Emily Gale’s The Wild Unknown

Emily Gale’s The Wild Unknown

From Final Draft - Great Conversations by 2SER 107.3FM

May 15, 2026 · 34 min

About this episode

Emily Gale discusses her new novel The Wild Unknown and the themes of childhood and investigation.

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. Emily has worked in the children’s book industry for over 25 years. Her writing includes I Am Out With Lanterns (2018), Elsewhere Girls (2021) and Outlaw Girls (2024). Emily is joining us with her new novel The Wild Unknown Eddie’s not looking forward to the changes that will come in the lead up to high school. When a local boy goes missing it’s the perfect distraction as Eddie and his best friend Kit decide they could succeed where the police haven’t and start their own investigation. Despite finding some clues and a weird fossil down by the river their investigation is going nowhere. Except now Kit’s fallen ill and strange things are happening with Eddie’s body… 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: Emily Gale

Topics covered

  • Australian writing
  • children's literature
  • investigation
  • coming of age
  • literary culture

Keywords

  • Emily Gale
  • The Wild Unknown
  • children's books
  • Australian authors
  • literary culture

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Wild Unknown, I Am Out With Lanterns, Elsewhere Girls, Outlaw Girls

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