Best Dylan Kent Podcasts (2025)

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Superstars of the literary and musical world: Margaret Atwood’s new memoir; Hannah Kent’s critical readings; Stuart Coupe’s musical knowledge; Bob Dylan... 54:15

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Superstars of the literary and musical world this week: Margaret Atwood’s new memoir; Hannah Kent’s critical readings; Stuart Coupe’s musical knowledge; Bob Dylan . . . OK, well he’s not exactly on the show, but he’s the subject of MUCH literary speculation in a buzzy new release by New Yorker Sam Sussman. Also – the voice of the wind howls, laughs…

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Happy Live Oaksgiving 49:21

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The vibes are high after a 2-0 week that saw the Seahawks largely dominate wins over ECU and Radford. This team's personality is starting to show, and damn, do we love it. They're connected in a way we haven't seen recently, and that is becoming very clear with ball movement and defensive communication. In all, we touch on Gavin Walsh getting comfo…

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Central Connecticut State Coach Patrick Sellers joins the podcast fresh off CCSU's upsets of Rutgers and Boston College; It could be a long season for Rutgers; Seton Hall heads to Maui; Iona storms back ... 56:43

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Central Connecticut State Head Coach Patrick Sellers talks about the Blue Devils upsets of Rutgers and Boston College, rebuilding the program and building his culture Around the Tri-State 28:00 Rutgers 36:00 Seton Hall 41:10 Iona 46:15 UConn 51:45 St. John’s

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Salman Rushdie's latest/Scandi noir/Australian crime fiction wrap & more... 54:37

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Short story collections reveal the fragile beauty of human experience in Salman Rushdie’s The Eleventh Hour, Liadan Ní Chuinn’s Everyone Still Here, Morgan Talty’s Night of the Living Rez, and Tony Birch’s Pictures of You. Then we shift gears and crank up the suspense with a look at some new crime fiction, including the icy new instalment in the ph…

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Upstate Downed; Potentially Plundering? 46:43

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After the loss at Kent State, the Seahawks returned home with a gritty, culture win over USC Upstate!Uncle Bill and Brant discuss the winning plays from Christian May and Gavin Walsh in particular, as well as points on leadership, Madison Durr's unreal ability to get to the free throw line, and Patrick Wessler finding consistency in his new role.Wi…

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UConn has found its next great point guard in Silas Demary, Jr; Dylan Darling might be the key to St. John's success; This year Seton Hall rallies past Monmouth; Dylan Grant leads Rutgers over Lehigh; ... 42:34

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3:00 UConn beats BYU in Boston behind Silas Demary, Jr. 12:15 St. John's has found its PG in Dylan Darling 19:00 Seton Hall rallies past Monmouth 26:20 King Rice says Monmouth can win the CAA if their PG becomes eligible 29:20 Dylan Grant is a rising star at Rutgers 36:00 Dan Geriot and Iona are 3-o

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20 Minutes Good > 15 Minutes Bad? 41:04

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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; Charles Dickens wrote that about UNCW's performance at Kent State, supposedly. Uncle Bill and Brant are on this mic this week for a nuanced discussion of the Seahawks' loss in Ohio on Monday night, which saw UNCW fall behind by 22 points before getting things in gear and fighting back. After a no…

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Fiction bending reality in new books by Thomas Pynchon, Olivia Laing and Jeanette Winterson 54:35

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This week, Cassie McCullagh and Jonathan Green take a look at Thomas Pynchon’s Shadow Ticket - a cryptic plunge into paranoia and power, where nothing is quite what it seems. Plus, Olivia Laing’s The Silver Book, a shimmering meditation on the cinema scene in 1970s Italy, and Jeanette Winterson’s One Aladdin Two Lamps, which re-imagines duality and…

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NJIT Coach Grant Billmeier on the Highlanders' buzzer-beating win over Loyola, MD, and NJIT's 2-1 start which also includes a win at Fordham. Plus how our Tri-State teams look in the first week: UConn ... 54:08

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2:30 Interview with NJIT Coach Grant Billmeier Around the Tri-State: 22:40 UConn 27:40 St. John’s vs Alabama 29:10 St. John’s 35:40 Seton Hall 42:00 Rutgers 47:00 Central Connecticut beats Boston College for the 1st Time

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Can Score, Kent Defend? 43:42

