Julia's Book Club – Audition

In this Book Club episode, Julia Gillard and her cohost Sarah Holland-Batt dive into Audition , the latest novel from Katie Kitamura. Audition follows an unnamed actress as she rehearses a play that blurs the lines between performance and personal history. When a mysterious young man appears, claiming to be her son, she’s drawn into a spiral of uncertainty that challenges her sense of self and reality. Together, Julia and Sarah unpack the novel’s themes of identity, motherhood, and the shifting boundaries between truth and fiction. They explore how the story's psychologically rich but uncanny style highlights the tension between who we are and who the world asks us to be. Join us for a thoughtful discussion on power, performance, and the quiet ways women resist being written into roles they didn’t choose. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Julia's Book Club – Audition is an episode from A Podcast of One's Own with Julia Gillard by A Podcast of One's Own with Julia Gillard.

This episode is 44:05 long.

This episode was published on Jul 9, 2025.

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