Jennifer Byrne Presents is an Australian television series of specials that was a spinoff from the First Tuesday Book Club presented by ABC journalist Jennifer Byrne. The show first aired on ABC TV on 9 October 2007. The program was broadcast on selected Tuesdays at 10:00p.m. and was replayed at 4:30p.m. on the following Sunday.
The series was sometimes broadcast on Thursday evenings at 8:00p.m. In September 2012, an audience of 823,000 viewed her interview with J. K. Rowling and in October 2013, an audience of 637,000 viewers viewed her interview with Tim Winton.
The last known episode of the program was aired on 17 May 2016.
Episode list 2007 Date Program title Guest(s) Reference9 October 2007 War Stories Geraldine Brooks, Les Carlyon, Peter Cosgrove and Rowley Richards 28 October 2007 Mikey Robins, Gay Bilson, Marion Halligan and Lindsay McDougal Bill Bryson Bill Bryson
2008 Date Program title Guest(s) Reference11 March 2008 Crime Dorothy Porter, Graeme Blundell, Justice Ian Callinan, Shane Maloney 15 April 2008 Greatest Characters From Fiction 30 April 2008 Peter, Paul and Ian Peter Carey, Paul Auster, Ian McEwan24 June 2008 Sex and Romance Luke Davies, Sophie Gee, Anne Gracie, Christos Tsiolkas29 July 2008 Animal Tales Jackie French, Sonya Hartnett, Peter Goldsworthy, Raimond Gaita11 November 2008 Biography Jacqueline Kent, Graeme Blundell, Christine Wallace, Peter Fitzsimons22 December 2008 Dorothy Porter Dorothy Porter
2009 Date Program title Guest(s) Reference10 March 2009 Hoaxes Malcolm Knox, Jack Marx, Michael Heyward, John Bayley 9 June 2009 Cads and Bounders Mia Freedman, Sandra Yates, Chris Taylor, Edmund Capon14 July 2009 Brave New Worlds Emily Maguire, Max Barry, John Marsden, Richard Neville8 September 2009 Monsters and Bloodsuckers Tara Moss, Leigh Blackmore, Cathrine Jinx, Will Elliott20 October 2009 True Crime Rochelle Jackson, Andrew Rule, Jack Marx, Richard Spears
2010 Date Program title Guest(s) Reference9 March 2010 Book to Film John Collee, Ana Kokkinos, John Marsden, Margaret Pomeranz 11 May 2010 Bestsellers & Blockbusters Lee Child, Matthew Reilly, Di Morrissey, Bryce Courtenay13 July 2010 Christopher Hitchens Christopher Hitchens24 August 2010 Ayaan Hirsi Ali Ayaan Hirsi Ali21 September 2010 On the Road Cate Kennedy, William Dalrymple, Claire Scobie, Tony Wheeler16 November 2010 Graphic Novels Marieke Hardy, Dave Graney, Markus Zusak, Bob Sessions
2011 Date Program title Guest(s) Reference15 March 2011 Cult Reads Marieke Hardy, Dave Graney, Markus Zusak, Bob Sessions 29 March 2011 Ken Follett Ken Follett26 April 2011 Lovers Andrea Goldsmith, Posie Graeme Evans, Mark Colvin, Toby Schmitz17 May 2011 The Future of Book Richard Watson, Kate Eltham, Richard Flanagan12 July 2011 Fantasy Jennifer Rowe, Fiona McIntosh, Lev Grossman, Matthew Reilly26 July 2011 Geraldine Brooks Geraldine Brooks16 August 2011 Memoir Jane Clifton, Kate Holden, Peter Fitzsimons, Benjamin Law26 September 2011 Christos Tsiolkas Christos Tsiolkas11 October 2011 Alexander McCall-Smith Alexander McCall Smith15 November 2011 Di Morrissey Di Morrissey
2012 Date Program title Guest(s) Reference14 February 2012 Words Aloud Kim Scott, Mem Fox, Mark Colvin, Cate Kennedy 29 May 2012 Dark Places Jo Nesbø, Michael Robotham, Malla Nunn, Leigh Redhead 12 June 2012Punch Lines Richard Glover, Chris Taylor, Virginia Gay, Lawrence Mooney 19 June 2012Erotica David Malouf, Linda Jaivin, Krissy Kneen, Eddie Sharp26 June 2012 Danielle Clode, Mark Carnegie, Christine Wallace, Geoff Dyer31 July 2012Jeanette Winterson Jeanette Winterson 28 August 2012Davo Sobel Davo Sobel 27 September 2012 J. K. Rowling The Harry Games John Marsden, Melina Marchetta, Morris Gleitzman, Steph Bowe 19 November 2012 Michael Palin from Python to Brazil Michael Palin
2013 Date Program title Guest(s) Reference 30 April 2013 Ian McEwan Ian McEwan 14 May 2013 PD James PD James 21 May 2013 Ian Rankin Ian Rankin 28 May 2013 Margaret Atwood Margaret Atwood 10 September 2013 Books That Changed the World, Volume II Tom Holland, Ahdaf Soueif, Jared Diamond, Loretta Napoleoni 17 September 2013 Pens and Prejudice Anna Krien, Kate Mosse, Ramona Koval, James Wood 24 September 2013 Elizabeth Gilbert Elizabeth GilbertTim Winton Tim Winton 12 November 2013 The Sports Pages Rebecca Wilson, Christos Tsiolkas, Malcolm Knox, Mischa Merz 19 November 2013 Bragging Rights John Safran, Lawrence Mooney, Sandra Yates, Sophie Black
2014 Date Program title Guest(s) Reference 15 July 2014 The Seven Deadly Sins - GREED Geoffrey Cousins, Janine Allis, Shane Maloney, Dee Madigan 22 July 2014 The Seven Deadly Sins - WRATH Brendan Cowell, Tracey Spicer, Craig Sherborne, Larissa Behrendt 29 July 2014 The Seven Deadly Sins - PRIDE Michael Williams, Kirstie Clements, Steve Vizard, Ramona Koval 5 August 2014 The Seven Deadly Sins - LUST Tara Moss, John Bell, Marieke Hardy, Jason Steger 12 August 2014 The Seven Deadly Sins - SLOTH Bob Carr, Hannah Gadsby, Gary Shteyngart, Robina Courtin 19 August 2014 The Seven Deadly Sins - ENVY Greg Sheridan, Angela Meyer, Lyndon Terracini, Kate McClymont 26 August 2014 The Seven Deadly Sins - GLUTTONY Wayne Macauley, George McEncroe, Mark Colvin, Charlotte Wood9 September 2014 Jane Goodall at Sydney Town Hall: Parts 1 & 2 Jane Goodall Jane Goodall 16 September 2014 Tom Keneally Tom Keneally 23 September 2014 Helen Garner Helen Garner 19 October 2014 Malala: Life After The Taliban Malala Yousafzai
2015 Date Program title Guest(s) Reference 19 April 2015 Great War Stories Peter FitzSimons, Christina Spittel, Merrick Watts, Delia Falconer
2016 Date Program title Guest(s) Reference 17 May 2016 Andy Griffiths Andy Griffiths
See also First Tuesday Book Club List of Australian television series
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