In this episode of your favourite pop-culture gabfest, Andrew and Karl consider: Carol Ann Duffy's The World's Wife, which re-imagines some of history's most famous men as women; Mary Queen of Scots - both book and film - which puts the House of Cards in the House of Stuart; a couple of upcoming royal biographies with a difference; what should we expect of a writers festival - free reign for publishers or a free flow of ideas?; and the pros and cons of scoring freebies at the Cadel Evans road race in Geelong.

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