Curtis Sittenfeld's Show Don't Tell + Tim Rogers and Zan Rowe on two new debuts

Kate and Cassie discuss bestselling American writer Curtis Sittenfeld’s sharp and observant collection of short stories Show Don’t Tell; You Am I frontman Tim Rogers reads First Name Second Name, an excellent debut from Queensland novelist Steve MinOn, and the ABC’s own Zan Rowe (of Triple J, Double J and Take 5 fame) shares her thoughts on Scottish singer-songwriter (from Belle and Sebastian) Stuart Murdoch’s Nobody’s Empire, a case of life inspiring art. BOOKS Curtis Sittenfeld, Show Don’t Tell, Doubleday Stuart Murdoch, Nobody’s Empire: A Novel, Faber Steve MinOn, First Name Second Name, UQP GUESTS Tim Rogers, lead singer with You Am I and The Hard-Ons, about to launch into a You Am I tour celebrating 30 years of the Hi Fi Way album. Author of Detours Zan Rowe, Double J’s Music Correspondent and host of Friday Mornings; presenter of Take 5 OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED Andrew O'Hagan, Mayflies Robbie Arnott, Dusk Hannah Kent, works Lech Blaine, Australian Gospel Helen Garner, The Season; Monkey Grip Geraldine Brooks, Memorial Days; Horse Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking Jennifer Homans, Mr. B Ronald Hugh Morrieson, The Scarecrow Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment CREDITS Presenter: Kate Evans, Cassie McCullagh Producer: Kate Evans, Sarah Corbett Sound engineer: Craig Tilmouth, Emrys Cronin Executive producer: Rhiannon Brown

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