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Book Club - Y.M. Abdel-Magied’s At Sea
Jun 23, 2026
4m 30s
Mary Colussi’s Touch Grass
Jun 20, 2026
29m 59s
Charlotte McConaghy’s Wild Dark Shore
Jun 14, 2026
42m 30s
Book Club - Brendan Colley’s The Season for Flying Saucers
Jun 9, 2026
3m 36s
Antoun Issa’s Rebirth
Jun 5, 2026
45m 31s
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| 6/23/26 | ![]() Book Club - Y.M. Abdel-Magied’s At Sea | Yassmin Abdel-Magied is a Sudanese diaspora author, screenwriter and award-winning social advocate. She has published six books, including essays in Talking About a Revolution and a series for younger readers, You must be Layla and Listen Layla. Today we’re going to be talking about her latest, literary fiction debut, At Sea. Zainab has spent her life on oil rigs living the fly in fly out life. It’s meant missing out on a lot, including a relationship with her sister. Now she’s in Perth on a promise that she will see her sister through the birth of her first child. This could finally be the chance to repair their relationship. When Zainab’s boss Bryce calls her back from leave to investigate strange goings on on the rig Clarissa Clyde, she knows this could be her big break. Zainab’s reluctant to leave Kareema but thrilled at the opportunity to take charge as a tool pusher. Joining a rig near the end of a drill isn’t easy. As a woman on the rigs Zainab knows she won’t get an easy ride, let alone an open door to the mysteries plaguing the Clarissa Clyde. The rig is almost too perfect and the team are rough but nothing she hasn’t handled. She is determined though, and haunted by Bryce’s words, ‘Make sure everyone gets out alive’. The hook for me with At Sea was Yassmin’s writing. I wouldn’t normally gravitate to a thriller set on the high seas but I know from experience Yassmin tackles big ideas. I also know she’s worked on rigs herself and so I was intrigued at how she would treat this world that seems so strange from the shore. Immediately with Zainab we come to understand that this is a man’s world. Her position as a tool pusher should give her some authority but there are men on board who would still demean her as par for the course. The novel works to understand this dynamic as both a moral problem, but also a product of the hyper-real world of a perilous lifestyle. Zainab grapples as much with her own ability to answer disrespect and violence in kind, as she does with any absolute morality of the actions. Life on the rigs is contrasted with the world Kareema offers; life on land, life with family. It’s the kind of world that Zainab has been avoiding. We see that Zainab, along with many of the men on the rig struggle with the demands of these separate lives. But why are these demands so disparate? The plot and the action of At Sea is gripping and I found myself drawn into the claustrophobic spaces and the alien vocabulary of drilling. While I understood very little of the processes involved in these mammoth endeavours to pull oil out of the ocean, the storytelling is such that the precision and the danger is never far from the character's, and therefore the reader’s mind. This is a mystery but not in the conventional sense. While Zainab is tasked with uncovering some sort of conspiracy or coverup, it is tantalisingly obtuse and she is never sure if the danger is real. Within the cauldron of life on a floating petrol bomb she must grapple with whether it is better to continually rock the boat in the name of safety, or to maintain an unexamined conformity for the sake of group cohesion. The trick is knowing and the wrong choice may not be discovered till too late. The twinned tensions of Zainab’s role as a woman with authority, and the possibility of impending catastrophe are constantly stoked. Zainab feels obligated to speak up but cursed not to be believed. Much like Cassandra, Zainab can only watch on as her situation deteriorates. At Sea sets out to achieve a lot, and broadly meets this aim being smart and pacey, technical and philosophical. It asks a lot more questions than it answers but that’s perhaps more a reflection on the world which also refuses to listen when it doesn’t want to hear. | 4m 30s | ||||||
