New & Used: Book Talk

In Episode 5 of New & Used, They by Kay Dick and The Riders by Tim Winton are discussed by Janet & Tim. Our cat Django does make an appearance but unfortanely his is not heard. Music is Young One Eye by Paul Emery and The Dickens.Information and articles cited on Kay Dick and Theyhttps://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/08/13/a-lost-dystopian-masterpiece/https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-uk/rediscovering-a-lost-dystopia-and-its-radical-authorhttps://xtramagazi...

In this episode of New & Used, Tim & Janet discuss The Trees by Percival Everett and Brown Girl In The RIng by Nalo Hopkinson. Music: Young One Eye Paul Emery and The DickensNalo Hopkinson's incredible art! https://www.nalohopkinson.com/galleryLink to Percival Everett's exhibition Once Seen at The Show Gallery based on The Trees. https://www.show.gallery/percivalBrown Girl In The Ring Boney M version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15nMlfogITwSuper cool black speculative f...

In this episode, Janet discusses the new release How High We Go In The Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu. Meanwhile in the used portion, Tim looks back to 1970 and reviews the general zapped an angel stories by Howard Fast. Other topics include robot dogs frend or foe? Is genre-bending an overused word?

In this episode, Tim chose As You Were by Elaine Feeney as the new book and Janet chose The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa as the used book. They also pick their favourite books of 2021.Music: One Eye Blind by Paul Emery & The DickensInfo on Magdalene Laundrieshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalene_Laundries_in_IrelandInfo on the 8th Amendment in Irelandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_IrelandBook Review of The Housekeeper and the Profess...

Welcome to the first episode of New & Used: Book Talk. Each episode The City & The City Books owners discuss a new and a used book from their shelves. In this episode Janet reviews Velvet Was The Night a noir thriller by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (pub Del Ray) and Tim reviews The Black Queen Stories a collection of short stories by Barry Callaghan (pub Lester & Orpen Dennys).We apologize for any names or words mispronounced or stuttered over. We were very nervouslMusic is O...

Here is a teaser of New & Used: Book Talk. Janet & Tim briefly explain what their new podcast is all about.