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It feels like forever ago the Seahawks tipped off the 2025-26 season with a win over Mount Olive!Uncle Bill and TeacherBracket are here to break down the season-opening win, including a huge night for Big Pat Wessler, Madison Durr's attacking speed, Nolan Hodge's confidence, and what was up with that second half.Then, a look ahead to a great mid-ma…

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Madeleine Gray's Chosen Family + Chris Kraus and Graeme Macrae Burnet 54:37

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Stories of love, friendship, and the ties that bind - with a dash of dirt and darkness in three new works of fiction...Madeleine Gray's Chosen Family, a sharp exploration of friendship, love, and what it means to grow up when life gets messy; Chris Kraus' The Four Spent The Day Together, an autofiction-ish journey through a fractured America; and G…

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My MAAC Basketball Preview with Jaden Daly of A Daly Dose of Hoops. Jaden offers his predictions and analysis of one of college basketball's most unpredictable conferences. Plus why MAAC POY Amarri Monroe ... 34:58

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3:50 Overall Top Teams 5:50 Manhattan's Will Sydnor suspended indefinitely 7:30 Manhattan 10:00 Why Amarri Monroe turned down Rutgers 12:00 Quinnipiac 14:10 Siena 16:30 Sacred Heart 20:00 Fairfield 21:50 Iona 24:15 Rider 25:35 St. Peter's 27:00 Predictions: Who wins the MAAC?

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A Career Worth Pondering feat. Craig Ponder 51:25

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We're grateful for the opportunity to talk with one of the all-time great Seahawks, Craig Ponder!Now an assistant coach at UNCW, Ponder played a pivotal role in rebuilding the program under Coach Kevin Keatts, ultimately closing his career with a CAA championship in 2016 before pushing Duke to the wire in the NCAA Tournament. Since returning to Wil…

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UConn Coach Dan Hurley on the Huskies outlook this season; why defense matters; the health of his team heading into their opener vs New Haven; plus his new book "Never Stop" and why he turned down the ... 38:18

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Dan Hurley chats about his 2025-26 UConn team and more 2:00 - Learning about life and basketball from his Dad, HOF Coach Bob Hurley, Sr. 6:00 - "Never Stop" - Chapter 11 Why he turned down Rutgers twice 9:50 - The effect "Never Stop" has had on others 14:40 - Hurley's assessment of his team's preseason performance 16:50 - Exhibition game vs Michiga…

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October Book Buzz: Andrew Pippos, Kiran Desai, Olga Ravn & More 54:06

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Kate and Cassie are back in the studio, introducing a line-up of October releases that span continents, centuries, and genres, kicking off with an Australian story set in the world of print journalism in Andrew Pippos' The Transformations. Then, we head to India with Kiran Desai’s The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, a grand tale shortlisted for this…

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College Basketball writer Jerry Carino previews our New Jersey teams (Rutgers, Seton Hall, Princeton and more). Predictions and players to watch. It could be another long winter in the Garden State, but ... 37:11

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Jerry Carino of the Asbury Park Press and mycentraljersey.com previews the 2025-26 college basketball season in New Jersey for Rutgers, Seton Hall, Princeton and more. Rutgers - 3:00 Seton Hall - 15:25 The rest of New Jersey - 22:00

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He Wrote the Book on the CAA feat. Dylan Brett 57:28

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With college hoops preview season in full swing, we're excited to welcome Hofstra senior Dylan Brett! Dylan, a play-by-play announcer and aspiring journalist, put together a 77-page CAA preview that contains more than 30,000 words on every player, coach, and storyline in the league. Along with his sharing his detailed analysis on UNCW and several o…

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We reveal the books that didn’t quite make the Top 100 54:36

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Join us for a lively Top 100 Books of the 21st Century after-party! Following last weekend’s extraordinary two-day countdown, this event recaps the results of over 288,000 votes cast by readers across Australia. Kate, Cassie, and special guests will unpack the trends, surprises, and insights that reveal what Australians are reading — and why. Plus,…

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Perch Postgame: UNCW falls to High Point 17:27

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Uncle Bill provides a quick rundown of what happened in today's exhibition, which saw High Point escape Trask Coliseum with a 99-98 overtime victory.By The Seahawk Perch

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Brisbane Writers Festival: Eric Puchner, Toni Jordan, Patrick Holland, Zeynab Gamieldien 54:35

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Joining Kate and Cassie on stage at Brisbane Writers Festival, authors Eric Puchner, Toni Jordan, Patrick Holland, and Zeynab Gamieldien discuss their most recent novels and the books and writers who inspire them. With voting cast for our Top 100 Books of the Century, these writers make the case for their favourites. GUESTS Eric Puchner, novelist, …

