In 2008 The Book Reading celebrates 60 years on air with a selection of novels, first published in 1948, which presented the world with pioneering depictions of political, social and sexual issues, and which still resonate with readers today. The Harp in the South portrayed the lives of the working class poor in Australia with humour, with fondness and with gritty realism and it has been popular since it was first published.
A picture of life in the inner city slums of Sydney during the Depression. It centres on the Darcy family.
It portrays the life of a Catholic Irish Australian family living in the Sydney suburb of Surry Hills, which was at that time an inner city slum.
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Vanka
An orphaned boy desperately seeks refuge from his dreadful existence.
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Concerning Love
A moving evocation of the pain of unrequited love.
Mondays to Fridays 2pm, repeated 11pm
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11am AEDT
Bush Telegraph
with Michael Mackenzie
An entertaining look at rural and regional issues around Australia
