Louise Doughty: A Bird in Winter

Louise Doughty is the author of ten novels, most recently A Bird in Winter. Her previous books include the bestseller Apple Tree Yard, which was adapted as a major BBC One TV series; Platform Seven, which has been filmed for ITVX and Black Water, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. She also created and wrote the hit BBC series Crossfire. She has been nominated for multiple awards including the Costa Novel Award, the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Sunday Times Short Story Prize. Her work has been translated into thirty languages.

Sarah Kanowski co-presents ABC Radio’s Conversations, the most downloaded podcast in Australia. On Conversations she speaks with guests from all walks of life with all kinds of stories, including artists, explorers, scientists, and teachers. Sarah has a Masters in English from the University of Oxford which she attended on a Commonwealth Scholarship and is now a failing Zen student.