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The Book Podcast

The inside story of books from new and established Australian women writers of all genres. Listen via thebookpodcast.com or on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Ep.116 The Mother-In-Law – Sally Hepworth

Ep.116 The Mother-In-Law – Sally Hepworth

Someone once told me that you have two families in your life - the one you are born into and the one you choose. Yes, yo... Read more

13 May 2019

Ranked #2

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Ep. 144 Hitch – Kathryn Hind

Ep. 144 Hitch – Kathryn Hind

Hitch is a raw exploration of consent and its ambiguities, personal agency and the choices we make. It’s the story of tw... Read more

28 Nov 2019

Ranked #3

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Ep: 142 Joan Smokes – Angela Meyer

Ep: 142 Joan Smokes – Angela Meyer

Joan Smokes is set in the early 1960s and centres on a woman who attempts to escape the past by travelling to Las Vegas.... Read more

11 Nov 2019

Ranked #4

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Ep. 141 Lapse – Sarah Thornton

Ep. 141 Lapse – Sarah Thornton

All it took was a lapse…a momentary lapse…to bring Clementine Jones’ world crashing down. Now she’s living like a hermit... Read more

4 Nov 2019

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Ep. 115 Half Moon Lake – Kirsten Alexander

Ep. 115 Half Moon Lake – Kirsten Alexander

On a summer’s day in Louisiana, 1913, Sonny Davenport wanders away from his family’s vacation home at Half Moon Lake and... Read more

6 May 2019

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Ep. 120 Unbreakable Threads

Ep. 120 Unbreakable Threads

The remarkable true story of an Australian mother's fight to free an unaccompanied Hazara boy from detention, and includ... Read more

10 Jun 2019

Ranked #7

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Rpt: Ep. 19 Carol Baxter “The Fabulous Flying Mrs. Miller’

Rpt: Ep. 19 Carol Baxter “The Fabulous Flying Mrs. Miller’

Petite, glamorous and beguiling, Jessie 'Chubbie' Miller was one remarkable woman ... flyer, thrill seeker, heartbreaker... Read more

25 May 2020

Ranked #8

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Ep 154 Charlotte Pass – Lee Christine

Ep 154 Charlotte Pass – Lee Christine

When ski patroller Vanessa Bell discovers human bones high on Mount Stillwell at Charlotte Pass ski resort, Detective Se... Read more

9 Mar 2020

Ranked #9

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Ep.153 Hide by S J Morgan

Ep.153 Hide by S J Morgan

Like a dark unsettling road movie, Hide takes us on a chilling ride from 80s urban Britain to the menace of the Australi... Read more

2 Mar 2020

Ranked #10

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Ep. 148 Otherwise Known As Pig – Catch Tilley

Ep. 148 Otherwise Known As Pig – Catch Tilley

Life sucks for Morgan Lohdi, otherwise known as Pig.Used as the school punching bag he's bruised and harassed and doesn'... Read more

27 Jan 2020

Ranked #11

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Summer Edition – Love and Other Battles by Tess Woods

Summer Edition – Love and Other Battles by Tess Woods

Three generations of women. Three heartbreaking choices. One unforgettable story.Continue reading

20 Jan 2020

Ranked #12

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Summer Edition – The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan

Summer Edition – The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan

Being brilliant has never been this dangerous…When Dr Emma Sweeney stumbles across the victim of a hit and run outside G... Read more

13 Jan 2020

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Summer Edition – After The Party by Cassie Hamer

Summer Edition – After The Party by Cassie Hamer

An unexpected gift left at her daughter’s fifth birthday party in the form of a little girl pitches Sydney mum Lisa Whee... Read more

5 Jan 2020

Ranked #14

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Summer Edition – Sandie Docker The Cottage at Rosella Cove.

Summer Edition – Sandie Docker The Cottage at Rosella Cove.

Welcome to the place of new beginnings…Why had the house stayed empty so long?  Why had it never been sold? Lost, Found... Read more

30 Dec 2019

Ranked #15

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Ep.137 A Lifetime of Impossible Days – Tabitha Bird

Ep.137 A Lifetime of Impossible Days – Tabitha Bird

Meet Willa Waters, aged 8 . . . 33 . . . and 93. On one impossible day in… 1965, eight-year-old Willa Waters receives a... Read more

7 Oct 2019

Ranked #16

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Ep.135 The Emerald Tablet – Meaghan Wilson Anastasios

Ep.135 The Emerald Tablet – Meaghan Wilson Anastasios

Adventure: The Suez Canal, 1956. The world teeters on the brink of nuclear war and the Middle East is a tinderbox.Conver... Read more

23 Sep 2019

Ranked #17

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Ep. 133 Where The Dead Go – Sarah Bailey

Ep. 133 Where The Dead Go – Sarah Bailey

Suspensful crime thriller. The final book in the award winning Det. Gemma Woodstock trilogy. Four years after the even... Read more

9 Sep 2019

Ranked #18

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Ep.128 Melody Trumpet/The Intern/Faking It/Remind Me How This Ends/Peas and Quiet – Gabrielle Tozer

Ep.128 Melody Trumpet/The Intern/Faking It/Remind Me How This Ends/Peas and Quiet – Gabrielle Tozer

Melody Trumpet was never supposed to be ordinary. As the daughter of famous musicians she was supposed to be extraordina... Read more

5 Aug 2019

Ranked #19

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Ep. 127 Six Minutes by Petronella McGovern

Ep. 127 Six Minutes by Petronella McGovern

How can a child disappear from under the care of four playgroup mums? One Thursday morning, Lexie Parker dashes to the s... Read more

29 Jul 2019

Ranked #20

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Ep: 124 Allegra In Three Parts by Suzanne Daniel

Ep: 124 Allegra In Three Parts by Suzanne Daniel

I can split myself in two . . . something I have to do because of Joy and Matilde. They are my grandmothers and I love t... Read more

9 Jul 2019

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