2021 has been an amazing year for books – even with the complications of a pandemic – with strong debuts from Alice Pung and Diana Reid, another winner from Liane Moriarty and some blockbusters from international authors such as Lauren Groff and our own writers Sean Kelly and Annika Smethurst.

Today on Please Explain, deputy culture editor Melanie Kembrey joins Nathanael Cooper for a guide on what to read this summer.

2021 has been an amazing year for books &ndash; even with the complications of a pandemic &ndash; with strong debuts from Alice Pung and Diana Reid, another winner from Liane Moriarty and some blockbusters from international authors such as Lauren Groff and our own writers Sean Kelly and Annika Smethurst.
Today on Please Explain, deputy culture editor Melanie Kembrey joins Nathanael Cooper for a guide on what to read this summer.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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