| 6/20/26 | ![]() Mary Colussi’s Touch Grass | 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. Mary Colussi’s debut novel Touch Grass won the 2025 Penguin Literary Prize. She is joining us today as Touch Grass prepares to launch itself into the world… Charlie’s soul occasionally leaves her body, at least she thinks that’s what’s happening. It’s probably not astral projection. In her job she helps people’s digital selves to leave the internet. Not their physical selves but people seem to forget anyway. Charlie’s housemate Ian won’t leave their apartment. But his twin will. And there’s a an immortal animal that won’t leave anywhere. Ever. At least that’s the theory. It’s all a bit confusing, but then that’s life 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. | 29m 59s | ||||||
| 6/14/26 | ![]() Charlotte McConaghy’s Wild Dark Shore | 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. Charlotte McConaghy is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of the novels Wild Dark Shore, Once There Were Wolves, and Migrations. She is joining us fresh from winning the Literary Fiction Book of the Year at THE AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARDS 2026 for Wild Dark Shore Rowan has risked everything to get to Shearwater Island. When she is dragged lifeless from the water she wakes to find herself in the middle of the Salt family, the last residents of the island. Dominic and his children are racing against the ocean to rescue the contents of Shearwater’s Seed Vault. It’s a noble mission but Rowan questions why the scientists and researchers would abandon it to a caretaker and his children. Everyone on Shearwater has secrets and Rowan must decide quickly whether hers are in direct conflict with Dominic and whatever he is keeping from her. 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. | 42m 30s | ||||||
| 6/9/26 | ![]() Book Club - Brendan Colley’s The Season for Flying Saucers✨ | fictionfamily dynamics+3 | Brendan Colley | The Season for Flying SaucersThe Signal Line | Hobart | Brendan ColleyThe Season for Flying Saucers+5 | — | 3m 36s | |
| 6/5/26 | ![]() Antoun Issa’s Rebirth✨ | Lebanese civil warmigration+4 | Antoun Issa | Deepcut NewsRebirth | LebanonAustralia | Antoun IssaRebirth+5 | — | 45m 31s | |
| 6/2/26 | ![]() Book Club - Charlotte McConaghy’s Wild Dark Shore✨ | climate changeliterary fiction+4 | Charlotte McConaghy | THE AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARDSWild Dark Shore+2 | Shearwater Island | Charlotte McConaghyWild Dark Shore+5 | — | 3m 50s | |
| 5/29/26 | ![]() Melissa Manning’s Frogsong✨ | Australian writingliterary culture+3 | Melissa Manning | Final Draft2SER 107.3FM+3 | — | Melissa ManningFrogsong+3 | — | 34m 33s | |
| 5/22/26 | ![]() Sam Elliott’s Haze✨ | Australian writingliterary culture+3 | Sam Elliott | Haze | Broughlet | Sam ElliottHaze+3 | — | 33m 05s | |
| 5/15/26 | ![]() Emily Gale’s The Wild Unknown✨ | Australian writingchildren's literature+3 | Emily Gale | The Wild UnknownI Am Out With Lanterns+2 | — | Emily GaleThe Wild Unknown+3 | — | 33m 41s | |
| 5/8/26 | ![]() Brendan Colley’s The Season for Flying Saucers✨ | Australian literaturenovels+3 | Brendan Colley | Tasmanian Premier’s Literary AwardsVictorian Premier’s Literary Awards+3 | Hobart | Brendan ColleyThe Season for Flying Saucers+4 | — | 48m 45s | |
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| 5/3/26 | ![]() Michael Mohammed Ahmad’s Bugger✨ | Australian writingliterary culture+3 | Michael Mohammed Ahmad | Sweatshop Literacy MovementThe Lebs+1 | — | Michael Mohammed AhmadBugger+5 | — | 50m 36s | |
| 4/23/26 | ![]() Tim Ayliffe's Dark Desert Road✨ | Australian writingliterary culture+3 | Tim Ayliffe | Final Draft2SER 107.3FM+1 | — | Tim AyliffeDark Desert Road+3 | — | 30m 30s | |
| 4/16/26 | ![]() Alan Fyfe’s The Cross Thieves✨ | Australian writingliterary culture+4 | Alan Fyfe | Final Draft2SER 107.3FM+1 | Noongar country | Alan FyfeThe Cross Thieves+4 | — | 34m 50s | |
| 4/12/26 | ![]() Book Club - Gary Lonesborough’s Good Young Men✨ | young adult literatureAboriginal issues+4 | Gary Lonesborough | Good Young MenThe Boy from the Mish+2 | Carraway’s PointChopin Drive+1 | Gary LonesboroughGood Young Men+5 | — | 3m 46s | |
| 4/10/26 | ![]() Emily Lighezzolo’s Life Drawing✨ | Australian writingliterary culture+4 | Emily Lighezzolo | Queensland Literary AwardsFinal Draft | — | Emily LighezzoloLife Drawing+5 | — | 35m 03s | |
| 4/5/26 | ![]() Book Club - Liz Allen’s In Bloom✨ | coming of agesexual assault+3 | Dr Liz Allan | IN BLOOM | AustraliaVincent+1 | In BloomLiz Allan+6 | — | 4m 06s | |
| 4/1/26 | ![]() Gary Lonesborough’s Good Young Men✨ | Australian writingyoung adult novels+3 | Gary Lonesborough | Good Young MenThe Boy from the Mish+2 | — | Gary LonesboroughGood Young Men+3 | — | 36m 56s | |
| 3/29/26 | ![]() Book Club - Maria van Neerven's Two Tongues✨ | poetryIndigenous literature+3 | Maria van Neerven | David Unaipon AwardNext Chapter Fellow+1 | Yugambeh nationMeanjin | Maria van NeervenTwo Tongues+3 | — | 2m 53s | |
| 3/25/26 | ![]() Penny Tangey’s What Rhymes With Murder✨ | Australian writingliterary culture+3 | Penny Tangey | Final Draft2SER 107.3FM+1 | East Melbourne | Penny TangeyWhat Rhymes With Murder+3 | — | 31m 58s | |
| 3/22/26 | ![]() Book Club - Ian Kemish’s Two Islands✨ | historical fictionwar crimes+4 | — | International Criminal Tribunal for the former YugoslaviaTwo Islands+2 | SkarnseyThorkil’s Isle+3 | Ian KemishTwo Islands+6 | — | 3m 57s | |
| 3/18/26 | ![]() Shailee Thompson’s How To Kill a Guy in Ten Dates✨ | Australian writingliterary culture+5 | Shailee Thompson | How To Kill a Guy in Ten Dates | Brisbane, Australia | Shailee ThompsonHow To Kill a Guy in Ten Dates+5 | — | 36m 44s | |
| 3/15/26 | ![]() Book Club - Emily Lighezzolo’s Life Drawing | Starting with a shout out to Emily who is a publishing industry professional. I have had the chance to work with Emily setting up interviews for authors and I’m very happy to be talking about her first book. Emily won the Glendower Award for an Emerging Queensland Writer at the Queensland Literary Awards and her debut novel, Life Drawing. Charlie’s moved to Brisbane for uni. He feels out of place crashing on his cousin’s couch and barely knows anyone in town. He’s trying to put himself out there with uni mixers and through taking a life drawing class. Maisie’s the heart of the house. People like to think they know her. Maybe too many people think they know her too well. But the parts Maisie keeps hidden are so deep most don’t even suspect they’re there. As Maisie and Charlie circle each other’s worlds they will try to understand whether, hypothetically, they might go well together… Life Drawing is the story of Charlie and Maisie. It’s also the story of Maisie and Maisie. When they find themselves in the same sharehouse Charlie feels awkward; this is the girl he was drawing naked just a few weeks ago. Maisie’s not bothered though. On the surface she’s all cool indifference. To the world she has a great body and is completely comfortable in her own skin. Maybe if she can wear that mask for long enough she might even start to believe in it. Share house life is a recipe for implosion though, so maybe Charlie and Maisie weren’t meant to be. Except that life and the internet insist on drawing them back towards each other’s orbit. Life Drawing is driven by the ebb and flow of Charlie and Maisie as they try to discover their own grand romance. They will continue to stumble though as Charlie struggles to be ‘not all men’, while Maisie works to love herself half as much as she pretends. The heart of the novel is Maisie’s journey through body image and self esteem. As a cis-het male I’d be disingenuous if I pretended I was watching this part of the