Ep 264: Christos Tsiolkas on sex, middle age and the importance of criticism

Christos Tsiolkas is one of Australia's most accomplished writers. His latest novel, In-Between, is an exploration of class, family and love in middle age. Christos is the author of eight novels, including Loaded ( which was made into the feature film Head-On) and the international bestseller The Slap (which was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, among many other honours). His work of historical fiction, Damascus , won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction. In 2021 Christos won the Melbourne Prize for Literature. He has appeared on The Garret before. Listen to Christos discuss his previous novel, Damascus, here . About The Garret Follow The Garret: Writing and Publishing and our host Astrid Edwards on Instagram. Explore our back catalogue (and transcripts) at thegarretpodcast.com . Support the show:

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Ep 264: Christos Tsiolkas on sex, middle age and the importance of criticism is an episode from The Garret: Writers on writing by Astrid Edwards.

This episode is 28:08 long.

This episode was published on Feb 4, 2024.

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