Memoirs, Music, Mystery: new works from Sam Sussman, Sarah Hall, Margaret Atwood

NOV 27, 202554 MIN
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Memoirs, Music, Mystery: new works from Sam Sussman, Sarah Hall, Margaret Atwood

NOV 27, 202554 MIN

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<p>Superstars of the literary and musical world this week: Margaret Atwood’s new memoir; Hannah Kent’s critical readings; Stuart Coupe’s musical knowledge; Bob Dylan . . . OK, well he’s not exactly on the show, but he’s the subject of MUCH literary speculation in a buzzy new release by New Yorker Sam Sussman. Also – the voice of the wind howls, laughs and taunts its subjects, in an inventive piece of writing from Sarah Hall.</p><p>BOOKS </p><ul><li>Sam Sussman, Boy from the North Country, Grove Press </li><li>Sarah Hall, Helm, Faber </li><li>Margaret Atwood, Books of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts, Chatto &amp; Windus </li></ul><p>GUESTS </p><ul><li><p>Hannah Kent, novelist and memoirist whose books include Burial Rites, The Good People, Devotion and – most recently - Always Home, Always Homesick: A Love Letter to Iceland</p></li><li>Stuart Coupe, music writer and promoter whose books include Roadies: The Secret History of Australian Rock’n’ Roll; Shake Some Action: My Life In Music, (and Other Stuff); and – most recently – Saffron Incorporated: The First King Of King Of The Cross And Fifty Years Of Sex, Murder, Music And Mayhem </li></ul><p>OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED</p><ul><li>The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman, Niko Stratis</li><li>Harley Loco, Rayya Elias</li><li>Happy Doll series, Jonathan Ames</li><li>All the Way to the River, Elizabeth Gilbert</li><li>The History of Sound, Ben Shattuck</li><li>Linea Maja Ernst, Waist Deep (translated by Sherilyn Hellberg)</li><li>Deborah Levy, Hot Milk</li><li>Heart the Lover, Lily King</li><li>Bread of Angels, Patti Smith</li></ul><p>CREDITS</p><ul><li>Presenter, Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh</li><li>Producer, Kate Evans and Sarah Corbett</li><li>Sound engineer, Roi Hubermann and Harvey O'Sullivan</li><li>Arts editor, Rhiannon Brown</li></ul>