The Book Show

The Book Show

Your favourite fiction authors share the story behind their latest books.

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R.F. Kuang goes to hell (24.08.2025)

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  • Florence Knapp and Brandon Jack on the power of a name 10.08.2025
  • Amy Bloom, Ben Markovits and Barbara Truelove on love, basketball and monsters 03.08.2025
  • Ben Okri, Jana Wendt and Thomas Vowles on heartbreak, new beginnings and queer Melbourne 27.07.2025
  • "Shimmering" and "strikingly new" — Siang Lu wins Miles Franklin Literary Award 24.07.2025
  • John Boyne, Maggie Stiefvater and Laura Elvery on hope, enemy diplomats and Florence Nightingale 20.07.2025
  • From a debut to two-time winner — the Miles Franklin shortlist is here 13.07.2025
  • Ocean Vuong and Fleur McDonald reimagine Connecticut and Kalgoorlie 06.07.2025
  • Esther Freud has a lot to say about sisters 29.06.2025
  • Yael van der Wouden on sex, history and an incredible year 22.06.2025
  • Catherine Chidgey, Kevin Wilson and Josephine Rowe on history, travel and an almost saint 15.06.2025
  • Booker Prize winner Samantha Harvey loosens the reins 08.06.2025
  • Alan Hollinghurst and Charlotte Wood on gay lives and celebrity nuns 01.06.2025
  • Liane Moriaty and David Nicholls on small screen success 25.05.2025
  • Kaliane Bradley, Rumaan Alam, success and 'sexy dead guys' 18.05.2025
  • Marian Keyes — "I have lived many lives" 12.05.2025
  • Eimear McBride, Tasma Walton and James Bradley on stormy weather and broken families 04.05.2025
  • Mother fault lines with Betty Shamieh, Debra Oswald and Naima Brown 27.04.2025
  • Chigozie Obioma on kindness, big families and the Biafran War 20.04.2025
  • Gregory Maguire has another Wicked tale to tell 13.04.2025

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