Fans of Australian authors received a treat late last year when Claudia Karvan embarked on a literary journey to celebrate our love of books, met some of our most beloved and brilliant writers, and explored our Australian identity through the place, its people and the power of our stories in ‘Books that made us’ from the ABC. In this 3 episode series Claudia highlighted a diverse range of both modern and past Australian classic stories. The series is available to stream for free via iview so why not (re)watch the series and be inspired to read one or more of the amazing titles featured. The Library has all of the books mentioned in the show available for reserve, simply click on a cover or title.
Episode 1 – People
- The slap – Christos Tsiolkas
- True history of the Kelly gang – Peter Carey
- The choke – Sofie Laguna
- They’re a weird mob – Nino Culotta
- The lebs – Michael Mohammed Ahmad
- Too much lip – Melissa Lucashenko
- Grand days – Frank Moorhouse
- Honeybee – Craig Silvey
- Cloudstreet – Tim Winton
Episode 2 – Place
- The secret river – Kate Grenville
- Benevolence – Julie Janson
- For the term of his natural life – Marcus Clarke
- Gould’s book of fish – Richard Flanagan
- Death of a river guide – Richard Flanagan
- My brilliant career – Miles Franklin
- Monkey grip – Helen Garner
- Johnno – David Malouf
- Boy swallows universe – Trent Dalton
- Voss – Patrick White
- Carpentaria – Alexis Wright
Episode 3 – Power
- Big little lies – Liane Moriarty
- The natural way of things – Charlotte Wood
- Puberty blues – Kathy Lette and Gabrielle Carey
- Crimes of the father – Thomas Keneally
- Power without glory – Frank Hardy
- That deadman dance – Kim Scott
- The yield – Tara June Winch
