Diving In

Louise and Virginia have been diving into a mixed bag of fantastic new Australian books, and they also discuss 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
The Spill by Imbi Neeme, 2020, published by Penguin VikingPhosphorescence by Julia Baird, 2020, published by 4th Estate.The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams, 2020, published by Affirm Press.Father of the Lost Boys by Yuot A. Alaak, 2020, published by Fremantle Press.
Podcasts
Conversations with Richard FidlerAlways Was, Always Will Be with Marlee Silva.Auckland Writers Festival 2017, Stan Grant, Talking to My Country

Louise and Virginia have been diving into lots of excellent books about girls (and they sort of all have Girl in the title). They also discuss a great Netflix movie and a soothing books podcast.
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]
BooksThe Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré. 2020 Sceptre.Allegra in Three Parts/A Girl in Three Parts by Suzanne Daniel. 2019 Pan Macmillan.The Girl who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill. 2016 Algonquin Books.The Country Girls trilogy by Edna O’BrienGoldfields Girl by Elaine Forrestal. 2020 Fremantle Press
MovieThe Land of Steady Habits. Netflix
PodcastNovel Pairings with Chelsea and Sara@novelpairingspod

Louise and Virginia discuss five books that all have a scandal or a secret at the heart of the story. They also chat about a few other things they’ve been diving into lately, including a series, some podcasts and a fun Twitter account.

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]

BooksIn Love with George Eliot by Kathy O’Shaughnessy, 2019, Scribe Publications.No Small Shame by Christine Bell, 2020, Ventura Press.A Good Neighbourhood by Therese Ann Fowler, 2020 Headline Review.The Operator by Gretchen Berg, 2020, Headline Review.The Deceptions by Suzanne Leal, 2020, Allen& Unwin
101 Letters to A Prime Minister, Yann Martel, 2012, Vintage Canada.
Television
Mrs America, FX on Hulu.

PodcastsConversations with Richard FidlerGrounded by Louis TherouxHappier with Gretchen Rubin and Liz Craft.

TwitterRoom Rater

In the second mini-episode Louise and Virginia discuss your answers to our Duck Dive Quiz such as who influenced you to read as a child, the books you always go back to and your favourite place to read.
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]

Louise and Virginia dive into the books they like to read to be uplifted or comforted. As predicted, they reach for quite different books to distract or escape from the noise of the pandemic. They also discuss the second part of Middlemarch by George Eliot, and they chat about the latest books they’ve been reading.

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 Diary of a Provincial Lady by EM DelafieldMrs Tim by DE StevensonHenrietta Goes to War by Joyce DennysAny books by Nina StibbeAny Books by Anthony TrollopeFlavia de Luce books by Alan BradleyMiss Read booksJane Austen booksWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyA Suitable Boy by Vikram SethRuth Rendell Inspector Wexford seriesIan Rankin Rebus seriesMiddlemarch by George EliotA Handful of Dust by Evelyn WaughLondon War Notes by Mollie Panter-DownesThe Night Watchman by Louise ErdrichThe Monday Morning Cooking Club Cook Bookshttps://mondaymorningcookingclub.com.au/

In this first mini-episode Louise asks you some questions about your reading habits.
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]

Louise and Virginia discuss the strange new world we find ourselves in and are surprised by their responses to the situation. They recommend lots of books about epidemics, pandemics, isolation and adversity, for those so inclined. They discuss the books they’ve been reading, the first half of Middlemarch, The Stella Prize for Fiction shortlist, and they review two books from the shortlist, as well as discussing a couple of things they’ve 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]

BooksThe Plague by Albert CamusThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie BarrowsThe Dark Circle by Linda GrantTo Calais, In Ordinary Time by James MeekThe Island by Victoria HislopYear of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksWild Swans by Jung ChangMao’s Last Dancer by Li CunxinA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesThe Golden Age by Joan LondonNella Last’s WarJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Single Thread by Tracey ChevalierOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeJournal of the Plague Year by Daniel DefoeThe Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Mercies by Karen Millwood Hargrave, 2020, Picador, Pan MacmillanThree Apples Fell From the Sky by Narine Abgaryan, translated by Lisa C Hayden.Rest and Be Thankful by Emma GlassMiddlemarch by George Eliot

The Stella Prize shortlisthttps://thestellaprize.com.au/The Yield by Tara June WinchThere was still Love by Favel ParrettThe Weekend by Charlotte WoodDiving Into Glass by Caro LlewellynSee What you Made me Do? By Jess HillHere Until August by Josephine Rowe
TelevisionHousewife, 48
PodcastsCoronacast with Dr Norman Swan and Teagan TaylorHamish Blake’s Instagram account @hamishblakeshotz“Room for One More?”

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]

BooksDays Without End by Sebastian Barry, 2016, Faber and FaberA History of Loneliness by John Boyne, 2014, Black SwanActress by Anne Enright, 2020, Penguin Random HouseGrownups by Marian Keyes, 2020, Penguin Random HouseThis is Happiness by Niall Williams, 2019, BloomsburyMy Underground( American Dream), Julissa Arce, 2016, HatchetteSomeone Like Me. Julissa Arce, 2018, Little Brown
PodcastsHit ParadeThe SquizSlightly Foxed
Television
Oprah’s Book Club on Apple TV+Episode 3 – Jeanine Cummins: American Dirt, Part 1Episode 4 – Jeanine Cummins: American Dirt, Part 2

Louise and Virginia discuss three of Nancy Mitford’s Radlett family novels as well as the novel that caused a rift in the family. They also discuss a podcast, a BBC radio programme and a TV series they’ve been diving into lately.

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]
BooksThe Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford, 1945.Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford, 1949.Don’t Tell Alfred by Nancy Mitford, 1960.Wigs on the Green by Nancy Mitford, 1935.Take Six Girls by Laura Thompson, 2015. Head of Zeus Ltd.The Mitford Sisters by Mary Lovell, 2001. Little, Brown and Company.Hons and Rebels, Jessica Mitford 1960. Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
PodcastCurrently Reading
BBC Radio 4, BBC iPlayerGreat Lives Series 29 – Nancy Mitford
TV SeriesPeaky Blinders

Louise and Virginia discuss Such A Fun Age, The Giver of Stars, Bruny and Long Bright River and the controversy surrounding American Dirt - as well as some movies, podcasts and a TV series they’ve been diving into over the break
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]
BooksLong Bright River by Liz Moore, 2019, published by Penguin Random HouseSuch a Fun Age by Kiley Reid, 2019, published by BloomsburyAmerican Dirt by Jeanine Cummins, 2019, published by Flatiron BooksThe Giver of Stars by Jo Jo Moyes, 2019, published by Penguin Random HouseBruny by Heather Rose, 2019, published by Allen and Unwin
MoviesBombshellJojo Rabbit
TV seriesThe Loudest Voice
PodcastsDon’t Stop Us Now