The Book Show

02 | Agatha Christie Murder Club: How to plot the perfect murder

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 Exp

01 | The Agatha Christie Murder Club: Who was Agatha?

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 di

Why R.F. Kuang won't stay in the world of Yellowface

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 qu

The Top 100 Australian Books afterparty

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, th

INTRODUCING — The Agatha Christie Murder Club

Before Knives Out, escape rooms and true-crime podcasts, there was Agatha Christie. The 'Queen of Crime' perfected the murder-mystery format and, 50 years after her death

Min Jin Lee and Bonnie Garmus: After Pachinko and Lessons in Chemistry

The surprising Australian links in Min Jin Lee's latest novel American Hagwon. And Bonnie Garmus stresses the importance of poetry in Peck and Peck, the follow up to Less

Jeffrey Archer's final Australian interview

Conservative politician and bestselling author, Jeffrey Archer has died at 86. In one of the final interviews of his life, he recounts how his changing financial, persona

Shaun Micallef gets silly

Why Shaun Micallef's latest novel DeAth Takes a Holiday features a cast of gothic characters including a vampire suffering from ennui, zombie slaves and the resurrection

Geraldine Brooks on 25 years of wonder and Zoe Foster Blake's girlfriend getaways

Geraldine Brooks explains how she stumbled across the story that inspired her 17th century plague novel, Year of Wonders and Zoe Foster Blake channels her favourite getaw

Kim Scott and Kate Grenville went to the library, and came away with a story

Kim Scott was so disturbed by how Noongar people were depicted in the Western Australian archive that he wrote Benang: From the Heart. Plus Kate Grenville explains the or

Tim Winton returns to Cloudstreet while Holly Ringland pines for the 90s

Tim Winton explains why his beloved Cloudstreet is not a nostalgic novel, while Holly Ringland admits she was "nostalgia sick" for the 1990s while writing The World Benea

Why Helen Garner won't read Monkey Grip again

Helen Garner finds it painful to think back to the time when she wrote her autobiographical novel, Monkey Grip, about a young mum and her love affair with a heroin addict

Top 100 Australian Books is here. Three Aussie stars pick their fave reads

Omar Musa, Maxine Beneba Clarke and Nadine Garner share the Australian books that shaped their reading life. Find out what they want to do with problematic classics like

The Big Little Lies sequel Liane Moriarty never planned to write

Liane Moriarty reveals why she finally wrote the Big Little Lies sequel after being very resistant. And Garth Nix combines mystery with science fiction in his latest nove

Slumdog Millionaire's Vikas Swarup wants to get your attention

Indian author Vikas Swarup explains the key to his success with Slumdog Millionaire; he believes his new book has a winning premise too. Plus venture capitalist turned no

Meg Mason's Sorrow and Bliss follow up is about obsession

In Sophie, Standing There bestselling author Meg Mason channels the good and bad of writers' festivals and author fandom. Plus, Bobuq Sayed's journey from Afghanistan to

Omar Musa celebrates his 2026 Miles Franklin win for Fierceland

Discover why the forests sing in Fierceland, Omar Musa's Miles Franklin Literary Award winning novel. Poet, visual artist, hip-hop musician and author Omar Musa finds ma

Dave Eggers draws on his lifelong friendships in Contrapposto

Why American author Dave Eggers' new novel Contrapposto has taken over 20 years to write. Plus Australian writer Maria Takolander explains the link between Elon Musk, her

We've read every book on the 2026 Miles Franklin shortlist. Who will win?

From hopping zombies to singing forests and a lot of queer characters, we break down the 2026 Miles Franklin Literary Award shortlist and pick our favourites from strong

Mick Herron and the losers, misfits and boozers of Slow Horses

Mick Herron reveals how the first of his Slow Horses series almost didn't get published. He joined Claire Nichols and a packed audience at the State Library of Western Au