A medical crisis brings one man close to love, art, and beauty

Kate and Cassie are back for 2025! In this episode, a discussion of Panic by Catherine Jinks, about a young woman looking for a fresh start after posting a drunken rant that went horrifically viral. Novelist George Haddad, and Professor Sue Turnbull, who specialises in crime drama and fiction, are also along, to take a look at new novels by Miles Franklin winner Shankari Chandran and American author Garth Greenwell. BOOKS Catherine Jinks, Panic, Text Garth Greenwell, Small Rain, Picador Shankari Chandran, Unfinished Business, Ultimo Press GUESTS George Haddad, novelist, artist and lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Western Sydney. His novel Losing Face was published in 2022 Sue Turnbull, Professor of Communication and Media at the University of Wollongong, who specialises in crime drama and fiction. She is also chief crime fiction reviewer for The Age and SMH OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time Alice Winn, In Memoriam Richard J. Evans, Hitler's People George Eliot, Middlemarch Caroline Darian, I'll Never Call Him Dad Again:  Turning our family trauma of Chemical Submission into a collective fight Curtis Sittenfeld, Show Don't Tell; Romantic Comedy; Eligible Garth Greenwell, Cleanness Shankari Chandran, Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens Katherine Brabon, Body Friend Ben Watt, Patient  Alexandros Papadiamantis, The Murderess Michelle de Kretser, Theory and Practice Ronni Salt, Gunnawah  Ashley Kalagian Blunt, Cold Truth; Dark Mode Katherena Vermette, The Stranger family trilogy   CREDITS Presenter: Kate Evans, Cassie McCullagh Producer: Kate Evans, Sarah Corbett Sound engineer: Tegan Nicholls, Harvey O'Sullivan Executive producer: Rhiannon Brown