Oct 25, 2021
Anna and Annie discuss the Giller Prize Shortlist.
Our book of the week is Matrix by Lauren Groff, the follow-up to her hugely successful Fates and Furies. This novel about Marie de France becoming the prioress of an abbey is a New York Times Bestseller and has been shortlisted for the National Book Awards.
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Oct 18, 2021
Anna and Annie discuss the Nobel Prize for Literature winner, Abdulrazak Gurner.
Our book of the week is Assembly by Natasha Brown. A short novel about a Black woman's experience in modern Britain, this has been described as 'diamond-sharp, timely and urgent' (The Observer) and 'the literary debut of the summer'...
Oct 10, 2021
Anna and Amanda discuss Real Estate, the latest book by Deborah Levy in her living autobiography series.
Levy has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize twice, for her novels Swimming Home and Hot Milk, and has won acclaim recently for her non-fiction works, with the best-selling The Cost of Living a New York Times...
Oct 2, 2021
Anna and Annie discuss the 2021 Booker Prize Shortlist.
Our book of the week is Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead. This sweeping historical novel about a 1950s woman aviator and modern-day movie star has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Described as a 'soaring masterclass' (Telegraph), the Donna Tartt comparisons...