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Texts in the City: Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

Lili Wilkinson and guest Ailsa Piper explore Ray Lawler's Australian classic, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.

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Texts in the City: Persuasion

This edition of Texts in the City features Lili Wilkinson and Laura Carroll discussing Jane Austen's Persuasion.


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Texts in the City: Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?

Tony Birch and Josephine Rowe explore Raymond Carver's 1976 short story collection, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?

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Texts in the City: Brooklyn

Tony Birch and Corrie Perkin discuss Colm Tóibín's Brooklyn.


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Texts in the City: Paradise Road

Andrew McDonald and film critic Thomas Caldwell discuss Bruce Beresford's film Paradise Road.

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Texts in the City: Two Brothers

Ruby Murray and Stephen Armstrong examine Hannie Rayson's Two Brothers and its social and political underpinnings.


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Texts in the City: Moral Disorder

Ruby J Murray and Carmel Bird explore Margaret Atwood's classic collection of stories, Moral Disorder.

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Texts in the City: A Streetcar Named Desire

Andrew McDonald and Josh Nelson discuss Tennessee Williams' classic play, A Streetcar Named Desire.


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Texts in the City: A Christmas Carol

Ruby J Murray and Dr Grace Moore examine Charles Dickens' classic text, A Christmas Carol.

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Texts in the City: The Rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif

This week, Ruby J Murray discusses The Rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif with the book's co-authors Najaf Mazari and Robert ...


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Texts in the City: Ransom

Ruby J Murray is joined by *Australian Book Review* editor Peter Rose to discuss *Ransom*, David Malouf's reworking o...

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Texts in the City: The Quiet American

Emmett Stinson joins Andrew McDonald to discuss Graham Greene's classic, The Quiet American.


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Texts in the City: Cosí

Lorin Clarke joins Ruby Murray to discuss Louis Nowra's Australian classic, Cosi.

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Texts in the City: Interpreter of Maladies

Editor and publisher Kabita Dhara joins Ruby Murray to discuss Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies.


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Texts in the City: Growing Up Asian in Australia

Growing Up Asian In Australia contributor Benjamin Law discusses the text and its topic with Andrew McDonald.

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Texts in the City: Year of Wonders

Toni Jordan joins Ruby Murray to discuss the historical fiction of Geraldine Brooks' Year of Wonders.


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Texts in the City: The Crucible

In this instalment of Texts in the City, Andrew McDonald and Tanya Goldberg discuss Arthur Miller's The Crucible.

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Texts in the City: On the Waterfront

Film critic Thomas Caldwell joins host Ruby Murray to discuss Elia Kazan’s 1954 film *On the Waterfront*.


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Texts in the City: The Secret River

Tony Birch joins Tony Wilson to talk about difference, conflict and reconciliation in Kate Grenville's celebrated novel.

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Texts in the City: On the Waterfront

David and Margaret reflect on Elia Kazan's Hollywood blacklist era filmic allegory of conflict, coercion and betrayal.


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Texts in the City: Twelve Angry Men

Playwright and writer Lorin Clarke joins Tony Wilson to discuss Reginald Rose's Twelve Angry Men.

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Texts in the City: Year of Wonders

Matthia Dempsey and Jenny Niven examine the 17th century plague drama, Year Of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks.


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Texts in the City: Great Short Works

Emmett Stinson joins Jenny Niven to discuss the ambiguous, open-ended Great Short Works of Edgar Allan Poe.

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Texts in the City: Ransom

ABR editor Peter Rose joins Jenny Niven for Texts in the City. This week, it's Ransom by David Malouf.


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Texts in the City: A Streetcar Named Desire

Hannie Rayson and Tony Wilson look at Tennessee Williams' classic play, A Streetcar Named Desire.

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Texts in the City: Things We Didn't See Coming

Jenny Niven and publisher Louise Swinn examine Steven Amsterdam's VCE-listed text, Things We Didn't See Coming.


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Texts in the City: Richard III

In this instalment of Texts in the City, we look at fate, free will and anti-heroism in Shakespeare's Richard III.

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Texts in the City: Life of Pi

Jenny Niven and Peter Mews explore the layered fiction of Yann Martel's Man Booker-winning novel, Life of Pi.


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Texts in the City: Cosi

Barry Otto and Tony Wilson explore Louis Nowra's play Cosi, part of our Texts in the City series.

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Texts in the City: Dreams from My Father

Glenn Moore and Jenny Niven discuss race, class and identity in Barack Obama's 1995 book, Dreams from My Father.


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Texts in the City: Witness

Screenwriter Mac Gudgeon joins Tony Wilson for a Texts in the City session on the 1985 film Witness.

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Texts in the City: The Crucible

William Henderson and Tony Wilson discuss current VCE English text and classic play The Crucible.


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Texts in the City: Maestro

In our first Texts in the City session for VCE English students, Stephanie Trigg and Tony Wilson discuss Maestro by P...

 

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