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   Number 1: SALON EXCLUSIVE: Jo Browning Wroe reads from 'A Terrible Kindness'

   Welcome to our 200th podcast episode! In this episode we're sharing a beautifully written and uniquely told novel about a tragic event in history: the 1966 Aberfan Disaster where a landslide buried a school. William Lavery, a newly certified embalmer, offers up his services to the grieving families. As William soon discovers, giving so much to others can sometimes help us to heal ourselves. This book does so many things, and it does them powerfully. It's a story about masculinity, trauma, and above all - resilience. A Terrible Kindness is a must-read novel written by Jo Browning Wroe and published by Faber. It’s available now and we recommend buying a copy from your local indie, or you can get it from our shop at Bookshop.org. A signed edition is also available from Waterstones. ‘Utterly and completely brilliant.' JOANNA CANNON Podcast edited and produced by Megan Bay Dorman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

   January 18, 2022·15min
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   Number 2: SALON EXCLUSIVE: Megan Nolan reads from 'Acts of Desperation'

   Welcome back listeners to a new year of unmissable books that we can’t wait to share with you. This week we’re bringing you a reading from Irish author Megan Nolan’s sensational novel Acts of Desperation - one of the biggest books of the year! In Megan’s visceral novel about love, loss and self-effacing obsession, she tells the story of an unnamed narrator’s descent into a toxic relationship with the man of her dreams. But their relationship is short-lived when he goes back to his ex-girlfriend and she’s left hopelessly wondering who she is without him. Acts of Desperation is published by Vintage and available now in all good bookshops. We recommend buying from your local indie or you can get it from our shop at Bookshop.org. Plus, an exclusive paperback edition with beautiful sprayed edges is available from Waterstones. ‘Captures an intense experience with clarity and style. It is fully itself, and flawless in its way.’ Guardian Podcast produced and edited by Megan Bay Dorman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

   January 06, 2022·12min
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   Number 3: SALON EXCLUSIVE: Amor Towles reads from 'The Lincoln Highway'

   We were so happy to launch Amor Towles’ international bestseller A Gentleman in Moscow back in 2017 (you can listen to that event here on the podcast) and we’re delighted to be sharing a reading from his new book The Lincoln Highway in this week’s episode! Already a New York Times bestseller, readers are discovering Amor’s imaginative coming-of-age novel about a young boy in the 1950’s embarking on the journey of a lifetime. The book combines everything we’ve come to expect from Amor’s writing: impeccable storytelling, richly drawn characters, and vivid settings. The Lincoln Highway is published by Hutchinson Heinemann and available now in all good bookshops. We recommend buying from your local indie or you can get it from our shop at Bookshop.org. Podcast produced and edited by Megan Bay Dorman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

   November 01, 2021·14min
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   Number 4: SALON EXCLUSIVE: Lesley Lokko reads from 'Soul Sisters'

   Welcome back to the podcast! We scour the literary world for the best books to share with you and this episode's reading comes all the way from Accra, Ghana, as Lesley Lokko (supported by a beautiful dawn chorus of birds!) shares her new book, Soul Sisters, with us. It’s a rich, intergenerational tale of love, race, power and secrets that centres on the lifelong friendship between two women: Scottish Jen McFadden and South African-born Kemisa Mashabane, known to her friends as Kemi. The ties that bind them are strong but become tested when a member of the black South African elite, Solam Matsunyane, notices them. Handsome, charismatic, charming, and a successful young banker, he’s enamoured with both Jen and Kemi, but who will he choose? All the while, the real story behind the two families’ connection threatens to reveal itself – with devastating consequences... Soul Sisters by Lesley Lokko is published by Pan MacMillan and available now. Be warned, it's hard to put down once you pick it up! If you can make a special effort by buying a copy from your local bookshop, the author and a local business will be thrilled. Or you can get it from our shop on Bookshop.org, where a portion of proceeds go to support indies around the UK. Podcast produced and edited by Megan Bay Dorman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

   July 27, 2021·18min
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   Number 5: SALON EXCLUSIVE: 'My Mess Is A Bit Of A Life' by Georgia Pritchett

   Georgia Pritchett knows a little something about living with anxiety. From worrying about the monsters under her bed as a child (Were they comfy enough?), to embracing womanhood, (One way of knowing you have crossed from girlhood to womanhood is that men stop furtively masturbating at you from bushes and start shouting things at you from cars. It's a beautiful moment) worry has accompanied her at every turn. This memoir is a joyful reflection on just how to live - and sometimes even thrive (sometimes not) - with anxiety. With an extra special reading from actress Katherine Parkinson (who's starred in The IT Crowd, Doc Martin, Humans & many more), we hope this episode lifts your spirits as it did ours. My Mess is a Bit of a Life by multi-award-winning television writer and producer, Georgia Pritchett, is published by Faber and available now in all good bookshops. We recommend buying from your local indie or you can get it from our shop on Bookshop.org. Podcast produced and edited by Megan Bay Dorman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

   June 28, 2021·14min
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