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The Bookshelf

The Bookshelf

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.

ABC Australia

535 episodesEN

Show overview

The Bookshelf has been publishing since 2018, and across the 8 years since has built a catalogue of 535 episodes. That works out to roughly 460 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 54 min and 55 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Arts show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed earlier today, with 46 episodes already out so far this year. Published by ABC Australia.

Episodes
535
Running
2018–2026 · 8y
Median length
54 min
Cadence
Weekly

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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.

Latest Episodes

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New fiction from Barbara Kingsolver, Colm Tóibín and Ayad Akhtar

Oct 2, 20261h 1m

Ambition, Rage, Gothic Hunger: New Novels from Min Jin Lee, Louise Kennedy and Catherine Chidgey

Sep 25, 20261h 0m

Emily St. John Mandel and John Boyne alongside a Booker-longlisted debut

Sep 18, 20261h 1m

New Fiction: Donal Ryan, Emma Cline, Max Easton and Sebastian Barry

Sep 11, 202654 min

New Fiction from Melissa Harrison and Malcolm Knox + Mandy Sayer's Top 3

Sep 4, 202654 min

Top 100 Australian Books from Byron Writers Festival

Aug 28, 202654 min

Anjet Daanje's extraordinary The Stork and the Dromedary + Liane Moriarty returns with Big Little Truths

Aug 21, 20261h 5m

The Haunting Wild, a Trip to Mars and Dreaming of Escape in 1980's France

Aug 14, 202654 min

Miles Franklin winner Omar Musa + Booker-longlisted All Them Dogs and Téa Obreht's Sunrise

Aug 7, 20261h 5m

Meg Mason's New Novel/Venus, Vanishing/The Ballad of Ronan McCoy (plus, Andy Griffiths and Anna Funder)

Jul 31, 20261h 3m

From Covid-era China to the world of Frida Kahlo and Colson Whitehead's latest

Jul 24, 202654 min

Art, apocalypse and country people

Jul 17, 20261h 2m

Laura McPhee Browne, Leïla Slimani, Kris Kneen & Bruce Pascoe's favourite Aus books

Jul 10, 202659 min

Melbourne Writers' Festival with Hannah Kent and Beejay Silcox

Jul 3, 202653 min

The Bookshelf’s best: Four standout novels from the past year

Jun 26, 202653 min

Zan Rowe and Madeleine Gray review: Chris Ames/Fiona Mozley/Niamh Campbell

Jun 19, 202653 min

Andrew Sean Greer, Ilka Tampke and a Lighthouse at the Edge of the World

Jun 12, 202654 min

New fiction from three major voices: Maggie O'Farrell, Ann Patchett, Christine Balint

Jun 5, 202654 min

Said the Dead, The Thornbacks, and Deborah Levy’s latest

May 29, 202654 min

Launching ABC Radio National’s 2026 Top 100 Books countdown at SWF

May 22, 202654 min
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