Jun 23, 2025
Anna and Annie discuss our 10 best books of 2025 so far.
Books mentioned:
A LITTLE TRICKERIE by Rosanna Pike
THE NAMES by Florence Knapp
THE HUSBANDS by Holly Gramazio
DREAM COUNT by Chimananda Ngoze Adiche
SMALL RAIN by Garth Greenwell
STINKBUG by Sinéad Stubbins
PATRIOT by Alexei Navalny translated by...
Jun 20, 2025
Anna and Geoff discuss the 2025 Women's Prize winners and the new Data Bill regulating (or not) AI and creative work.
Our book of the week is THE EMPUSIUM: A HEALTH RESORT HORROR STORY by Olga Tokarczuk translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Tokarczuk is the Nobel Prize lauereate author of FLIGHTS and DRIVE YOUR PLOW OVER...
Jun 16, 2025
Anna and Annie discuss the 2025 Women’s Prize and try to predict the winner. Since we recorded this the winner has been announced: The Safe Keep by Yael Van Der Wouden. (Annie was right!)
And Annie wraps up recent Australian book award news including the Stella Prize winner Theory and Practice by Michelle de Kretser...
May 26, 2025
Anna and Annie discuss the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, JAMES by Percival Everett.
Our book of the week is SMALL RAIN by Garth Greenwell. A poet is admitted to hospital with severe pain. Bedridden, he reflects on his relationships, music and poetry and the small details of life. Winner of the
May 13, 2025
Anna and Annie discuss the cookbook controversy between Nagi Maehashi of RecipeTin Eats and Brooke Bellamy of Bake with Brooki and ask whether it is possible to copyright a recipe.
Our book of the week is FUNDAMENTALLY by Nussaibah Younis. Shortlisted for the 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction, this debut novel...