A podcast where we talk about our book of the week. Read along with us!
Anna and Geoff discuss by Fyodor Dostoevsky translated by Ronald Meyer. A man meets a woman on the street in St Petersburg and falls in love in this short story. It has become a in recent months and Penguin has commissioned to be read by…
A special episode: Anna chats with Kate Slotover of the . Our book of the week is by Beth Brower. Recommended by our friend Shawn Mooney of , we enjoyed this novel set in Victorian London about a young woman returning to claim her inheritance….
A special episode: Anna is joined by author and founder . We discuss our reactions to the 2025 . Our book of the week is by Alexei Navalny translated by Arch Tait with Stephen Dalziel. This is Navalny’s autobiography detailing his…
Anna and Geoff react to the 2025 . Our book of the week is by Christian Kracht translated by Daniel Bowles. A middle-aged man goes on a dubious road trip through Switzerland with his 80-year old mother, recently discharged from a mental…
A special episode: Anna chats with author about her debut novel . When Lauren returns to her flat in London one night, she finds a husband called Michael: the only problem is, she isn’t married. It turns out that her attic is producing an…
Anna and Geoff review  the new novel by Booker Prize-winning author Alan Hollinghurst. Dave Win is a Burmese-British actor reminiscing about his life, growing up as a gay man in the 1960s through to 2019. We loved the exact and beautiful…
A special episode: Anna speaks with author about his new crime novel . This is the fifth in the Malabar House series set in 1950s Bombay after Partition. Persis Wadia is India’s first female police detective and is sent to work in Malabar House. In…
Anna and Annie discuss the success of Rebecca Yarros’s new book , the third in the Emperyean series. Annie gives her views about why they have been and the popularity of romantasy. Our book of the week is by Nicola Dinan. This buzzy new…
A special episode! Anna chats with USA Today best-selling author Kemper Donovan about his new novel , the second in the Ghostwriter series after the best-selling (see ep 265). Kemper hosts the podcast and his crime novels bring the Golden Age of…
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