Reading Matters Book Club

In this episode, we discuss our author of the month: Ayobami Adebayo. The books discussed are:

Stay With Me

A Spell of Good Things

In this episode we discuss Leila Mottley's two novels: Nigthcrawling and The Girls Who Grew Big.

We discuss three hashtags in this episode

#augustinsouthamerica

#womenintranslation

#authorofthemonth

In this world of tokenism and lip service, we try to go the other way and delve deeper into areas that had remained obscure to our eyes.

In this episode we discuss the following books:

QDA: Curated and edited by Raymond Luczak

All The Little Bird-Hearts by Viktoria Llyod Barlow

Here's the second episode of Pride Month discussion centred around queer authors and voices.

Pride Month Discussion on Queer Women Authors. We discuss two books in this episode:

Everything Is Fine Here by Iryn Tushabe

She Called Me Woman - Anthology edited by Azeenarh Mutombo and Chitra Nagarajan.

The month of May is observed as 'Pacific Islander Heritage Month'. In this episode, we discuss an anthology of essays, poems and stories by women writers of the region.

In the second half of the episode, we take some Q&A from book club members and our listeners on social media.

If you yearn to be a responsible literary citizen, and wonder where to begin with the works of Han Kang, this conversation, hopefully, would serve as a guideline.

As we read together, we end up uplifting each other, but also give voice to those who need it the most. Call it activism or call it elitist ignorance. One thing is certain: After reading the Noble Laureate, Han Kang, you might just be transformed.

What exactly is a responsible literary citizen? And why diversity cannot just be tokenism or virtue signalling. Have a listen to the conversation to know more about #arablitapril and #dalithistorymonth

Introducing our very first author of the month, the phenomenally fabulous: Natasha Brown.

Both her books, Assembly and Universality, are compulsory reads. Differing in tone and structure, both the books create new vocabulary and pathways to navigate the modern world, and of course make for an immense source of inspiration. And both the novels engage with the pertinent issues facing our society: class, race, inequality, discrimination...

Enjoy this episode on our new segment: Author of the Month. Here, we try to delve into body of work of the author rather than focus on one book. Happy Reading!