Listen to Laura Elizabeth Woollett & Angela O'Keeffe39:0023 August 2023

Mel is joined in the studio by Laura Elizabeth Woollett to discuss her latest short story collection, West Girls. She draws upon her experience growing up on Australia’s west coast to bring us tales of sex, money and power.

Plus, Angela O'Keeffe talks about her novella, The Sitter, which is the 2023 recipient of the UQP Quentin Bryce Award. A poignant and considered piece which sheds light on Hortense Cezanne, wife and sometime muse of the famous painter. 

About this program

Championing stylish wordsmiths and sterling conversation, Literati Glitterati is a weekly book show that loves a good story, well told. 


LITERATI GLITTERATI SALON: A MONTHLY BOOK CLUB

Join Mel and a rotating roster of bookish conversationalists as they unpack Literati Glitterati’s book of the month.

Expect a spiriting assortment of cult classics, forgotten wonders, timeless treasures, zesty new releases and pulp fictions wrestled straight from the zeitgeist by Mel herself.

Each book will be announced a month out from the special, so that you can read along at home. On the last Wednesday of every month, tune into Literati Glitterati from midday till 1pm with your thoughts and feelings ready: we’ll be taking questions through the text line.

Literati Glitterati Salon: a monthly book club for folks who like a good story, well told.

Intermezzo

OCTOBER'S BOOK: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney.

Mel will be joined on Wednesday 30 October by writers Madison Griffiths and Laura McPhee-Browne, and director of Melbourns Writers Festival Veronica Sullivan, to observe the master of modern manners, our fave millennial Marxist Sally Rooney.

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