Two motherless girls begin their lives in Honeysuckle, Louisiana, but they take paths that are worlds apart.

Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage, winner of the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction, has written another unforgettable story. Her new novel, Kin, centres a complex relationship between childhood best friends, showing how the bonds between mothers, daughters and friends are tested by affluence and inequality, love and desire and a wide world of adventure.

Hear Tayari talking with Miles Franklin Literary Award winner Shankari Chandran about her rich and emotional new work.

This episode was recorded live in May at the 2026 Sydney Writers’ Festival. If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and follow our channel. 

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Two motherless girls begin their lives in Honeysuckle, Louisiana, but they take paths that are worlds apart.
Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage, winner of the 2019 Women&rsquo;s Prize for Fiction, has written another unforgettable story. Her new novel,&nbsp;Kin, centres a complex relationship between childhood best friends, showing how the bonds between mothers, daughters and friends are tested by affluence and inequality, love and desire and a wide world of adventure.
Hear Tayari talking with Miles Franklin Literary Award winner Shankari Chandran about her rich and emotional new work.
This episode was recorded live in May at the 2026 Sydney Writers&rsquo; Festival. If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and follow our channel.&nbsp;
Sydney Writers&rsquo; Festival podcasts are available on all major podcast platforms.
After more? Follow Sydney Writers&rsquo; Festival on social media:
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Tayari Jones: Kin

Louisa goes for a walk along the beach with her father, but only she returns.

The new novel from Susan Choi, multi-award-winning writer including the National Book Award and a Lambda Literary Award, is a sweeping, international family drama that was shortlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize. Flashlight, described by The Guardian as a return to the great American novel of the 20th century, beguiled readers for its examination of absence and silence in a small family rocked by the assumed death of Louisa’s father.

Listen to Susan as discuss relationships and alienation in her new novel, in conversation with Beejay Silcox.

This episode was recorded live in May at the 2026 Sydney Writers’ Festival. If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and follow our channel. 

Sydney Writers’ Festival podcasts are available on all major podcast platforms.

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Louisa goes for a walk along the beach with her father, but only she returns.
The new novel from Susan Choi, multi-award-winning writer including the National Book Award and a Lambda Literary Award, is a sweeping, international family drama that was shortlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize. Flashlight, described by&nbsp;The Guardian as a return to the great American novel of the 20th century, beguiled readers for its examination of absence and silence in a small family rocked by the assumed death of Louisa&rsquo;s father.
Listen to Susan as discuss relationships and alienation in her new novel, in conversation with Beejay Silcox.
This episode was recorded live in May at the 2026 Sydney Writers&rsquo; Festival. If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and follow our channel.&nbsp;
Sydney Writers&rsquo; Festival podcasts are available on all major podcast platforms.
After more? Follow Sydney Writers&rsquo; Festival on social media:
Instagram: @sydwritersfest Facebook: @SydWritersFest TikTok: @sydwritersfest

Susan Choi: Flashlight

Longlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize, Endling is an inventive, bold and original debut which follows three angry women and one endangered snail on a road trip across contemporary Ukraine.

Named a Best Book of 2025 by The Guardian, The Observer, The Washington Post, The New Yorker and NPR, Maria Reva’s debut novel Endling took the world by storm, delighting readers with its playfulness, dark humour, gripping plot and heartfelt message.

Hear Maria discuss her wildly successful debut in conversation with Beejay Silcox.

This episode was recorded live in May at the 2026 Sydney Writers’ Festival. If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and follow our channel. 

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Longlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize,&nbsp;Endling&nbsp;is an inventive, bold and original debut which follows three angry women and one endangered snail on a road trip across contemporary Ukraine.
Named a Best Book of 2025 by The&nbsp;Guardian, The&nbsp;Observer, The Washington Post,&nbsp;The New Yorker and&nbsp;NPR, Maria Reva&rsquo;s debut novel&nbsp;Endling took the world by storm, delighting readers with its playfulness, dark humour, gripping plot and heartfelt message.
Hear Maria discuss her wildly successful debut in conversation with Beejay Silcox.
This episode was recorded live in May at the 2026 Sydney Writers&rsquo; Festival. If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and follow our channel.&nbsp;
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Maria Reva: Endling

His deeply researched and intricately crafted non-fiction has captivated the world.

Award-winning staff writer at The New Yorker and bestselling author Patrick Radden Keefe is known for his international bestsellers, including the Baillie Gifford Prize–winning Empire of Pain and National Book Critics Circle Award–winning Say Nothing. His newest work, London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth, starts with the tragic death of a teenager, swiftly revealing modern London’s terrifying underworld.

Listen to Patrick unpack his riveting catalogue of true stories of greed, power and violence, in conversation with Walkley Award-winning writer Sarah Krasnostein.

This episode was recorded live in May at the 2026 Sydney Writers’ Festival. If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and follow our channel. 

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His deeply researched and intricately crafted non-fiction has captivated the world.
Award-winning staff writer at The New Yorker and bestselling author Patrick Radden Keefe is known for his international bestsellers, including the Baillie Gifford Prize&ndash;winning&nbsp;Empire of Pain&nbsp;and National Book Critics Circle Award&ndash;winning&nbsp;Say Nothing. His newest work, London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family&rsquo;s Search for Truth, starts with the tragic death of a teenager, swiftly revealing modern London&rsquo;s terrifying underworld.
Listen to Patrick unpack his riveting catalogue of true stories of greed, power and violence, in conversation with Walkley Award-winning writer Sarah Krasnostein.
This episode was recorded live in May at the 2026 Sydney Writers&rsquo; Festival. If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and follow our channel.&nbsp;
Sydney Writers&rsquo; Festival podcasts are available on all major podcast platforms.
After more? Follow Sydney Writers&rsquo; Festival on social media:
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