This week, Mel Fulton is joined in the studio by multi-faceted novelist, Miranda Darling.

Miranda is in to discuss her fifth novel, Thunderhead. In the book, the main (and almost only) character…

The idea for Abbey Lay's debut novel came to her on a bus ride in Mexico... next thing she knew she was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Award for an Unpublished Manucript in…

Book printing in Australia has faced challenges on several fronts in the last decade - with digitisation, the rise of eBooks and international imports threatening the industry’s future.

Last year, two of the…

How do we become who we are? In this edition of Literati Glitterati, Mel chats to the authors of two books consumed by precisely this question. 

The first is Where I slept…

Alice Pung’s latest novel, One Hundred Days, is a mother–daughter drama exploring the faultlines between love and control. The award-winning author joins Beth AQ on The Glasshouse to discuss the novel, how the…

Food expert Michael Harden talks about the Fed Square-event Future Food Systems; Gez and Mon brings back an old favorite: the dinner review; Daniela Baldry reviews Lauren Oyler’s debut novel Fake Accounts…

Melissa Cranenburgh chats to author, essayist, translater, and living legend Robert Dessaix about his new memior 'The Time of Our Lives: Growing Older Well'. Listen to Robert and Mel discuss the importance of…

Writer Jack Latimore shares his response to the Black Lives Matter movement, discussing his new essay for 'Meanjin Quarterly' called ‘Through a Mask, Breathing’. Then author Thomas Mayor joins Daniel to discuss his…

Gez reports on her efforts to make golden syrup dumplings; The team share wide-ranging thoughts on Couples Day; Fi Wright reviews Zadie Smith's new essay collection Intimations; Actor Jillian Nguyen talks about new…