PODCAST: Christian White on the importance of trusting readers to engage actively with his stories

PODCAST: Christian White on the importance of trusting readers to engage actively with his stories

Christian White talks to Cheryl about how personal experiences, especially fatherhood and aging, influence his writing, the differences between crafting novels and screenplays and the importance of trusting readers to engage actively with his stories. His latest novel, The Ledge, is out now.

About The Author

Christian White is an Australian author and screenwriter whose credits include feature film Relic, Netflix series Clickbait and numerous other projects in the pipeline. His debut novel The Nowhere Child was one of Australia’s bestselling debut novels ever, with rights sold in 17 international territories and a major screen deal. Christian’s second book, The Wife and the Widow (2019), and third, Wild Place (2021), were instant bestsellers. The Ledge is his fourth novel.

Reviews

An Utterly Intense And Emotionally Twisted Thriller: Read Our Review of The Ledge by Christian White

Review | Our Review

15 October 2024

An Utterly Intense And Emotionally Twisted Thriller: Read Our Review of The Ledge by Christian White

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        Publisher details

        The Ledge
        Author
        Christian White
        Publisher
        Affirm Press
        Genre
        Fiction
        Released
        24 September, 2024
        ISBN
        9781923419483

        Synopsis

        #46 in Better Reading's Top 100 2025When human remains are discovered in a forest, police are baffled, the locals are shocked and one group of old friends starts to panic. Their long-held secret is about to be uncovered.It all began in 1999 when sixteen-year-old Aaron ran away from home, drawing his friends into an unforeseeable chain of events that no one escaped from unscathed.In The Ledge, past and present run breathlessly parallel, leading to a climax that will change everything you thought you knew. This is a mind-bending new novel from the master of the unexpected.
        Christian White
        About the author

        Christian White

        Christian White is an Australian author and screenwriter whose projects include feature film RelicThe Nowhere Child is his first book and one of Australia’s bestselling debut novels ever. An early draft of this novel won the 2017 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript. Since publication The Nowhere Child has been shortlisted for major awards including the Australian Book Industry Awards’ General Fiction Book of the Year and Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year, and the Indie Book Awards’ Debut Fiction Book of the Year. Rights to The Nowhere Child have been sold in 17 international territories, and has been acquired for a major screen deal. Clickbait, a television series Christian co-created with Tony Ayres (The Slap) is currently in production for Netflix. Christian’s keenly awaited second book, The Wife and the Widow, was published by Affirm Press in 2019 and became an instant bestseller. Christian lives in Melbourne with his wife, filmmaker Summer DeRoche, and their adopted greyhound, Issy.

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