Cassie and Kate discuss Jenny Erpenbecks' Kairos (winner of the 2024 International Booker Prize) with critic Declan Fry - originally broadcast August 2023 when the book was first published; and interviews with writers A K Blakemore (The Glutton), Daniel Mason (North Woods) and Gretchen Shirm (The Crying Room) by Kate Evans.BOOKSJenny Erpenbeck, Kairos, translated from the German by Michael Hofmann, GrantaA K Blakemore, The Glutton, GrantaDaniel Mason, North Woods, John MurrayGretchen Shirm, The Crying Room, Transit Lounge.GUESTSDeclan Fry, poet, essayist and critic – who regularly reviews for the Age/ SMH, the Guardian and ABC Arts online.A K Blakemore, English poet and writer whose novels are The Manningtree Witches and The GluttonDaniel Mason, American writer, physician and academic, whose novels include The Piano Tuner, The Winter Soldier, A Registry of my Passage Upon the Earth and North WoodsGretchen Shirm, Australian essayist, critic, novelist and shortstory writer whose books are Having Cried Wolf, Where the Light Falls and The Crying RoomCREDITSPresenter/ Producer: Kate EvansSound Engineer: Ann-Marie De BettencorExecutive Producer: Rhiannon Brown