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Today, Jen and Sarah chat about what they're currently reading and  some of the longlists for various book prizes that are out and about at the moment. They discuss which ones they would like to read, how they each get swept up in the excitement of prize season, and their vegetable-growing plans for 2022. 


Books mentioned
Taste by Stanley Tucci
Severance by Ling Ma
Phenotypes by Paulo Scott
See What You Made Me Do by Jess Hill
Bodies Of Light  by Jennifer Down
Permafrost by SJ Norman
Consumed by Arifa Akbar
Keeping the House by Tice Cin
The Mischief Acts by Zoe Gilbert
The Khan by Saima Mir
The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk
Heaven by Mieko Kawakami
Love In The Big City by Sang Yong Park
Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung
Things We Lost In The Fire by Monique Enriquez
The Book Of Mother by Violaine Huisman
Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree
The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
The Sentence by Louise Eldrich
Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith
Salt Lick by Lulu Allison
The Island Of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton  


Other stuff mentioned
Stanley Tucci's Searching for Italy
International Booker
Women's Prize for Fiction
Stella Prize
National Book Award
Books on the Go podcast
Jhalak Prize
Bailie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction
Russell | Ink &  Paper Blog
Eric Karl Anderson's video on the Women's Prize
Dylan Thomas Prize 
Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing
Shirley Jackson Awards 
Bram Stoker award 
The Kitschies
Republic of Consciousness  prize

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