Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Lebs, the rise of feminist fiction for kids, creative couples and lost Australian literature

The Book Show

English - March 05, 2018 23:05 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
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Lebs by Michael Mohammed Ahmad is a novel set in Western Sydney that captures the culture of the fictional Punchbowl Boys High. Also, the discovery of thousands of 'lost' Australian stories from the 19th century, three writers discuss the rise in feminist fiction for children and we go into the writing studio of creative couple Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist.