This week on The ABR Podcast, Michael Winkler reviews Chinese Postman by Brian Castro. ‘Reading Castro for plot is like listening to Bob Dylan for melody,’ says Winkler of the prize-winning author of eleven novels. Michael Winkler was the winner of the 2016 Calibre Essay Prize and is the author of Grimmish. Listen to Michael Winkler’s ‘Giving up mirrors: Brian Castro’s soaring stridulation’, published in the October issue of ABR.

This week on The ABR Podcast, Michael Winkler reviews Chinese Postman by Brian Castro. ‘Reading Castro for plot is like listening to Bob Dylan for melody,’ says Winkler of the prize-winning author of eleven novels. Michael Winkler was the winner of the 2016 Calibre Essay Prize and is the author of Grimmish. Listen to Michael Winkler’s ‘Giving up mirrors: Brian Castro’s soaring stridulation’, <a href="https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/current-issue/1007-october-2024-no-469/13134-michael-winkler-reviews-chinese-postman-by-brian-castro">published in the October issue of ABR</a>.

Welcome to The ABR Podcast, produced by Australian Book Review. Released every Thursday, The ABR Podcast features a range of literary highlights, such as reviews, poetry, fiction, interviews, and commentary. Subscribe on iTunes, Google, or Spotify Podcasts, or whichever app you use to listen to your favourite podcasts.

For more information about ABR, visit our website, www.australianbookreview.com.au

Welcome to The ABR Podcast, produced by Australian Book Review. Released every Thursday, The ABR Podcast features a range of literary highlights, such as reviews, poetry, fiction, interviews, and commentary. Subscribe on iTunes, Google, or Spotify Podcasts, or whichever app you use to listen to your favourite podcasts.
For more information about&nbsp;ABR, visit our website, <a href="http://www.australianbookreview.com.au">www.australianbookreview.com.au</a>

Welcome to The ABR Podcast, produced by Australian Book Review. Released every Thursday, The ABR Podcast features a range of literary highlights, such as reviews, poetry, fiction, interviews, and commentary. Subscribe on iTunes, Google, or Spotify Podcasts, or whichever app you use to listen to your favourite podcasts.

The ABR Podcast

ABR is delighted to introduce its brand-new podcast, The ABR Podcast.

Released fortnightly every Wednesday, The ABR Podcast will feature a range of literary highlights, such as reviews, poetry, fiction, interviews, and commentary. Subscribe on the iTunes, Google, or Spotify Podcasts, or whichever app you use to listen to your favourite podcasts.

ABR&nbsp;is delighted to introduce its brand-new podcast,&nbsp;The ABR Podcast.
Released fortnightly every Wednesday,&nbsp;The ABR Podcast&nbsp;will feature a range of literary highlights, such as reviews, poetry, fiction, interviews, and commentary. Subscribe on the iTunes, Google, or Spotify Podcasts, or whichever app you use to listen to your favourite podcasts.

‘Giving up mirrors: Brian Castro’s soaring stridulation’ by Michael Winkler

This week on The ABR Podcast, Neil Thomas reviews On Xi Jinping: How Xi’s Marxist Nationalism is shaping China and the world by Kevin Rudd. Thomas explains that even China watchers find it hard to be clear on the thoughts and plans of the leader of the Chinese Communist Party. They disagree, he tells us, on basic, critical questions, such as for how long Xi will rule. ‘Enter Kevin Rudd’, Thomas writes. ‘In his latest book, former prime minister Kevin Rudd adds a worthy new chapter to his life of public service, digesting thousands of pages of “Xi Jinping Thought” so that you do not have to’. Neil Thomas is a Fellow on Chinese Politics at Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis in Washington DC. Here is Neil Thomas with 'The red thread: Xi Jinping's ideology of power' by Neil Thomas, published in the December issue of ABR.

This week on The ABR Podcast, Neil Thomas reviews On Xi Jinping: How Xi&rsquo;s Marxist Nationalism is shaping China and the world by Kevin Rudd.&nbsp;Thomas explains that even China watchers find it hard to be clear on the thoughts and plans of the leader of the Chinese Communist Party. They disagree, he tells us, on basic, critical questions, such as for how long Xi will rule. &lsquo;Enter Kevin Rudd&rsquo;, Thomas writes. &lsquo;In his latest book, former prime minister Kevin Rudd adds a worthy new chapter to his life of public service, digesting thousands of pages of &ldquo;Xi Jinping Thought&rdquo; so that you do not have to&rsquo;. Neil Thomas is a Fellow on Chinese Politics at Asia Society Policy Institute&rsquo;s Center for China Analysis in Washington DC.&nbsp;Here is Neil Thomas with 'The red thread: Xi Jinping's ideology of power' by Neil Thomas, published in the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/current-issue/1010-december-2024-no-471/13358-neil-thomas-reviews-on-xi-jinping-how-xi-s-marxist-nationalism-is-shaping-china-and-the-world-by-kevin-rudd">December issue of&nbsp;ABR</a>.

'The red thread: Xi Jinping's ideology of power' by Neil Thomas

This week on The ABR Podcast Jonathan Ricketson reviews The Season by Helen Garner. Ricketson explains that The Season is a memoir of Garner watching her grandson ‘Amby play for the Flemington Juniors in the Under-16s, from February to August 2023’. The experience involves an effacement of self, the grandmother on the sidelines rendered a ‘silent witness’. Jonathan Ricketson is completing a PhD in Creative Writing at Monash University, where he is working on a novel. Here is Jonathan Ricketson with ‘Silent witness: A ‘little life-hymn’ from Helen Garner’, published in the December issue of ABR. 

This week on The ABR Podcast Jonathan Ricketson reviews The Season by Helen Garner. Ricketson explains that The Season is a memoir of Garner watching her grandson &lsquo;Amby play for the Flemington Juniors in the Under-16s, from February to August 2023&rsquo;. The experience involves an effacement of self, the grandmother on the sidelines rendered a &lsquo;silent witness&rsquo;. Jonathan Ricketson is completing a PhD in Creative Writing at Monash University, where he is working on a novel. Here is Jonathan Ricketson with &lsquo;Silent witness: A &lsquo;little life-hymn&rsquo; from Helen Garner&rsquo;, published in the <a href="https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/current-issue/1010-december-2024-no-471/13365-jonathan-ricketson-reviews-the-season-by-helen-garner">December issue of ABR</a>.

‘Silent witness: A ‘little life-hymn’ from Helen Garner’ by Jonathan Ricketson

OnThe ABR Podcast this week, Robyn Arianrhod reviews Nexus: A brief history of information networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari. Under the category ‘information networks’, Harari puts oral stories, clay tablets, chalkboards, newspapers, computers and more. Arianrhod writes: ‘Harari aims to illustrate these dilemmas so that we … are better prepared to handle the AI revolution’. Robyn Arianrhod is an Affiliate in Monash’s School of Mathematics and the author of Vector: A surprising story of space, time, and mathematical transformation. Listen to Robyn Arianrhod’s ‘Out of the loop:Relaying information across time’, published in the November issue of ABR. 

On The ABR Podcast this week, Robyn Arianrhod reviews Nexus: A brief history of information networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari. Under the category ‘information networks’, Harari puts oral stories, clay tablets, chalkboards, newspapers, computers and more. Arianrhod writes: ‘Harari aims to illustrate these dilemmas so that we … are better prepared to handle the AI revolution’. Robyn Arianrhod is an Affiliate in Monash’s School of Mathematics and the author of Vector: A surprising story of space, time, and mathematical transformation. Listen to Robyn Arianrhod’s ‘Out of the loop: Relaying information across time’, <a href="https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/archive/2024/november-2024-no-470/1008-november-2024-no-470/13260-robyn-arianrhod-reviews-nexus-a-brief-history-of-information-networks-from-the-stone-age-to-ai-by-yuval-noah-harari">published in the November issue of ABR</a>.

On the The ABR Podcast this week, Robyn Arianrhod reviews Nexus: A brief history of information networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari. Under the category ‘information networks’, Harari puts oral stories, clay tablets, chalkboards, newspapers, computers and more. Arianrhod writes: ‘Harari aims to illustrate these dilemmas so that we … are better prepared to handle the AI revolution’. Robyn Arianrhod is an Affiliate in Monash’s School of Mathematics and the author of Vector: A surprising story of space, time, and mathematical transformation. Listen to Robyn Arianrhod’s ‘Out of the loop: Relaying information across time’, published in the November issue of ABR.

‘Giving up mirrors: Brian Castro’s soaring stridulation’ by Michael Winkler

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