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. Jordan Prosser is a writer, filmmaker and performer from Victoria. His short story ‘El…

Lisa Kenway is an Australian writer and anaesthetist. Her debut novel, All You Took From Me, was longlisted for the 2020 Richell Prize When Clare wakes in a bed in the hospital where she works as an anesthetist she has only questions. When doctors inform her she was in a car accident, that it took the life of her beloved husband, she begins to real…

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. Evie Wyld is the award winning author of five novels including the 2021 Stella Prize w…

Max Porter is the critically acclaimed author of Grief is the Thing With Feathers and Lanny. The adults in Shy’s life might describe him as troubled, erratic, violent even. Shy himself doesn’t exactly know why these things keep happening but it’s ended him up in Last Chance, a home for wayward kids, itself on its last legs as developers converge on…

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. On today's show Tim Ayliffe is in conversation with the indomitable Felix Shannon "Whe…

Get your favourite bookish costume ready it's time to celebrate Book Week 17th - 23rd August Celebrate Book Week with a fresh new read and maybe even get dressed up as your favourite character CBCA Book of the Year Winners: Book of the Year: Older Readers Karen Comer - Grace Notes Book of the Year: Younger Readers Tristan Bancks - Scar Town Book of…

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. Belinda Cranston is a Canberra based writer. She’s joining us today with her first nov…

Evie Wyld is the award winning author of five novels including the 2021 Stella Prize winning The Bass Rock. Max waits in the London flat he shares with Hannah. He’s had little to do but wait since he died. He’d never given much consideration to being a ghost and even still it’s not living up to the hype. Max’s non-corporeal existence is giving him …

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. Patrick Holland is a novelist and short story writer. He is the author of seven books,…

Jordan Prosser is a writer, filmmaker and performer from Victoria. His short story ‘Eleuterio Cabrera’s Beautiful Game’ won the Peter Carey Short Story Award in 2022. Big Time is his first novel. In the Free Republic of East Australiaeverything is just bonza. The people toe the line because nobody likes a tall poppy and the threat of indefinite det…

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. Alice Robinson is the author of Anchor Point, which was longlisted for the Stella Priz…

Patrick Holland is a novelist and short story writer. He is the author of seven books, most notably The Mary Smokes Boys (2010), which was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award. Patrick’s new novel is Oblivion. In a bar that wouldn’t let you in, sit men you can’t afford to drink with. These men make the deals that shape our world. One such man 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. Deborah Callahan has had a distinguished career in publishing working as a publicist, …

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. Susannah Begbie grew up in rural New South Wales on a sheep farm and is now a GP who h…

Alice Robinson is the author of Anchor Point, which was longlisted for the Stella Prize and the Indie Book Awards and The Glad Shout, winner of the Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. Her new novel is If You Go. Esther awakens in a strange room. Strapped to a table, hooked up to machines and with a breathing tube down her throat, Esther has …

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. Jenna Lo Bianco is a writer, teacher and Italophile. Her debut novel The Italian Marri…

Siang Lu is the author of The Whitewash, a tremendous mockumentary style exploration of the movie industry, which won an ABIA for best Audiobook. Siang is also the co-creator of The Beige Index, your definitive guide to how white your movie viewing really. Siang’s new novel is Ghost Cities. Xiang is working as a translator at Sydney’s Chinese Consu…

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. Bri Lee is the award winning author of Eggshell Skull, Beauty and Who gets to be Smart…

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. Siang is the author of The Whitewash which won an ABIA for best Audiobook. His new nov…

Back in 2013, when I was just a little baby radio producer starting out on Final Draft some incredible books came out. I’d like to say I read them all but that would be a lie. Today’s book for book club has been on my radar since that time and so to inspire you all to dive deep into your to be read pile I’ve got Hannah Kent’s Burial Rites. Back in …

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. Victoria Purman is a bestselling author in Australia and the US. Her historical fictio…

John Richards was shortlisted for the Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Award in 2021 and the Glendower Award for an Emerging Queensland Writer in August 2022. The Gorgon Flower is his first published work of fiction. The Gorgon Flower is a wonderful collection of dark and macabre stories. I’ve always thought of short story collections like albums or mi…

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. Nikki Mottram has a psychology degree from The University of Queensland and has worked…

Bri Lee is the award winning author of Eggshell skull and Who gets to be smart. The Work is her first novel. The art scene in New York is one of the toughest in the world. While artists stay locked in their studios creating works of inspiration, the industry of ‘the arts’ whirs away creating the buzz that keeps it all relevant. After years of strug…

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. John Richards was shortlisted for the Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Award in 2021 and t…

