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Alexis Wright

Award winning novelist Alexis Wright talks to Chris Power.

Chris Power is joined by award-winning Australian writer Alexis Wright, whose new novel Praiseworthy, set in a small Aboriginal town, explores difficult ecological challenges.

Also on the programme, Roland Allen explores the history of writers and their notebooks; and Mark Blacklock and Toby Litt discuss J G Ballard's non-fiction.

Book List – Sunday 26 November and Thursday 30 November

Carpentaria by Alexis Wright
Tracker by Alexis Wright
Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Empire of the Sun by J G Ballard
High Rise by J G Ballard
Selected Nonfiction, 1962–2007 by J. G. Ballard
Reports From The Deep End, stories inspired by J G Ballard

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28 minutes

Last on

Thu 30 Nov 2023 15:30

Broadcasts

  • Sun 26 Nov 2023 16:00
  • Thu 30 Nov 2023 15:30

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