In her seventh book, ‘The Three Burials of Lottie Kneen’, Krissy Kneen introduces her late grandmother and family matriarch, Lotty Kneen. Her passing sparked Krissy’s quest to uncover more about her family. Using prose, poetry and imagery, Krissy's journey takes on a paradoxical tapestry of themes like gruesome fairytales, serendipity and secrets. Out now through Text Publishing. With presenter Mel Cranenburgh.Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/podcasts/backstory

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Krissy Kneen

In Jacquie Byron’s debut novel ‘Happy Hour’, we peer through the lens of 65-year old, newly-widowed Franny as she alternately revels in artistry and aloneness. Despite her escapist tendencies, her need for community evolves and she finds solace in new friendships. The book is out now through Allen & Unwin. With presenter Mel Cranenburgh.Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/podcasts/backstory

Jacquie Byron

Miles Allinson’s second novel, ‘In Moonland’ explores three timelines that draw on seeking answers to their past and grappling with a turbulent future. It's the follow-up to his highly acclaimed debut novel 'Fever of Animals'. Both novels are out through Scribe. With presenter Mel Cranenburgh.Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/podcasts/backstory

Miles Allinson

Award-winning author Mark Brandi explores his new psychological thriller, ‘The Others’. Tensions rise in isolated rural Tasmania, as 11-year old Jacob’s curiosity and desire to discover what lies beyond his restricted world, boils to the surface. Out now through Hachette. With presenter Mel Cranenburgh.Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/podcasts/backstory 

Mark Brandi

Artist, lawyer and women’s health and safety activist, Amani Haydar, gives a confronting and powerful insight into her memoir, ‘The Mother Wound’. After losing her mother and grandmother, she divulges the brutal terrain in building resilience amidst family breakdowns and a sea of legal, Islamaphobic and misogynistic battles. Out now through Hachette. With presenter Mel Cranenburgh.Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/podcasts/backstory

Amani Haydar

Introducing her debut novel, 'Small Joys of Real Life' Allee Richards talks us through the nuts and bolts of her writing. Set amongst pre-pandemic Melbourne, the novel explores how life can take us on unplanned journeys, which inevitably shape who we are. With presenter Mel Cranenburgh.Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/podcasts/backstory

Allee Richards

Award-winning novelist Michael Muhammad Ahmed provides insight into how he went about writing his new novel, ‘The Other Half of You’. Caught between his desire to reject oppressive traditions and live on his own terms, we peer into lead character Bani’s lens as a young Lebanese Muslim Australian man. Out now through Hachette. With presenter Mel Cranenburgh.Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/podcasts/backstory

Michael Mohammed Ahmad

In her third and latest novel ‘The Newcomer’, Laura Elizabeth Woollett intertwines fiction and reality. Deriving elements from a real murder in 2002, she brings us into a fictional Fairfolk island filled with unanswered questions. Out now through Scribe. With presenter Mel Cranenburgh.Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/podcasts/backstory

Laura Elizabeth Woollett

Award-winning author Larissa Behrendt takes a deep dive into her new novel, After Story. It follows a mother and daughter as they grapple with grief and loss, while reflecting on their cultural history through a literary tour. The book is out now through UQP. With presenter Mel Cranenburgh.Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/podcasts/backstory

Larissa Behrendt

Award-winning author of ‘The Trauma Cleaner’, Sarah Krasnostein, weaves us through her new book ‘The Believer’. From a death doula to a ghost hunter, to a woman facing death and another woman released from prison, we follow six peoples’ stories and their encounters with love, death and faith. With presenter Mel Cranenburgh.Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/podcasts/backstory

Sarah Krasnostein

Journalist Rick Morton combines memoir with journalism in ‘My Year of Living Vulnerably: A Rediscovery of Love’. Whilst reflecting on childhood trauma and its resounding impact into adulthood, the book also explores loneliness and masculinity. The book is out via Fourth Estate. With presenter Mel Cranenburgh.Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/podcasts/backstory

Rick Morton

Author and editor Rebecca Starford walks us through the The Imitator, her new historical novel which weaves through pre, mid and post-war periods, through the lens of a MI5 wartime spy. Out now through Allen & Unwin. With presenter Mel Cranenburgh.Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/backstory

Rebecca Starford

Now That I See You has won the 2021 Australian / Vogel Literary Award. Listen as the woman behind the words, Emma Batchelor, unravels this part-truth, part-fiction book; exploring the way her lens on life shifted enormously in the wake of her partners’ transition and their relationship demise. With presenter Mel Cranenburgh.Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/backstory

Emma Batchelor

Award winning author and journalist Susan Johnson goes into her epistolary novel ‘From Where I Fell’, which follows two women who find solace in one another after an accidental email unites them; and writer and critic Oliver Reeson discusses their Sydney Review of Books essay ‘Not Who But How’, which dissects Craig Sylvie’s book ‘Honeybee’ and it’s controversial impact. With presenter Mel Cranenburgh.Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/backstory

Susan Johnson & Oliver Reeson

Australian writer, director and actor, Madeleine Ryan, chats about her debut novel ‘A Room Called Earth’. Taking the reader on a journey through the mind of a woman in the space of one evening, it questions and critiques our social world and unveils some hidden truths about it. Out now through Scribe.With presenter Mel Cranenburgh.Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/backstory

Madeleine Ryan

A show about books, stories, the craft of writing - and the people behind the lines. The intro and outro theme is Soft Illusion and was generously provided by Andras. https://andras.bandcamp.com/track/soft-illusion

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