Auscast Literature Channel

Katherine is hafu; half Japanese, half English but in the experience of eating her body “forgot its cultural confusion”. Meshi explores the meals of Katherine’s childhood through Japan’s twenty-four sekki (seasons) untangling the threads of meaning, memory and ritual woven through every delicious mouthful.

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From hand-written recipes passed down through generations, to cook books that take us inside other cultures, or sell us dreams of travel, the recipe book is an enduring artefact of our culture. Foodie and former bookseller Kate Jordan Moore takes us through the many shapes food literature can take.

Guests: 

Katherine Tamiko Arguile, author of Meshi; A personal history of Japanese food published by Affirm Press

Kate Jordan Moore, former bookseller and history researcher

Our Random Reader - Clara

Music composed by Quentin Grant 

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Instagram: @katherinetamikoarguile @affirmpress

Facebook: @katherinetamikoarguile @affirm press

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Katherine is hafu; half Japanese, half English but in the experience of eating her body “forgot its cultural confusion”. Meshi explores the meals of Katherine’s childhood through Japan’s twenty-four sekki (seasons) untangling the threads of meaning, memory and ritual woven through every delicious mouthful.

And…

From hand-written recipes passed down through generations, to cook books that take us inside other cultures, or sell us dreams of travel, the recipe book is an enduring artefact of our culture. Foodie and former bookseller Kate Jordan Moore takes us through the many shapes food literature can take.

Guests: 

Katherine Tamiko Arguile, author of Meshi; A personal history of Japanese food published by Affirm Press

Kate Jordan Moore, former bookseller and history researcher

Our Random Reader - Clara

Music composed by Quentin Grant 

SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES

Instagram: @katherinetamikoarguile @affirmpress

Facebook: @katherinetamikoarguile @affirm press

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Mabel Worley leapt off the pages of history and could not be shaken from the consciousness of museum curator, Corinne Ball. Who was this woman who gave birth to a daughter in a destitute asylum, married, ran away to join the circus and rubbed shoulders with the stars of her day – only to lapse eventually into criminal existence as a vagrant and public drunk? How did it all go wrong? Corinne Ball tells Mabel’s poignant story.

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Which old classic still keeps the cash registers ringing in Adelaide’s oldest bookstore? And, of all the books they sell, which book would they never allow to run out of stock? Find out from Annie Waters… the woman whose customers trust her with their [reading] lives!

Guests: 

Corinne Ball, author of Three-Ring Circus: the dramatic, mysterious and tragic life of Mabel Worley, a destitute asylum girl

Annie Waters, Co-owner of Mostly Books, Adelaide’s oldest bookstore

Our Random Reader - Lily

Music composed by Quentin Grant 

SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES

Insta: @mostly_books

Insta: @mr_annie

Facebook: @mostlybooks

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Michael Robotham has a new psychological thriller on the shelves, Lying Beside You.  While his stories delve into the dark side, in person he is a warm and relaxed man with a passion for his craft.

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Evan S. Connell’s Depression-era pair of novels Mrs Bridge and Mr Bridge tell a still familiar tale of a safe but desperate marriage. 

Guests: 

Michael Robotham author of Lying Beside You 

Olga Sankey

Our Random Reader - Adrian

Music composed by Quentin Grant 

SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES

Facebook:  MichaelRobothamAU

IG: @michaelrobotham

Facebook: HachetteAustralia

Instagram: hachetteaus

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Miles Allinson on his book "In Moonland" - a son untangles the mystery of his father as he follows his  trail into the 70s hippie heart of India.

And Jean Rhys's 1960s hit novel "Wide Sargasso Sea" exposes a darker side of Jane Eyre hero Rochester.  

Guests: 

Miles Allinson, author of "In Moonland"
Dr Lisa Bennett, senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, Flinders University
Dr Kylie Cardell, senior lecturer in Literary Studies, Flinders University
Our Random Reader - Britt

Music composed by Quentin Grant 

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Award winning  Melbourne author Hannah Kent talks about her new book Devotion - a love story that traverses oceans, reality and magic.

And we revisit the Virginia Woolfe classic, Mrs Dalloway, which follows a day in the life of a high society lady in the 1920s.

Guests: 

Hannah Kent, author of Devotion 
Dr Lisa Bennett, senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, Flinders University
Dr Kylie Cardell, senior lecturer in Creative Writing, Flinders University
Our Random Reader - Matilda

Music composed by Quentin Grant

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Award winning  Melbourne author Emily Bitto talks about her new book Wild Abandon - the story of a naive young Australian man’s odyssey of self discovery, from  the decadent  glamour of New York  right into the terrifying dark heart of the American mid- west. 

And travel writer Max Anderson explains why he doesn’t read travel books, but prefers to follow in the footsteps of his literary heroes when he goes on holiday.  

Guests: 

Emily Bitto, author of Wild Abandon 

Max Anderson, travel writer

Our Random Reader - Belinda

Music composed by Quentin Grant 

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Edgy Sydney author Michael Mohammed Ahmad talks about his latest book The Other Half of You… and about why writing is like boxing

And we revisit the classic Australian Gothic novel that unsettled and mystified readers half a century ago – who needs castles and vampires when you have the truly chilling atmosphere of the Aussie Bush in Picnic at Hanging Rock

Guests:

Michael Mohammed Ahmad author of The Other Half of You
Dr Lisa Bennett, senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, Flinders University
Dr Kylie Cardell, senior lecturer in Creative Writing, Flinders University
Our Random Reader - Patrick
Music composed by Quentin Grant

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Edgy Sydney author Michael Mohammed Ahmad talks about his latest book The Other Half of You… and about why writing is like boxing

And we revisit the classic Australian Gothic novel that unsettled and mystified readers half a century ago – who needs castles and vampires when you have the truly chilling atmosphere of the Aussie Bush in Picnic at Hanging Rock

Guests:

Michael Mohammed Ahmad author of The Other Half of You
Dr Lisa Bennett, senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, Flinders University
Dr Kylie Cardell, senior lecturer in Creative Writing, Flinders University
Our Random Reader - Patrick
Music composed by Quentin Grant

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Coming Soon to the Auscast Network - Tsundoku – the podcast for addicted readers.  Tsundoku is the Japanese word for that pile of books by your bed – the ones you fully intend to read – sometime!  If you can’t resist a good story, are endlessly curious about new books and love nothing better than discussing an old favourite – this is the podcast for you. In Tsundoku we’ll talk to the authors of the moment, we’ll pull out the ‘hits and memories’ from years past and chat them back into life, and we’ll talk to readers from all walks of life about how they acquired their reading passion, their all time favourites … and what books they have waiting in their Tsundoku.

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