Book Readings

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Morning Book Reading

We Solve Murders, by Richard Osman, Penguin 2024

Reader: Sue Farrelly

From the author of The Thursday Murder Club, main character, Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He still does the odd bit of investigation work. Daughter-in-law Amy thinks adrenaline is good for the soul. Working in private security, every day is dangerous. She’s currently on a remote island protecting mega-bestselling author, Rosie D’Antonio, until a dead body and a bag of money mean trouble in paradise. So, she sends an SOS to the only person she trusts … as a thrilling race around the world begins, can Amy and Steve outrun and outsmart a killer?

Five episodes a week, Monday to Friday 9:30am repeated at 9:15pm

Catch up all five episodes in a row 12pm Saturday

Afternoon Book Reading

Grass for his Pillow by Lian Hearn, 2003.

Reader: Christopher Bedloe

Grass for his Pillow is the second book in Lian Hearn’s Tales of the Otori series, continuing the story of Takeo and Kaede in an alternate, feudal Japan. Takeo, now a member of the deadly Tribe, grapples with his loyalty to them and his love for Kaede, while Kaede must navigate a treacherous world to secure her inheritance.

Five episodes a week, Monday to Friday 5pm

Catch up all five episodes in a row 4:30pm Saturday

Children / Young Adult Book Reading

Playing Beattie Bow by Ruth Park, 1980.

Reader: Jackie Childers

One evening in the late 1970s, Abigail hurries after a frightened girl down winding streets to emerge in 1873, because Granny in the Bow family, who has second sight, believes that she is needed to save the Bow children from a disaster so that the second sight can be passed down the generations.

Two episodes a week, Monday 7:30pm repeated 4pm Tuesday and Wednesday 7:30pm repeated 4pm Thursday