![]() MELISSA: Hhm, maybe because I worked my ring out on it for two years. Why do you think the book had such an immediate impact? Since I have spoken to you, which was the morning after you were shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award, Too Much Lip has received and been shortlisted for many other awards, including The Stella Prize, the Voss Literary Prize, the Prime Minister's Literary Award, and several categories in the Queensland Literary Awards. ![]() So, thank you for having me.įirst off congratulations. ![]() Now we are recording at Avid reader in Brisbane, and I have to say I've never been here before. I have now read it twice… or was it published at the end of 2018?ĪSTRID: I'm pretty sure I was published at the beginning of 2019. Today we are going to just talk about Too Much Lip, which is your phenomenal novel published in 2019. ![]() ![]() ASTRID: Thank you so much for agreeing to come back to The Garret. ![]()
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