On this week’s episode we catch up on what we’ve been reading, share our thoughts on the Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist, and talk about some of the April releases we’re looking forward to picking up soon.
Recent reads
Carnality by Lina Wolf, tr. by Frank Perry
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor
The Sleepwalkers by Scarlett Thomas
The Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist
Good Girl by Aria Aber
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
Somewhere Else by Jenni Daiches
Amma by Saraid de Silva
Crooked Seeds by Karen Jennings
All Fours by Miranda July
The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami
The Persians by Sanam Mahloudji
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nesting by Roisín O'Donnell
A Little Trickerie by Rosanna Pike
Birding by Rose Ruane
The Artist by Lucy Steeds
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis
Our Contenders
Colored Television by Danzy Senna
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
There Are Rivers In The Sky by Elif Shafak
Gliff by Ali Smith
The Echoes by Evie Wylde
It Lasts Forever And Then It’s Over by Anne de Marcken
Excited to Read in April
Room on the Sea by Andre Aciman
Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves by Sophie Gilbert
Open, Heaven by Seán Hewitt
Also mentioned
The Stella Prize
The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
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