Jay Kristoff grew up in the most isolated capital city on earth and fled at his earliest convenience. He worked "creative advertising" for eleven years and has won several awards that nobody outside the advertising industry gives a tinker's cuss about. He is 6'7, has approximately 13870 days to live, and can demand whiskey in almost a dozen European languages. He lives in Melbourne with his wife and the world's laziest Jack Russell.

Ahead of the release of 'Empire Of The Vampire', Sarah and Olivia sat down with Jay to discuss finding inspiration in Prague, examining faith, tackling the Vampire genre, and more.

*Producer's Note: Due to our team being in social isolation, the sound quality is more variable.

Books mentioned in this podcast:
Jay Kristoff - 'Empire Of The Vampire': https://bit.ly/2TUTLDz

Hosts: Olivia Fricot & Sarah McDuling
Guest: Jay Kristoff
Producer: Nick Wasiliev

Jay Kristoff - 'It's About A Search For Light In Dark Places.'

Liane Moriarty is the Australian author of eight internationally bestselling novels, Three Wishes, The Last Anniversary, What Alice Forgot, The Hypnotist's Love Story and the number one New York Times bestsellers The Husband's Secret, Big Little Lies,Truly Madly Guilty and Nine Perfect Strangers. Her books have sold over twenty million copies worldwide, including three million in Australia and New Zealand. Liane lives in Sydney with her husband, son and daughter.

With the release of 'Apples Never Fall', Sarah sat down with Liane to discuss her year of joy, finding sparks of inspiration, the level of sacrifice in tennis, and more.

*Producer's Note: Due to our team being in social isolation, the sound quality is more variable.

Books mentioned in this podcast:
Liane Moriarty - 'Apples Never Fall': https://bit.ly/3iYDkOA

Hosts: Sarah McDuling
Guest: Liane Moriarty
Producer: Nick Wasiliev

Liane Moriarty - 'What Brings Me Joy Is Writing Novels'

Rachel E. Menzies completed her honours degree in psychology at the University of Sydney, taking out the Dick Thompson Thesis Prize for her work on the dread of death and its relationship to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Beginning in her undergraduate years, her work on fear of death and psychopathology has been published in Clinical Psychology Review, Australian Clinical Psychologist and several leading international journals. 

Ross G. Menzies completed his undergraduate, masters and doctoral degrees in psychology at the University of NSW and is now a professor in the Graduate School of Health at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). He has trained psychologists, psychiatrists and allied health workers in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) around the globe and is the previous editor of Australia's national CBT journal, Behaviour Change. He continues active research and has published nine books and more than 200 journal papers and book chapters.

With the release of 'Mortals', Stefania sat down with Rachel and Ross to discuss how existential fears drive our everday life, the stigmatisation of death, working as a father/daughter team, and more.

*Producer's Note: Due to our team being in social isolation, the sound quality is more variable.

Books mentioned in this podcast:
Rachel & Ross Menzies - 'Mortals': https://bit.ly/3E6X1ya

Hosts: Stefania Capogna
Guest: Rachel E. Menzies & Ross G. Menzies
Producer: Nick Wasiliev

Rachel & Ross Menzies - It's An Attempt To Show How Humans Have Responded To Death'

Welcome to The Weekend Booktopian, our weekly podcast to kick off your weekend! Our team will give you the low down on all things book news related, and turn you on to the books that we are reading right now!

For our sixtieth episode Nick hosts Sam, Arthur and Lara as we discuss the Richell Prize, Banjo Prize, Women's Prize For Fiction and Australian Reading Hour, before book recommendations and another edition of Book Fight!

Producer's Note: due our team being in isolation, the sound quality in this podcast is more variable.

WARNING: One of the books mentioned in this podcast references suicide. Reader discretion in strongly advised.

Books Mentioned in this podcast:
Susanna Clarke - Piranesi: https://bit.ly/38PLKnk
Elton John - Me!: https://bit.ly/3tqi3ml
E. J. Beaton - The Councillor: https://bit.ly/3jW02sR
Tia Williams - Seven Days In June: https://bit.ly/2SCuDAS
Benjamin Stevenson - Either Side Of Midnight: https://bit.ly/3gKmq3w
Benjamin Stevenson - Greenlight: https://bit.ly/2X0iFDD
Terri Janke - True Tracks: https://bit.ly/3wP7DNi
Ross Menzies, Rachel Menzies - Mortals: https://bit.ly/3E6X1ya
Trent Dalton - Love Stories: https://bit.ly/3dMGOT2

Host: Nick Wasiliev
Guests: Lara Summerville, Samantha Joice & Arthur Malkoun
Producer: Nick Wasiliev

The Weekend Booktopian - 10th September 2021

Welcome to The Weekend Booktopian, our weekly podcast to kick off your weekend! Our team will give you the low down on all things book news related, and turn you on to the books that we are reading right now!

