Nov 22, 2020
Anna and Annie discuss the winner of the 2020 Readings Prize for New Fiction, Smart Ovens for Lonely People by Elizabeth Tan.
Our book of the week is Nudibranch by Irenosen Okojie. This collection of short stories was a Guardian Must Read Book of 2019. We read the story Grace Jones, which won the 2020 AKO Caine...
Nov 16, 2020
Anna and Annie discuss the Booker Prize 2020 shortlist and give our predictions on the winner.
The shortlisted books are:
The New Wilderness by Diane Cook, This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangaremba, Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi, The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste, Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart, and Real Life by Brandon...
Nov 9, 2020
Anna and Annie discuss What Are You Going Through by Sigrid Nunez, the follow-up to her National Book Award -winning The Friend. A woman helps her friend who is dying of cancer in this erudite and drily funny novel.
In book news, Blacktop Wasteland by S. A. Cosby is being adapted for the big screen, and Hello Friend...
Nov 2, 2020
A special 150th episode!
Anna chats with Jennie Orchard, curator of The Gifts of Reading: the Joys of Reading, Giving and Receiving Books, inspired by Robert Macfarlane. We could not think of a more apt book to celebrate our 150th 'birthday' than this incredible collection as today's best writers share stories about...