A podcast where we talk about our book of the week. Read along with us!
Anna and Amanda discuss the which will commence in 2024. Our book of the week is by Shankari Chandran. A layered story about a nursing home in Sydney whose residents have traumatic memories of the civil war in Sri Lanka, this won the 2023…
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A special episode: Anna chats with Shawn Mooney of Shawn the Book Maniac. We recommend three books and each choose one to read for our next episode: the Anna and Shawn book club! Books discussed: by Shirley Hazzard by Esther Yi by Sue Orr by Anna…
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Anna and Annie discuss a recent study on . We wrap up Women in Translation month. The books we read (or Annie did at least!) and recommend are: by Susanne Wedlich translated by Ayca Turkoglu by Mieko Kawakami translated by Sam Bett and David…
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Anna and Annie discuss the .  Our book of the week is by Brandon Taylor. A novel about friends and lovers set in Iowa City, it is both intimate and explores wider issues in contemporary life and art. Taylor was short-listed for the Booker…
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Anna and Amanda discuss Elizabeth Gilbert because of its Russia theme. Our book of the week is by Paul Harding. Based on a true story, an island community of castaways and misfits is disrupted when a well-meaning but racist preacher enters their…
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Anna and Amanda discuss the Women’s Prize winner Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver. Our book of the week is by Jonathan Freedland. This tells the true story of Rudolf Vrba who escaped from Auschwitz with Fred Wetzler and their attempt to…
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A special episode: Anna chats with author Ennis Ćehić about his debut collection of short stories, . Ćehić is based in Melbourne and Sarajevo and writes about displacement, creativity and existentialism. The stories in are set in the…
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A special episode: Anna chats with author Christine Keighery about her new novel . Christine Keighery has written over 35 novels for children and young adults (as Chrissie Perry). The Half Brother is her first novel for adults. It’s a…
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Anna and Amanda discuss by Shirley Hazzard. This novel set in Japan and Hong Kong in 1947 explores the colonial era with a forbidden love story at its centre. Described as “the last masterpiece of a vanished age of civility” (Wall Street…
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A special episode: Anna chats with author Kylie Needham about her debut novel, . Girl in a Pink Dress centres on Frances, an artist in her 40s who is invited to her former lover’s exhibition opening in Sydney. A beautiful, spare novel that…
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