This podcast is exclusive to IPA Members until a later date. Head to ipa.org.au/bookoffer for more details.
Dr Bella d'Abrera speaks to Australia's leading commentators about their five favourite books and why each make their shortlist.
Five Favourite Books
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This podcast is exclusive to IPA Members until a later date. Head to ipa.org.au/bookoffer for more details. Dr Bella d'Abrera speaks to Australia's leading commentators about their five favourite books and why each make their shortlist.
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7/5/2020
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Recent Episodes
November 18, 2020
Five Favourite Books with Bella d'Abrera: Janet Albrechtsen
Lawyer, opinion columnist at The Australian and all round Superwoman Dr Janet Albrechtsen discusses her five favourite books with the IPA's Bella d’Abrera. Listen to Janet and the IPA’s Bella d’Abrera use books to springboard a wide-ranging discussion on what inspires us to become the people we ARE, what happens when PASSING FADS and classic literature collide, what can we learn about current political trends from books of the past... and oh! Did we hear someone mention Harry Potter?
August 7, 2020
Greg Sheridan: The Everlasting Man
Greg’s final pick is The Everlasting Man which was published in 1925. Chesterton, who was an historian, a writer, a philosopher, a lay theologian and an art critic, was a prolific author, penning approximately 80 books, several hundred poems, 200 short stories and 4000 essays. Listen to Greg explain why this particular work, out of all the books Chesterton wrote, has been so important in Greg’s life.
July 31, 2020
Greg Sheridan: Leave it to Psmith
Greg explains why this particular Wodehouse is his favourite of all Wodehouse’s comic novels. It follows the adventures of Ronald Psmith (“the ‘p’ is silent, as in pshrimp”) who is always willing to help a damsel in distress. ‘Leave it to Psmith’ is, as Greg says, the moment in which Wodehouse declared himself a genius. The plot is farcical, the characters are everything you’d expect and more, the many similes will make you laugh out loud.
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