https://www.sbs.com.au/audio/podcast/the-sbs-book-clubGrab your favourite nibbles and take a seat for the SBS Book Club, hosted by Sarah Malik. Read and listen along as we delve into the year’s best novels - chatting with some of the biggest names in Australian publishing including Tony Birch, Melissa Lucashenko, Shankari Chandran, Mirandi Riwoe and more. We’ll discuss the book characters you love, hate, and love to hate. We'll dive into portrayals of what Australia was, is and could be. And we'll explore themes of war, race, family, friendship, love and the power of a great story. Get ready for some book club brawls and good times.en-usStreamGuys RecastCopyright 2025, Special Broadcasting ServicesSBSGrab your favourite nibbles and take a seat for the SBS Book Club, hosted by Sarah Malik. Read and listen along as we delve into the year’s best novels - chatting with some of the biggest names in Australian publishing including Tony Birch, Melissa Lucashenko, Shankari Chandran, Mirandi Riwoe and more. We’ll discuss the book characters you love, hate, and love to hate. We'll dive into portrayals of what Australia was, is and could be. And we'll explore themes of war, race, family, friendship, love and the power of a great story. Get ready for some book club brawls and good times.Grab your favourite nibbles and take a seat for the SBS Book Club, hosted by Sarah Malik. Read and listen along as we delve into the year’s best novels - chatting with some of the biggest names in Australian publishing including Tony Birch, Melissa Lucashenko, Shankari Chandran, Mirandi Riwoe and more. We’ll discuss the book characters you love, hate, and love to hate. We'll dive into portrayals of what Australia was, is and could be. And we'll explore themes of war, race, family, friendship, love and the power of a great story. Get ready for some book club brawls and good times.falseepisodicSBS Audioaudio@sbs.com.auhttps://sbs-rss.streamguys1.com/sbs/20231228083804-SBS-Podcasts_BookClub_3000x3000px_finaltwo.jpghttps://www.sbs.com.au/audio/podcast/the-sbs-book-clubSBS,Books and literature,Book artsGudanji-Wakaja author Dr Debra Dank talks to SBS Book Club host Sarah Malik about her debut book 'We Come With This Place', which has been labelled a jewel to rival Australia's great desert memoirs.0000018d-c3c6-d965-a7cd-cbce17d80000https://www.sbs.com.au/audio/podcast-episode/debra-danks-stories-of-outback-aboriginal-life-are-an-ode-to-country/d20vsy0oiGudanji-Wakaja author Dr Debra Dank talks to SBS Book Club host Sarah Malik about her debut book 'We Come With This Place', which has been labelled a jewel to rival Australia's great desert memoirs.Gudanji-Wakaja author Dr Debra Dank talks to SBS Book Club host Sarah Malik about her debut book 'We Come With This Place', which has been labelled a jewel to rival Australia's great desert memoirs.full00:40:33Wed, 21 Feb 2024 09:00:00 +1100In this episode of the SBS Book Club, author Mirandi Riwoe talks to Sarah Malik about writing the historical novel ‘Sunbirds’, and her fascination with exploring the Eurasian experience and cross-cultural relationships. Riwoe won the 2020 Queensland Literary Prize and the ARA Historical Novel Prize for her first book 'Stone Sky Gold Mountain'.0000018d-77a6-df1a-a99f-7ffec7c70000https://www.sbs.com.au/audio/podcast-episode/mirandi-riwoe-writes-about-love-and-war-through-the-eyes-of-eurasian-women/yg0v1wrfuIn this episode of the SBS Book Club, author Mirandi Riwoe talks to Sarah Malik about writing the historical novel ‘Sunbirds’, and her fascination with exploring the Eurasian experience and cross-cultural relationships. Riwoe won the 2020 Queensland Literary Prize and the ARA Historical Novel Prize for her first book 'Stone Sky Gold Mountain'.In this episode of the SBS Book Club, author Mirandi Riwoe talks to Sarah Malik about writing the historical novel ‘Sunbirds’, and her fascination with exploring the Eurasian experience and cross-cultural relationships. Riwoe won the 2020 Queensland Literary Prize and the ARA Historical Novel Prize for her first book 'Stone Sky Gold Mountain'.full00:31:47Wed, 14 Feb 2024 09:45:00 +1100Miles Franklin shortlisted author Yumna Kassab talks to Sarah Malik about her poetic novel 'The Lovers'. It's an unlikely romance between characters Jamila and Aamir, inspired by Lady Chatterley's Lover.0000018d-7727-d266-a3df-f72f08580000https://www.sbs.com.au/audio/podcast-episode/yumna-kassab-explores-love-across-social-divides-in-the-lovers/l5v1v1zd5Miles Franklin shortlisted author Yumna