Books On The Go

Anna and Amanda discuss the HWA Crowns Historical Fiction Longlists. 

Our book of the week is A Room Made of Leaves by Kate Grenville. A fictional memoir of Elizabeth Macarthur shows the false stories that make up Australia's colonial history. 

Coming up: Kim JiYoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo translated by Jamie Chang.

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Anna and Annie discuss the 600 books to be released on 3 September and Annie mentions the C word. 

Our book of the week is Dominicana by Angie Cruz.  Fifteen-year-old Ana is forced into an arranged marriage and leaves the Dominican Republic for New York.  A Most Anticipated Book of 2020, this has been short-listed for the Women's Prize for Fiction to be announced on 9 September.  We also reveal our tips for the Women's Prize.

Coming up: A Room Made of Leaves by Kate Grenville.

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A special episode: Anna, Annie and Amanda reveal the best books we've read so far in 2020!

Our top 9 are:

Underland, Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore

Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips

Surfacing by Kathleen Jamie

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (Pulitzer Prize winner)

The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell (shortlisted for the Women's Prize)

There Was Still Love by Favel Parrett

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Anna and Annie discuss the 2020 Booker Prize Longlist and the Caine Prize winner, Nudibranch by Irenosen Okojie.

Our book of the week is The White Girl by Tony Birch. This novel tells the story of Odette and her granddaughter Sissy in outback Australia.  Shortlisted for this year's Miles Franklin Award and winner of the 2020 NSW Premier's for Indigenous Writing.

Coming up: our Best Books of 2020 So Far and A Room Made of Leaves by Kate Grenville.

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Anna and Amanda discuss the 2020 Booker Prize Longlist.

Our book of the week is All Our Worldly Goods by Irène Némirovsky translated by Sandra Smith. This is a beautiful novel set in France during the period from the 1910s to the 1940s.  Némirovsky was a best-selling author in her day and we can see why.  A great pick for Women in Translation Month.

Coming up: The White Girl by Tony Birch.

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Anna and Annie discuss the Miles Franklin Award winner, The Yield by Tara June Winch.

Our book of the week is The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett, the follow up to her best-selling debut The Mothers.  The story of twin sisters, race and passing as white in America, it spans 40 years from the 1950s to the 1990s. It is already a New York Times Best-selller, described as 'utterly mesmerising' by Bernardine Evaristo  and has been compared with Toni Morrison. We highly recommend this one.

Coming up: All Our Worldly Goods by Irène Némirovsky translated by Sandra Smith for Women in Translation Month. #WITMonth

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Anna and Amanda discuss books sales in the time of Covid-19 as the big box stores in America find success selling books next to the toilet paper. 

Our book of the week is Simon the Fiddler by Paulette Jiles, the New York Times best-selling author of News of the World, which was a National Book Awards finalist.  This is her highly anticipated follow-up novel, a Western romance set in Texas in the aftermath of the Civil War.  Acclaimed for its 'authentic humanity' (New York Times) and 'airy, luminescent prose' (LA Times), but what did Anna and Amanda think?

Coming up: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett and All Our Worldly Goods by Irène Némirovsky translated by Sandra Smith. 

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Anna and Annie discuss the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction winner The Nickel Boys, and what we think of David Walliams' books after criticism by Jack Monroe. 

Our book of the week is Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke.  This is the first in the Highway 59 series featuring Darren Matthews, a black Texas Ranger.  With a gripping plot, vast landscape and racial tensions, this is a must-read. Described as 'mesmerising' (Guardian) and 'a superb thriller' (Times), Locke has won many awards and we can see why.  Looking forward to the next in the series, Heaven, My Home.

Coming up: Simon the Fiddler by Paulette Jiles.

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A special episode: Anna and Amanda discuss our top Wellbeing books.

We cover nutrition, sleep, exercise and mindfulness.  Our top picks are:

- Food Rules by Michael Pollan

- Gut by Giulia Enders

- Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker

- Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh

- Born to Run by Christopher McDougall

- Chi Running by Danny Dreyer

- Finding Ultra by Rich Roll

- How to Live a Good Life by Jonathon Fields

- Quiet by Susan Cain

- Lost Connections by Johann Hari

- Book of Joy by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu

- Apples for the Mind by Tom Nehmy

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Anna and Amanda discuss the bookstores reopening after lockdown. 

Our book of the week is How Much Of These Hills Is Gold by C. Pam Zhang. This debut novel which reimagines the American Western has been getting so much buzz.  It's been a national best-seller, and described as 'outstanding' (Washington Post) an 'epic drama' (San Francisco Chronicle) and 'a glittering debut' (Esquire).

Coming up: Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke and our top Wellbeing books.

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