One for the Books

It's almost book Christmas for all book nerds in South Australia (aka Adelaide Writers' Week)! ⁠To celebrate, this episode is all about our favourite books and authors that are on this year's program...

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We’re getting in early with our International Women’s Day celebrations this year! It's been a long time coming, so this episode we chat about our favourite female-identifying authors. It's a Who's Who of the most celebrated authors from the last couple years. 

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Find out what what books we read over the summer break to keep that summer vibe going.

RECOMMENDED BOOKS:

Interior Chinatown by Charles Wu

In My Defence, I Have No Defence by Sinead Stubbins

Love and Virtue by Diana Reid

Dune by Frank Herbert

Other books we’ve been reading:

Happy Reading!

For our season one finale we’re doing a wrap-up of our absolute must-reads from this year!

BOOKS MENTIONED:

No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

The Wreckage of My Presence by Casey Wilson

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Jacinta's List -

Emma's List -

OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS:

Salt Lake City Real Housewives on 9Now: www.9now.com.au/the-real-housewives-of-salt-lake-city

Laura Jackson’s house tour on Elle UK: www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/a38342549/laura-jackson-home-my-style-my-space/

Pip Lincolne newsletter - Meet Me at Mikes founder: www.somethinggoodeveryday.substack.com/about

To celebrate International Day of People with Disability, which happens on 3 December every year, this ep we’re diving into our favourite books written by authors with a disability. Note – some writers might identify as chronically ill, living with a facial difference or Deaf, rather than disabled

BOOKS MENTIONED:

Dancing After TEN by Vivian Chong

Growing up disabled in Australia, edited by Carly Findlay

Girl at War by Sarah Novic

The Shape of Sound by Fiona Murphy

Eyes to the Wind by Ady Barkan

Simple Dreams by Linda Rondstadt

The White Album by Joan Didion

Demystifying Disability by Emily Ladau

OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS:

Sex Education TV Show

Christmas Flow TV Show

Home for Christmas TV Show

Love Hard Movie

Happy Reading!

To celebrate Worldcon, happening in December, we’re chatting about our favourite science fiction and fantasy novels! Worldcon is the annual convention of the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS). It was first held in 1939 and, after a hiatus during WWII, has been held continuously since 1946.

BOOK MENTIONS:

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina by Zoraida Cordova

The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Comic Books:

Outlander (for romance, great sex scenes and time travel) by Diana Gabaldon

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

Terry Pratchett novels and the Discworld Series

A Court of Thorns and Roses (this is trash but the most addictive trash ever) by Sarah J Maas

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We’ve put the power in your hands this episode, dear listeners! On social, we did a call out for books you wanted to hear our take on, and you delivered. So strap in and enjoy the ride as we tell you whether we loved or hated the reads you asked us to rate!

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

This is How it Always Is by Laurie Frankel

Luster by Raven Leilani

EXTRA RECOMMENDATIONS:

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

Claire Saffitz’s Dessert Person cookbook

Vox article: The food world is imploding over structural racism. The problems are much bigger than Bon Appétit

Vulture article: Claire Saffitz Gourmet Makes Her Exit From the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen

The Guardian article: The Bon Appétit and Reply All saga shows how far behind we still are in Australia

The Atlantic article: It’s Not Callout Culture. It’s Accountability.

Happy Reading!

Halloween is here! We’re creeping it real with our top picks for some of our fave spook-tacular reads. Trick and treat yo’self with this go-to list! Witch-ing you a happy Halloween!

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To celebrate Adelaide’s local OzAsia Festival, we’re dedicating this ep to shining a light on some of our favourite Asian Australian authors and voices. Make sure you check out the Festival when it rolls into town 21 October - 7 November, you'll catch us down at our favourite Lucky Dumpling Market!

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:

The Healing Party by Micheline Lee

The Family Law by Benjamin Law

Room for a Stranger by Melanie Cheng

Emotional Female by Yumiko Kadota

OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS:

OzAsia Festival

OzAsia ‘In Other Words’ event

White Pearl theatre show

The Agonist by Shastra Deo

Korean Cold Noodle Rhapsody on Netflix

Chopsticks or Fork ABC iview

Happy Reading!

We love reading any book ever, basically. And both of us adore books written by authors from across the world. Reading stories written in languages other than English can be such a wonderful exploration of our own language, and the way we expect and get used to hearing sentences, words, and descriptions. So this ep, we’re sharing our fave books that have been translated into English!

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:

Convenience Store Woman by Murata Sayaka

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

Death is Hard Work by Khaled Khalifa

Perfume by Patrick Suskind

OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS:

Only Murders in the Building

Betty

Lupin

Happy Reading!

p.s. Jacinta wants to remind everyone for the millionth time her favourite book is the translated My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante, despite how Emma feels about it!