Talking Aussie Books with Camille Booker

Talking Aussie Books with Camille Booker

From Talking Aussie Books by Claudine Tinellis

May 26, 2026 · 39 min · Season 8 · Episode 7

About this episode

Claudine Tinellis interviews award-winning author Camille Booker about her novels and writing journey.

Camille Booker is a Sydney-based award-winning author, an editor, teacher, literary judge and current PhD candidate. Her debut novel ‘What If you Fly’ was longlisted for the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize in 2019 and published by Hawkeye Publishing in 2021. In an interesting twist, this novel underwent a revamp and was re-released this year by Haweye Publishing as ‘Code Name Funnel Web’. A dark, twisty tale of a young Australian woman’s brave search for her missing brother during WW2 and the lengths she went to in aid of this mission. Much like Camille’s second novel ‘The Woman in the Waves’, I absolutely devoured 'Code Name Funnel Web' and was more than a little delighted to have the chance to chat with Camille about it on the podcast recently.

People in this episode

Host: Claudine Tinellis

Guest: Camille Booker

Topics covered

  • Australian literature
  • author interview
  • WW2 fiction
  • book discussion
  • literary awards

Keywords

  • Camille Booker
  • Code Name Funnel Web
  • What If you Fly
  • Australian author
  • WW2 literature

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hawkeye Publishing

Books & works: What If you Fly, Code Name Funnel Web, The Woman in the Waves

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