Book of the Year 2022
This week’s episode of the ABR podcast is devoted to the Books of the Year. ABR Editor Peter Rose, critic and writer Beejay Silcox and historian Frank Bongiorno discuss the books that stirred them most in 2022. This follows ABR’s December Books of the Year feature, with contributions from thirty-six writers and critics. Listen to Peter Rose, Beejay Silcox and Frank Bongiorno discuss the best books of 2022.
Books mentioned in this podcast:
Decorum Serves the Rich by Anwen Crawford
The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li
The Earth, Thy Great Exchequer, Ready Lies by Jo Lloyd
Making Australian History by Anna Clark (reviewed in the March 2022 issue of ABR)
Elizabeth and John: The Macarthurs of Elizabeth Farm by Alan Atkinson
The Bodyline Fix: How women saved cricket by Marion Stell
Jesustown: A novel by Paul Daley
The Diplomat by Chris Womersley
Oh William! and Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
The Promise by Damon Galgut
Childhood by Shannon Burns
Emperors in Lilliput: Clem Christesen of Meanjin and Stephen Murray-Smith of Overland by Jim Davidson
The Jaguar by Sarah Holland-Batt
Animals with Human Voices by Damen O’Brien
Eliot After ‘The Wasteland’ by Robert Crawford
The Hyacinth Girl by Lyndall Gordon
The Idea of Australia by Julianne Schultz
Australia's China Odyssey: From euphoria to fear by James Curran
Shirley Hazzard: A writing life by Brigitta Olubas
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Faith, Hope and Carnage by Nick Cave and Seán O’Hagan
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