About this episode

Alan Fyfe discusses his new novel The Cross Thieves and the themes of brotherhood and adventure within it.

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. Alan Fyfe is a maker of stories and poems who lives on unceded Noongar country. Alan’s joining us today with his new novel The Cross Thieves When his brother punched a wall and stalked off with a pair of scissors, Pell knew nothing good was coming but he followed Gark anyway. Now the brothers are on the run, hungry and carrying the metal cross of a man they’d sworn to kill. And the night is still young… 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.

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Pople

Guest: Alan Fyfe

Topics covered

• Australian writing
• literary culture
• storytelling
• novel discussion
• brotherhood
• adventure

Keywords

• Alan Fyfe
• The Cross Thieves
• Australian literature
• storytelling
• brotherhood
• adventure

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Final Draft, 2SER 107.3FM

Books & works: The Cross Thieves

Places: Noongar country

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