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What are you reading, loving or being challenged by? We review the latest in fiction for dedicated readers and for those who wish they read more.
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New novels from bestselling authors Shankari Chandran, Amor Towles and Kevin Kwan
Cassie and Jonathan Green review Safe Haven by 2023 Miles Franklin winner Shankari Chandran, Table For Two by Amor Towles (author of A Gentleman In Moscow), and Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan of Crazy Rich Asians fame.
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A sprawling saga, a strange comet, 1990's Ireland: new fiction from Claire Messud, Sarah Perry and Alan Murrin
Cassie and guest host Tom Wright discuss Claire Messud's This Strange Eventful History, about a family torn apart by war, geography, politics and religion, over the course of three generations. Plus, guests Claire Mabey and Shannon Burns review new fiction from Sarah Perry and Alan Murrin.
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Colm Tóibín's Long Island + Ghost Cities and Real Americans
Cassie and Jonathan Green discuss Colm Toibin's eagerly awaited new novel Long Island. Plus, star reviewers Madeleine Gray and Benjamin Law read and discuss buzzy new fiction from Australia's Siang Lu (Ghost CIties), and Rachel Khong (Real Americans.)
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez's lost novel + powerful new fiction from Iceland and the UK
Cassie and Jonathan Green look at Until August, the lost novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and guest reviewers Hannah Kent and Roanna Gonsalves discuss powerful new fiction out of Iceland and the UK.
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David Nicholls, Winnie Dunn, Xochitl Gonzalez: bestselling, debut and much anticipated authors
Cassie and guest host Beejay Silcox read new work by David Nicholls, Winnie Dunn and Xóchitl González.
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Never-before-published & new novels from Charmian Clift, Tommy Orange and Caoilinn Hughes
Cassie and Tom Wright look at The End of the Morning, the never-before-published novel by cult Australian writer Charmian Clift, and new novels from bestselling author Tommy Orange and Irish novelist Caoilinn Hughes.