S2Ep3 Extra: The Edith effect
(with 2Ser’s Final Draft – Great Conversations)
History Lab producer Ninah Kopel talked to Andrew Pople about a question that kept popping up in the making of Season 2, Episode 3: Skeletons of Empire. It concerns a literary mystery at the intersection of storytelling and reality in Frank Moorhouse’s Edith Trilogy on the formation of The League of Nations.
2SER’s Final Draft – Great Conversations is hosted and produced by Andrew Pople. It’s a space on the air where big names of arts and culture sit cheek-by-jowl with those just beginning to make their mark. Great Conversations features interviews with authors and writers, exploring books, writing and literary culture from Australia and the world.
History Lab is a collaboration between the Australian Centre for Public History at the University of Technology Sydney and 2SER 107.3
Find out more
- Listen to History Lab S2Ep3: Skeletons of Empire (released 12 Dec)
Credits
Producer: Andrew Pople
Image credit: Frank Moorhouse, Dark Palace: The Edith Trilogy Vol 2 (Penguin, 2001) – Winner of the 2001 Miles Franklin Literary Award
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