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Read This is a show about the books we love and the stories behind them, hosted by Michael Williams. Every Thursday, you’ll hear insightful conversations with the smartest, funniest readers and writers we know and in-depth interviews with the best Australian and international authors talking about their lives and their work. You’ll never be left wondering what to read next.
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April 16, 2025
<p>The opening scene of Chris Flynn’s fourth and latest novel, Orpheus Nine, came to him in a dream. Not long after, he had the whole story down from start to finish. This week, Chris and Michael sit down for a conversation about the falsity of certitude, how trauma can re-shape a community, and what The Exorcist, the Bible, and Winnie the Pooh all have in common.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Reading list:</strong></p> <p>A Tiger in Eden, Chris Flynn, 2012</p> <p>The Glass Kingdom, Chris Flynn, 2014</p> <p>Mammoth, Chris Flynn, 2020</p> <p>Here Be Leviathans, Chris Flynn, 2022</p> <p>Orpheus Nine, Chris Flynn, 2025</p> <p> </p> <p>The Cracked Mirror, Christopher Brookmyer, 2024</p> <p> </p> <p>You can find these books and all the others we mentioned at your favourite independent book store. </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Socials:</strong><strong> </strong>Stay in touch with Read This on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/themonthlymagazine/?hl=en">Instagram</a></p> <p><strong>Guest:</strong> Chris Flynn</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
April 9, 2025
<p>Over four decades Niall Williams has made a name for himself as one of Ireland’s leading novelists. In his latest novel, Time of the Child, Niall returns to the fictional village of Faha, in west Ireland, the setting of his previous book, This Is Happiness. Time of the Child centres on the notion of familial love, and as he explains to Michael in this week’s episode, Niall couldn’t have written it without becoming a grandfather himself.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Reading list:</strong></p> <p>Four Letters Of Love, Niall Williams, 1997</p> <p>As It Is In Heaven, Niall Williams, 1999</p> <p>History of the Rain, Niall Williams, 2015</p> <p>This Is Happiness, Niall Williams, 2019</p> <p>Time of the Child, Niall Williams, 2024</p> <p> </p> <p>Unsettled, Kate Grenville, 2025</p> <p> </p> <p>You can find these books and all the others we mentioned at your favourite independent book store. </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Socials:</strong><strong> </strong>Stay in touch with Read This on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/themonthlymagazine/?hl=en">Instagram</a></p> <p><strong>Guest:</strong> Niall Williams</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
April 2, 2025
<p>Turkish-born, Paris-based writer Ayşegül Savaş’s third novel opens with a young, ex-pat couple who are apartment hunting. Both foreigners in the city they live in and unburdened from the usual familial obligations, their days are marked by small pleasures: shopping at a local flea market, drinking coffee together before work, and taking long walks in the park. Like so much of Ayşegül’s writing, The Anthropologists is interested not just in foreignness, but what it means to establish traditions and rituals when you are starting anew. This week, Michael chats with Ayşegül about this latest novel and why she is trying to make foreignness the status quo.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Reading list:</strong></p> <p>Walking on the Ceiling, Ayşegül Savaş, 2019</p> <p>White on White, Ayşegül Savaş, 2021</p> <p>The Anthropologists, Ayşegül Savaş, 2024</p> <p>The Wilderness, Ayşegül Savaş 2024</p> <p> </p> <p>The Confidence Woman, Sophie Quick, 2025</p> <p> </p> <p>You can find these books and all the others we mentioned at your favourite independent book store. </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Socials:</strong><strong> </strong>Stay in touch with Read This on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/themonthlymagazine/?hl=en">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/THEMONTHLY">Twitter</a></p> <p><strong>Guest:</strong> Ayşegül Savaş</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
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