Listen "Summer highlights: Samantha Harvey's accidental prize winner"
Episode Synopsis
British author Samantha Harvey joined Claire Nichols at the Margaret River Readers and Writers Festival for a revelatory conversation about dreams, insomnia and publishing a book she didn't expect to write.Her 2024 Booker Prize winning novel, Orbital can be described as a "space pastoral" and it's about six astronauts on the International Space Station contemplating the wonder and beauty of the earth. First broadcast 9 June 2025.Presenter: Claire NicholsProducer: Sarah L'EstrangeSound engineer: Carey Dell and David Le MayExecutive producer: Rhiannon Brown
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