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TRENT DALTON: I'm yet to see a film
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Books That Made Us

I'm yet to see a film, I'm yet to hear a song that speaks to my soul the way that speaks...

TRENT DALTON: I'm yet to see a film, I'm yet to hear a song that speaks to my soul the way that speaks to my soul the way
a great Australian writer
can get me a great Australian writer
can get me a great Australian writer
over the course of 100,000 words

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TRENT DALTON: I'm yet to see a film,
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I'm yet to hear a song
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that speaks to my soul the way
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that speaks to my soul the way a great Australian writer can get me
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a great Australian writer can get me
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a great Australian writer over the course of 100,000 words.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:52:49
Uploaded
May 28, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
documentary

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Movie Summary

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 There's me imagining these impossible people... - Books That Made Us 00:04
There's me imagining these impossible people...
S01 • E02 "past the mangrove forests "Then it went back to the sea." - Books That Made Us 00:08
"past the mangrove forests "Then it went back to t...
S01 • E01 It was like a sick science experiment. - Books That Made Us 00:04
It was like a sick science experiment.
S01 • E02 You know that the land is alive when it's described like that. - Books That Made Us 00:05
You know that the land is alive when it's described lik...
S01 • E03 CRAIG SILVEY: It's impossible to read broadly and widely and deeply - Books That Made Us 00:07
CRAIG SILVEY: It's impossible to read broadly and widel...
S01 • E01 And then we were typing it up and then making carbon copies. - Books That Made Us 00:06
And then we were typing it up and then making carbon copies.
S01 • E02 And I wanted to write a book that I think I hadn't read. (LAUGHS) - Books That Made Us 00:12
And I wanted to write a book that I think I hadn't read...
S01 • E03 WESLEY ENOCH: For me, the act of reading - Books That Made Us 00:09
WESLEY ENOCH: For me, the act of reading
S01 • E01 And when we travelled between places, every six months or so, - Books That Made Us 00:07
And when we travelled between places, every six months or so...
S01 • E01 My third child had just been born. - Books That Made Us 00:04
My third child had just been born.
S01 • E03 MICHAEL MOHAMMED AHMAD: Just the ability to read, to recite, - Books That Made Us 00:06
MICHAEL MOHAMMED AHMAD: Just the ability to read, to recite,
S01 • E02 These were the voices - Books That Made Us 00:11
These were the voices
S01 • E01 We were flying through the airport at Rome, - Books That Made Us 00:13
We were flying through the airport at Rome,
S01 • E03 CLAUDIA: So go on, read a great Australian story - Books That Made Us 00:04
CLAUDIA: So go on, read a great Australian story
S01 • E02 And that deep history and the culture that goes with it, - Books That Made Us 00:11
And that deep history and the culture that goes with it,
S01 • E03 And discover books that made us. - Books That Made Us 00:04
And discover books that made us.
S01 • E01 I realised he was pointing back at the bus, - Books That Made Us 00:06
I realised he was pointing back at the bus,
S01 • E02 And all times in the future. It's what the country stands for. - Books That Made Us 00:05
And all times in the future. It's what the country stan...
S01 • E01 And, really, we could've just gone into the airport, - Books That Made Us 00:18
And, really, we could've just gone into the airport,
S01 • E02 You've got to care for it so it'll look after...look after you. - Books That Made Us 00:06
You've got to care for it so it'll look after...lo...