Aug 24, 2021
Anna and Annie discuss the 50 Hottest New Books Everyone Should Read.
Our book of the week is The Labyrinth by Amanda Lohrey, winner of the 2021 Miles Franklin Literary Award. This is a beautiful novel about a woman who moves to a coastal town to be near her son, who is in prison. Meditative and profound but there is...
Aug 17, 2021
Anna and Amanda discuss the 2021 Orwell Prize winners for political writing.
Our book of the week is Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa. This "beautiful, urgent novel" (New York Times) centres on Nahr, a young Palestinian woman who moves from Kuwait to Jordan. A 2020 Palestine Book Awards winner, this is a...
Aug 9, 2021
Anna and Amanda discuss Women In Translation Month and the readathon on Youtube.
Our book of the week is At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop translated by Anna Moschovakis. This novel about two Senegalese soldiers fighting for France in World War One has won several awards including the 2021 International Booker...
Aug 2, 2021
Anna and Annie discuss the 2021 Booker Prize Longlist and the winner of the 2021 Miles Franklin Literary Award, Labyrinth by Amanda Lohrey.
Our book of the week is Dreamland by Rosa Rankin-Gee. Set in Margate in the near future, it depicts a bleak world as Chance and her family struggle to survive. It's dystopic...