Jenny Erpenbeck's Kairos, winner of the 2024 International Booker Prize

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Cassie and Kate discuss Jenny Erpenbecks' Kairos (winner of the 2024 International Booker Prize) with critic Declan Fry - originally broadcast August 2023 when the book was first published; and interviews with writers A K Blakemore (The Glutton), Daniel Mason (North Woods) and Gretchen Shirm (The Crying Room) by Kate Evans.

BOOKS

Jenny Erpenbeck, Kairos, translated from the German by Michael Hofmann, Granta
A K Blakemore, The Glutton, Granta
Daniel Mason, North Woods, John Murray
Gretchen Shirm, The Crying Room, Transit Lounge.

GUESTS

Declan Fry, poet, essayist and critic – who regularly reviews for the Age/ SMH, the Guardian and ABC Arts online.
A K Blakemore, English poet and writer whose novels are The Manningtree Witches and The Glutton
Daniel Mason, American writer, physician and academic, whose novels include The Piano Tuner, The Winter Soldier, A Registry of my Passage Upon the Earth and North Woods
Gretchen Shirm, Australian essayist, critic, novelist and shortstory writer whose books are Having Cried Wolf, Where the Light Falls and The Crying Room

CREDITS

Presenter/ Producer: Kate Evans
Sound Engineer: Ann-Marie De Bettencor
Executive Producer: Rhiannon Brown

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