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Thomas Keneally

Mariella Frostrup talks to Thomas Keneally about his new novel, Crimes of the Father.

In his new novel Crimes of the Father, Thomas Keneally writes about the legacy of child abuse in the Australian Catholic Church. He talks to Mariella about exploring this disturbing history.

Meike Ziervogel discusses the impact writing in a second language has had on her fiction; and Peter Kemp and Antonia Hodgson reveal their literary pet peeves after novelist Colm Toibin complained that modern novels have too many flashbacks.

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28 minutes

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Thu 22 Jun 2017 15:30

Chapters

  • Thomas Keneally

    Duration: 10:49

  • Meike Ziervogel

    Duration: 04:23

  • Pet peeves in literature

    Duration: 12:10

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Mariella Frostrup
Interviewed Guest Thomas Keneally
Interviewed Guest Meike Ziervogel
Interviewed Guest Peter Kemp
Interviewed Guest Antonia Hodgson

Broadcasts

  • Sun 18 Jun 2017 16:00
  • Thu 22 Jun 2017 15:30

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