Another side quest for you all, just before the release of her new book we talk about those that have come before. It's Lucy Jane Wood everyone!

There may come a time (cough, cough) where the next book is highlighted on our channel - and oh wow! We simply cannot wait, but here is this to wet your wick for now.

Grab a sweet treat, a cosy blanket, a candle of choice, and let us tell you how much we love this world Lucy has created.

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Another bonus round for us here at Live, Laugh, Literary Fiction! This was the winner of the Women's Fiction Prize 2026: The Correspondent by Virginia Evans. And damn guys, what a book.

We do also divert and chat about reading culture and the trending "book world" and what we think of this.

Grab a pen, some cute stationary, and remember to send us that letter once you've finished listening.

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June's Book of the month is here, just a little bit late with our summer break.

It felt only right for us to read and comment on a book everyone else is reading and commenting on.

Grab a microphone, lock away your microwaves, and saddle up for another episode with your favourite podcast hosts x

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Want to know what books are hitting the shelves in July, or have already made an apperance? Here are the ones I am most looking forward to.

With highlights for Fiction, Romance, and Fantasy this month!

Grab a drink, alcoholic or not, and get a notebook out for some notes. And know there are dragons ahead!

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We've jumped back in time to April to take you through the books we read with the help of some rather controversial cards...

Using Cards Against Humanity to describe our books of the month was not something I had on our bingo card but here we are!

Grab a drink, alcoholic or not, and remember it is all fun and games!

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Something a little more serious of a read, and let me tell you we had a smart coversation about a VERY smart book.

Beyond happy that we decided to read the winner of the 2026 International Booker Prize: "Taiwan Travelogue" by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and translated by Lin King.

Grab a some history books, remember to read the footnotes, and we recommend you don't listen to this one hungry!

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Want to know what books are hitting the shelves in June, or have already made an apperance? Here are the ones I am most looking forward to.

With highlights for Fiction, Romance, and Fantasy this month!

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Another blast from the past - but we bought you sweet treats!

If you want to know a little bit more about what we read in March, we havesome sugar for you. Matching our reads of the month with cakes - our dream really.

Grab a drink, alcoholic or not, and get an apron on IT'S BAKING TIME.

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Look we already warned you they would be coming just late...

But if you want to know a little bit more about what we read, we have a game for you. Play along as we guess the quotes from the books each of us read over the month of Feb.

Grab a drink, alcoholic or not, and travel back to the cold days of winter (bbrrrrrrr).

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May's Book(s) of the Month are here, atop dragons and romans alike!

We were kindly gifted an final copy of Bloodsinger by Juliette Cross - and of course this means we needed to ploay catch up and read the Fire That Binds series so far...

Grab a friend, roman, or dragon, and all say thanks to Pan MacMillan.

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