Top 100 Australian Books from Byron Writers Festival

Voting in Radio National's Top 100 Books countdown is about to open and this year we're celebrating Australian books. As you think about your own Top 10, Kate and Cassie bring together a trio of award-winning writers (including last year's Top 100 Books winner!) to reveal the Australian books they have loved and been influenced by: Trent Dalton, Claire Thomas and Steve MinOn, with a surprise appearance in the audience from Grimmish and Griefdogg author Michael Winkler.

Books mentioned

• Storm Boy by Colin Thiele
• Hating Alison Ashley by Robin Klein
• Cole's Funny Picture Book by E.W. Cole
• The Magic Pudding by Norman Lindsay
• Johnno; Fly Away Peter by David Malouf
• Wake in Fright by Kenneth Cook
• The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson
• Ruth Park, works
• Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay
• The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith; Schindler's Ark  by Thomas Keneally
• Possum Magic by Mem Fox
• The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• Carpentaria by Alexis Wright
• Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
• Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
• Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton
• The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
• She Is Me by Tahlia Isaac
• Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen
• Zigzag Street by Nick Earls
• The Garden Book by Brian Castro
• The Children's Bach by Helen Garner
• A Fortunate Life by A.B. Facey
• My Brilliant Career by Miles Stella Franklin
• A Room Made of Leaves by Kate Grenville
• The Thornbirds by Colleen McCullough
• The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazard
• The Vivisector by Patrick White
• A Short History of Longans by Mirandi Riwoe
• The Lebs by Michael Mohammed Ahmad

Credits

• Presenter, Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh
• Producer, Kate Evans and Sarah Corbett
• Sound engineer, Steve Fieldhouse
• Arts editor, Rhiannon Brown