The Book Pod with Corrie Perkin

Listen to Corrie as she speaks about the inaugural Sorrento Writers Festival to be held in April. You'll hear all the lowdown on the amazing treat festival goers are in for.

In 2018 Chloe Hooper learnt that her husband, fellow writer Don Watson, had cancer. Her latest book Bedtime Stories was written after she tried to find a way to tell her young sons the terrible news. Chloe tells Corrie how she turned to children's literature in the search for answers.

Some say she was his muse but in his book A Year with Wendy Whiteley, which he wrote after sitting at her kitchen table for a year, Ashley Wilson prefers the term collaborator. Listen as Corrie and Ashleigh chat about her extraordinary life and legacy.

Listen to Corrie with literary crime queen Jane Harper at their recent live event talking about her latest novel Exiles and a whole lot more. If you ever wanted to know how a best-selling writer like Jane creates then here is a masterclass.

Listen as Corrie and political force, venture capitalist and Climate 200 founder, Simon Holmes à Court discuss his involvement in the sweeping success of the so-called "Teal" Independents in the 2022 federal election.

Not far from Canberra there is a sustainably run property called 'Gollion' which is now in the care of young writer Sam Vincent. Taking over the farm from his father who had worked it since the 70's was not in Sam's life plan. In this episode Corrie talks with Sam about his new book My Father and Other Animals to explore that unexpected shift and the joy it has brought.

A remote Scottish island is the setting for Eliza Henry Jones' haunting fifth novel Salt and Skin. In this episode she talks to Corrie about how her psychology background informs her writing process and the part it plays in the understanding and development of her characters.

Corrie and Jock talk frankly about the confronting final book in his Furneaux Island trilogy. The Settlement follows Preservation and The Burning Island revealing the true story of the appalling treatment of Indigenous Tasmanians. Jock's meticulous research combined with his wonderful storytelling dispels the myth that none survived.

Every day food can be as beautiful as it is simple. Listen to Corrie and Julia discuss the influences and ideas that come together in Julia's latest cookbook - Around the Table: Delicious food for every day. You'll be inspired - we guarantee it!