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A new novel from Miles Franklin winner Shankari Chandran

A new novel from Miles Franklin winner Shankari Chandran

Cassie and Jonathan Green review Safe Haven by 2023 Miles Franklin winner Shankari Chandran, Table For Two by Amor Towles (author of A Gentleman In Moscow), and Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan of Crazy Rich Asians fame. BOOKS Safe Haven, Shankari Chandran (Ultimo Press) Lies and Weddings, Kevin Kwan (Penguin) Table for Two, Amor Towles (Penguin) GUESTS Jennifer Wong, Chinese-Australian writer and comedian. She’s the presenter of Chopsticks or Fork?, a six-part AACTA-nominated ABC series on Chinese restaurants in regional Australia Sam Twyford-Moore, writer and cultural historian whose latest book is Castmates: Australian actors in Hollywood and at Home OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED Roald Dahl, works John Cheever, works O Henry, works Paul Auster, works Kirstin Chen, Counterfeit Grace D. Li, Portrait of a Thief Geoff Dyer, The Ongoing Moment CREDITS Presenter, Cassie McCullagh + Jonathan Green Producer, Cassie McCullagh + Sarah Corbett Sound engineer, Isabella Tropiano + Simon Branthwaite Executive producer, Rhiannon Brown

The Bookshelf · Australian Broadcasting Corporation

May 17, 202454m 6s

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Show Notes

Cassie and Jonathan Green review Safe Haven by 2023 Miles Franklin winner Shankari Chandran, Table For Two by Amor Towles (author of A Gentleman In  Moscow), and Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan of Crazy Rich Asians fame.

BOOKS

Safe Haven, Shankari Chandran (Ultimo Press)

Lies and Weddings, Kevin Kwan (Penguin)

Table for Two, Amor Towles (Penguin)

GUESTS

Jennifer Wong, Chinese-Australian writer and comedian. She’s the presenter of Chopsticks or Fork?, a six-part AACTA-nominated ABC series on Chinese restaurants in regional Australia

Sam Twyford-Moore, writer and cultural historian whose latest book is Castmates: Australian actors in Hollywood and at Home

OTHER BOOKS MENTIONEDRoald Dahl, worksJohn Cheever, worksO Henry, worksPaul Auster, worksKirstin Chen, CounterfeitGrace D. Li, Portrait of a ThiefGeoff Dyer, The Ongoing Moment

CREDITS

  • Presenter, Cassie McCullagh + Jonathan Green
  • Producer, Cassie McCullagh + Sarah Corbett
  • Sound engineer, Isabella Tropiano + Simon Branthwaite
  • Executive producer, Rhiannon Brown

Topics

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