The Bookshelf
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The Bookshelf

by ABC Australia

Insights from recent episode analysis

Audience Interest

Estimated Reach: 250,001+
Listeners across platforms

Podcast Focus

Categories: arts · books

Publishing Consistency

Frequency: Irregular
200+ episodes since 2021

Platform Reach

Insights are generated by CastFox AI using publicly available data, episode content, and proprietary models.

Most discussed topics

book reviews
7
literature
4
australian literature
3
wildlife
1
poetry
1
stella prize
1

Brands & references

What We Can Know2
The Road2
Wild Dark Shore2
Burial Rites2
Devotion2
Always Home Always Homesick2
Brawler2
The Last of Earth1
Generic platforms filtered out.
High Confidence

Est. Listeners

250,001+

Based on iTunes & Spotify (publisher stats).

  • Per-Episode Audience

    Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days

    25,001 - 50,000
  • Monthly Reach

    Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)

    25,001 - 75,000
  • Active Followers

    Loyal subscribers who consistently listen

    15,001 - 40,000

Market Insights

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Platform Distribution

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* Data sourced directly from platform APIs and aggregated hourly across all major podcast directories.

On the show

From 11 eps

Hosts

KE
Kate Evans
10 eps
CM
Cassie McCullagh
7 eps
K
Kate
1 ep
C
Cassie
1 ep

Recent guests

13 across last 11 eps
HK
Hannah Kent
4 eps
TW
Tom Wright
3 eps
TB
Tony Birch
2 eps
TR
Tim Rogers
2 eps
MR
Michael Robotham
2 eps
BS
Beejay Silcox
1 ep
MG
Madeleine Gray
1 ep
GW
Geordie Williamson
1 ep
CM
Colum McCann
1 ep
SB
Shannon Burns
1 ep
JS
Jock Serong
1 ep
EM
Emily Maguire
1 ep
RG
Roanna Gonsalves
1 ep

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1h 00m 56s

The Bookshelf Festival Special: Irish Writer Colum McCann

Apr 3, 2026

54m 37s

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Chart Positions

6 placements across 5 markets.