Book Readings

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Morning Book Reading

Slow Man by J M Coetzee, 2003

Reader: Kim Dodsworth

When photographer Paul Rayment loses his leg in a bicycle accident, he is forced to reexamine how he has lived his life. South Australia-based Nobel Prize in Literature Winner (2003) J.M Coetzee, a South African migrant, through Paul’s story, addresses questions that define us all: What does it mean to do good? What in our lives is ultimately meaningful?

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

Some Lie and Some Die by Ruth Rendell, 1973

Reader: Annie Quamby

During a pop music festival attended by about 80,000 fans, a corpse is discovered in a quarry alongside a red dress. Inspector Wexford investigates.

Five episodes a week, Monday to Friday 5pm

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

Children / Young Adult Book Reading

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, by J.K. Rowling, 1997.

Reader: Sue Farrelly

J K Rowling’s blockbuster story of the ‘boy who lived’ turned a generation of children back into readers. Harry discovers he is a wizard and this is the story of his first year at Hogwarts.

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