New Douglas Stuart, a riff on Henry Lawson, Lena Dunham’s Famesick and a Greek island eco-thriller

About this episode

The episode explores new works by Douglas Stuart, a reimagining of Henry Lawson, and various contemporary memoirs and novels.

We head by rackety ferry to Scotland in John of John , the latest, quietly devastating novel from Shuggie Bain author Douglas Stuart. Henry Lawson reimagined - brawling poets, strange tunnels, time loops, and a warped tussle between city and bush in Wayne Marshall’s Henry Goes Bush , reviewed by You Am I's Tim Rogers. From there, novelist Madeleine Gray turns her eye to Lena Dunham’s sharp, self‑aware memoir Famesick , before moving to Ellena Savage’s The Ruiners, which shifts between a Melbourne lobster shack and a smoke‑wreathed Greek island. ~ OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED Norman Lindsay, Bohemians of the Bulletin Ruth Park, Playing Beatie Bow Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist: Essays Lena Dunham, Not That Kind of Girl Joan Didion, works Eve Babitz, works Ellena Savage, Blueberries Charles Dickens, works Charmian Clift, works George Johnston, works Michael Winkler, Griefdogg Rachel Yoder, Nightbitch Colum McCann, Apeirogon Steve MinOn, First Name Second Name Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie James Bailey, Like a Cat Loves a Bird: The Nine Lives of Muriel Spark Lee Lai, Cannon ~ CREDITS Presenter, Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh Producer, Kate Evans and Sarah Corbett Sound engineer…

People in this episode

Hosts: Kate Evans, Cassie McCullagh

Topics covered

• Scottish literature
• memoirs
• Australian poetry
• eco-thrillers
• book reviews

Keywords

• Douglas Stuart
• Henry Lawson
• Famesick
• eco-thriller
• book reviews

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: You Am I

Books & works: Shuggie Bain, Famesick, The Ruiners, Bohemians of the Bulletin, Playing Beatie Bow, Bad Feminist: Essays, Not That Kind of Girl, Blueberries, Griefdogg, Nightbitch

Places: Melbourne, Greece

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