For our sixty-first episode Nick hosts Mark, Cassandra and special guest Nick Coveney from Rakuten Kobo as we discuss the 2021 Booker Prize shortlist, before book recommendations and another edition of Book Fight!

Producer's Note: due our team being in isolation, the sound quality in this podcast is more variable.

Books Mentioned in this podcast:
Alan Hollinghurst - The Line of Beauty: https://bit.ly/3gbEODB
Alan Hollinghurst - The Sparsholt Affair: https://bit.ly/3nyVGdA
Alan Hollinghurst - The Swimming Pool Library: https://bit.ly/39ro7C5
Alan Hollinghurst - Spell: https://bit.ly/39cFbeY
Elon Green - Last Call: https://bit.ly/3kfDRy3
Dana K. White - How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind: https://bit.ly/3hGq01Y
Kylie Stevenson, Caroline Graham - Larrimah: https://bit.ly/3EpaEZp
Jenna Guillaume - The Deep End: https://bit.ly/39bd3Zk
Lisa Edwards - Cheat, Play, Live: https://bit.ly/3hGLmML
Shon Faye - The Transgender Issue: https://bit.ly/3Ep7YLt
Catriona Silvey - Meet Me In Another Life: https://bit.ly/39evzQS

Host: Nick Wasiliev
Guests: Mark Harding, Cassandra Sharp & Nick Coveney (from Rakuten Kobo)
Producer: Nick Wasiliev

The Weekend Booktopian - 17th September 2021 (feat. Nick from Rakuten Kobo)

Garry Linnell is one of Australia’s most experienced journalists. Born and raised in Geelong, he has won several awards for his writing, including a Walkley for best feature writing. He has been editor-in-chief of The Bulletin, editor of The Daily Telegraph, director of news and current affairs for the Nine Network and editorial director of Fairfax. He spent four years as co-host of the Breakfast Show on 2UE and is also the author of four previous books - ‘Football Ltd: The inside story of the AFL’; ‘Raelene: sometimes beaten, never conquered’; ‘Playing God: The rise and fall of Gary Ablett’ and the bestselling 'Buckley's Chance'.

With the release of 'The Devil's Work', Stefania sat down with Garry to discuss murder, mayhem, diving into a gothic world, examining one of the most despised figures in history, and more.

*Producer's Note: Due to our team being in social isolation, the sound quality is more variable.

Books mentioned in this podcast:
Garry Linnell - 'The Devil's Work': https://bit.ly/2VVqQ3g

Hosts: Stefania Capogna
Guest: Garry Linnell
Producer: Nick Wasiliev

Garry Linnell - 'He Was Always Full Of Ridiculous, Outrageous Stories!'

Kylie Stevenson has 17 years' experience as a journalist, her work appearing in newspapers, magazines and websites all over the country, including The Guardian Australia, The Australian, The Weekend Australian Magazine and numerous health, lifestyle and travel publications. Kylie was awarded the inaugural Andrew McMillan Writers Residency at Larrimah in 2016, and a resulting piece of creative non-fiction won a 2017 Northern Territory Literary Award. It was this residency that also sparked her interest in the town and ultimately led to her award-winning podcast Lost in Larrimah with Caroline Graham.

Caroline Graham has worked as a newspaper reporter and magazine writer, and now teaches journalism at Bond University on the Gold Coast. She has also facilitated the publication of major student-authored investigative packages in The Guardian Australia, News Corp, APN Australian Regional Media and Crikey. Caroline is the co-author of Writing Feature Stories: How to research and write articles, from listicles to longform (Allen & Unwin, 2017) and has almost completed her PhD.

With the release of 'Larrimah', Stefania sat down with Caroline and Kylie to discuss the town of Larrimah, the connection of country to all Australians, the mystery of Paddy Moriarty, and more.

*Producer's Note: Due to our team being in social isolation, the sound quality is more variable.

Books mentioned in this podcast:
Caroline Graham, Kylie Stevenson - 'Larrimah': https://bit.ly/3EpaEZp

Hosts: Stefania Capogna
Guest: Caroline Graham & Kylie Stevenson
Producer: Mark Harding & Nick Wasiliev

Caroline Graham & Kylie Stevenson - 'It Became More Urgent To Capture What Was There.'

