Read This: Charlotte Wood Thinks Restraint Is Underrated

Charlotte Wood became a mainstay in Australia’s literary firmament in 2016 following the release of her award-winning novel, The Natural Way of Things . Her latest book, Stone Yard Devotional , is a meditation on grief, solitude, what it means to live a good life, and what we owe one another. It has been shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize. On this episode of Read This , Michael sits down with Charlotte to discuss her new book, and she shares the psychic catastrophe that informed its final form. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.