Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books!

In this episode, Nina has interesting thoughts about The Power by Naomi Alderman, Emma finally finished Billy Connolly’s autobiography, and we both watched the 2022 Persuasion adaptation.

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Books mentioned in this episode:

Persuasion - Jane Austen

The Midnight Library - Matt Haig

Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling

The Power - Naomi Alderman

The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood

Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography - Billy Connolly

The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss

Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales: From Burns to Buchan - Gordon Jarvie

More Asexual Fairy Tales - Elizabeth Hopkins

A Memory Called Empire - Arkady Martine

The Lessons - Naomi Alderman

Disobedience - Naomi Alderman

The Liars’ Gospel - Naomi Alderman

Everything I Know About Love: a Memoir - Dolly Alderton

If We Were Villains - M.L. Rio

Babel: An Arcane History - R.F. Kuang

Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times - Katherine May

The Solitude of Prime Numbers - Paolo Giordano

Nightcrawling - Leila Mottley

README.txt: A Memoir

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Also mentioned:

Persuasion movie (seriously, don’t watch it) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13456318/

Harry Potter and the Sacred Text podcast https://www.harrypottersacredtext.com/

A Clockwork Reader https://youtube.com/c/AClockworkReader

Bridgerton https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8740790/

Pride and Prejudice movie https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414387/

Pride and Prejudice show https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112130/