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 214: Women in Translation recommendations and TBR

Anna and Annie discuss their book recommendations for Women in Translation month.  There is also a #WITreadathon on BookTube hosted by Matthew Sciarappa, Kendra Winchester and Insert Literary Pun Here if you’re interested. Our WIT month books: …

Ep 213:Bolla by Pajtim Statovci translated by David Hackston

Anna and Annie discuss the winner and react to the . Our book of the week is by Pajtim Statovci translated by David Hackston. Set in Kosovo, this novel centres on Arsim, an Albanian man who falls in love with Milos, a Serbian man, just before the…

Ep 212: Best Books of the Year So Far

Anna and Annie discuss with The Dogs originally .  We love a literary scandal! Our best books of 2022 so far are: by Louise Erdrich by Jacqueline Bublitz by Jennifer Egan by Deborah Levy by Hannah Kent by Gabrielle Zevin by Omar Sakr…

EP 211: Wild Abandon by Emily Bitto

Anna and Amanda discuss the , The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki. Our book of the week is by Emily Bitto, the follow-up to her Stella Prize-winning novel The Strays.  A heartbroken young man lands in New York City, indulges in the…

Ep 210: Comfort Reading Recommendations

Anna and Annie discuss the . Annie’s tip to win is Bodies of Light by Jennifer Down. Our comfort reading recommendations are: by Bonnie Garmus by Dervla McTiernan by Katherine Addison by Daniel Mendelsohn by Monica Ali by Jessica Au by Steven…

Ep 209: Red Arrow by William Brewer

Anna and Annie discuss the winner of the winner of the , The Art of Losing by Alice Zeniter translated by Frank Wynne. Our book of the week is by William Brewer. A writer who has taken a dose of mushrooms chases a famous physicist whose memoir he is…

Ep 208: Stolen Focus by Johann Hari

Anna and Amanda discuss the , The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen. Our book of the week is by Johann Hari.  It explores the forces in society  that distract us and affect our ability to concentrate, from social media to processed food. …

Ep 207: The Candy House by Jennifer Egan

Anna and Annie discuss the 2022 . Our book of the week is by award-winning author Jennifer Egan. It is a sister novel to her Pulitzer-Prize winning A Visit from the Goon Squad and is set in a future where people upload their memories to the cloud. A…

Ep 206: The Colony by Audrey Magee

Anna and Annie discuss the 2022 . Our book of the week is by Audrey Magee, author of the Women’s Prize shortlisted The Undertaking. The Colony is a novel about colonialism on a wild Irish island.  Described as lyrical and intelligent, this one…

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