Kate and Cassie read Melanie Cheng’s The Burrow, a pandemic-set novella that details the healing powers of a pet rabbit for a family dealing with tragedy. Plus, Native American writer Louise Erdrich’s The Mighty Red, a beautifully crafted novel about a love triangle and everyday life in a farming community in North Dakota, and the latest from Yuwaalaraay storyteller Nardi Simpson, The Belburd, a poetic montage of life and death.

BOOKS 

Melanie Cheng, The Burrow, Text 

Louise Erdrich, The Mighty Red, Corsair 

Nardi Simpson, The Belburd, Hachette 

GUESTS 

Steph Harmon, Culture Editor, The Guardian 

Tom Wright, theatre writer and adaptor; Associate Director, Belvoir Theatre 

OTHER BOOKS MENTIONEDNardi Simpson, Song of the CrocodileEmeric Pressburger, The Glass PearlsClaire Kilroy, Soldier SailorAlan Murrin, The Coast Road Dan Hogan, Secret Third Thing

​CREDIT

• Presenter: Kate Evans, Cassie McCullagh
• Producer, Kate Evans, Sarah Corbett
• Sound engineer: Craig Tilmouth, Beth Stewart
• Executive producer, Rhiannon Brown