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Melanie Cheng's The Burrow: can a pet rabbit heal a family dealing with tragedy?
54 minutes Posted Oct 18, 2024 at 4:00 am.
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Kate and Cassie read Melanie Cheng’s The Burrow, a pandemic-set novella that details the healing powers of a pet rabbit for a family dealing with tragedy. Plus, Native American writer Louise Erdrich’s The Mighty Red, a beautifully crafted novel about a love triangle and everyday life in a farming community in North Dakota, and the latest from Yuwaalaraay storyteller Nardi Simpson, The Belburd, a poetic montage of life and death.
BOOKS 
Melanie Cheng, The Burrow, Text 
Louise Erdrich, The Mighty Red, Corsair 
Nardi Simpson, The Belburd, Hachette 
GUESTS 
Steph Harmon, Culture Editor, The Guardian 
Tom Wright, theatre writer and adaptor; Associate Director, Belvoir Theatre 
OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED
Nardi Simpson, Song of the Crocodile
Emeric Pressburger, The Glass Pearls
Claire Kilroy, Soldier Sailor
Alan Murrin, The Coast Road 
Dan Hogan, Secret Third Thing
​CREDIT
Presenter: Kate Evans, Cassie McCullagh
Producer, Kate Evans, Sarah Corbett
Sound engineer: Craig Tilmouth, Beth Stewart
Executive producer, Rhiannon Brown