WEBVTT - Read This: We Went Back to Fitzroy Pool

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<v Speaker 1>Hi there, It's Ruby Jones and I'm back to introduce

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<v Speaker 1>the last episode of Read This for twenty twenty four.

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<v Speaker 1>Schwartz Media's Books podcast is hosted by the editor of

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<v Speaker 1>The Monthly, Michael Williams, and it's show about the books

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<v Speaker 1>we love and the stories behind them. In this final

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<v Speaker 1>episode for the year, host Michael Williams went to Fitzrow

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<v Speaker 1>Pool in Melbourne's in and North to find out what

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<v Speaker 1>people are reading now that summer is finally here coming

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<v Speaker 1>up in just a moment, we went back to fitzroy Pool.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a few things to note about fitzro Pool if

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<v Speaker 2>you've got the time and you're not too busy scoping

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<v Speaker 2>out a concrete perch at which to bake and take

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<v Speaker 2>in the scene, or maybe just plunging into the water

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<v Speaker 2>to escape the summer heat. This is as we noted

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<v Speaker 2>when we've visited at the end of last year Helen

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<v Speaker 2>Garnet Country. It's indelibly seared on the national literary consciousness

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<v Speaker 2>by her Classic Monkey group. The pool was nearly shut

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<v Speaker 2>down in the nineties by a local government who deemed

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<v Speaker 2>it economically unviable. There was this community campaign full of

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<v Speaker 2>locals and musicians and artists, and more than a few

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<v Speaker 2>writers who fought successfully to save it. The famous painted

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<v Speaker 2>sign up one end of the words aqua Profounder is

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<v Speaker 2>slightly misspelt, a bastardized blending of Latin and Italian. Local

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<v Speaker 2>law has it that it was painted in the nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>fifties by this pool manager who'd grown tired of and

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<v Speaker 2>I quote, hauling the kids of Italian migrants out of

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<v Speaker 2>the deep end. It pops up again and again in

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<v Speaker 2>our literature. Earlier this year, I was reading Jocksorong's magical

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<v Speaker 2>new Fantastical history Cherrywood, and was delighted when the pool

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<v Speaker 2>raided a mention. One of my nephews was equally delighted

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<v Speaker 2>to discover it was the inspiration for Courtney Barnett's song

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<v Speaker 2>aqua Profounder.

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<v Speaker 3>A sill and laying to me, you to freestyle than switch?

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<v Speaker 3>I could see dark cold hair.

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<v Speaker 2>What a cultural impact this pool has had. So we

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<v Speaker 2>are back again. It's our final episode audit of what

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<v Speaker 2>the people lining the pool are reading. There are lots

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<v Speaker 2>of phones, to be sure, and even more closed eyes

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<v Speaker 2>and tired faces, just looking to forget the year that's

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<v Speaker 2>been and soak up the sun instead of the literary greatness.

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<v Speaker 2>But over there's a copy of Sally Rooney's Into Metso

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<v Speaker 2>and a dog eared John Lecare lying battered in the sun.

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<v Speaker 2>One handsome, middle aged bloke is so intensely reading To

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<v Speaker 2>Kill a Mockingbird that he hasn't looked up no matter

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<v Speaker 2>how many times we try to approach it. So that's it.

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<v Speaker 2>Even though I'm loath to interrupt a content reader, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to lean into my nosiest snoopiest self for the

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<v Speaker 2>final read this of twenty twenty four. It's time to

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<v Speaker 2>ask some of these people what they're reading now that

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<v Speaker 2>summer is here. From Schwartz Media. I'm Michael Williams, and

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<v Speaker 2>this is Read this show about the books we love

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<v Speaker 2>and the long summer reading sessions ahead of us.

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<v Speaker 4>This is Clara.

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<v Speaker 5>Hi, I'm Charlie.

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<v Speaker 2>Charlie.

