Series 2, Episode 5 - Sharlene Allsopp on The Great Undoing

ORIGINAL WORDS & NERDS BROADCAST: 29 May 2024

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Date With A Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books and their journeys to publication.

 

For the fifth episode of series two, Nick sits down with Sharlene Allsopp, author of The Great Undoing. They discuss the book, transforming previous texts and recontextualising history, the different contexts of truth, first nations storytelling in speculative fiction, Ernest Scott, and more.

 

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BOOKS: 

 

Debut Feature:

• The Great Undoing by Sharlene Allsopp: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/k06WGx 

 

Other Books Mentioned:

• Taylor Jenkins Reid Collection: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/GmWg36 

• Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/g10Gkv 

• Sense And Sensibility by Jane Austen: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/oqMOWe 

• Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/baXVem 

• Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/21Dd3M 

PRODUCTION NOTES: 

 

Host: Nick Wasiliev

Guest: Sharlene Allsopp 

Editing & Production: Nick Wasiliev

Podcast Theme: ‘Chill’ by Sakura Hz

Production Code: 2:5

Episode Number: #18

Additional Credits: Dani Vee (Words & Nerds), Zoe Victoria (Ultimo Press)

 

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