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Books On The GoEp 264: Thunderhead by Miranda Darling
Anna and Annie discuss the 2024 Stella Prize winner and the Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist. Our book of the week is Thunderhead by Miranda Darling. A…
Books On The GoEp 263: Question 7 by Richard Flanagan
Anna and Annie find some book recommendations to read along with Taylor Swift's new album The Tortured Poets Department. Our book of the week is Question 7 by…
Books On The GoEp 262: Butter by Asako Yuzuki translated by Polly Barton
Anna and Annie discuss the 2024 Stella Prize shortlist. Our book of the week is Butter by Asako Yuzuki translated by Polly Barton. Described as 'a novel of…
Books On The GoEp 261: Crime Book Recommendations
Anna and Annie discuss the 2024 Stella Prize Shortlist. We reveal our favourite recent crime reads. Our recommendations are: The Many Lies of Veronica Hawkins…
Books On The GoEp 260: Everyone Who Can Forgive Me Is Dead with Jenny Hollander
A special episode: we chat with author Jenny Hollander about her debut crime novel EVERYONE WHO CAN FORGIVE ME IS DEAD. Charlie Colbert is an editor at a major…
Books On The GoEp 259: The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez
Anna and Annie discuss the inaugural Women's Prize for Non-Fiction longlist, including Anna Funder's Wifedom. Our book of the week is THE VULNERABLES by Sigrid…
Books On The GoEp 258: Home Reading Service with Shawn Mooney
It's the Shawn and Anna Book Club! Our first book is Home Reading Service by Fabio Morábito translated by Curtis Bauer. Eduardo is sentenced to a year of…
Books On The GoEp 257: Holiday Reading Recommendations
Anna and Annie reveal our book recommendations for the holiday season. Our favourite holiday reads this year are: THE CLUB by Ellery Lloyd NOW YOU SEE US by…
Books On The GoEp 256: Best Books of 2023
Anna and Annie discuss the Booker Prize 2023 winner, PROPHET SONG by Paul Lynch. We reveal the best books we read in 2023. In no particular order, they are…
Books On The GoEp 255: Collected Works by Lydia Sandgren translated by Agnes Broomé
Anna and Annie discuss authors' concerns about Spotify streaming books and highlights from the 2024 Adelaide Writers Week lineup. Our book of the week is…
Books On The GoEp 254: True Biz and Y/N Book Club with Shawn Mooney
Special guest Shawn Mooney of Shawn the Book Maniac joins Anna for Book Club! We discuss TRUE BIZ by Sara Nović and Y/N by Esther Yi. These books have taken us…
Books On The GoEp 253: Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder
Anna and Annie discuss the 2023 Booker Prize Shortlist and the authors taking action over the generative AI use of their work. Our book of the week is WIFEDOM…
Books On The GoEp 252: Chai Time At Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran
Anna and Amanda discuss the Nero Book Awards which will commence in 2024. Our book of the week is CHAI TIME AT CINNAMON GARDENS by Shankari Chandran. A layered…
Books On The GoEp 251: Book Club with Shawn Mooney
A special episode: Anna chats with Shawn Mooney of Shawn the Book Maniac. We recommend three books and each choose one to read for our next episode: the Anna…
Books On The GoEp 250: Women in Translation Recommendations
Anna and Annie discuss a recent study on reading to young children. We wrap up Women in Translation month. The books we read (or Annie did at least!) and…
Books On The GoEp 249: The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor
Anna and Annie discuss the 2023 Booker Prize Longlist. Our book of the week is The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor. A novel about friends and lovers set in…
Books On The GoEp 248: This Other Eden by Paul Harding
Anna and Amanda discuss Elizabeth Gilbert pulling her novel The Snow Forest from publication because of its Russia theme. Our book of the week is This Other…
Books On The GoEp 247: The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland
Anna and Amanda discuss the Women's Prize winner Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver. Our book of the week is The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke out of…
Books On The GoEp 246: Sadvertising with Ennis Ćehić
A special episode: Anna chats with author Ennis Ćehić about his debut collection of short stories, Sadvertising. Ćehić is based in Melbourne and Sarajevo and…
Books On The GoEp 245: The Half Brother with Christine Keighery
A special episode: Anna chats with author Christine Keighery about her new novel The Half Brother. Christine Keighery has written over 35 novels for children…
Books On The GoEp 244:The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard
Anna and Amanda discuss The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard. This novel set in Japan and Hong Kong in 1947 explores the colonial era with a forbidden love story…
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Ep 243: Girl in a Pink Dress with Kylie Needham
A special episode: Anna chats with author Kylie Needham about her debut novel, Girl In A Pink Dress. Girl in a Pink Dress centres on Frances, an artist in her…
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Ep 242: The New Life by Tom Crewe
Anna and Annie discuss the Stella Prize shortlist (belatedly!) Our book of the week is The New Life by Tom Crewe. A brilliant debut novel about two marriages…
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Ep 241: Women's Prize Shortlist
Anna, Annie and Amanda react to the 2023 Women's Prize Shortlist and give our winner predictions. And Annie has news! The shortlist is: Black Butterflies by…
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Ep 240: Stella Prize Shortlist and Winner Prediction
Annie, Anna and Amanda discuss the shortlist for the 2023 Stella Prize and give their winner predictions. The shortlist is: We Come With This Place by Debra…