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<v Speaker 6>That's weak, Yeah, an Ally, that's a thing.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, I mean I've only just picked it up. Really,

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<v Speaker 7>I actually found it on the street, someone just left

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<v Speaker 7>a box of books and I thought, why not, I'll

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<v Speaker 7>give it a go.

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<v Speaker 5>So, yeah, enjoy.

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<v Speaker 2>Its fan five hour reading.

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<v Speaker 5>Though pul side.

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah, I'm not going to lie.

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<v Speaker 7>It's a warm day and I'm kind of struggling through,

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<v Speaker 7>but it's still pretty interesting. I mean, yeah, it's so far,

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<v Speaker 7>you know, talking about her life in Paris, and yeah,

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<v Speaker 7>I mean I'm enjoying it because I've come to Australia,

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<v Speaker 7>you know, I got here like a month ago, and

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<v Speaker 7>so she's talking about her travels and I'm kind of

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<v Speaker 7>enjoying it.

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<v Speaker 4>Really excellent.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I hope next time you pick up a box

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<v Speaker 2>of books it's slightly less worthy and a little more

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<v Speaker 2>conducive to like summertime.

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<v Speaker 4>Ready.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, I think maybe I'll just give myself a really

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<v Speaker 7>easy read after this and see what I can find.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh well, best of Lack, thanks for chatting.

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<v Speaker 7>Thank you so much.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you mind if we haressled you while you're sitting

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<v Speaker 2>in the pool. I'm going to sit down properly because

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<v Speaker 2>I've discovered that my crouching has a shorter shelf life

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<v Speaker 2>than I realized. If you could each say your names

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<v Speaker 2>before your chat.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm really Ruby, I'm babe, really.

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<v Speaker 2>I understand you're reading the Slap at the moment. How

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<v Speaker 2>are you going with it?

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<v Speaker 9>I am loving the Slab. I've been meaning to read

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<v Speaker 9>it for years, and a few friends are reading it recently.

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<v Speaker 9>And it's so fun BINGI summer read Melbourne Cultural Commentary, loving.

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<v Speaker 2>It as one that you've heard talked about for years.

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<v Speaker 2>How does it measure up with the expectation, like is

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<v Speaker 2>it is it more or less what you thought it

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<v Speaker 2>was from the conversation around it, or is it a

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<v Speaker 2>different beast?

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<v Speaker 9>I think you know, my parents read it and they

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<v Speaker 9>were really obsessed with it, and I always saw it

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<v Speaker 9>on the bookshelf and kind of had it as like

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<v Speaker 9>my parents' generation kind of story. But now maybe that

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<v Speaker 9>I'm a bit older, like resonates a bit more and

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<v Speaker 9>it's funny to imagine kind of our friendship group having

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<v Speaker 9>having children and navigating these questions about private public school,

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<v Speaker 9>you know, cultural clashes in suburban Melbourne. So loving it,

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<v Speaker 9>loving it.

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<v Speaker 2>Which of your friend's kids you would most like to hit?

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<v Speaker 9>We were literally just talking about this. Who would it be?

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<v Speaker 10>Which friend we did?

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<v Speaker 9>It's a good like talking point.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's a good thing. Did you bring some little

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<v Speaker 2>into that? I did?

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<v Speaker 8>I did.

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<v Speaker 10>I've got a couple of books with me. Actually, one

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<v Speaker 10>of them is an advanced copy of Ritual by Chloe

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<v Speaker 10>Elizabeth Wilson, which is coming out next year, which the

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<v Speaker 10>whole stick is like imagine if.

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<v Speaker 11>Your favorite cult beauty.

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<v Speaker 12>Brand was actually a cult. So it's a lot of fun,

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<v Speaker 12>it's very Melbourne.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm loving it.

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<v Speaker 12>And then I also brought a copy of the Shadow

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<v Speaker 12>of the Wind by color through Safon, which I read

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<v Speaker 12>many years ago, but I'm now trying to read in Spanish.

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<v Speaker 2>You did a circuit before to kind of work out

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<v Speaker 2>who had box and I saw the zaphon and then

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<v Speaker 2>saw it was in the Spanish, and I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>that's impressive. Someone's really committed that trying.

