Melanie Cheng's The Burrow: can a pet rabbit heal a family dealing with tragedy?

The Bookshelf

Kate and Cassie read Melanie Cheng’s The Burrow, a pandemic-set novella that details the healing powers of a pet rabbit for a family dealing with tragedy. Plus, Native American writer Louise Erdrich’s The Mighty Red, a beautifully crafted novel about a love triangle and everyday life in a farming community in North Dakota, and the latest from Yuwaalaraay storyteller Nardi Simpson, The Belburd, a poetic montage of life and death.

BOOKS

Melanie Cheng, The Burrow, Text

Louise Erdrich, The Mighty Red, Corsair

Nardi Simpson, The Belburd, Hachette

GUESTS

Steph Harmon, Culture Editor, The Guardian

Tom Wright, theatre writer and adaptor; Associate Director, Belvoir Theatre

OTHER BOOKS MENTIONEDNardi Simpson, Song of the CrocodileEmeric Pressburger, The Glass PearlsClaire Kilroy, Soldier SailorAlan Murrin, The Coast Road Dan Hogan, Secret Third Thing

​CREDIT

• Presenter: Kate Evans, Cassie McCullagh
• Producer, Kate Evans, Sarah Corbett
• Sound engineer: Craig Tilmouth, Beth Stewart
• Executive producer, Rhiannon Brown