Investigative journalist and author Bri Lee joins Breakfasters to discuss Seed, her new Antarctica-set novel inspired by the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. She reflects on discovering the vault in 2020, just as…

Canadian-Egyptian journalist and novelist Omar El Akkad, discusses his new book One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, which critiques what it means to live in the West, during a time…

Award-winning local author Katherine Brabon joins to Mel to discuss themes in her latest book, Cure. The book explores chronic illness, mother-child dynamics, and what it's like to live with an illness without…

The monthly Literati Glitterati Salon returns for its final instalment for 2024 to discuss autobiographical novel Family Lexicon by Natalia Ginzburg about life, language, and family in Italy from the 1920s to the…

Mel chats with Katerina Gibson on her new book 'The Temperature', a collection of short stories about climate change in contemporary Australia. Then, Samah Sabawi discusses her novel 'Cactus Pear For My Beloved'…

The monthly Literati Glitterati Salon returns to discuss 'Enter Ghost' by Isabella Hammad, a novel about a Palestinian production of Hamlet.

Mel Fulton speaks to novalist Nevo Zisin, illustrator Sofia Sabbagh, and editor…

Mel speaks to the author of 'Woo Woo', a feminist thriller about making art, online performance, and voyeurism.

Mel chats with Evie Wyld on her new book The Echoes, a love story from the perspective of a ghost.

In this episode, Mel talk to poet Kate Middleton about how television affects her teenage and grown-up self through her new poetry Television - a poetry collection that is part criticism, part autobiography.

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Rob Jan and Megan McKeough breakdown of Dr Sean McMullen's novel Generation Nemesis. A dark satirical look at a post apocalyptic world where people are punished for carbon based crimes. Spotlighting Argyle …