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Preseason Speculation and Conjecture is Fun! 44:17

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The UNCW Seahawks play basketball this week!It's just an exhibition game, but it'll be a fun one against a solid, uptempo High Point program that is also looking to build on an appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Chopped Unc Bill Jones and TeacherBracket join to discuss what we've heard about preseason practice and what we're most interested to watc…

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Four new memoirs: Mandy Sayer/Elizabeth Gilbert/Arundhati Roy/S. Shakthidharan 53:57

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We look at some compelling new memoirs, including Mandy Sayer’s No Dancing in the Lift, a tribute to her jazz drummer father, capturing the grit of Kings Cross and the grace of caregiving. Elizabeth Gilbert’s All the Way to the River recounts her intense love story with Rayya Elias, confronting addiction and devotion. Arundhati Roy’s Mother Mary Co…

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Top Poems of the 21st Century 54:06

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What are your favourite poems of the last 25 years? The ones that you turn to, couplets memorised and shared, the lines that leapt from the page or stage. Poetry that both defined and defied space and time, whether it rhymed or not. Join Kate Evans, as she is joined by acclaimed author and poet Maxine Beneba Clarke, Stella Prize-winning poet and ac…

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Patricia Lockwood's auto-fiction-ish Will There Ever Be Another You + The Buffalo Hunter Hunter + The Original 54:35

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This week’s episode explores three new books. First up, Patricia Lockwood’s Will There Ever Be Another You, a third-person autofiction-ish tale that includes a family trip to Scotland, grief and fairies. Then we head to the American frontier for blood-soaked vengeance and vampires in Stephen Graham Jones’ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter. Finally, Nell St…

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Ian McEwan's What We Can Know + new work from Olga Tokarczuk and Miranda Darling 54:36

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We get stuck into some new fiction, starting with Ian McEwan’s What We Can Know, a meditation on a future shaped by climate disaster and memory. We’re joined by Australian authors Madeleine Gray and Gretchen Shirm to take a look at Miranda Darling’s Fireweather, a poetic story of breakdown and resistance, and Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk’s Hou…

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Still Turning Heads at 250: Jane Austen’s Enduring Charm 54:30

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In the year of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, this lively and thought-provoking discussion explores her life, legacy, and literary brilliance — her novels are charming, sure, but also radical, political, witty, and entertaining. Presented in partnership with the State Library of NSW, this event brings together Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh with Sc…

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Superstar children's author Andy Griffiths reviews! Plus, Omar Musa's Fierceland and Geoff Dyer's Homework 54:06

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Australian poet, artist, hip hop musician and author, Omar Musa, tells a story of Australia and Borneo, forests and fathers, in his new novel Fierceland. An American saga of love, war, and complicated families in Patrick Ryan’s Buckeye, and experimental British author Geoff Dyer returns with Homework, a look back on his childhood and coming of age …

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Greyhounds, dark academia and an Amish community in new fiction by Toni Jordan, R.F. Kuang and Ron Rindo 54:35

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An Australian story of the tender, eager lives of greyhounds and their owners in Tenderfoot by Australian author Toni Jordan. Dark academia in Yellowface author R.F. Kuang’s new fantasy novel, Katabasis. Sport, miracles, and the Amish, in Ron Rindo’s Life, and Death, and Giants. BOOKS Toni Jordan, Tenderfoot, Hachette R.F. Kuang, Katabasis, Harper …

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A simmering summer in Greece, rare snails, dystopia with a twist: new fiction by Amy Taylor, Leif Enger and Maria Reva 54:37

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The Bookshelf continues to explore new fiction, beginning in this episode with Ruins by Amy Taylor, a plunge into holiday chaos during a simmering summer in Greece. Maria Reva’s Endling takes us to Ukraine, where an eccentric scientist is breeding rare snails. And, Leif Enger’s I Cheerfully Refuse...dystopia with a twist. BOOKS Amy Taylor, Ruins, A…

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Back on Schedule 55:04

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Training camp is over and it's almost time to set up the tailgates, so naturally, we're talking hoops on this lovely August evening!With the CAA dropping the full schedule for the 2025-26 season, we've now got a full picture of the road to DC and UNCW's unprecedented 20-game home schedule. The Seahawks will have to find their footing on the road in…

