Episode twenty-six: Libby Hathorn -‘ Eventual Poppy Day’, ‘A Soldier , a dog and a Boy’ and T.M Clarke: ‘Tears of the Cheetah’

Libby Hathorn’s  ‘A Soldier, a dog and a boy’ is a picture book for small children about the First World War. ‘Eventual Poppy Day’ is for older readers on the same subject. They are beautifully written stories about a serious subject and with Anzac day coming up in two week s might provide a gentler explanation of just what those old blokes are marching in the street for.

‘Tears of the Cheetah’ is set in South Africa and is a novel about the dangers of  running conservation projects in that country.  T.M Clark grew up in South Africa and most of her novels are set there as she tries to alert her readers to the complex social and political problems facing the country.

Music track : “ Down the river’ by Starboard Cannons

T. M Clark recorded at the ARRC in Melbourne 2016 and Libby Hathorn at  Somerset Literature Festival in 2017

Over the next few weeks I will repeat some of the most popular posts while we catch up on recording new authors.

Sadly, we will not be attending Sydney Writer’s festival this year but we will be going to Bellingen, Byron and Brisbane.

This wonderful double act of writing and reading comes from the ever popular author Graeme Simsion of ‘The Rosie Project ‘ fame and Anne Buist who can usually be found in the Crime writers section.  Set in the beautiful countryside of the Santiago di Compostela pilgrim’s walk, it draws on the two  authors’ experience of walking this trail.

If you like the sound of this book, clicking on the book cover will take you to Booktopia.

 Edition two : Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist – ‘Two Steps Forward’.

Hear  husband and wife writing team Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist combining forces to read the characters they wrote for ‘Two Steps Forward’.

 Featured music track : The ‘River of Remembrance” by Lucinda Peters

Recorded at the Sydney writers Festival 2017 in Graeme and Anne’s hotel room ( as the media room was too noisy!)

First, an apology if you just received a podcast post this week for Nadja Spiegelman and Jenevieve Chang, I was testing out our new  links and accidentally reposted an old post!

Sorry!

But, check it out and see if the links on the book covers in the post take you over to Booktopia, if so, we have entered a new era at Narratives.

Keeping this website financially afloat is a an ever increasing pressure, so we sifted through the options for monetization and decided an affiliation with an all Australian book supplier was the best fit.

So now, (hopefully), anywhere on the Narratives site , whether in the categories or on the Podcast page, just click on the book cover of the book you are interested in and it should take you over to Booktopia where they seem to have great discounts on all sorts of books.We will receive a few cents if you actually buy, but you have up to 60 days to actually make up your mind on the sale and we will still get a pay out.

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