A beach holiday told four ways in Luke Horton's Time Together

Old friends gather together on the coast in Australian writer Luke Horton’s Time Together, Kate and Cassie take a look. Plus, Jo Harkin’s The Pretender, set during the time of the Tudors' ascent it tells the story of a little-known real-life figure; and Laura Elvery’s Nightingale, a re-imagining of the life of Florence Nightingale. BOOKS Luke Horton, Time Together, Scribe Jo Harkin, The Pretender, Bloomsbury Circus Laura Elvery, Nightingale, UQP GUESTS Jane Caro, social commentator, activist, and writer. She has written thirteen books, including three set in the Tudor period, and two crime novels – The Mother and her latest, Lyrebird Michael Cathcart, historian and broadcaster, and host of Radio National’s Stage Show OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED Cecil Woodham Smith, Florence Nightingale Sarah Wynn Williams, Careless People Eric Hoffer, The True Believer Athol Fugard, Blood Knot CREDITS Presenter: Kate Evans, Cassie McCullagh Producer: Kate Evans, Sarah Corbett Sound engineer: Roi Huberman, Tim Jenkins, Micky Grossman Executive producer, Rhiannon Brown

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