Ep 274: Comfort Reading Recommendations

Anna and Amanda discuss the Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction won by Hilary Mantel for The Mirror and the Light and the longlist for the Gordon Burn Prize.  Our book of the week is Still Life by Sarah Winman.  Winman's previous novel Tin Man was a sensation and her fans w ...  Show more

Anna and Annie discuss the Miles Franklin shortlist.  Our book of the week is Stories of the Sahara by Sanmao translated by Mike Fu. This travel memoir has sold millions of copies in China and Taiwan since the 1970s and is now available for the first time in English translation.  ...  Show more

Kym Marsh on stepping into the iconic role of Beverly in theatre classic Abigail's Party as the play opens at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.Film critic Hannah Strong and George Pundek, co-host of the Pulp Kitchen film podcast, on why so many of the big film franchises ...  Show more

This weekend marks the official start of autumn, so what better time to take a peek at the fall books we’re most excited to read? On this week’s episode, Gilbert Cruz chats with Joumana Khatib and Anna Dubenko about the upcoming season of reading and the books on the horizon t ...

This July, The New York Times Book Review published a list of The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. The top choice was “My Brilliant Friend,” by Elena Ferrante, translat ...

In Episode 201, author Lidija Hilje talks with Sarah about her debut novel, <u>Slanting Towards the Sea</u>. Spanning two decades and one transformative summer in Croatia, Slanting Towards the Sea ...