New fiction from Gail Jones, S A Cosby and Seán Hewitt

Fiction from all over the world, crossing genres, borders and ideas in American crime writer S A Cosby's King of Ashes, a gripping tale of family, smoke, and fire; Irish writer Sean Hewitt’s Open, Heaven, a beautifully woven story about longing, escape and memory; and, first up, The Name of the Sister, the latest from acclaimed Australian literary novelist Gail Jones. BOOKS Gail Jones, The Name of the Sister, Text S A Cosby, King of Ashes, Headline Seán Hewitt, Open, Heaven, Jonathan Cape GUESTS Toby Schmitz, actor, playwright and author – whose historical crime novel The Empress Murders has just been released Steve MinOn, writer whose debut novel First Name Second Name was published in March of this year OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED Alan Hollinghurst, works Diana Preston, A Higher Form of Killing Martin Amis, Time's Arrow Max Porter, Grief is the Thing with Feathers Dahlia de la Cerda, Reservoir Bitches Garth Jones, Black Pills Laura Elvery, Nightingale CREDITS Presenter, Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh Producer, Kate Evans and Sarah Corbett Sound engineer, Harvey O'Sullivan Executive producer, Rhiannon Brown

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