Books On The Go

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 Feito and Annie keeps Seeing Other People by Diana Reid.

Our books of the week are Sweet Danger and Death of a Ghost by Margery Allingham, one of the queens of classic crime. Both books feature gentleman sleuth Albert Campion. Described as 'addictive as cocaine' (Independent), Agatha Christie said 'Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light.'

Coming up: Real Bad Things by Kelly J Ford and The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell.

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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 our ever-growing TBR shelf!

Our book of the week is Limberlost by award-winning author Robbie Arnott. It's a coming-of-age story about Ned, who lives on an apple farm in Tasmania and spends the summer of 1944 hunting rabbits while his brothers are at war. Annie loved this and has tipped it for the Miles Franklin already.

Coming up: The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

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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 Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer and After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz, both long-listed for the 2022 Booker Prize.

We also discuss the Booker Prize Shortlist and our winner predictions.

Coming up: Limberlost by Robbie Arnott

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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 inspired us to talk about other short novels that we have loved:

Guest Cat by Tikashi Hiraide translated by Eric Selland

Ikigai by Héctor García and Francesc Miralles

Japonisme: The Art of Finding Contentment by Erin Niimi Longhurst

Summerwater by Sarah Moss

A Chess Story by Stefan Zweig translated by Alexander Starritt.

Coming up: The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

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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 Down. This novel explores survival against the odds and is wonderfully engaging despite the subject-matter. Winner of the 2022 Miles Franklin Literary Award.

Coming up: Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au and small books.

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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 by Tina Brown

Our book of the week is Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra. This New York Times Bestseller is set in Mussolini's Italy and 1940s Hollywood. Described as 'a wonderful novel' (Sunday Times), 'epically entertaining' (San Fancisco Chronicle) and 'A gorgeous book ... sublime' (New York Times). We agree!

Coming up: Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au and our small book recommendations.

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Anna and Annie discuss their predictions for the 2022 Booker Prize Shortlist.

Our book of the week is Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley. This novel about a young woman in Oakland has been described as 'an electrifying debut' (Dave Eggers). It is a New York Times Bestseller, an Oprah Book Club pick and is longlisted for the Booker Prize. We think it more than lives up to the hype!

Coming up: Bodies of Light by Jennifer Down and Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra.

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Anna and Annie discuss literary scandals and the attack on Salman Rushdie. Sales of his book The Satanic Verses have surged since the attack.

Our book of the week is Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan. A short novel set in Ireland in 1985, it tells the story of Bill Furlong and his moral dilemma when he sees wrongdoing by the church. Winner of the Orwell Prize for Politcal Fiction 2022 and longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize. We loved this one!

Coming up: Bodies of Light by Jennifer Down

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Anna and Annie discuss the mystery surrounding a killing in Zambia and Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing.

Our book of the week is Violets by Kyung-Sook Shin translated by Anton Hur. This novel explores violence and loneliness in Korean society. Described as a 'requiem to the unseen women' (Washington Independent Review of Books) it's a thoughtful book if not our favourite by this author. We read this for Women in Translation month.

Coming up: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan.

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Anna and Annie discuss their book recommendations for Women in Translation month. There is also a #WITreadathon on BookTube hosted by Matthew Sciarappa, Kendra Winchester and Insert Literary Pun Here if you're interested.

Our WIT month books:

Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk translated by Jennifer Croft

Long Live the Post Horn! by Vigdis Hjorth translated by Charlotte Barslund

Second Hand Time by Svetlana Alexievich translated by Bela Shayevich

The Woman in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura translated by Lucy North

Heaven by Mieko Kawakami translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd

The Old Woman With the Knife by Gu Byeong-Mo translated by Chi-Young Kim

Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung translated by Anton Hur

Waiting for the Waters to Rise by Maryse Condé translated by Richard Philcox

Paradais by Fernanda Melchor translated by Sophie Hughes

The Mermaid's Tale by Lee Wei-Jing translated by Darryl Sterk

Violets by Kyung Sook-Shin translated by Anton Hur

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