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<v Speaker 12>There's a lot of Google Translate being picked up along

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<v Speaker 12>the way.

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<v Speaker 2>But were you a fan of Shadow of the Wind

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<v Speaker 2>when you first read it?

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<v Speaker 10>I adored it.

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<v Speaker 12>Yeah, and I never went back and read like the

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<v Speaker 12>second or the third, so hoping to get there on

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<v Speaker 12>this round. But yeah, it was a beautiful book, like

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<v Speaker 12>so Gothic and so fun to like imagine that barcel owner.

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<v Speaker 4>Of the past. And did you bring a book to that?

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<v Speaker 11>Yeah, I brought to I have I couldn't believe it

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<v Speaker 11>by Shandlier and then unlicensed bootlegging as a creative practice.

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<v Speaker 2>Why did you pick those two? And why did you

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<v Speaker 2>bring two? Is one to back up in case the book.

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<v Speaker 11>I just started Shawndlier's one, so I wasn't sure if

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<v Speaker 11>I was gonna like it or not, but I think

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<v Speaker 11>I will, And then the other ones more like Theory

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<v Speaker 11>are theory.

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<v Speaker 13>You never know what mood you're going.

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<v Speaker 14>To be in.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I'm the same. I'm repeatedly mocked for having multiple books,

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<v Speaker 2>but nothing worse than sitting down beside the pool and

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<v Speaker 2>suddenly being like, oh no, why did I think I

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<v Speaker 2>was a worthy person? I'm on trash or the opposite. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you all so much. And yeah, it feels very

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<v Speaker 2>intrusive at the pool, but it's really great to change.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm thrilled that you're reading Jackie Collins tell us about

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<v Speaker 2>Deadly Embrace, so I've.

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<v Speaker 8>Actually only just started it. This is probably my thirtieth

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<v Speaker 8>Jackie Collins. In the last few months. I'm writing a

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<v Speaker 8>book on Jackie Collins with the colleague of mine, so

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<v Speaker 8>this is technically work amazing, but I love her. I

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<v Speaker 8>was quite late to the bonkbuster genre, you would say,

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<v Speaker 8>so I've read a lot of Jackie Collins quite quickly,

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<v Speaker 8>and she's amazing. So I haven't read this one, but

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<v Speaker 8>it's just like the third in a series with Madison Castelli,

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<v Speaker 8>who is this journalist woman and she's found out her

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<v Speaker 8>dad possibly murdered her mother, and you know, they're all

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<v Speaker 8>just full of characters like this, and she's, you know,

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<v Speaker 8>she's flying to La to go have dinner with her

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<v Speaker 8>friend who's a TV presenter, and someone's going to get kidnapped,

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<v Speaker 8>someone will probably get murdered again.

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<v Speaker 2>It's yeah, is this your primary genre of reading or

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<v Speaker 2>is this a kind of reading where you enjoy it

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<v Speaker 2>but then you read other stuff for pleasure or other

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<v Speaker 2>stuff differently.

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<v Speaker 8>I read quite widely, I think. So I'm an academic,

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<v Speaker 8>I saw. I work at university and I teach genre

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<v Speaker 8>fiction romances my specialty, so that's kind of where the

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<v Speaker 8>Jackie Collins thing came from. But for pleasure, I read

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<v Speaker 8>much more widely than that. I'm very, very fussy with

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<v Speaker 8>romance reading this kind of reading, I think because it's

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<v Speaker 8>my job a little bit. But I quite like crime fiction,

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<v Speaker 8>love a bit of fantasy. I'm reading another book which

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<v Speaker 8>is like a kind of retelling, Nettle and Bone. It's

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<v Speaker 8>like a fantasy, kind of fairy tale retaelling, which is

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<v Speaker 8>quite good.

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<v Speaker 2>And last question before I let you go, did you

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<v Speaker 2>watch the adaptation of Rivals, the Jilly Cooper book, and

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<v Speaker 2>what did you think of it?

