Dec 20, 2024
A special episode : Anna chats with author Anthony Nocera.
We discuss Anthony’s brilliant essay WEDNESDAY BANG in the current issue of SPLINTER and his upcoming plays: Log Boy, My Hair is Thinning and Someone Like You.
Anthony’s book recommendations:
Dec 14, 2024
Anna, Annie and Amanda reveal our favourite reads of 2024!
Books discussed:
MAGIC PILL by Johann Hari
ALL THE BEAUTY IN THE WORLD by Patrick Bringley
THE ALTERNATIVES by Caoilinn Hughes
THIS STRANGE AND EVENTFUL HISTORY by Claire Messud
RAPTURE by Emily Maguire
WOO WOO by Ella Baxter
THE GENTLEMAN FROM PERU by...
Dec 9, 2024
A special episode: we chat with Farrin Foster about new literary journal SPLINTER and emerging Australian authors. We talk about authors who are also musicians, autofiction and taking a book of poetry in your bag for waiting times.
Farrin recommends the work of:
Seamus Lonergan –
KT Major
Olivia De Zilva
ROCK...
Dec 1, 2024
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 WEDDING FORECAST by Nina...
Nov 15, 2024
Anna and Annie discuss the 2024 Goldsmiths Prize winner, Parade by Rachel Cusk, and ghostwriters in crime writing.
Our book of the week is JAMES by Percival Everett. This re-telling of Huckleberry Finn has been an instant New York Times best-seller, shortlisted for the Booker Prize and National Book award and described...