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'Honeybee' is the first best-selling Australian novel
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Books That Made Us

'Honeybee' is the first best-sellingAustralian novel to delve deeply intoa transgender...

'Honeybee' is the first best-selling
Australian novel to delve deeply into
a transgender story

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'Honeybee' is the first best-selling Australian novel
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to delve deeply into a transgender story.
Duration
8 seconds
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23
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:15
Uploaded
May 28, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary

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An inspiring documentary series, presented by Claudia Karvan, that takes us on a journey to celebrate our love of books, meet our great storytellers and explore our Australian identity.
S01 • E01 Written by a cisgender man, it's caused some controversy - Books That Made Us 00:09
Written by a cisgender man, it's caused some controvers...
S01 • E02 I don't understand how their brains just wouldn't go to mush in the heat. - Books That Made Us 00:05
I don't understand how their brains just wouldn't ...
S01 • E03 ..I think we'll be fine, ultimately, but for the country? - Books That Made Us 00:06
..I think we'll be fine, ultimately, but for the countr...
S01 • E02 So I think for an author to create a novel here in Brisbane, - Books That Made Us 00:09
So I think for an author to create a novel here in Brisbane,
S01 • E03 I'm gonna go meet Kim Scott, who wrote 'That Deadman Dance'. - Books That Made Us 00:05
I'm gonna go meet Kim Scott, who wrote 'That Deadm...
S01 • E03 It's a very sort of little known time of Australian history - Books That Made Us 00:16
It's a very sort of little known time of Australian his...
S01 • E01 Well, I contacted Alyce as part of my process of consultation - Books That Made Us 00:07
Well, I contacted Alyce as part of my process of consultatio...
S01 • E02 More than 40 years on from David Malouf's 'Johnno', - Books That Made Us 00:11
More than 40 years on from David Malouf's 'Johnno&...
S01 • E01 When writing 'Honeybee'. a gender diverse story, - Books That Made Us 00:07
When writing 'Honeybee'. a gender diverse story,
S01 • E02 Inspired by journalist Trent Dalton's own life, - Books That Made Us 00:13
Inspired by journalist Trent Dalton's own life,
S01 • E01 "You're taking something on, don't stuff it up." - Books That Made Us 00:08
"You're taking something on, don't stuff it u...
S01 • E03 Ahhh! (MAN LAUGHS) - Books That Made Us 00:06
Ahhh! (MAN LAUGHS)
S01 • E02 You know, everybody thinks of Brisvegas - Books That Made Us 00:09
You know, everybody thinks of Brisvegas
S01 • E01 What was it? It was just an instant connection. - Books That Made Us 00:04
What was it? It was just an instant connection.
S01 • E03 Happy enough? I can't wait to absorb more of our sadistic culture. - Books That Made Us 00:06
Happy enough? I can't wait to absorb more of our sadist...
S01 • E01 Sam learns a lot about gender expression - Books That Made Us 00:04
Sam learns a lot about gender expression
S01 • E02 It's the housing estates, the drug addiction, - Books That Made Us 00:09
It's the housing estates, the drug addiction,
S01 • E03 So you start the book - Books That Made Us 00:05
So you start the book
S01 • E01 Drag celebrates, satirises, bends the rules of gender expression - Books That Made Us 00:08
Drag celebrates, satirises, bends the rules of gender expres...
S01 • E02 And yet even though he's telling a very dark tale, - Books That Made Us 00:05
And yet even though he's telling a very dark tale,