Penny Tangey’s What Rhymes With Murder

About this episode

Penny Tangey discusses her debut novel 'What Rhymes With Murder' and the intersection of libraries and storytelling.

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. Penny Tangey is a librarian, mother and former stand-up comedian living in East Melbourne. What Rhymes with Murder? is Penny’s first novel for adults. Libraries are quiet respectful places full of avid readers, dedicated students, and occasional shushes. They certainly aren’t the place for crying babies, and absolutely not an appropriate place for a murder. And yet here Frida finds herself, trying to deal with both. 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: Penny Tangey

Topics covered

• Australian writing
• literary culture
• murder mystery
• libraries
• storytelling

Keywords

• Penny Tangey
• What Rhymes With Murder
• murder mystery
• libraries
• Australian authors

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Final Draft, 2SER 107.3FM

Books & works: What Rhymes With Murder

Places: East Melbourne

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