Listen to 'The Temperature' by Katerina Gibson, and 'Cactus Pear For My Beloved' by Samah Sabawi41:0418 September 2024

Mel chats with Katerina Gibson on her new book 'The Temperature', a collection of short stories about climate change in contemporary Australia. Then, Samah Sabawi discusses her novel 'Cactus Pear For My Beloved', a family story from Gaza.

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.

Intermezzo

OCTOBER'S BOOK: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney.

Mel will be joined on Wednesday 30 October by writers Madison Griffiths and Laura McPhee-Browne, and director of Melbourns Writers Festival Veronica Sullivan, to observe the master of modern manners, our fave millennial Marxist Sally Rooney.

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