Eighteen year old Aaron is creative, resourceful and addicted to heroin. Kicked out of home by his mum and living rough on the streets of South Melbourne, he dreams of getting straight and starting again – but the system lets him down at every turn. Debut author and winner of the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript, Mick Cummins, swings by the studio to talk about his soulful and humane novel So Close To Home, which is informed by his experience as a social worker.
Also on the show, poet and editor Clarisse Stevens gives us the lowdown on What You Become, a new anthology by RMIT students of Professional Writing and Editing, which poses the question: what happens when change is inevitable?
About this program
Championing stylish wordsmiths and sterling conversation, Literati Glitterati is a weekly book show that loves a good story, well told.
LITERATI GLITTERATI SALON: A MONTHLY BOOK CLUB
Join Mel and a rotating roster of bookish conversationalists as they unpack Literati Glitterati’s book of the month.
Expect a spiriting assortment of cult classics, forgotten wonders, timeless treasures, zesty new releases and pulp fictions wrestled straight from the zeitgeist by Mel herself.
Each book will be announced a month out from the special, so that you can read along at home. On the last Wednesday of every month, tune into Literati Glitterati from midday till 1pm with your thoughts and feelings ready: we’ll be taking questions through the text line.
Literati Glitterati Salon: a monthly book club for folks who like a good story, well told.
Literati Glitterati Salon returns in March 2025.
