How to combine watching television with my love of books? Easy! "Books that made us" is a 'who's who' of Australian storytelling in which Claudia Karvan meets some of our most beloved and brilliant writers, finds out their secrets, and experiences Australia through the place, its people and the power of our stories.
From Booker Prize Winners to best-selling authors and writers who have penned seminal stories, Claudia meets Richard Flanagan, Alexis Wright, Helen Garner, Tim Winton, David Malouf, Kate Grenville, Christos Tsiolkas, Thomas Keneally, Liane Moriarty, Trent Dalton, Kim Scott, and Melissa Lucashenko.
Touching on colonial invasion, the bush myth, world wars, mass migration, the recognition of Indigenous sovereignty and the emergence of a modern, global, multicultural nation, she examines how these pivotal events and persuasive ideas have shaped some of Australia's most influential novels, and how these books, in turn, made us.
And thanks to ABC iview, you can join me in finding out what makes me so excited about this new television series. Simply click here and choose the episode you want to watch.
P.S. And now there's even a companion to this ABC TV series. Have I ordered it? You bet! Click here for a preview and here to order.
P.S. And here's a full-length copy of "Van Diemen's Land". Watch it before YouTube takes it down again!
