Literary Anything

For this month's Literary Anything podcast we're sharing Fleur McDonald in conversation with Nina Campbell. Fleur is such an amazing storyteller (obviously)! In this convo, she shares funny stories about her time in Kalgoorlie while researching her book 'The Prospect'. She also talks about farm life, her advocacy work, flying planes and the one time she wrote 60,000 words in one week!

Salma and Jasmine are in their visors and tennis whites to discuss romance novel 'Game Point' by Meg Jones. 🎾📚 This is the perfect summer read, especially if you're missing the Australian Open!

They also discuss what other books they've been reading over summer, and some anticipated reads for 2026!

And sorry, at about half way through Salma choked on water and sounds a bit croaky for the rest of the pod. 😂

Books they mention:
Clean Point – Meg Jones
Match Point- Meg Jones
Set Point – Meg Jones
The Elements – John Boyne
Last Shot – Jock Zonfrillo
Watching You – Helen Fields
A Well-Trained Wife – Tia Livings
Demon Copperhead – Barbara Kingsolver
My Dark Vanessa - Kate Elizabeth Russell
Half His Age – Jennette McCurdy
My Husband's Wife – Alice Feeney
The Prospect – Fleur McDonald

Bonus episode! We thought we'd give you some extra content to consume in January, for those still on holidays or for those long car rides.

We’re sharing our author talk with SA Storytellers Nicole Yates, Robert Horne and Satish Gupta. This is an interesting conversation covering a diverse range of topics across poetry, politics and South Australian history.

Learn something new and discover local SA voices.

For this month's Literary Anything episode, we're excited to share Alli Parker in conversation with Lyn Dickens at the Marion Cultural Centre Theatre!

Together they discuss Alli's latest book 'Until the Red Leaves Fall', how young historical fiction writers are changing the narrative and how fiction in general is important for building connections and encouraging empathy.

We hope you love this talk as much as we do!

Our favourite episode of the year is out now (a bit late because Salma had jury duty!) Listen to find out the top ten borrowed fiction and non-fiction books for 2025 (for the first time ever there's no James Patterson). Also, Paula and Salma offer some good book recs for summer reading and the books we're looking forward to next year!!

We also farewell Paula from the podcast for now (she'll have FOMO and will be back) and welcome Jasmine who will be joining Salma in 2026!

Books they mention:
House Of My Mother – Shari Franke
Cat Person - Kristen Roupenian
We Solve Murders – Richard Osman
Thursday Murder Club – Richard Osman
Beautiful Ugly – Alice Feeney
The Mushroom Tapes - Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein
The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire – Chloe Hooper
The Trauma Cleaner - Sarah Krasnostein
This House of Grief – Helen Garner
Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver
Mongrel – Hanako Footman
I Want Everything - Dominic Amerena
Wellness - Nathan Hill
The Nix - Nathan Hill
The Let Them Theory – Mel Robbins
Here One Moment – Liane Moriarty
The Memoir Part 1 - Cher
The Whole Truth - Jackie O
A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing – Jessie Tu
Daisy Darker – Alice Feeney
Nemesis – Patricia Wolf
Salt Upon The Water – Lyn Dickens
Until the Red Leaves Fall – Alli Parker
At the Foot of the Cherry Tree – Alli Parker
Average at Best – Astrid Jorgensen
Bird Box - Josh Malerman
The Testaments - Margaret Atwood