Favourite authors, books and podcasts
Selected books and authors:
Camilla Gibb, Sweetness in the Belly
Witi Ihimaera, The Whale Rider (read my review)
Dave Eggers, What is the What
Jhumpa Lahiri, Unaccustomed Earth
Nam Le, The Boat
Toni Morrison, Beloved, Love and others
Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible
Annie Proulx, Close Range, Brokeback Mountain and Other Stories
Xinran, Sky Burial and The Good Women of China
Andrea Levy, Small Island
John Murray, A Few Short Notes on Tropical Butterflies
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, The Thing Around Your Neck, Half of a Yellow Sun and Purple Hibiscus
Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman and others
Ken Kesey, One Flew Over a Cuckoo’s Nest
John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
Christos Tsiolkas, The Slap
Peter Goldsworthy, Gravel
Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children
George Orwell, Burmese Days and others
Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat Pray Love and Committed
Chris Cleave, The Other Hand
Pam Houston, Cowboys Are My Weakness
J.M.G. Le Clezio, Desert
Kim Scott, That Deadman Dance
Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Women who Run With the Wolves
Podcasts:
Public Radio International: Selected Shorts
The New Yorker Fiction Podcast
ABC Radio National: Books+ and Books and Arts Daily
