The Book Show
| Genre | Book Discussion Show |
|---|---|
| Running time | 1 hour |
| Country | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | Radio National |
| Syndicates | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Hosted by | Ramona Koval |
| Produced by |
Michael Shirrefs Sarah L'Estrange |
| Executive producer(s) | Liz Gray |
| Air dates | since 2006 |
| Website | http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookshow/ |
| Podcast | http://www.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/feeds/bsw.xml |
The Book Show is an Australian ABC radio program for the discussion of everything relating to the written word. It is broadcast live around Australia on Radio National with a daily weekday morning show which is then replayed nightly and also has a Sunday evening show. The show is hosted by Ramona Koval and features a host of experts from various literary fields. The Book Show was created in 2006 and is the world's only daily radio program devoted to books, writing and publishing. The show has featured interviews such as with Salman Rushdie[1] and Ursula K. Le Guin.[2]
Now, ‘The Book Show is an archived program which is no longer broadcast’
Format
The daily program explores the many worlds in which readers and writers, publishers and booksellers, playwrights and lyricists, bloggers and journalists, book illustrators and type designers are all working with words and the medium of language.
Presenter and Producers
Hosted by Ramona Koval who won the Order of Australia Media Award in 1995. She is well known for her extended and in-depth interviews with significant writers and has a long and varied career on radio. The show is produced by Michael Shirrefs and Sarah L'Estrange. The Executive Producer is Liz Gray.
Contributor Panel
- Philip Gourevitch, Paris Review
- Lewis H. Lapham, Lapham's Quarterly
- Professor Rukmini Bhaya Nair, Biblio India[3]
- Robert B. Silvers, New York Review of Books
- Sir Peter Stothard, Times Literary Supplement
- Nury Vittachi, Asia Literary Review[4]