New Fiction from Melissa Harrison and Malcolm Knox + Mandy Sayer's Top 3

Kate and Cassie with regular reviewer Tom Wright discuss new releases including Melissa Harrison’s The Given World and Malcolm Knox’s The Second Child. Plus, novelist and memoirist Mandy Sayer on her Top 3 Australian books ahead of Radio National's Top 100 Australian Books Countdown. Mandy Sayer's Top 3 Australian Books Christina Stead, The Man Who Loved Children (1940) Robin Dalton, Aunts up the Cross (1965) David Malouf, Johnno (1975) Other books mentioned A.B. Facey, A Fortunate Life George Johnston, My Brother Jack Eric C. Rolls, They All Ran Wild Emily St John Mandel, Exit Party Colm Toibin, The Bridge Barbara Kingsolver, Partita John Boyne, The Weight of Angels Marlon James, The Disappearers Max Porter, works Patrick Gale, works Sarah Moss, works Joseph Furphy, Such is Life Peter Carey, Illywhacker Gerald Munane, The Plains