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 Great conversations with authors from Australia and around the world. Arte Historia y Crítica Literaria
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  • Shelley Burr’s Vanish

    Shelley Burr’s Vanish
    Jun 23 2025
    The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Shelley Burr is the bestselling author of Wake and Ripper. Her debut Wake won the UK Crime Writers' Association's Debut Dagger Award, the Australian Book Industry's Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year and the Australian Crime Writers Association's Ned Kelly Award for Best Debut Crime Fiction. Shelley’s joining us today with her new novel Vanish It’s virtually impossible to be a private investigator from prison but that’s not stopping Lane Holland. When the opportunity to do some real investigating arrives, Lane jumps at the opportunity, even if it could jeopardize his parole. The Karpathy farm is full of outsiders but even still Lane is on the fringes as pokes around the spate of missing persons that have moved through the farm over the years. As Lane tries to figure out whether the organic, peace and love is for real or just a front, he must also contend with the possibility that someone knows his true purpose on the farm. That he might just be next person to vanish without a trace. ⁠Final Draft is produced and presented by Andrew Pople⁠ Want more great conversations with Australian authors? ⁠Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week⁠. Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you’re reading! Instagram - ⁠https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/⁠ Facebook - ⁠https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/⁠
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    38 m
  • Book Club - Sinead Stubbins’ Stinkbug

    Book Club - Sinead Stubbins’ Stinkbug
    Jun 22 2025
    Sinead Stubbins is a writer, editor and cultural critic, and the author of In My Defence, I Have No Defence. Her debut novel is Stinkbug. The advertising agency where Edith works is going through a restructure. Everyone is worried that the new Swedish owners will bring their own team and they’ll be out of a job. When a select group are chosen for a corporate retreat Edith assumes that this is her chance to show her worth. The assignment is simple; find a best work friend. Easy for Edith, she’s already got Mo and so the retreat should be a piece of cake. I mean what could go wrong in a converted Convent watched over by a saint called Christina the Astonishing?! — I found Stinkbug an absolutely wild ride. Full disclosure, I don’t work in the sort of corporate environment where you get sent on retreats, although I have done the odd team planning day. For all I know the narrative of Stinkbug could be an accurate reflection of modern corporate culture. I really hope not though. Stubbins has offered us up the perfect satire of the modern workplace. The sort of story that confirms all our worst fears whilst also inviting us to root for… probably Edith but at the very least that they all get out of this alive. As the team from Winked arrive at Consequi (yes, the names) we have already learned a little about the cast of misfits masquerading as the impossibly hip and talented. Our point of view, Edith is variously a complicated mess of neuroses, or an aloof and intimidating cool kid in the company. That all important perspective is going to become very important as we not only delve deeper into Edith’s psyche but also fall down the rabbit hole of Consequi’s attempts to break down the barriers of the Winked employees and make them a better family of creatives. Edith is fearful she is the perpetual outsider and this has made her an almost perfect cipher and corporate chameleon. I genuinely vacillated between loving and hating her machinations, and am still a little unsure how I feel about the narrative's resolution. The story treats us to the banal and unhinged things that can happen on a corporate retreat. The stakes are constantly being upped by the impossibly calm ‘Group Leaders’ and only Edith seems to get that something weird is going on. But then again, for all I know psychological warfare is completely normal in modern office settings. The uncertainty is part of the fun of Stinkbug and so maybe I should just say that this book had me giving the odd snort of laughter that I generally try to avoid unless I’m completely alone. As an outsider to the culture I found it fascinating; both hilarious and horrifying. I’m hoping to meet a corporate insider who can give me more insights into whether or not this really was just a fever dream!
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    4 m
  • Vijay Khurana’s The Passenger Seat

    Vijay Khurana’s The Passenger Seat
    Jun 18 2025
    The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Vijay Khurana is a writer and translator from German. He’s joining Andrew with his debut novel, The Passenger Seat, which was shortlisted for the Novel Prize. On the verge of their final year of high school, Adam and Teddy are looking for adventure. On a whim they pack some camping gear and drive north. Teddy isn’t sure whether his girlfriend will miss him, if they’ll even be a couple when he gets back Adam. Well Adam’s plan only points in one direction, and he has no intention of ever returning. Final Draft is produced and presented by Andrew Pople Want more great conversations with Australian authors? Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week. Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you’re reading! Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/
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    42 m
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