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<v Speaker 15>I loved it.

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<v Speaker 8>I'm thrilled they're doing a second season. I think they've

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<v Speaker 8>really lent into kind of the eighties nostalgia of it

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<v Speaker 8>actually adapting it also from modern twenty twenty four sensibilities.

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<v Speaker 8>These books can be problematic and some of the lingering,

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<v Speaker 8>especially the eighties ones, the racism. They're quite homophobic in

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<v Speaker 8>some ways, so it's nice that they've managed to kind

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<v Speaker 8>of make something that's palatable in twenty twenty four and

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<v Speaker 8>the TV show. And yeah, it looks like what these

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<v Speaker 8>books may make me imagine it.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the saying. That's enough. Jilly Cooper talk perfectest, Thanks heaps.

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<v Speaker 13>I just finished to Love and Other Demons by Gabriel

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<v Speaker 13>Garcia my kids. Yeah, I really, I really love my

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<v Speaker 13>curves And the only thing I haven't read by him

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<v Speaker 13>is Love at the Time of Cholera, and then I

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<v Speaker 13>found that in a book library the other day, So

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<v Speaker 13>it looks like it's all meant to be.

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<v Speaker 4>What is it you like about his books?

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<v Speaker 13>He's so primal, He's so like raw, like like visceral,

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<v Speaker 13>you know, like the way he talks about emotions, people's

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<v Speaker 13>relationships and things like that. But that's and I guess

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<v Speaker 13>obviously this saga, you know, it's like everything turns back

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<v Speaker 13>in on itself and stuff like. That's really nice. That's

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<v Speaker 13>my take.

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<v Speaker 2>I love it. Are you guys big readers or is

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<v Speaker 2>it something that you only get to give over to

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<v Speaker 2>like summer sitting around.

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<v Speaker 4>I read, he said, He said, he also, so we

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<v Speaker 4>go three.

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<v Speaker 13>I work at readings conflict of intro and we've got

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<v Speaker 13>a journey over there, and we've got an editor over there,

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<v Speaker 13>and yeah, I think I yeah, I think I saw

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<v Speaker 13>a mean about a long time ago about monkey Grip

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<v Speaker 13>and the circular when you come to the pool and

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<v Speaker 13>therefore a part of the original that's on in.

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<v Speaker 2>The Yeah, there is there is a circle happening. We're

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<v Speaker 2>all kind of subject to the cliches of literature. That's fine,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a healthy thing. I haven't seen a monkey group today.

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<v Speaker 2>I did see someone reading Garna when I was here

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<v Speaker 2>last week, and I was like, all.

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<v Speaker 9>Right, what do you want? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I loved it. Yeah this season.

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<v Speaker 9>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 14>My partner works for Enguin and she got it for

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<v Speaker 14>me three months.

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<v Speaker 6>Trying to pull some strings and.

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<v Speaker 14>Arrived like forty five minutes before we.

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<v Speaker 16>Went out for like my birthday.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, that's pretty good.

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<v Speaker 4>It's pretty And Helen, I've Flemington.

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<v Speaker 6>Helen lives nearby and so we see her around a bit.

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<v Speaker 2>That's pretty good. You guys, thank you. You've really delivered

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<v Speaker 2>on the Melbourne But yeah, okay, I think I have

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<v Speaker 2>pested enough people for the day.

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<v Speaker 4>Microphone a time for a dip when we come back.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of Australia's best writers share their recommendations for summer reading.

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<v Speaker 4>We'll be right back. This year we hosted forty five writers.

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<v Speaker 2>On Read This, each and every one of them an

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<v Speaker 2>unmitigated delight. We couldn't be more grateful to them for

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<v Speaker 2>their company, for their generosity and their wisdom. And you

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<v Speaker 2>can catch up on the archive of those episodes anytime.