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Ep 239: All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien
Anna and Annie discuss the 2023 Dylan Thomas Prize Shortlist. Our book of the week is All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien. This debut novel tells the story…
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Ep 238: Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes
Anna and Annie discuss the books they are keeping or culling, including Pure Colour by Sheila Heti The Invention of Medicine by Robin Lane Fox Troy by Stephen…
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Ep 237: I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai
Anna and Annie react to the 2023 Women's Prize Longlist and the Booker International Longlist. Our book of the week is I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca…
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Ep 236: The Soulmate with Sally Hepworth
A special episode: Anna and Amanda chat with best-selling author Sally Hepworth about her new novel The Soulmate. The Soulmate is a gripping story about Pippa…
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Ep 235: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
Annie and Anna discuss the 2023 Stella Prize Longlist. Our book of the week is Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr, the follow-up to his best-selling and…
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Ep 234: She Too with Eve Thomson
A special episode as we chat with Eve Thomson about her debut novel She Too. She Too is a legal thriller about a young lawyer who acts for a man accused of…
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Ep 233: Louise Adler, Adelaide Writers' Week Director
A special episode - our interview with Louise Adler, Director of Adelaide Writers' Week! We discuss Louise's 'Director's Picks', some new authors to discover…
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ep 232: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel
Anna and Annie discuss the 2023 Dublin Literary Award Longlist. Our book of the week is Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel. Like Station 11 and The…
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Ep 231: Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
Anna and Annie discuss the man arrested for stealing manuscripts and whether new AI technology ChatGPT can write novels. Our book of the week is Trespasses by…
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Ep 230: The Master and Margarita
Anna and Annie discuss Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf and Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka in our Keep or Cull segment. Our book of the week is The…
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Ep 229: Best Books of 2022
Anna, Annie and Amanda discuss our best books of 2022. Our favourite reads were: The Comfort Book by Matt Haig Border by Kapka Kassabova Devotion by Hannah…
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Ep 228: Holiday Reading Recommendations and TBR
Anna and Annie discuss how BookTok is helping young people discover a passion for reading. Our holiday reading recommendations are: Willowman by Inge Simpson…
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Ep 227: Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen
Anna and Amanda discuss book shopping on TikTok. Our book of the week is Crossroads by award-winning author Jonathan Franzen. This is a family drama set in…
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Ep 226: The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
Anna and Amanda discuss the National Book Award winner for fiction, The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty. Our book of the week is The Marriage Portrait by Maggie…
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Ep 225: The Trees by Percival Everett
Anna and Annie discuss the court blocking the acquisition by Penguin Random House of Simon & Schuster. Our book of the week is The Trees by Percival Everett…
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EP 224: Real Bad Things by Kelly J Ford
Anna and Annie discuss the Readings Prize winner, Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au. Our book of the week is Real Bad Things by Kelly J. Ford. Set around the…
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Ep 223: Classic Crime books by Margery Allingham
Anna and Annie discuss the Booker Prize winner, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka. In Keep or Cull, Anna culls Mrs March by Virginia…
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Ep 222: Limberlost by Robbie Arnott
Anna and Annie discuss the latest book sales and our theories on TikTok or #BookTok . We also preview our new segment Keep or Cull, as we will be reading from…
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Ep 221: Booker Prize Special Episode
Anna and Annie discuss the death of Hilary Mantel and the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Annie Ernaux. Our books of the week are Maps of Our…
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Ep 220: Cold Enough for Snow and Small Books
Anna and Amanda discuss our favourite small books. Our book of the week is Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au, the inaugural winner of the Novel Prize. This…
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Ep 219: Bodies of Light by Jennifer Down
Anna and Annie discuss the 2022 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction shortlist. Our book of the week is Bodies of Light by award-winning author Jennifer…
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Ep 218: Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra
Anna and Annie discuss the death of Queen Elizabeth II and recommend these books: An Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett The Queen by Ben Pimlott The Palace Papers…