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Claire Nichols

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

Airs Monday 10am. Repeated: Wednesday 9pm, Saturday 3pm.

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Andrew O'Hagan's biggest novel yet

Scottish author Andrew O'Hagan explains why finishing his latest novel Caledonian Road was like "landing 65 planes on the tarmac"; plus a teaser for the first in our Banned Books series, starting in America.

Published: with Claire Nichols

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Duration: 33 minutes 8 seconds

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Banned Books: The Hate U Give in America

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas was inspired by the black lives matter movement and explores police brutality — so why is it being taken off library shelves in the US? Banned Books is a new series that looks at what's driving book bans worldwide.
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Duration: 24 minutes 16 seconds

Published: with Sarah L'Estrange

Sunjeev Sahota, Vanessa Chan and Winnie Dunn bring us stories from home

Booker-shortlisted author Sunjeev Sahota argues that class is more important than identity, Vanessa Chan draws on her grandmother's stories of Japanese occupied Malaya and Winnie Dunn channels her own experience of growing up Tongan in Western…
Author headshots, left to right: Winne Dunn, Sunjeev Sahota and Vanessa Chan
Duration: 54 minutes 4 seconds

Published: with Claire Nichols

André Aciman and Anjali Joseph on the joy of doing nothing

Known for his sumptuous novel Call Me By My Name, André Aciman's latest book also explores love and beauty in Italy. Plus, Indian author Anjali Joseph on the allure of Assam, India, which is known for its unique cultural heritage.
Author headshots left to right: André Aciman and Anjali Joseph
Duration: 54 minutes 6 seconds

Published: with Claire Nichols

Melissa Lucashenko on writing through flood, fire and pestilence

At Adelaide Writers' Week, Melissa Lucashenko explains how understanding that "all history is fiction" allowed her to write her historic novel Edenglassie.
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Duration: 54 minutes 6 seconds

Published: with Claire Nichols

Fakes and Frauds

Fakes and Frauds 01 | Plagiarism scandal in The Dogs by John Hughes

Fakes and Frauds is a new series that unpacks famous Australian literary scandals. The first and most recent controversy was the discovery of plagiarism in the work of award winning Australian writer John Hughes.
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Duration: 32 minutes 28 seconds

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Fakes and Frauds 02 | Fact or fiction in Norma Khouri's Forbidden Love

Find out how to catch a con-artist in this episode of Fakes and Frauds that delves into the fake memoir Forbidden Love by Norma Khouri 20 years after the book was first published. 
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Duration: 36 minutes 34 seconds

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Fakes and Frauds 03 | Fabrication and lies in Marlo Morgan's Mutant Message Down Under

Cannibalism, telepathy and celibacy are just some of the false claims about Australian Aboriginal people that Marlo Morgan made in her 1990s new age hit, Mutant Message Down Under, and this episode of Fakes and Frauds exposes the lies. 
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Duration: 34 minutes 23 seconds

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Fakes and Frauds 04 | Fake identity and Helen Demidenko's The Hand that Signed the Paper

The Helen Demidenko scandal tore the Australian literary community apart in the 1990s. This episode of Fakes and Frauds charts the rise and downfall of Helen Demidenko and the impacts on the book world.  
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Duration: 40 minutes 30 seconds

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