Books On The Go

Hosted ByAnna Baillie-Karas, Annie Waters & Amanda Hayes

A podcast where we talk about our book of the week. Read along with us!


All Episodes

ep 232: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel

Anna and Annie discuss the .  Our book of the week is by Emily St John Mandel. Like Station 11 and The Glass Hotel, it is speculative fiction with warmth, heart and great story-telling.  A New York Times Bestseller and a Best Book of 2022…

Ep 231: Trespasses by Louise Kennedy

Anna and Annie discuss the man arrested for and whether new AI technology ChatGPT .  Our book of the week is by Louise Kennedy. Set in 1970s Belfast during the Troubles, it tells the story of a young Catholic woman and her affair with a married…

Ep 230: The Master and Margarita

Anna and Annie discuss by Virginia Woolf and by Danya Kukafka in our Keep or Cull segment. Our book of the week is by Mikhail Bulgakov translated by Michael Glenny. We have been meaning to read this Russian classic for ages.  A surreal,…

Ep 229: Best Books of 2022

Anna, Annie and Amanda discuss our best books of 2022. Our favourite reads were: by Matt Haig by Kapka Kassabova by Hannah Kent by Monica Ali by Gabrielle Zevin by Sandro Veronesi translated by Elena Pala by Takashi Hiraide translated by Eric…

Ep 228: Holiday Reading Recommendations and TBR

Anna and Annie discuss how Our holiday reading recommendations are: by Inge Simpson by Joanna Quinn by Michael Bennett by Miranda Cowley Heller by Marianne Cronin by Louise Hare by Lucy Foley by Parini Shroff by Hermione Lee by Tina Brown …

Ep 227: Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen

Anna and Amanda discuss .  Our book of the week is by award-winning author Jonathan Franzen.  This is a family drama set in 1971 American suburbia and is the first in a trilogy.  It was an instant New York Times best-seller, a Guardian…

Ep 226: The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell

Anna and Amanda discuss the for fiction, The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty. Our book of the week is by Maggie O’Farrell, the follow-up novel to her hugely successful Hamnet. It’s set in the Italian Renaissance and follows Lucrezia de’Medici and her…

Ep 225: The Trees by Percival Everett

Anna and Annie discuss . Our book of the week is by Percival Everett. This novel set in Money, Mississippi starts with a brutal murder which detectives Ed and Jim struggle to solve.  Satirical with absurdist elements and a whodunnit, but…

EP 224: Real Bad Things by Kelly J Ford

Anna and Annie discuss the Readings Prize winner, by Jessica Au. Our book of the week is by Kelly J. Ford.  Set around the Arkansas River, this is a suspense thriller about Jane, who returns to her home town to face up to a murder that was…

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