Episode list

As an actor, for Claudia Karvan great storytelling is all about people, great characters. From Peter Carey's True History of the Kelly Gang to Christos Tsiolkas' The Slap and many more books besides, she wants to see what truths we can uncover about ourselves, through the fictious characters of Australian novels.

From Kate Grenville's The Secret River in Sydney to Richard Flanagan's Death of a River Guide in Tasmania and Trent Dalton's Boy Swallows Universe in Brisbane, Claudia learns how Australia set the stage for our great stories.

On the final leg of her literary adventure, Claudia Karvan delves into power and its abuse and misuse in our stories.