A never before published novel from Charmian Clift

Cassie, Tom Wright and guests look at The End of the Morning, the never-before-published novel by the Australian writer Charmian Clift, who died in 1969. Plus, The Alternatives by Ireland’s Caoilinn Hughes, and Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange, about the consequences of colonisation and the forced assimilation of Native Americans, which is already generating high praise. BOOKS The End of the Morning, Charmian Clift (New South) Wandering Stars, Tommy Orange (Penguin Random House) The Alternatives, Caoilinn Hughes (A&U) GUESTS Nicole Abadee, Books writer, podcaster and festival moderator who regularly interviews at writers festivals and literary events. Contributor to Good Weekend magazine. Paul Daley, Walkley award-winning columnist for The Guardian who regularly writes on Indigenous affairs. He is also a novelist, short story writer, essayist and playwright. His latest novel is Jesustown OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED Geroge Johnston, Meredith Trilogy Randolph Stow, The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea Hal Porter, The Watcher on the Cast-Iron Balcony Sumner Locke Elliott, Careful He Might Hear You Hazzard and Harrower (Edited by Brigitta Olubas, Susan Wyndham) Shankari Chandran, Safe Haven James Bradley, Deep Water Henry Handel Richardson, Maurice Guest Ivy Compton-Burnett, The Present and the Past CREDITS Presenter, Cassie McCullagh + Tom Wright Producer, Cassie McCullagh + Sarah Corbett Sound engineer, Craig Tilmouth + Roi Huberman Executive producer, Rhiannon Brown

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