Jun 22, 2021
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 Stuart
Detransition, Baby by...
Jun 9, 2021
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 Alexandria Marzano-Leznevich
- Fog by Kaja...
May 31, 2021
A special episode: Anna chats with Kate and Laura from The Book Club Review Podcast to find the best books for book club reading.
We got together in Adelaide, London and Vancouver to bring you our Top 10:
1. Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan translated by Heather Lloyd
May 25, 2021
A special episode!
Anna chats with Shawn Mooney from Shawn the Book Maniac. We talk about the books we've been reading lately. Some of the books discussed:
My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Growing Up Disabled in Australia edited by...
May 17, 2021
Anna and Annie discuss Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters.
This debut novel about love and parenting in the trans community was long-listed for the Women's Prize. Described as 'exhilaratingly good' (Jia Tolentino), 'fiercely confident' (O Magazine), 'savvy' (New York Times Book Review) and 'electrifying' (Esquire),...