Anna and Annie discuss the 2024 Booker Prize winner ORBITAL by Samantha Harvey. Our comfort reading recommendations are: ARGYLLE by Elly Conway WE SOLVE MURDERS by Richard Osman LOOSE LIPS by Kemper Donovan THE SPY COAST by Tess Gerritsen THE ROM COMMERS by Katherine Center THE ...Show more
Ep 177: Still Life by Sarah Winman
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
Ep 176: Stories of the Sahara by Sanmao translated by Mike Fu
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
Ep 175: Pride Month Reading Recommendations
Happy Pride Month! Anna and Annie discuss some favourite LGBTQIA+ books that we have read recently: Bessie Smith by Jackie Kay Memorial by Bryan Washington Real Life by Brandon Taylor Dreamland by Rosa Rankin Gee In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado Shuggie Bain by Douglas ...Show more
Ep 174: Crime Reading Recommendations
Anna and Annie discuss the Booker International Prize winner and the Miles Franklin Award Longlist. We reveal our top crime book recommendations: - Girl, 11 by Amy Suiter Clarke - Talking to the Dead by Harry Bingham - Northern Spy by Flynn Berry - The Fact of a Body by Alexandri ...Show more