A podcast where we talk about our book of the week. Read along with us!
Anna and Annie discuss the 2022 . Our book of the week is by Hannah Kent, author of the multi award-winning Burial Rites.  Devotion is a queer love story set in Prussia and Australia in the 1830s. Described as ‘utterly original’…
Anna and Annie discuss the The Kids by Hannah Lowe, the and the program. Our book of the week is , the new novel by Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich. Set in Minneapolis in 2020, it tells the story of…
Anna and Annie discuss joyful stories, vampires and other . Our book of the week is by Janice Hallett. This debut crime novel with a nod to Agatha Christie has been a Sunday Times best-seller. Recommended as a fun holiday read. Coming up:…
Anna and Annie discuss the category winners. Our book of the week is by S J Norman, their debut short story collection. Described as ‘astonishing’ (Christos Tsiolkas) and ‘a literary genius’ (Hannah Kent) these stories are…
Anna and Annie discuss the . Our book of the week is by Christos Tsiolkas, the multi-award winning author of The Slap, Barracuda and Damascus. This novel centres on a man writing a book about a retired porn star and seeking beauty in the world. …
Anna, Amanda and Annie pick our top ten books of 2021. Our favourite reads (in no particular order) were: 1. by Melody Razak 2. by Jennifer Down 3. by Colm ToÃbÃn 4. by Julia Baird 5. by Merlin Sheldrake 6. by Charlotte Wood 7. by Damon…
Anna and Amanda discuss the . Our book of the week is by Damon Galgut, winner of the . This novel follows the crash and burn of a White South African family over a generation, against the backdrop of a changing country. A worthy winner, Amanda also…
Anna and Annie discuss the winners of the , the and the . Our book of the week is by multi-award winning author Colm TóibÃn. His latest novel, based on the life of Thomas Mann, is a New York Times Notable Book, a Best Book of Fall 2021 (Time) and…
Anna and Annie discuss by Elif Shafak. Shafak is an award-winning Turkish-British novelist whose previous novel was short-listed for the Booker Prize. We loved this latest novel set in Cyprus and London and featuring a sassy fig tree….
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