Ilka Tampke’s How to Love the World
About this episode
Ilka Tampke discusses her latest novel 'How to Love the World' and the themes of uncertainty and nature.
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. Ilka Tampke is an award-winning author, academic and teacher. Her first two novels, Skin and Songwoman explore the druidic culture of Ancient Britain and its disruption by Roman colonisation. Ilka joins us with her latest novel How to Love the World After a horrible morning and a fight with her kids Nellika takes to a trail near her home to ease her soul and release her frustration in nature. Awakening in pain, pinned to the ground, Nellika finds she is trapped under a fallen branch. Does she have three days, or three hours, and what could this injury mean for her life. Stuck in the limbo of uncertainty. 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: Ilka Tampke
Topics covered
- Australian writing
- literary culture
- druidic culture
- parenting
- nature
- uncertainty
Keywords
- Ilka Tampke
- How to Love the World
- Australian authors
- literary culture
- druidic culture
- parenting
- nature
- uncertainty
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: How to Love the World, Skin, Songwoman
Places: Ancient Britain, Roman
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