Tim Ayliffe's Dark Desert Road

About this episode

Tim Ayliffe discusses his novel Dark Desert Road and the themes of Australian 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. Tim Ayliffe is a journalist and author. Tim is the author of the standalone novel, Dark Desert Road, and the ‘John Bailey’ series. 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: Tim Ayliffe

Topics covered

• Australian writing
• literary culture
• journalism
• storytelling
• author interviews

Keywords

• Tim Ayliffe
• Dark Desert Road
• Australian authors
• literary culture
• journalism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Final Draft, 2SER 107.3FM

Books & works: Dark Desert Road

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