Amy Bloom on her latest novel I'll Be Right Here about an unconventional chosen family, Ben Markovits goes on the road with his Booker Prize longlisted novel The Rest of Our Lives and Barbara Truelove's bonkers book about Dracula in space, Of Monsters and Mainframes. <a href="https://www.amybloom.com/">Amy Bloom</a> is the American author of ten books (including White Houses) and her new historical novel, <a href="https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Amy-Bloom-I'll-Be-Right-Here-9781803513188">I'll Be Right Here</a>, begins in wartime Paris and follows an unconventional, chosen family into the 21st century. The famous French author Collette has a cameo role too. Amy Bloom also shares the two things that matter to her most and why she writes about love in all its forms.<a href="https://newsouthbooks.com.au/books/of-monsters-and-mainframes/">Of Monsters and Mainframes</a> is the debut novel of the Australian author and game designer <a href="https://barbaratruelove.com/">Barbara Truelove</a>. It's a genre mash of science fiction and pulp horror and is largely narrated by a sentient spaceship. <a href="https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Benjamin-Markovits-Rest-of-Our-Lives-9780571388547">The Rest of Our Lives</a> is the 12th novel by British-American writer Benjamin Markovits and has recently been longlisted for the <a href="https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/2025">Booker Prize</a>. It follows Tom, who's in a middle aged rut, as he sets out on a road trip across America and visits people from his past. Ben also talks about his failed career as a professional basketball player, the parallels between basketball and writing, and how a health crisis enriched the writing of this latest book.

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