# Brian Castro
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Brian Albert Castro (born 1950) is an Australian novelist and essayist.
== Early life and education ==
Castro was born at sea, between Macau and Hong Kong, in 1950. His father was of Spanish, Portuguese, and English descent, and born in Shanghai.
AWW25: What’s on Your Bookshelf? - Charlotte Mendelson, Brian Castro and Niall Williams
Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh ask Niall Williams, Charlotte Mendelson and Brian Castro about which books and writers have shifted their thinking or their work and which books they return to or even actively write ‘against’.
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Sun 02 Mar, 5:00pm | East Stage
The Bookshelf Easter Special: Irish writer Niall Williams
Irish writer Niall Williams with Kate Evans at the 2025 Adelaide Writers Week — with a focus on his Faha novels, History of the Rain, This is Happiness and (his latest) Time of the Child.
Williams is also a screenwriter, playwright and travel writer — and his first novel, Four Letters of Love, has …
Sweat, sport and sharp Australian satire; And the 2025 International Booker Prize winner
What would make a great Australian sporting novel? Our guests discuss translating the love of the game, footy nicknames, and intense team culture in ex-AFL player Brandon Jack’s Pissants.
And making sport of the Melbourne literary scene, Dominic Amarena’s debut novel I Want Everything is a clever, …
From a debut to two-time winner — the Miles Franklin shortlist is here
From Miles Franklin prize veteran Michelle de Kretster to debut novelist Winnie Dunn, we bring you all six of the shortlisted authors in this round-up of their celebrated books.
This year's shortlist features a book set in an Ancient Chinese dynasty, a collection of linked short stories and a debut…
Episode 54: “Chinese Postman” by Brian Castro + “Reunion” by Bronwyn Rivers
Brian Castro's “The Chinese Postman” is a meditation on old age with a central character whose life mirrors his own. The story strays into fiction when the protagonist, Abe Quin, begins a correspondence with a woman seeking refuge from the war in Ukraine. This acclaimed work of autofiction is short…
Episode 54: “Chinese Postman” by Brian Castro + “Reunion” by Bronwyn Rivers
Brian Castro's “The Chinese Postman” is a meditation on old age with a central character whose life mirrors his own. The story strays into fiction when the protagonist, Abe Quin, begins a correspondence with a woman seeking refuge from the war in Ukraine. This acclaimed work of autofiction is short…
Episode 54: “Chinese Postman” by Brian Castro + “Reunion” by Bronwyn Rivers
Brian Castro's “The Chinese Postman” is a meditation on old age with a central character whose life mirrors his own. The story strays into fiction when the protagonist, Abe Quin, begins a correspondence with a woman seeking refuge from the war in Ukraine. This acclaimed work of autofiction is short…
2025 Miles Franklin Literary Award assessed
A critical assessment of the shortlist and winner of Australia’s most prestigious literary award, The Miles Franklin Literary Award. Kate and Cassie are joined by guests, scholar and literary biographer (and former judge of the MFLA) Bernadette Brennan; and critic and publisher, Geordie Williamson.…
AI in America, a kidnapping in Corsica, the transformative power of boxing: books by Gary Shteyngart, Darrow Farr, and Lucas Schaefer
Kate and Cassie discuss Vera, or Faith, Gary Shteyngart’s new novel about a ten-year-old Korean-American girl growing up in a dystopian United States. Alongside guest critics, they also look at The Bombshell by Darrow Farr, which traces the radicalisation of a young French woman in Corsica, and The…
Ageing with Attitude
Explore the undiscovered experiences of ageing. Brian Castro (Chinese Postman), Carol Lefevre (Bloomer), and Anna Johnston (The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife) discuss the unexpected joys, reflective moments, and opportunities for flourishing that can arise as we grow older. In conversation with C…
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