Victoria Purman is a bestselling author in Australia and the US. Her historical fiction includes A Woman’s Work, The Nurses’ War, The Women’s Pages, and The Land Girls. Victoria’s new novel is The Radio Hour. The year is 1956. When Martha Berry started out at the national broadcaster nearly thirty years ago she couldn’t imagine where it would take …

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. Paul Morgan was born in London, and now lives in Melbourne. He is the author of The Pe…

Susannah Begbie grew up in rural New South Wales on a sheep farm and is now a GP who has worked all over Australia. She is the winner of Hachette's Richell Prize for 2022. The Deed is her first novel. Tom Edwards has spent most of his life running the farm by himself. He’s not well pleased that his kids never came back to take their place on the la…

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. Donna M Cameron is a novelist and an award-winning playwright and short film writer. H…

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. Ernest Price is a transgender man working as a secondary English teacher in Naarm/Melb…

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. Yumna Kassab is the author of novels including Australiana and The Lovers. Her writing…

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. Miranda Darling is a writer, poet, and co-founder of Vanishing Pictures. She has publi…

Miranda is a writer, poet, and co-founder of Vanishing Pictures. Her latest novel is Thunderhead. Across a single day we are thrown into the life of Winona Dalloway. From the moment she wakes, stealing a few precious moments before her time is not her own, to the dinner party that looms over her calendar, the reader follows Winona as she tries simp…

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. Sharlene Allsop is the debut author of The Great Undoing which through its journey to …

Final Draft has been invited by the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia to join its Community Radio Network. This means that we've been working hard to develop episodes that will be shared across Australia on the hundreds of community radio stations that contribute to the diverse media landscape of this country. In this special news upd…

Ernest Price is a transgender man working as a secondary English teacher in Naarm/Melbourne. His writing has been published by Queerstories and Overland. The Pyramid of Needs is his first novel. Linda is ready to hit the big time. The fact that there aren’t a lot of seventy year olds going viral just means it will be even more sensational when she …

Vikki Wakefield is an author of fiction for young adults and adults. Her novel This Is How We Change the Ending was a Book of the Year in the 2020 CBCA Awards. Vikki’s new novel is To the River. Twelve Years ago a fire in a remote town rocked the country, killing nine people. The Caravan Murders, as they came to be known, were never solved. The sus…

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. Elizabeth Coleman is a screenwriter and playwright. Her play Secret Bridesmaids Busine…

Yumna Kassab is a writer from Western Sydney. Her novels include Australiana and The Lovers. Yumna’s writing has been listed for prizes including the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, Queensland Literary Awards, NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, and The Stella Prize. Yumna Kassab is also Parramatta’s first laureate in literature In Politica the rea…

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. David Brooks is an award winning essayist, short-fiction writer, novelist and poet. Hi…

Sharlene Allsop is the debut author of The Great Undoing. The Great Undoing offers up a speculative future where our endless drive for connectivity and security threatens to turn society on its head. Scarlet Friday is a truth teller in a hyper connected world. Her job is to explore archives and provide context for the official narrative of history.…

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. Today SWF Artistic Director Ann Mossop joins Andrew to discuss the Sydney Writers Fest…

One of the pure pleasures that I have in sharing great Australian literature is bringing in a new poetry collection and the poet gives us an opportunity to hear them read some of their work in their own words. Today I have for you David Brooks new collection. David is an award winning essayist. He's a short fiction writer. He's a novelist. He is a …

The Final Draft Great Conversations 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. Dr Mykaela Saunders is a Koori/Goori and Lebanese writer, teacher …

Today I’m bringing you a debut novel. It’s called Tidelines and it’s by Sarah Sasson. Sarah Sasson is an Australian physician and writer. Her poetry, short stories and non-fiction have been published in Australia, the United Kingdom and USA. On a suburban street in the south of Sydney Grub waits in her car. In the house opposite lives the man who w…

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. Jane Harrison is a playwright & author descended from the Muruwari people. She is the …

Grace Chan is a speculative fiction writer and psychiatrist. Her short fiction has appeared in Going Down Swinging, Aurealis, amongst many others, and she has been shortlisted for the Aurealis Awards, the Norma K Hemming Award, and Viva la Novella. Today I’ve brought in Grace Chan’s techno-futurist novel Every Version of You. In the not too distant…

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. Povo is the latest anthology from Sweatshop. Sweatshop is a literacy movement based in…

Robert Skinner is the author of I’d Rather Not. To delve much further into his biography would be risk spoilers for I’d Rather Not which reads something like the autobiography of someone you’d love to meet at a party, but definitely before the beer runs out. Robert is also the founding editor of The Canary Press, Australia’s greatest and possibly o…

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 Sasson is an Australian physician and writer. Her poetry, short stories and non-…