story as anything other than an outsider. Maisie’s struggles are unique but also part of a world where women are compelled into devil’s bargains for their own sense of worth and achievement. Growing through the years we watch on as Maisie and Charlie try to shape lives together and apart. From the first moment Charlie tries to capture Maisie on paper we can see that who they are and how they see each other are complex entities and prone to illusion and misalignment. Maisie’s own story is similarly fraught with confusion and miscommunication. Knowing yourself is not a foregone conclusion of living a life and Maisie must make herself in her own image, not just through the eyes of others. | 4m 00s | ||||||
| 3/13/26 | ![]() Maria van Neerven’s Two Tongues | 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. Maria van Neerven is a Mununjali poet from the Yugambeh nation living in Meanjin. Maria was the winner of the David Unaipon Award in 2023 and was a Next Chapter Fellow in 2024. Two Tongues is her first poetry collection. 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. | 32m 40s | ||||||
| 3/7/26 | ![]() Book Club - George Kemp’s Soft Serve | One of my favourite parts of Final Draft is discovering debut novels that get me excited for many more books to come. That was my feeling as I devoured George Kemp’s Soft Serve (sorry pun not intended) over the holidays. George Kemp is a writer of fiction, plays and television. After a life as an actor and producing his own scripts on the stage, George was accepted into The Faber Academy, where he wrote his debut novel SOFT SERVE. We are taken to a small town McDonald’s where four reluctant individuals gather to remember Taz. Pat is still mourning the son she lost too young. Fern, Jacob and Ethan miss their best friend. Taz died tragically after moving to Sydney and now the four find themselves adrift and struggle with how their lives have become stuck since his death. As fires bear down on the Maccas, the four must confront how they are trapped not just by natural disaster but by their choices since Taz died. As I read Soft Serve I couldn’t help but wonder about how George Kemp’s dramatic training had been brought to bear in his writing. The narrative of Soft Serve is simultaneously cinematic in its race against time drama amidst the fires, with big set pieces set amidst the flames, whilst also containing the intimacy of the stage as we zoom in on the four figures in the remote fast food restaurant worrying through their all too human problems. The novel is spare, but effective in establishing its central group. Pat grieves in a no-nonsense sort of way as she sets up the fryers and dreads the day ahead. Jacob and Ethan skirt around their truth and try to put on a face for the world. Fern doubts herself even as she shows the most vision of them all. Against the backdrop of an unfolding disaster these all-too-human concerns of love and desire, reconciling the past and exploring the future become overwhelming. Soft Serve shows us the moment when years of avoidance must ultimately be faced. Shown through the eyes of the characters as they face themselves and each other it makes for compelling viewing. And there I go again, talking about Soft Serve as if it were a film I was watching, as much a novel I read. The reader has this highly imaginative and visual experience ahead as they move through a tense and emotional ride of a narrative. | 3m 28s | ||||||
| 3/5/26 | ![]() Sara Haddad’s The Sunbird - young readers' edition | 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. Sara Haddad is an editor and writer. You first met Sara on Final Draft when we discussed he debut novella The Sunbird. Today Sara is returning with a young readers edition of The Sunbird. The Younger Reader's Edition of the Sunbird rediscovers the story of Nabila and explores her story for a new audience. 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. | 24m 38s | ||||||
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