Guardian Australia's book club
In Guardian Australia's monthly book club, we invite you to a chat about our favourite new – and classic – Australian reads
Charlotte Wood: ‘The artists I most respect have a real acceptance of the animal self’
Guardian Australia's book club: Charlotte Wood in conversation with Lucy Clark – video
Guardian Australia’s book club: join Charlotte Wood on creativity, curiosity and a rich inner life
One of Australia’s best known novelists joins Guardian Australia features editor Lucy Clark – and you – to discuss her new book, The Luminous Solution
Warren Ellis on the performance that changed him: ‘The room transformed. I could see flames’
The Bad Seed and Dirty Three bandmember had a life-changing encounter with Nina Simone in 1999. At Guardian Australia’s monthly Zoom book club, he reflected on stealing her chewing gum – and its lingering significance
Guardian Australia’s Book Club: join Warren Ellis to discuss Nina Simone’s Gum
For this month’s Zoom book club, the acclaimed Australian musician will join us from his UK tour with Nick Cave to discuss his life, his career and his deeply original book with Andrew Stafford – and with you
‘The last person to touch it was Nina Simone’: Nick Cave and Warren Ellis on an old piece of chewing gum
Warren Ellis will discuss his forthcoming book, Nina Simone’s Gum, at Guardian Australia’s Zoom book club on Thursday. Below is an extract about the masticated relic he held on to for decades
Omar Sakr, Yassmin Abdel-Magied and Evelyn Araluen – on poetry in the pandemic
At Guardian Australia’s monthly Zoom book club, the poets and thinkers discussed contemporary Australian poetry – and read some of their own
Yassmin Abdel-Magied performs a new poem ahead of Guardian Australia's Book Club – video
Australian Poetry Month: watch Yassmin Abdel-Magied perform There’s So Much I Could Write Poetry About
Guardian Australia’s Book Club: join us to celebrate the inaugural Australian Poetry Month
We’ve joined forces with Red Room Poetry to bring present a very special poetry-themed edition of our interactive Zoom book club, with guests Omar Sakr, Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Evelyn Araluen – and you!
Norman Swan on what really makes us healthy
Dr Norman Swan has become a household name over the past 18 months thanks to his work for the ABC and his podcast Coronacast. Now he’s written a book that tries to answer common questions about health and wellness. Features editor Lucy Clark talks to Swan about how to sort myth from fact and what good health really is
Guardian Australia’s book club: join Norman Swan on health, freedom, and the idea of ‘normal’
One of Australia’s most well-known health broadcasters, Norman Swan will join Lucy Clark – and you – to discuss his new book, So You Think You Know What’s Good For You? plus health, stress, nutrition, and the whole wellness thing
Emily Maguire on family and hoarding
When do the objects we love become a health hazard? In this recording of Guardian Australia’s monthly book club, author Emily Maguire discusses her latest novel, Love Objects, with features editor Lucy Clark
Hoarding, sex tapes, consent and class: Emily Maguire on her new novel Love Objects
The two main characters of Maguire’s book have their consent breached in very different ways. She spoke to Guardian Australia’s Lucy Clark as part of Guardian Australia’s monthly book club
Guardian Australia’s book club: join Emily Maguire to discuss hoarding, class and consent
In Maguire’s novel Love Objects, two women are embroiled in two different crises: one, a university sex scandal; the other, a diagnosis. She’ll discuss how both intersect with class in a conversation with Lucy Clark – and with you
Rick Morton on love and trauma
In this recording of Guardian Australia’s monthly book club, the journalist and author discusses his book My Year of Living Vulnerably
Rick Morton: 'We need to guard against the idea that we're in a competition of pain'
At Guardian Australia’s Zoom book club, the journalist and commentator opened up about his diagnosis of complex PTSD and what it taught him about love
Men have had the vulnerability bashed out of them. We need to learn how to love
How to raise girls in a challenging world
Guardian Australia's book club: join Rick Morton to talk about men, vulnerability and complex PTSD
Morton’s new book, My Year of Living Vulnerably, traverses the road to healing after his diagnosis. He’ll discuss his quest for love and beauty with Michael Williams – and with you
‘Put down our chisels and pick up our watering cans’: how to raise girls in a challenging world
Appearing at Guardian Australia’s Zoom book club, authors Kasey Edwards and Madonna King shared their research and wisdom with Lucy Clark
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