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UConn adds two international players in August. Huskies' beat writer Dave Borges evaluates Uros Paunovic and Rrezon Elezaj and how they fit into Dan Hurley's plans for this season. Plus Dave breaks down ... 34:17

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Dave Borges on: Uros Paunovic and Rrezon Elezaj - 1:40 UConn's 15 scholarship players - 7:30 Braylon Mullins and Eric Reibe (McDonald's All-Americans) - 11:10 Players who stood out during summer workouts - 15:15 Who will challenge UConn and St. John's in the Big East? - 20:00 UConn's non-con schedule - 22:45 Dave Borges' book "Hurley's Heroes" - 27…

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AI in America, a kidnapping in Corsica, the transformative power of boxing: books by Gary Shteyngart, Darrow Farr, and Lucas Schaefer 54:36

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Kate and Cassie discuss Vera, or Faith, Gary Shteyngart’s new novel about a ten-year-old Korean-American girl growing up in a dystopian United States. Alongside guest critics, they also look at The Bombshell by Darrow Farr, which traces the radicalisation of a young French woman in Corsica, and The Slip by Lucas Schaefer, the story of a missing tee…

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People turning into trees, mythical rivers rising...new novels by Rhett Davis and Gurnaik Johal (plus, Irish fiction with Colm Tóibín) 59:25

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Australian author Rhett Davis re-imagines the everyday in his novels. In his latest, Arborescence, ordinary people begin transforming into trees. Is it a cult? Performance art? Or something else entirely? Also on the show: Guest reviewer Roanna Gonsalves discusses Saraswati, the debut novel by Gurnaik Johal, which winds its narrative around a sacre…

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Rutgers Insider Richard Kent discusses the hiring of Keli Zinn as Rutgers' new Athletic Director, as well as Rutgers NIL revenue sharing 35:15

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*Rutgers alumnus and insider, Richard Kent, joins host Bryan DeNovellis to discuss Rutgers hiring of Keli Zinn as Athletic Director. *What's at the top of Zinn's "To-Do List," *And what is the status of Rutgers NIL revenue sharing?

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2025 Miles Franklin Literary Award assessed 54:06

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A critical assessment of the shortlist and winner of Australia’s most prestigious literary award, The Miles Franklin Literary Award. Kate and Cassie are joined by guests, scholar and literary biographer (and former judge of the MFLA) Bernadette Brennan; and critic and publisher, Geordie Williamson. BOOKS Brian Castro, Chinese Postman, Giramondo Mic…

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Parties, scandals, sex, love: new novels by Nell Zink, Amy Bloom and the controversial James Frey 54:06

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Parties, scandals, sex, love, families, friendship, death – these books have, as they say, all the things. Nell Zink’s Sister Europe moves through one night in Berlin, while Amy Bloom’s I’ll Be Right Here sweeps through 80 years of history, and in James Frey’s Next to Heaven, the beautiful and rich fall apart rather spectacularly. BOOKS Nell Zink, …

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New Australian crime + hungry ghosts and a great white whale 59:00

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Stories of the sea – and a great white whale in Xiaolu Guo's Call Me Ishmaelle; Hungry ghosts and kitchen mishaps in Daria Lavelle's NYC set novel Aftertaste; and the latest Australian crime fiction (of which there is a lot!) BOOKS AUSTRALIAN CRIME FICTION:  Mark Brandi, Eden Paul Daley, The Leap Sam Guthrie, The Peak Angie Faye Martin, Melaleuca M…

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Sydney Writer's Festival: The State of the Art of the Novel 54:06

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What’s the state of fiction today? Four brilliant minds—Samantha Harvey (UK), Rumaan Alam (USA), Torrey Peters (USA), and Robbie Arnott (AUS)—tackle the question live at the 2025 Sydney Writers’ Festival. Expect bold takes, big ideas, and a few surprises.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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A Whole New World feat. Mike Oblinger 52:25

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UNCW Director of Athletics Mike Oblinger stops by for his annual summer check-in just as college sports enters a new era thanks to the House Settlement and the seismic changes resulting from revenue sharing.Among the topics we covered: - Mike reflects on his second full academic year in Wilmington, with the Seahawks again hanging multiple banners w…

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Mystery in new fiction from Ben Okri, Sameer Pandya and Anjet Daanje 54:06

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The same question is at the heart of three very different international novels on The Bookshelf this week, “What really happened”… To a WWI soldier who has forgotten his name and identity in The Remembered Soldier by Dutch author Anjet Daanje? To a fortune teller for the elite class in Ben Okri’s Madame Sosostris and the Festival for the Broken-hea…

