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The Bookshelf Presents: The Top 100 books of the 21st Century

Mariana Enríquez (Photo credit Nora Lezano)
Catherine Chidgey (Photo Credit Ebony Lamb)
Alan Hollinghurst
Afra Atiq
Claire Nicholls
Kate Evans (Photo Credit Dan Boud)
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Friday 23 May 2025
10-11am
Event Code: 59
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Join us for this live to air broadcast of ABC Radio National’s weekly book review program, The Bookshelf, as it looks back at the Top 100 Books of the 21st Century.

In anticipation of Radio National’s exciting audience vote and broadcast countdown event this October, the Top 100 Books, we bring together festival guests, Catherine Chidgey, Mariana Enriquez and Alan Hollinghurst to join hosts Kate Evans from ABC Radio National’s The Bookshelf and Claire Nichols from ABC Radio National’s The Book Show to discuss the most influential works in both fiction and non-fiction.

From gripping novels that have captured our imaginations to thought-provoking non-fiction that has reshaped our understanding of the world, this event will celebrate the literary achievements that have defined the past quarter-century.
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Alan Hollinghurst appears thanks to the support of the Cuffley Foundation.

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