Diving In

Virginia and Louise dive in to some highly anticipated new releases by best-selling Australian authors. They include a compelling character driven story about a university reunion, a fast paced crime novel set in Sydney, the story of a magical quest by a gravediggers daughter and a reimagined fictional memoir.
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Song ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - [email protected]
BooksTrust, Chris Hammer, 2020, Allen and UnwinLife After Truth, Ceridwen Dovey, 2020, Penguin BooksA Room Made of Leaves, Kate Grenville, 2020, text publishingAll Our Shimmering Skies, Trent Dalton, 2020, Harper Collins, 4th EstateOn Balance, Leila Seth, 2004, Penguin Books

TelevisionA Suitable Boy, BBC 6 part mini-series, 2020, Netflix (based on the novel by Vikram Seth)PodcastDispatch to a Friend, Annabelle Hickson & Gillian Bell

Swandive 4: Louise chats with Children’s and Young Adult Fiction Publisher, Cate Sutherland, from independent publisher The Fremantle Press

Virginia interviews Hélène Magisson by Skype about her new children’s book 'Claudette' which Hélène both wrote and illustrated.
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Song ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - [email protected]
BookClaudette by Hélène Magisson. 2020 Red Paper Kite.

Louise and Virginia have been diving into a stack of fantastic books for younger (and not so young) readers. These books are all so good that Virginia’s become a bit addicted to them. And Louise also has a confession about something she’s been diving into recently, an admission that makes Virginia laugh - a lot. Email [email protected] Instagram @diving_in_podcast Virginia’s Instagram @virginia_reads Louise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_reads Song ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadeline Podcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher. Graphics by Orla Larkin - [email protected] Books The Unadoptables by Hana Tooke. 2020, Puffin Books, Penguin Random House. The Secret Library of Hummingbird House by Julianne Negri. 2020 Affirm Press. The History of Mischief by Rebecca Higgie. 2020 Fremantle Press The Girl, the Dog and the Writer in Rome by Katrina Nannestad. 2017 HarperCollins. The Morbids by Ewa Ramsey. 2020 Allen and Unwin. The Underground Orchard by Mat Larkin. 2018 Hardie Grant Egmont. Film Emily in Paris. Netflix The Duchess. Netflix

Buongiorno! This week Virginia and Louise discuss two classics set in Italy and the wonderful travel writing of Eric Newby.
Email [email protected] @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_reads
Song ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - [email protected]
Books
A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway, 1929.A Room with a View, EM Forster, 1908.Love and War in the Apennines, Eric Newby, 1971.Something Wholesale, Eric Newby, 1962.A Small Place in Italy, Eric Newby, 1994.Edith Wharton’s Italian Gardens, Vivian Russell, 1997.

Netflix
The Social Dilemma, 2020

Happy to be back from their break Virginia and Louise dive into a mixed bag of excellent books, and also discuss some movies, a TV show and some great podcasts.
Email [email protected] @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_reads
Song ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - [email protected]
Books
Eight Detectives by Alex Pavesi, 2020. Penguin Random House.The Bluffs by Kyle Perry, 2020. Penguin Random HouseThe Vanishing Sky, 2020. BloomsburyThe History of Love by Nicole Krauss, 2005. Penguin Random House.Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld, 2020. Penguin Random House
NetflixThe Home Edit; produced by Reese Witherspoon and Molly SimsDeadwind; 2018, 2020, series 1 &2, Finnish crime dram directed and created by Rike JokelaTraces; 2019, crime series set in Dundee written by Amelia Bullmore, Red Production Company
PodcastRN Presents – Patient Zero
Films
Our Law; 2020, documentary directed by Cornel OziesDirt Music; 2019, directed by Gregor Jordan, screenplay by Jack Thorne, based on the novel by Tim WintonDisclosure; 2020, directed and written by Michael Bentham, www.disclosurefilm.net

Virginia and Louise enjoy talking about some recent books with twins as central characters as well as some podcasts and movies they have been diving into.
Email [email protected] @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_reads
Song ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - [email protected]
Books
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett, 2020, Dialogue Books, Little, Brown Book Group.Hamnet by Maggie O’ Farrell, 2020, Tinder Press, Headline Publishing Group.A Saint from Texas, by Edmund White, 2020, Bloomsbury Books.
Podcasts
13 Minutes From the Moon, Series 1 & 2, BBC World ServiceWind of Change, Patrick Radden Keefe, Pineapple Street Studios, Crooked Media, Spotify
Movies
The Burnt Orange HeresyThe Trip to Greece

In response to the Black Lives Matter movement and to improve our knowledge and understanding of the experience of Aboriginal Australians, Virginia and Louise dive into some fiction and non- fiction books by indigenous authors.
Email [email protected] @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_reads
Song ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - [email protected]
BooksFollow the Rabbit Proof Fence by Nugi Garimar Pilkington,1996, University of Queensland PressTalking to My Country by Stan Grant, 2016, Harper CollinsAustralia Day by Stan Grant, 2019, Harper Collins
The White Girl by Tony Birch, 2019, University of Queensland PressShadow Lines by Stephen Kinnane, 2003, Fremantle PressWhy I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Raceby Reni Eddo-Lodge, 2017, Bloomsbury Books UK.
PodcastsWe Need to Talk About The British Empire by Afua Hirsch, 6 episodes, Audible Podcast.
MovieThe Personal History of David Copperfield, 2019, directed by Armando Iannucci

Louise chats with author Imbi Neeme about her new novel 'The Spill’, winner of the Penguin 2019 Literary Prize

In this episode we chat with the author of Allegra In Three Parts (sold in the US and Canada as A Girl In Three Parts), Suzanne Daniel.