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<v Speaker 2>That can be your company on the long road trip ahead,

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<v Speaker 2>or maybe when you're cleaning the house after you've gotten

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<v Speaker 2>rid of the relatives and you're munching on leftovers, and

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<v Speaker 2>not just hours of excellent listening to the Read This archive,

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<v Speaker 2>but once you're done, you can go to the audio

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<v Speaker 2>version of the books we discussed. You'll be spoiled for choice.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you need one more recommendation before the year

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<v Speaker 2>is done. Maybe there's a Christmas gift you've forgotten. Maybe

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<v Speaker 2>you're just thinking about your own book list for those

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<v Speaker 2>days off. We've invited some of our supremely well read

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<v Speaker 2>guests from this year to offer their advice for summer reading.

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<v Speaker 6>Hello, my name's Briany Doyle, and it was wonderful to

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<v Speaker 6>be a guest of read this in twenty twenty four,

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<v Speaker 6>the year of novels that are both thought provoking and titillating.

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<v Speaker 6>So my recommendations for the summer are The Safe Keep

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<v Speaker 6>by Yale Van der Wooden and All Fours by Miranda July.

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<v Speaker 6>I say picked the first if you want racy historical

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<v Speaker 6>content and the second if you want to stay in

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<v Speaker 6>the racy present. Both are queer, smart page turners with

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<v Speaker 6>important social implications for a summer that will be hot

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<v Speaker 6>yet deeply engaged.

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<v Speaker 5>I hope you enjoy my.

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<v Speaker 14>Bruce Pasco and my favorite book for the year was

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<v Speaker 14>Time's Monster by Preyasatia.

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<v Speaker 5>This is a work of genius. Hi, my name's Melanie Chang.

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<v Speaker 5>And last Christmas, I was engrossed in Jumna Kasab's book

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<v Speaker 5>The Lovers I just adored it. I would love to

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<v Speaker 5>be encountering it again for the first time this summer holiday.

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<v Speaker 5>It is fable like magical, but it was also brimming

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<v Speaker 5>with truth about love across the life cycle, good and bad.

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<v Speaker 5>I just think Yumna is one of the smartest writers

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<v Speaker 5>working in Australia today. I highly recommend it. You won't

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<v Speaker 5>be disappointed.

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<v Speaker 16>I'm Robbie Onnatt and my summer reading recommendation is Deep

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<v Speaker 16>Water by James Bradley my loyal li Lay. My name's

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<v Speaker 16>Winnie Dunn and I'm the author of dirt Porn Islanders.

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<v Speaker 16>My summer reading recommendation is The Tribe by Michael Muhammad Ahmad,

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<v Speaker 16>who is my dear friend. The Tribe, in its anniversary edition,

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<v Speaker 16>which was published this year, is about members of a

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<v Speaker 16>small Muslim sect who fled to Australia just before the

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<v Speaker 16>Civil War in Lebanon. So it really is a book

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<v Speaker 16>that speaks to our times, despite the fact it was

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<v Speaker 16>published ten years ago. What I really love about The

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<v Speaker 16>Tribe is that he focuses on three generations of an

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<v Speaker 16>extended family, as seen through the eyes of one of

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<v Speaker 16>its youngest Offsprings, a child named Banni Adam so the

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<v Speaker 16>tribe is short and sweet and perfect for summer reading.

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<v Speaker 4>Of fwato Hi.

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<v Speaker 14>I'm Claire right, and twenty twenty four has been a

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<v Speaker 14>big year for me, with the completion of my Democracy trilogy,

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<v Speaker 14>which I've been working on for over two decades, with

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<v Speaker 14>the publication of the final installment, Knaku Darruk, and what

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<v Speaker 14>I'm looking forward to diving into this summer is appropriately

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<v Speaker 14>a trilogy, and that Frank Moore House's The Edith Trilogy.

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<v Speaker 14>I can't quite believe that I've never managed to get

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<v Speaker 14>to these books. So many people would have expected that

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<v Speaker 14>it would be right up my alley and that I

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<v Speaker 14>would have taken to them like a duck to water.

