & itihasology's founder, Eric Chopra, the podcast guarantees an eclectic mix of cross-genre discussions traversing diverse themes and ideas. With a constellation of the world's most eminent trailblazers, here's your chance to listen to a ...
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Join Tom Gatti and Kate Mossman for the best of the New Statesman's arts and books pages, in your ears every other Thursday. Send noniversary suggestions and other comments to thebackhalfpodcast@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Booker Prize is arguably the most prestigious writing prize in the English-speaking world. The winner will be announced at a ceremony in London in a couple of weeks, and for the first time in a decade, there is an Australian in the running. Guest: Claire Nichols, host of The Book Show由Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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The Drunk Guys really knockout some beers this week when they read Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel. Moose and Squirrel drink: Pumpkin Ale by Long Trail, Warm Glow by Finback, and Viking Blod Mead by Dansk Mjod. Join the Drunk Guys next Tuesday when they read the Booker Prize Shortlisted novel Enlightenment by Sarah Perry The Drunk Guys now have a Patre…
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The Drunk Guys drink till they’re out of their gourds this week when they read Hallowpeen: A Halloween Sentient Object Romance by Holly Wilde. They also C-U-P after Pumking and Caramel Pumking by Southern Tier. Join the Drunk Guys next Tuesday when they read Enlightenment by Sarah Perry The Drunk Guys now have a Patreon! The Drunk Guys Book Club Po…
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Tony Clark is one of Australia's most renowned and elusive artists, with his paintings featuring not only in some of the biggest art collections in the country but on multiple album covers and even on Prime Ministerial office walls. His latest exhibition, Tony Clark: Unsculpted, is a selection of new and classic pieces from his decades-long career.…
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The majestic peak of Japan's Mount Fuji is covered in snow for most of year, and remains an enduring natural icon in Japanese culture and history, immortalised in countless artworks and revered in Shinto and Buddist traditions. But after a sweltering Japanese summer which was the joint hottest on record, Mount Fuji remains completely bare of snow f…
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Cuts to the NT's Legal Aid services are starting to impact the territory's justice system. On top of that, overcrowded prisons, and guards threatening to walk out due to unsafe working conditions, have combined to put unprecedented pressure on the Territory justice system. Guest: Beth Wild, president of the NT Criminal Lawyers Association…
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The latest State of the Climate Report has found Australia is experiencing an increase in extreme heat events, longer fire seasons, and more intense rainfall. The report by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, and the Bureau of Meteorology has also revealed the oceans around Australia are continuing to warm. The report's findings raise serio…
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The Chief Political Editor for 9News Charles Croucher joins RN Breakfast to discuss the latest developments in federal politics from Washington ahead of the US election. Guest: Charles Croucher, Chief Political Editor for 9News由Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Former bureaucrats involved in the controversial robodebt scheme could still face a corruption inquiry, after a sensational backtrack by the National Anti-Corruption Commission. A review has found a conflict of interest wasn't properly dealt with, but Anthony Whealy, Chair of the Centre for Public Integrity says he's "quite startled" that Commissio…
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New movie 'Saturday Night' takes us back to the beginning of Saturday Night Live, reimagining the hours leading up to the show's first episode in 1975 on NBC. Also out this week a new film with some very serious things to say about Indigenous motherhood, that's also a horror movie 'The Moogai'.RN film critic and host of The Screen Show Jason Di Ros…
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In rugby league, a blow for Australia ahead of the Pacific Championship final – Cameron Murray injured. And in netball, the Diamonds beat the Silver Ferns last night in the fourth Constellation Cup game in Melbourne. Sports commentator and RN Breakfast legend, Warwick Hadfield brings the latest news from the world of sport.…
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The PM has responded to claims he received multiple upgrades on Qantas flights over a decade, issuing a statement he"did not ever call Alan Joyce seeking an upgrade." Katy Gallagher says the Prime Minister has addressed questions on the matter, and asked if there was other forms of communication with Alan Joyce, she said her understanding is that t…
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Inflation has fallen to a three-and-a-half-year low, but it might not be enough to see the Reserve Bank cut interest rates next week. But does it at least signal that an end to the cost-of-living crisis may be in sight? Guests:Richard Denniss, Executive Director at the Australia Institute. Andrew Barker, Head of Research at CEDA Producers: Joe Sull…
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More than 90 people are known to have died and dozens more are missing after torrential rain caused devastating flash floods in south-eastern Spain in the past 24 hours. More than a year's worth of rain fell in just eight hours and footage shows floodwaters knocking down bridges, piles of cars in the streets and people clinging to trees to avoid be…
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In 2020, Donald Trump lost Pennsylvania by 80,000 votes, but it's a key state he needs to win. But a comedian at one of his rally this week made an offensive joke about Puerto Rico which has enraged many of the 600,000 Puerto Ricans voters in Pennsylvania. So, could it cost Trump his second term as President? Guest: Victor Martinez, owner of the Le…
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This week the Russian government added 131 Australians to its 'stop list', which bans people from entering Russia. It includes Australian Defence Force members, employees of weapons manufacturing companies, public servants and the ABC's very own Defence Correspondent Andrew Greene. Guest: Andrew Greene, ABC defence correspondent and recent addition…
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With days to go until the US election, Radio National Breakfast goes inside the Trump campaign and speaks with one of the key spokespeople. Those inside the Trump campaign are confident that in 2024, unlike 2020, the voters will be backing Trump Guest: Bryan Lanza, Senior Adviser to the Trump Campaign Producer: Matt Simpson…
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Jeff offers Rebecca a list of questions about the world of books and reading that he would love to have answered but knows are impossible. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks! The Book Riot Pod…
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Aussie larrikinism, male friendship and drinking culture are laid bare in the short film 'Yeah the Boys'. With a score by The Avalanches, the film follows a group of six Aussie lads as they sink beers in a typical back yard session. What unfolds is equal parts cheeky, brutal, and tender. Guest: Stefan Hunt, Director…
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The Washington Post has suddenly lost thousands of readers - who've cancelled their subscriptions in protest at a decision by Jeff Bezos - the Post's owner - NOT to endorse Kamala Harris for president in next week's US election.由Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Tennis champion, disability advocate and former Australian of the Year Dylan Alcott is shedding light on some of the world's most vulnerable communities. In a new documentary, he travels to Zambia in conjunction with World Vision to witness first-hand the challenges children and young people with disabilities face in their day-to-day lives. Guest: …
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Sports commentator and RN Breakfast legend, Warwick Hadfield brings the latest news from the world of sport.由Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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A key finding into the Federal Governments response to the COVID-19 pandemic is that the public trust in Government and authority groups during the pandemic eroded. The report also found that Australia is less prepared now for a pandemic than we were in 2020. Guest: Dr Angela Jackson, Economist and co-author of the COVID-19 Response inquiry Produce…
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The Albanese Government will unveil its blueprint for rapidly establishing domestic manufacturing of missiles and munitions in Australia. Up to $74 billion will be invested over a decade in the 2024 Australian Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Plan, which is expected to create thousands of jobs. Guest: Pat Conroy MP, Minister for Defence Indust…
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Australia's COVID inquiry shows concern about levels of public trust if the nation is faced with another pandemic - so how do governments restore trust with the public? Pressure continues to rise on the Prime Minister for these upgraded flights he allegedly asked Alan Joyce for directly. The chief political correspondent for The Sydney Morning Hera…
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A major inquiry into Australia's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has found policies eroded public trust and people will be less willing to accept health measures in the future. The government says a new disease control centre will help restore public trust, as the report warns pandemic is likely to happen in our lifetimes. Guest: Amanda Rishworth…
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