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Feel good fiction with Anita Heiss, Marlon James, Monica Ali and more
enSeptember 18, 2023
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About this Episode
Literary fiction is good at the hard stuff â grief, pain and conflict -Â but what about the books that make you feel good? Authors Joan Silber, Toni Jordan and Andy Weir bring joy to The Book Show for ABC Arts Week, talking about the radical act of writing optimistic fiction. You'll also hear from Richard Ford, Douglas Stuart, Jennifer Down, Anita Heiss, Marlon James and Monica Ali.
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