The Book Show
ABC Australia Visit website › Arts · EN · 250 episodes · latest 2026-11-12
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Latest episodes
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Are you Team Poirot or Team Marple? When it comes to Agatha Christie's most popular detectives, there are plenty who will favour the moustachioed Belgian Hercule Poirot and his little grey cells. But for Scottish crime…
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Ian Rankin decided his crusty Edinburgh detective John Rebus needed a break and his first standalone novel in 20 years, The Heights stars a much younger detective. Detective Sergeant Gillian Gish is a cop from Tottenham…
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What's so cosy about murder? Cosy crime is taking over our screens and books but it all began with Agatha Christie. So what makes a crime novel "cosy" and why does this genre have such strong appeal? We also debate…
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What's in a name? Florence Knapp reclaimed her own name for her novel The Names, but before that she had a crafting blog with the moniker "Flossie Teacakes". As Florence Knapp describes to Claire Nichols, names are…
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We have reconvened to solve another perplexing case: how does Agatha Christie plot the murder? We break down one of Agatha's most popular books — Murder on the Orient Express — to discover her tricks of the trade and…
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We have reconvened to solve another perplexing case: how does Agatha Christie plot the murder? We break down one of Agatha's most popular books — Murder on the Orient Express — to discover her tricks of the trade and…
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Your favourite fiction authors share the story behind their latest books.
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At the first meeting of The Agatha Christie Murder Club we investigate the life of Agatha Christie to find out what led to a lifetime of writing detective fiction. How did her failed ambitions as an opera singer force…
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Is there any genre RF Kuang can't master? Her work continually surprises readers and for her latest novel, Taipei Story, she explains why she's shifted gears to tell a quiet story infused with subtle humour. Taipei…
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You voted, we counted and now we know: Tim Winton's Cloudstreet is our favourite-ever Australian book. In this Top 100 Australian Books afterparty we relive the highs, the lows and the controversies of the countdown.…
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- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Oldest episode in feed
- 12/2022 · over 3 years
- Typical length
- 48 min
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