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The Book Case

Samantha Harvey Goes Orbital

The Book Case

ABC News

Fiction, Arts, Books, Society & Culture

4.1766 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The Booker Prize is awarded each year to the best work of sustained fiction in the English language.   In other words, it doesn’t get any more prestigious than the Booker.  And we are honored this week to have Samantha Harvey who wrote the 2024 Booker winner entitled “Orbital”.   When you read her beautiful prose, you’ll know why she won.  And when you listen to her tell us how and why she wrote “Orbital”, you’ll be as impressed with Samantha Harvey as we are.   Books mentioned in this week's episode: “Orbital” by Samantha Harvey “The Shapeless Unease” by Samantha Harvey “Mrs. Dalloway” by Virginia Woolf “The Western Wind” by Samantha Harvey  “The Wilderness” by Samantha Harvey “Dear Thief” by Samantha Harvey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Well, there you are out there sitting eagerly by your telephone, your computer, your whatever

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it is you use to listen to the bookcase with Kate and Charlie. And per usual, I'm Charlie.

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I'm the Kate part. I just was wondering, how does one sit eagerly? How does one sit with

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eagerness? I'm not sure that's possible.

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Well, you have anticipation on your face.

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You're leaning forward in the chair.

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Maybe your butt's doing a little moving in the chair.

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I don't know.

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Could be doing some chair dancing, I suppose.

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You're very good at that when you were growing up.

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You were very good at chair dancing.

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