In this episode, Kate and Cassie are joined by celebrated novelist Madeleine Gray and rock icon Tim Rogers for a wide-ranging discussion looking at three works of contemporary fiction: Indian writer Amitav Ghosh’s Ghost Eye, a meditation on reincarnation and climate change; Australian writer and musician Edwina Preston’s Sororicidal, a sharp novel of sisterhood and rivalry; and English stylist Gwendoline Riley’s The Palm House, a disquieting portrait of modern life in London.

BOOKS

• Amitav Ghosh, Ghost-Eye (John Murray)
• Edwina Preston, Sororicidal (Picador)
• Gwendoline Riley, The Palm House (Picador)

REVIEWERS

• Madeleine Gray — writer and critic, author of Green Dot and Chosen Family
• Tim Rogers — singer‑songwriter, actor and writer; frontman of You Am I and the Hard‑Ons, currently on a solo tour

OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED

• Britney Spears memoir
• Sinéad O'Connor, memoir
• Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
• Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca
• Edwina Preston, Not Just a Suburban Boy; Bad Art Mother
• Simon Mason, DI Wilkins Mysteries
• Clive James, Unreliable Memoirs
• Charlotte McConaghy, Wild Dark Shore
• Wayne Marshall, Henry Goes Bush
• Larry McMurtry, works
• Joe Boyd, And The Roots of Rhythm Remain

CREDITS

• Presenter, Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh
• Producer, Kate Evans and Sarah Corbett
• Sound, Antonia Gauci and Micky Grossman
• Arts editor, Rhiannon Brown