On this weeks Book(ish) I sit down with German comedian Maren Whitaker to discuss the the Happiest Refugee by Anh Do. Our conversation includes how Germans can be funny, why Europeans need therapy and a very bad book cover. Enjoy!

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On this weeks episode of Book(ish) I sit down with comedian and writer Luke Leonard to discuss the Razor's Edge by William Somerset Maugham. Our conversation includes avoiding writing like the plague, not knowing anything in your 20's and being a class migrant.

Books mentioned:

The Razor's Edge by William Somerset Maugham

Comic Insights by Franklyn Ajaye

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

I'm Dying Up Here by William Knoedelseder

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On this weeks Book(ish) I sit down with writer and recent author of 'Today I f***d up' Thomas Mitchell to talk about Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris. Our conversation includes an awkward interview with Matthew McConaughey, Comedy vs Drama, and taping over childhood memories with episodes of Frasier. Enjoy!

Toms book 'Today I F***d up' is available everywhere from March 3.

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On this weeks episode of Book(ish) I sit down with comedy writer and video content producer for cracked.com Jordan Breeding to talk The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. Our conversation includes spec scripts with room for improvement, patriotism and story telling. Enjoy!

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On this weeks episode of Book(ish) I sit down with best selling author Pip Drysdale to discuss Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. Our conversation includes how to plan a novel, writing real female characters and the odds of love actually existing. Enjoy!

Pips latest novel, the Paris Affair, is available Australia wide.

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On this weeks episode of Book(ish) I sit down with comedian/author/magician Simon Taylor to talk 1984. Our conversation includes finding out all humans have their limits if you torture them enough, enjoying what you have and peeking behind the curtain of psychics. Enjoy!

Simons book One Night Stand is available now across Australia.

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On the first episode back of Book(ish) I sit down with comedian John Dore to discuss The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch, a non-fiction book so epic it needs its own podcast series to scratch the surface. Our conversation including a nihilist reading of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, pent up comedy energy and deciding when you can open your emotional valve. Enjoy!

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On this weeks episode of Book(ish) I sit down with former host of Good News Week, author, radio host and comedian Mikey Robins to discuss Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. Our conversation ranges over Mikey's reasons to do standup comedy, being the kind of teenager who buys communist boardgames, and flagellation stretching from Thomas More to Australian public schools. Enjoy!

Books mentioned:

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

1066 and All That by R. J. Yeatman and W. C. Sellar

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Wolf Hall by Hillary Mantel

Ulysses by James Joyce

The Life of Thomas More by Peter Ackroyd

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On this weeks episode of Book(ish) I sit down with Yvie Jones, self proclaimed D-List celebrity and star of Gogglebox and I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, to discuss The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho. Our conversation includes learning to live in the moment, Eckhart Tolle being as weird as you'd expect and far more references to chickens than any episode to date. Enjoy!

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On this weeks episode of Book(ish) I sit down with comedian/actor/dancer Elouise Eftos to talk Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. Our conversation includes a surprise engagement, the time she brought down ex-footballer Ricky Nixon and dismantling the 'cool girl' trope. Enjoy!

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