| View this email online. | Tune into ABC listen all weekend for the Big Weekend of Books, ABC RN’s annual writers' festival on the airwaves! Book lovers get ready — with a massive lineup of incredible writers and authors, it's going to be wall-to-wall conversations and storytelling all weekend.
Click here for the full schedule.
Whether you're into thrillers, non-fiction, fantasy or anything in-between, there’ll be something for every reader this weekend. You'll hear exclusive interviews, thought-provoking discussions, and maybe even discover your next favourite read.
Hear from acclaimed UK author David Nicholls about love, hope, and TV adaptations. Also, Richard Osman spills the beans on his brand-new novel out in September. Aussie authors like Charlotte Wood join the fun, talking about what makes a meaningful life. Plus, Tim Winton joins us with a sneak peek from his new novel, JUICE.
Open up an exciting literary world with the Big Weekend of Books on ABC listen!
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| We've restocked the library! Dive into new audiobooks, ready to stream free on the ABC listen app. |
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| | | | | The Book Thief | | It is 1939, Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Dive into an international bestseller that captivated a generation of readers. |
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| | | | | The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida | | Maali Almeida, war photographer, gambler and closet queen, has woken up dead in what seems like a visa office, with only seven moons to solve his murder. |
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| | | | | Trace: Who Killed Maria James? | | Follow the story behind the popular ABC podcast Trace as the investigation into a decades-old murder reveals new suspects, forensic bungling and a possible conspiracy. |
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| | | | | Sagaland | | Richard Fidler and Kári Gíslason share a love of the sagas of Iceland — these are tales of blood feuds, dangerous women, and people who are compelled to kill the ones they love the most. |
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| | | | | That Bligh Girl | | Mary Bligh is no shrinking violet. After a horrific six-month sea voyage from Britain, she proves as strong-willed as her bloody-minded father, the newly appointed Governor William Bligh. |
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| | | | | Dirt Music | | Dirt music, Fox tells Georgie, is "anything you can play on a verandah or porch, without electricity." Even in the wild, you can't escape it. There is, he discovers, no silence found in nature. |
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| FEATURE SERIES | | Who Broke Britain? |
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| Only 17 years ago, Britain was one of the wealthiest economies in the world, but they’ve been falling backwards ever since. Britain feels broken. So, who broke it?
Find out in the first episode of If You’re Listening’s special four-part series ‘Who Broke Britain?’. | | |
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| Notorious Ep 1 | Inside the scam factory |
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| In the desert just outside Dubai, there is a hidden building full of scammers who pretend to be glamorous Eastern European women. This secret scam factory is a full-scale operation, capable of swindling tens of thousands of people at a time.
But one scammer has a secret plan. If he succeeds, he could shut down the whole syndicate.
This is the first episode of Notorious, a mini-series dedicated to stories of bad people doing bad things, and the unexpected lessons we can learn from them. |
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| | | Great Aussie Cons | | Robert Baudin, one of Australia’s craftiest counterfeiters, forged two million dollars in his suburban basement in the 1950s. With beguiling charm, he crisscrossed the globe, turning it into real money... But not without some close brushes with the law.
Then, in a crazed attempt to clear his name, Baudin terrorised Sydney by threatening to fly his tiny plane directly into the harbour.
You won’t believe this story is true. | | |
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| | | For the love of a conwoman | | After a whirlwind international romance, Greg Wards married Lezlie Manukian in New Zealand. But a snowball had started to roll the day Greg met Lezlie, and it wasn't long before this ball of chaos gathered pace and crushed Greg and his family.
Ten years on, Greg's younger brother Ollie goes on the hunt. Across three continents and over seven episodes — with many twists, turns and WTF moments — Ollie tries to unravel a quirky and baffling love fraud. | | |
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| Get set for the Big Weekend of Books with The Book Show’s new series on banned books. What surprising books have made it onto the censorship ‘no-no’ list, and what's driving book bans around the world? |
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