Kassab talks to Sarah Malik about her poetic novel 'The Lovers'. It's an unlikely romance between characters Jamila and Aamir, inspired by Lady Chatterley's Lover.Miles Franklin shortlisted author Yumna Kassab talks to Sarah Malik about her poetic novel 'The Lovers'. It's an unlikely romance between characters Jamila and Aamir, inspired by Lady Chatterley's Lover.full00:32:13Wed, 07 Feb 2024 09:45:00 +1100Author Tony Birch’s latest novel 'Women & Children' is an exploration of family dynamics and domestic violence in working class Melbourne in the 1960s. Told through the eyes of eleven-year-old Joe Cluny, the story is a complex and sensitive picture of a family struggling within a culture of inertia and silence.0000018d-5905-d011-a1dd-dd45122c0000https://www.sbs.com.au/audio/podcast-episode/tony-birch-tackles-the-culture-of-silence-around-family-violence/2euqt817gAuthor Tony Birch’s latest novel 'Women & Children' is an exploration of family dynamics and domestic violence in working class Melbourne in the 1960s. Told through the eyes of eleven-year-old Joe Cluny, the story is a complex and sensitive picture of a family struggling within a culture of inertia and silence.Author Tony Birch’s latest novel 'Women & Children' is an exploration of family dynamics and domestic violence in working class Melbourne in the 1960s. Told through the eyes of eleven-year-old Joe Cluny, the story is a complex and sensitive picture of a family struggling within a culture of inertia and silence.FULL00:35:11Wed, 31 Jan 2024 10:18:00 +1100Edenglassie is the latest novel from acclaimed Goorie author Melissa Lucashenko. It tells an epic story about white settlement from a First Nations' perspective. The author chats with Sarah Malik in this episode of The SBS Book Club.0000018d-2030-dc94-a79f-a8b086b60000https://www.sbs.com.au/audio/podcast-episode/melissa-lucashenko-on-busting-colonial-myths-in-her-sweeping-novel-edenglassie/tbcl2gngpEdenglassie is the latest novel from acclaimed Goorie author Melissa Lucashenko. It tells an epic story about white settlement from a First Nations' perspective. The author chats with Sarah Malik in this episode of The SBS Book Club.Edenglassie is the latest novel from acclaimed Goorie author Melissa Lucashenko. It tells an epic story about white settlement from a First Nations' perspective. The author chats with Sarah Malik in this episode of The SBS Book Club.full00:33:42Wed, 24 Jan 2024 09:45:00 +1100After being told her work "wasn't Australian enough" to get published, author Shankari Chandran was thrilled when her novel 'Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens' won Australia's top literary prize, the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award. The author sits down with Sarah Malik in this first episode of The SBS Book Club podcast.0000018d-0b67-d19e-a1ed-2b77a2bd0000https://www.sbs.com.au/audio/podcast-episode/shankari-chandran-chai-time-at-cinnamon-gardens/g1zidgjn2After being told her work "wasn't Australian enough" to get published, author Shankari Chandran was thrilled when her novel 'Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens' won Australia's top literary prize, the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award. The author sits down with Sarah Malik in this first episode of The SBS Book Club podcast.After being told her work "wasn't Australian enough" to get published, author Shankari Chandran was thrilled when her novel 'Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens' won Australia's top literary prize, the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award. The author sits down with Sarah Malik in this first episode of The SBS Book Club podcast.full00:32:35Wed, 17 Jan 2024 09:49:13 +1100Grab your favourite nibbles and take a seat for a new podcast from SBS Audio, the SBS Book Club. Read along with host Sarah Malik every week as she chats with some of the biggest names in Australian publishing.0000018c-8071-d599-addc-b0f959410000https://www.sbs.com.au/audio/podcast-episode/introducing-the-sbs-book-club/dd7gsbareGrab your favourite nibbles and take a seat for a new podcast from SBS Audio, the SBS Book Club. Read along with host Sarah Malik every week as she chats with some of the biggest names in Australian publishing.Grab your favourite nibbles and take a seat for a new podcast from SBS Audio, the SBS Book Club. Read along with host Sarah Malik every week as she chats with some of the biggest names in Australian publishing.full00:01:26Tue, 19 Dec 2023 16:08:57 +1100