Popular fiction across space and time, and queer bush doof thriller in Thomas Vowles' Our New Gods
The latest best-selling novels from Taylor Jenkins-Reid (Atmosphere) and Fredrik Backman (My Friends) explore 1980s astronauts, ambition and romance; And teenage anguish, friendship and art. Emotive and cinematic, how often is popular fiction written for the screen?
Speaking of the screen, screenwriter Thomas Vowles' debut novel Our New Gods takes us on a twisted psychological thriller through gay saunas, bush doofs, and the grit of Melbourne's queer scene.
BOOKS
Thomas Vowles, Our New Gods, UQP
Thomas Vowles, Our New Gods, UQP Fredrik Backman, My Friends (Translated from Swedish by Neil Smith), Simon and Schuster
Fredrik Backman, My Friends (Translated from Swedish by Neil Smith), Simon and Schuster
Taylor Jenkins-Reid, Atmosphere, Hutchinson Heinemann
(Keep scrolling to see all other books mentioned on the program)
GUESTS
Tegan Bennett-Daylight, author and teacher of creative writing, whose books include the novels Bombora and What Falls Away; the essay collection, The Details; the short story collection, Six Bedrooms; and the Young Adult novels Royals and (her latest) How to Survive 1985. She's a Bookshelf regular.
Richard Aedy, longtime Radio National colleague (whose programs included The Money and Life Matters); now producing a podcast for the Productivity Commission: The ProdCast; Also a Bookshelf regular.
OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED
Taylor Jenkins-Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins-Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six Holden Sheppard, King of Dirt
Holden Sheppard, King of Dirt Bret Easton Ellis, The Shards
Bret Easton Ellis, The Shards Tegan Bennett-Daylight, Royals
Tegan Bennett-Daylight, Royals Tegan Bennett-Daylight, How to Survive 1985
Tegan Bennett-Daylight, How to Survive 1985 Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman, Beartown
Fredrik Backman, Beartown Fredrik Backman, Anxious People
Fredrik Backman, Anxious People Percival Everett, James
Percival Everett, James Samantha Harvey, Orbital
Samantha Harvey, Orbital Ceridwen Dovey, Only The Astronauts
Ceridwen Dovey, Only The Astronauts Taylor Jenkins-Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins-Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins-Reid, Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins-Reid, Malibu Rising Taylor Jenkins-Reid, Carrie Soto is Back: A Novel
Taylor Jenkins-Reid, Carrie Soto is Back: A Novel Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time Kevin Barry, The Heart in Winter
Kevin Barry, The Heart in Winter Kevin Barry, Night Boat to Tangier
Kevin Barry, Night Boat to Tangier Sarah Holland-Batt, The Jaguar
Sarah Holland-Batt, The Jaguar Michelle de Krester, Theory & Practice
Michelle de Krester, Theory & Practice Sharleigh Crittenden, The Un-doing (Published in Island magazine #173)
Sharleigh Crittenden, The Un-doing (Published in Island magazine #173) Ben Lerner, The Hatred of Poetry
Ben Lerner, The Hatred of Poetry Ben Lerner, The Topeka School
Ben Lerner, The Topeka School Ben Lerner, Leaving the Atocha Station
Ben Lerner, Leaving the Atocha Station
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