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<v Speaker 14>But instead of continuing to mix my metaphors, I'm just

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<v Speaker 14>going to start reading them top to bottom, and I

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<v Speaker 14>think it's going to be a very happy summer's worth

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<v Speaker 14>of reading.

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<v Speaker 5>A happy summer to you too.

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<v Speaker 4>What a treat.

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<v Speaker 2>A big thank you once again to all our guests

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<v Speaker 2>from this year. One of the reasons this show is

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<v Speaker 2>so much fun to make is that the best writers

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<v Speaker 2>are always terrific readers themselves. It's the books we love,

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<v Speaker 2>the stories behind them, the authors we love and the

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<v Speaker 2>stories they read themselves. So just to finish up for

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<v Speaker 2>a different flavor of summer, there's a poem that I

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<v Speaker 2>go back to this time of year without fail. It's

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<v Speaker 2>by the late glorious genius John Clark, who put together

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<v Speaker 2>a collection called The even More Complete Book of Australian Verse.

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<v Speaker 2>The book took us its central conceit the idea that

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<v Speaker 2>the world's great poets were all actually Australian and they're

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<v Speaker 2>best understood through that lens. It's both an absolutely pitch

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<v Speaker 2>perfect literary satire, but also they're gorgeous palms in their

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<v Speaker 2>own right. The John Clark version of Dylan Thomas. He

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<v Speaker 2>calls Dylan Thompson and introduces him as a martyr to

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<v Speaker 2>the terps, who often woke in unfamiliar circumstances and attempted

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<v Speaker 2>to catch the speech rhythms of the sea. Here's John

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<v Speaker 2>reading that poem. I think it's glorious.

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<v Speaker 15>A child's Christmas in Warnamball. One Christmas was so like

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<v Speaker 15>another in those years around the sea town corner now

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<v Speaker 15>that I can never remember whether it was one hundred

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<v Speaker 15>and six degrees in nineteen fifty three or whether it

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<v Speaker 15>was one hundred and three degrees in nineteen fifty six,

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<v Speaker 15>all the Christmases roll into one down the wave, roaring salt,

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<v Speaker 15>squinting years of yester boy. My hand goes into the

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<v Speaker 15>fridge of imperishable memory, and outcome salads and sunburned lotions,

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<v Speaker 15>the brief exuberant hiss of beer being opened, and a

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<v Speaker 15>laugh of wet haired youths around a zephyr six, the

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<v Speaker 15>smell of insect repellent and eucalyptus, and the distant, constant,

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<v Speaker 15>slowly listless bang of the flywire door and resting on

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<v Speaker 15>a forour micer altar waiting for Ron, the biggest pav

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<v Speaker 15>in the world, a magic pav, a cut and come

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<v Speaker 15>again pav for all the children in all the towns

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<v Speaker 15>across the wide brown bee, humming trout fit, sheep rich

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<v Speaker 15>two horse country, and the ants always, the ants in

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<v Speaker 15>the kitchen. On the black and white photograph beach of

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<v Speaker 15>the past, playing out the rope to a shared childhood,

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<v Speaker 15>caught in the undertow and drifting, and some numerous uncles

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<v Speaker 15>wondering occasionally why they weren't each other, coming around the

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<v Speaker 15>letterbox to an attacking field in the test match and

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<v Speaker 15>being driven handsomely by some middle order nephew skipping down

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<v Speaker 15>the vowel flattening pitch and putting the ball into the

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<v Speaker 15>tent flaps on the first of puberty.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much for listening to the final episode

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<v Speaker 1>of Read This for twenty twenty four. The show will

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<v Speaker 1>be back every Thursday starting January sixteenth, and you'll be

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<v Speaker 1>able to catch it on Sundays here on seven am

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<v Speaker 1>each week after that. As always, if you want to

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<v Speaker 1>dive further into read This, you can search for it

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<v Speaker 1>wherever you listen to podcasts. There are more than seventy

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<v Speaker 1>episodes in the archive for you to enjoy. Happy holidays,

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<v Speaker 1>See you next year.