Superstar children's author Andy Griffiths reviews! Plus, Omar Musa's Fierceland and Geoff Dyer's Homework
Australian poet, artist, hip hop musician and author, Omar Musa, tells a story of Australia and Borneo, forests and fathers, in his new novel Fierceland. An American saga of love, war, and complicated families in Patrick Ryan’s Buckeye, and experimental British author Geoff Dyer returns with Homew…
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2025 Special Series: Episode 71: Green room stories
In this episode Irma and Karen chat about the 2025 Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, painting a picture of the festival atmosphere and sharing some of the highlights.
Then they ask six authors at the festival – Clare Wright, Jenny Erpenbeck, Lech Blaine, Yves Rees, Craig Leeson and Virginia Hausseg…
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Special Series: Episode 73: Lech Blaine
In a special series direct from the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, Karen chats to Lech Blaine about how to shape a memoir and find a meaningful throughline within the truth, what it was like being edited by Helen Garner, how to decide what to leave out of a memoir, the ethical dilemmas of writing…
57 | All in the Family (Live at the 2025 Sydney Writers' Festival)
Every family has its secrets—but what happens when a writer dives into the family archive to uncover and share those stories with the world?
In this very special final episode of Season 7 (yes, already!) - recorded live on Gadigal land at the 2025 Sydney Writers Festival — Yves and Clare probe A…
Linda Jaivin - Bombard the Headquarters!
In 1966, with the words ‘Bombard the Headquarters!’ Mao Zedong unleashed the full, violent force of a movement that he called the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution.
By the time he died ten years later, millions had perished, China’s cultural heritage was in ruins, its economic state was perilo…
'I survived a car crash that stole the lives of three of my mates'
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Inherited is taking a short break from our regular interview episodes, so we thought we'd share some of the show's most memorable moments for you to listen back to.
Today, we hear from 5 incredible people who have faced some of life's biggest adversities. You'll hear from:
Kels…
Inside the campaign trail, and a beguiling history of imperial measurement
Lech Blaine's cover story for The Monthly takes us on the frenetic Australian election campaign ride. And as Britain considers re-introducing imperial measurements, we look at their international history.
Ian Dunt's Britain, and Lech Blaine on Australian larrikins
The UK's early response to Covid has been condemned, but life now under Covid is relatively 'normal'. Lech Blaine's Quarterly Essay looks at elites' misuse of the larrikin identity.
Simon Winchester reads the wind, plus Lech Blaine's wild childhood
We revisit two memorable LNL conversations from recent times: Simon Winchester's cultural history of the wind, and Australian writer Lech Blaine's astonishing account of his beautiful, terrifying childhood - growing up in Queensland pubs stalked by Christian fanatics.
Guests:
Simon Winchester, j…
Pub bedrooms and Christian fanatics: Lech Blaine's extraordinary childhood
Australian writer Lech Blaine shares the stranger-than-fiction story of his childhood, growing up with a loving foster family in a rural Queensland pub, haunted by fanatical Christian kidnappers.
Guest:
Lech Blaine, author, 'Australian Gospel'
Originally broadcast in November 2024
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