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Booker Prize shortlisted Nigerian author Chigozie Obioma joined Claire Nichols at Byron Writers Festival to discuss his latest novel The Road to the Country about civil war in Nigeria.

Chigozie Obioma in relaxed blue suit and Claire Nichols in blue denim dress, both smiling, standing next to eachother outside.

Wicked series author Gregory Maguire wearing glasses. he has a beard wearing a blue check shirt and grey tshirt

Australian author Charlotte McConaghy standing in front of green foliage with windblown long brown hair wearing an aqua top

Irish writer Roisin O'Donnell sitting by the sea wearing a red jacket and windblown red hair

Moroccan American author Laila Lalami wearing a black dress and rings standing

German author Bernhard Schlink clean shaven, wearing glasses and a light blue grey shirt and a slight smile

Author Rachel Kushner with long dark hair standing in the sunshine wearing a black dress and sunglasses

A sepia image of Irish writer Colum McCann kneeling on one leg with arm touching his face in a quiet room

A bearded Morgan Talty standing in the sunshine with arms folded in a blue-grey long sleeved top

Art work of a splayed open book titled The Book Thief in front of dark hooded draped figure against a ghostly green background

artwork of book The Time Travelers Wife with a yellow border illustrating a woman's shoes with buckle and male shoes with laces

There's an extra element to this second episode of My Biggest Book, where some of the world's biggest authors reminisce about their all-time biggest books.

Artwork of book cover Buddha of Suburbia with bearded man in meditation pose floating above homes and against mauve background

In this episode of My Biggest Book, where prominent authors ponder their breakthrough novels, Emma Donaghue recalls her 2010 novel Room.

Artwork of book Room by Emma Donoghue of two people hugging one dark haired one red-brown hair with hands dropped over shoulder

For journalist and writer Nikki Gemmell her Biggest Book was a huge commercial success, but it had a sensational effect on her life and work.

Artwork of book The Bride Stripped Bare of back of woman lying in bed, arms on pillow, dark streaming hair, pink background

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The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie inspired riots in England and book burnings in India; death threats, murders and a fatwa; and ultimately, a devastating physical attack on Salman Rushdie in 2022.

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Webfiction is a gargantuan platform for writers in China but authors of male to male fiction - known as the danmei or boyslove genre - are experiencing a censorship crackdown and some writers have been imprisoned for their writing.

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Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe is the most banned book in the USA and now it's being challenged in the courts in Australia. Banned Books is a new series that looks at what's driving book bans worldwide.

book spines on top and bottom of image with BANNED stamped in the middle

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Find out how to catch a con-artist in this episode of Fakes and Frauds that delves into the fake memoir Forbidden Love by Norma Khouri 20 years after the book was first published.

Tile incorporates book covers and newspaper clippings and reads Fakes and Frauds

Cannibalism, telepathy and celibacy are just some of the false claims about Australian Aboriginal people that Marlo Morgan made in her 1990s new age hit, Mutant Message Down Under, and this episode of Fakes and Frauds exposes the lies.

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The Helen Demidenko scandal tore the Australian literary community apart in the 1990s. This episode of Fakes and Frauds charts the rise and downfall of Helen Demidenko and the impacts on the book world.

Tile incorporates book covers and newspaper clippings and reads Fakes and Frauds