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Sweat, sport and sharp Australian satire; And the 2025 International Booker Prize winner 54:06

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What would make a great Australian sporting novel? Our guests discuss translating the love of the game, footy nicknames, and intense team culture in ex-AFL player Brandon Jack’s Pissants. And making sport of the Melbourne literary scene, Dominic Amarena’s debut novel I Want Everything is a clever, celebratory satire. Kate and Cassie also review the…

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Popular fiction across space and time, and queer bush doof thriller in Thomas Vowles' Our New Gods 54:05

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The latest best-selling novels from Taylor Jenkins-Reid (Atmosphere) and Fredrik Backman (My Friends) explore 1980s astronauts, ambition and romance; and teenage anguish, friendship and art. Emotive and cinematic, how often is popular fiction written for the screen? Speaking of the screen, screenwriter Thomas Vowles’ debut novel Our New Gods takes …

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Reading James Joyce's Ulysses for Bloomsday (and new fiction galore) 1:00:00

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A guide to James Joyce from Irish writer Mary Morrissy, ahead of Bloomsday (16 June); New Zealand writer Becky Manawatu continues to explore howls of pain and compassion in her second novel, Kataraina; and magic realism in the boundaries between life and death, and Eastern Europe, in Helen Marshall's The Lady, the Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death…

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New fiction from Gail Jones, S A Cosby and Seán Hewitt 54:06

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Fiction from all over the world, crossing genres, borders and ideas in American crime writer S A Cosby's King of Ashes, a gripping tale of family, smoke, and fire; Irish writer Sean Hewitt’s Open, Heaven, a beautifully woven story about longing, escape and memory; and, first up, The Name of the Sister, the latest from acclaimed Australian literary …

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A vibrant gay coming-of-age story set in Geraldton 54:04

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Kate and Cassie read W.A. writer Holden Sheppard's King of Dirt, a vibrant, gay coming-of-age story set in Geraldton. Plus, Australian author Jennifer Mills' new one, Salvage, in which we enter a very well drawn post apocalyptic Mad Max-ish world; and, Florence Knapp's The Names has been named one of the most anticipated fiction releases of the yea…

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Sydney Writers' Festival: Top 100 Books launched with Alan Hollinghurst, Catherine Chidgey, Mariana Enriquez, Afra Atiq 55:06

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What books have shaped the 21st century so far? Recorded live at the 2025 Sydney Writers’ Festival, literary heavyweights Catherine Chidgey (NZ), Mariana Enriquez (Argentina), and Alan Hollinghurst (UK) swap favourites, challenge conventions, and dive into the fiction and non-fiction that’s made a mark—and sparked debate.…

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On stage at Melbourne Writers' Festival with Hannah Kent and Beejay Silcox 54:06

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A live recording from Melbourne Writers' Festival as Hannah Kent and Beejay Silcox sit down with Kate Evans and Jonathan Green to discuss the latest fiction releases they’re enjoying, loving and being challenged by. BOOKS- Hannah Kent, Always Home, Always Homesick, Picador- Eimear McBride, The City Changes its Face, Faber- Susan Choi, Flashlight, J…

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A woman falls through the cracks of time in the first of Solvej Balle's seven-novel-series 54:04

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One day lived over and over again with humour, despair and self-improvement is what we’re up against in Danish novelist Solvej Balle’s On The Calculation of Volume, a fictional work in seven volumes, the first volume (the one we’re talking about in this episode), has been shortlisted for the International Booker Prize. Plus, The Emperor of Gladness…

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A beach holiday told four ways in Luke Horton's Time Together 54:04

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Old friends gather together on the coast in Australian writer Luke Horton’s Time Together, Kate and Cassie take a look. Plus, Jo Harkin’s The Pretender, set during the time of the Tudors' ascent it tells the story of a little-known real-life figure; and Laura Elvery’s Nightingale, a re-imagining of the life of Florence Nightingale. BOOKS Luke Horto…

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James Bradley's Landfall reveals a flooded, baked and dilapidated city 54:06

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Cities that are both flooded and on alert for the next storm in James Bradley’s Landfall. The body of a saint, dreamily and weirdly listening to everyone around her in Western Australia, in Josephine Rowe’s Little World. And from Malaysia, Tash Aw's The South, in which a family has left the city to head to a failing orchard, a story of longing, pro…