CS Pacat is the internationally acclaimed author of the young adult comic book series Fence, and the bestselling adult trilogy Captive Prince. Born in Australia and educated at the University of Melbourne, CS Pacat has since lived in a number of cities, including Tokyo and Perugia, and currently resides and writes in Melbourne.

With the release of 'Dark Rise', Sarah and Hannah sat down with Cat to discuss taking turning classic tropes of good and evil on their heads, their love of fantasy classics, and more.

*Producer's Note: Due to our team being in social isolation, the sound quality is more variable.

Books mentioned in this podcast:
C. S. Pacat - 'Dark Rise': https://bit.ly/2UwxAUR

Hosts: Sarah McDuling & Hannah Armstrong
Guest: C. S. Pacat
Producer: Nick Wasiliev

C. S. Pacat - 'That Time Was When Books Were Most Alive For Me.'

Sonny Bill Williams (SBW) has been a national and international champion across Rugby Union, Rugby League and Boxing. He started career in Rugby League, and has played in the Australian NRL with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the Sydney Roosters. He has played Rugby Union for Toulon in France, Canterbury, Counties Manukau, the Crusaders, the Chiefs and the Blues in New Zealand. He has won 58 caps for the New Zealand All Blacks and was a member of the teams that won the 2011 and 2015 Rugby Union World Cups. He was the New Zealand Professional Boxing Association (NZPBA) Heavyweight Champion and World Boxing Association (WBA) International Heavyweight Champion. Away from sport, Sonny Bill Williams focuses on his family, his Islamic faith and is very involved in charity work and promoting social justice.

With the release of 'You Can't Stop The Sun From Shining', Nick sat down with SBW to discuss delving back into his childhood, the experience of Pasifika people, discovering that life is more than sport, what Islam taught him, and more.

*Producer's Note: Due to our team being in social isolation, the sound quality is more variable.

Books mentioned in this podcast:
Sonny Bill Williams (with Alan Duff) - 'You Can't Stop The Sun From Shining': https://bit.ly/387lG6I

Host: Nick Wasiliev
Guest: Sonny Bill Williams
Producer: Nick Wasiliev

Sonny Bill Williams - 'It Wasn't About Thriving, It Was About Surviving.'

Welcome to The Weekend Booktopian, our weekly book recommendation podcast to kick off your weekend!

For our sixty-fifth episode, Mark hosts Stefania, Joel and Shanu as we discuss the latest books we have been reading and enjoying.

Producer's Note: due our team being in isolation, the sound quality in this podcast is more variable.

Books Mentioned in this podcast:
Joan Didion - Slouching Towards Bethlehem: https://bit.ly/3B47Eiq
Jimmy Barnes, Matt Shanks (Illustrator)- Rosie the Rhinoceros: https://bit.ly/2Xyjbc0
Jay Kristoff - Empire Of The Vampire: https://bit.ly/2TUTLDz
Sally Rooney - Beautiful World, Where Are You: https://bit.ly/39wm7YN
Lisa Wilkinson - It Wasn't Meant to Be Like This: https://bit.ly/3johxBr
Curtis Sittenfeld - Rodham: https://bit.ly/3nh6B9X
Nicholas Shakespeare - Inheritance: https://bit.ly/3E3Qcwu
Chris Hammer - Treasure & Dirt: https://bit.ly/3DIiNbd
Hannah Kent - Devotion: https://bit.ly/3aHGp2O
Jonathan Franzen - Crossroads: https://bit.ly/3fCbN4f
Amor Towles - The Lincoln Highway: https://bit.ly/39W6tWY
Michelle de Kretser - Scary Monsters: https://bit.ly/3lHLPkz
Emily Bitto - Wild Abandon: https://bit.ly/3oBi0Uv
Imogen Crimp - A Very Nice Girl: https://bit.ly/3jsfIn7

Sponsored Books:
Kim Kelly Collection: https://bit.ly/3Gb3j0z

Host: Mark Harding
Guests: Shanu Prasad, Joel Naoum & Stefania Capogna
Producer: Nick Wasiliev

The Weekend Booktopian - 22/10/2021: It Wasn't Meant To Be Like This, Treasure & Dirt, Rodham

This is The Booktopia Podcast, the original podcast of Booktopia, Australia's Local Bookstore.

Booktopia has been voted Australia's Favourite Bookshop and Australia's Best Online Bookshop. We love books, especially Australian ones.

This show feed is now no longer being updated. Booktopia now runs a brand new show, 𝙏𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙈𝙚 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙏𝙤 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙, which is now available on all major podcast platforms:

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Jay Kristoff - 'It's About A Search For Light In Dark Places.'

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