69: It's the very best time of year! It’s new release time and there is a publishing frenzy.
Description
Virginia and Louise dive into four new releases some of them from our favourite authors!
They also encourage everyone to get their hands on Salt River Road by Molly Schmidt for a bookclub deep dive episode coming up.
Books
The Fraud, Zadie Smyth, 2023, Hamish Hamilton Penguin
Normal Rules Don’t Apply, Kate Atkinson, 2023, Penguin Random House
Tom Lake, Ann Patchett, 2023, Harper Collins
Pearl, Sian Hughes, 2023 UQP
London’s Number One Dog-Walking Agency: A Memoir, Kate MacDougall, 2021 William Morrow
Salt River Road, Molly Schmidt, 2023 Fremantle Press
Streaming
Welcome to Wrexham, Disney
Podcasts
The Whistleblowers, ABC Background Briefing
Virginia and Louise do a deep dive into Barbara Kingsolver’s Pullitzer Prize winning and compelling novel Demon Copperhead and talk all things Charles Dickens as well as adding some shameful new entries to the infamous Ick Register.
Books
Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens, 1838
Hard Times, by...
Published 04/16/24
Louise and Virginia thought it might be fun to do an episode on books that they feel a bit embarrassed to have never read (until now). There were a lot of books to choose from, but they discuss four in this conversation.
During this chat they also create an Ick Register for authors who use...
Published 02/06/24