Was gold miner turned country headmaster Joseph Connor a hero or a villain? When Kate Grenville found a series of 19th century letters either praising him or condemning him, her curiosity was piqued. In ‘The Country Schoolmaster, A Mystery in 88 Letters’ she works her way through the letters trying to understand Connor and what was really happening back then. The book is a complex investigation in which Grenville brings us a fascinating slice of life in the bush in 1880 - floods, fires and poverty and suddenly the extra pressure of  having to send the kids to school.

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The late Moya Costello has been described as a “ a luminous voice in Australian literature”. On the anniversary of Moya’s death Pink Shorts Press have decided to keep that voice alive and have re-released Moya’s 2000 novel ‘The Office as a Boat’. The story is set against a backdrop of a never-ending heatwave and is an amusing  account of claustrophobic office politics combined with a touch of magic realism. A quarter of a century after it first appeared it has a surprising relevance as current office life teeters on the verge of changing forever.

Guests:

Kate Grenville, author

And Cath reviews ‘The Office as a Boat’

Find out more

https://kategrenville.com.au/

@pinkshortspress

 

Was gold miner turned country headmaster Joseph Connor a hero or a villain? When Kate Grenville found a series of 19th century letters either praising him or condemning him, her curiosity was piqued. In &lsquo;The Country Schoolmaster, A Mystery in 88 Letters&rsquo; she works her way through the letters trying to understand Connor and what was really happening back then. The book is a complex investigation in which Grenville brings us a fascinating slice of life in the bush in 1880 - floods, fires and poverty and suddenly the extra pressure of &nbsp;having to send the kids to school.
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The late Moya Costello has been described as a &ldquo; a luminous voice in Australian literature&rdquo;. On the anniversary of Moya&rsquo;s death Pink Shorts Press have decided to keep that voice alive and have re-released Moya&rsquo;s 2000 novel &lsquo;The Office as a Boat&rsquo;. The story is set against a backdrop of a never-ending heatwave and is an amusing &nbsp;account of claustrophobic office politics combined with a touch of magic realism. A quarter of a century after it first appeared it has a surprising relevance as current office life teeters on the verge of changing forever.
Guests:
Kate Grenville, author
And Cath reviews &lsquo;The Office as a Boat&rsquo;
Find out more
https://kategrenville.com.au/
@pinkshortspress
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Welcome to Tsundoku – the podcast for addicted readers.  Tsundoku is the Japanese word for that pile of books by your bed – the ones you fully intend to read – sometime!  If you can’t resist a good story, are endlessly curious about new books and love nothing better than discussing an old favourite – this is the podcast for you. In Tsundoku we’ll talk to the authors of the moment, we’ll pull out the ‘hits and memories’ from years past and chat them back into life, and we’ll talk to readers from all walks of life about how they acquired their reading passion, their all time favourites … and what books they have waiting in their Tsundoku.

Welcome to Tsundoku &ndash; the podcast for addicted readers.&nbsp;&nbsp;Tsundoku&nbsp;is the Japanese word for that pile of books by your bed &ndash; the ones you fully intend to read &ndash; sometime!&nbsp;&nbsp;If you can&rsquo;t resist a good story, are endlessly curious about new books and love nothing better than discussing an old favourite &ndash; this is the podcast for you. In Tsundoku we&rsquo;ll talk to the authors of the moment, we&rsquo;ll pull out the &lsquo;hits and memories&rsquo; from years past and chat them back into life, and we&rsquo;ll talk to readers from all walks of life about how they acquired their reading passion,&nbsp;their&nbsp;all time favourites &hellip; and what books they have waiting in their Tsundoku.