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Eleanor Wachtel speaks with one of Australia's great novelists, David Malouf. In his last book, Remembering Babylon, and now again in new novel - The Conversations at Curlow Creek - Malouf uses myth and history to explore nature and justice, and to understand humanity.

Get a "crash-course in civilization" this week on Writers & Company. Eleanor Wachtel talks with the versatile and witty Clive James - critic, novelist, essayist, memoirist, poet and TV host. As the New Yorker put it, "Clive James is a brilliant bunch of guys."

Gorgeous beaches, koalas and a wonderfully warm climate. For many people, Australia is an ideal travel destination. But it's not all sunshine in Australia's past. Last year, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made a formal apology to the Stolen Generations- children of Indigenous descent who were forcibly removed from their families by government agencies. Rudd's words mark a milestone in an ongoing process of reconciliation, as Australians confront a dark side of their history. This week, Writers…

Australian author Michelle de Kretser talks to Eleanor Wachtel about hope and betrayal in her fiction, and about growing up in Sri Lanka in the 1960s.

Writers & Company presents highlights from some of the many timely and topical special series recorded on location, with writers from India, South Africa, Sudan and Australia.

"Dreaming Australia: Changing Visions of a Country," Pt. 2. This week, more from Australia - Writers & Company presents a lively and wide-ranging Panel discussions with three respected writers: Chloe Hooper, John Clarke and Christos Tsiolkas. They explore Australia's mythology, identity and culture - past and present.

This week on Writers & Company, host Eleanor Wachtel speaks with one of Australia's most elegant and insightful writers, David Malouf. Malouf scribes evocative poetry, novels, short fiction and essays. He's also written opera libretti and a play. Hear about Malouf and his wide range of works in part three of the series "Dreaming Australia: Changing Visions of a Country."

"Dreaming Australia: Changing Visions of a Country" part four. Michelle de Kretser's writing raises interesting questions about Australian identity and culture. This week on Writers & Company, the talented novelist explains how themes of dislocation and discovery fit into her works. Also on the program, an interview with Kate Grenville, an author who finds inspiration in Australian history.

This week, a conversation with the subtle and surprising Australian writer, Joan London. From her popular, prize-winner, Gilgamesh, to her latest novel, The Good Parents her language is simple and strong, and her situations haunting. The Good Parents is published by Publishers Group Canada.

"Democracy in America" - Australia's Peter Carey re-imagines Alexis de Tocqueville's 19th century journey to the new world and the state of the union 140 years later during the Vietnam War.

On this week's program: Australian writer Gail Jones. Her quietly powerful novels look at memory, loss, and Australia's colonial past. She tells Eleanor Wachtel why she chose Sydney's Circular Quay as the focal point for her novel, 'Five Bells.' It's a historic site that's become a major tourist attraction, with the Sydney Opera House and the Harbour Bridge. But there are many layers beneath the Quay's surface.

Australian novelist Tim Winton has officially been named a "Living Treasure" by the country's national trust. His latest novel focuses on Western Australia's resource and mining boom and its effect of the country and people.

The Telegraph says of Barracuda that it "... may tell and old, old story, but it has rarely been told in a better way." Eleanor speaks with Australian novelist Christos Tsiolkas about his new novel.

Eleanor Wachtel speaks with the Australian-American novelist Peter Carey. The two-time Booker Prize-winner's new novel, Amnesia, probes the relationship between his two countries.

Eleanor Wachtel in conversation with one of Australia's top novelists, Peter Carey. The award-winning author of Jack Maggs has a new book about the 19th century outlaw Ned Kelly - a kind of Australian Billy the Kid. The book is called True History of the Kelly Gang.