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Backstory – 30 March 2022

Acclaimed local author Toni Jordan discusses her new novel Dinner With The Schnabels on the last-ever edition of Backstory.

Backstory – 23 March 2022

Pip McGuiness discusses her new book, Skin Deep: The Inside Story Of Our Outer Selves.

Backstory – 16 March 2022

Mel catches up with Robert Lukins to discuss his new novel Loveland.

Backstory – 9 March 2022

An episode of Backstory on 9 March 2022

Backstory – 2 March 2022

Melissa Manning discusses Smokehouse, her short story collection, which recently won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction.

Backstory – 16 February 2022

An episode of Backstory on 16 February 2022

Backstory – 9 February 2022

An episode of Backstory on 9 February 2022

Backstory – 2 February 2022

Mel talks to Jessica Au about her second novel, Cold Enough for Snow.

Backstory – 26 January 2022

Proud Kaytetye woman and Common Ground CEO Rona Glynn-McDonald discusses a piece she wrote for House Of Darwin about about her love for her hometown of Mparntwe. She also reflects on what it…

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Backstory – 19 January 2022

Hear all about new book The Things We See In the Light with author Amal Awad.

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Backstory – 12 January 2022

Sugar Town Queens author Malla Nunn joins fill-in host Elsie Lange.

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Backstory – 5 January 2022

An episode of Backstory on 5 January 2022

Backstory – 29 December 2021

Fi Wright fills in and catches up with Melissa Manning and Ruth McIver.

Backstory – 22 December 2021

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen chats books with fill-in host Elsie Lange.

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Backstory – 15 December 2021

Fill-in host Elsie Lange talks to novelist Michael Fitzgerald.

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Backstory – 8 December 2021

Fill-in host Elsie Lange chats to authors Ashley Hay and Laura Elizabeth Woollett.

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Backstory – 1 December 2021

Fill-in host Elsie Lange talks to Inga Simpson about her new novel The Last Woman In The World.

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Backstory – 24 November 2021

Fill-in host Elsie Lange talks to Diana Reid about her debut novel Love And Virtue.

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Backstory – 17 November 2021

Acclaimed writer Hannah Kent discusses her new novel Devotion with fill-in host Elsie Lange.

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Backstory – 10 November 2021

Delia Falconer talks about her new essay collection, Signs And Wonders, with fill-in host Elsie Lange.

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Backstory – 3 November 2021

Elsie Lange filling in for Mel Cranenberg

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Backstory – 27 October 2021

Michelle de Kretser, twice winner of the Miles Franklin Award, discusses her new novel Scary Monsters.

Backstory – 20 October 2021

Join Mel for a special live-stream In Conversation with writer Tony Birch. They'll discuss his latest collection of short stories Dark As Last Night.

Backstory – 13 October 2021

Krissy Kneen discusses her new memoir The Three Burials Of Lotty Kneen'.

Backstory – 6 October 2021

Jacquie Byron discusses her debut novel Happy Hour.

Backstory – 29 September 2021

Mel chats to Miles Allinson about his second novel, In Moonland.

Backstory – 22 September 2021

An episode of Backstory on 22 September 2021

Backstory – 15 September 2021

Krissy Kneen talks about her memoir, The Three Burials Of Lotty Kneen: Travels With My Grandmother’s Ashes.

Backstory – 8 September 2021

Mel chats to Miles Allinson about his second novel, In Moonland.

Backstory – 1 September 2021

Elizabeth McCarthy, Fi Wright and Lara Shearer spread from literary Radiothon cheer with Mel.

Backstory – 25 August 2021

Mark Brandi talks about his new novel The Others.

Backstory – 18 August 2021

Amani Haydar chats about her memoir The Mother Wound.

Backstory – 11 August 2021

Allee Richards tells us all about her debut novel Small Joys Of Real Life.

Backstory – 4 August 2021

Learn all about new novel The Other Half of You with author Michael Mohammed Ahmad.

Backstory – 28 July 2021

An episode of Backstory on 28 July 2021

Backstory – 21 July 2021

An episode of Backstory on 21 July 2021 presented by Simona Castricum filling in for Mel Cranenburgh

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Backstory – 14 July 2021

Larissa Behrendt has a longform conversation about her new novel After Story.

Backstory – 7 July 2021

An episode of Backstory on 7 July 2021

Backstory – 30 June 2021

Award-winning author Sarah Krasnostein discusses her new book, The Believer.