The End of the World Book Club

Reading Station Eleven during a pandemic

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In the very first episode of The End of the World Book Club we’re discussing Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel and what’s it like to read pandemic novels during an actual pandemic.

“Sure, but in what other life would I get to perform Shakespeare?”

Spoiler levels for this episode: low

Books mentioned:

  • Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel (the ISBN of my hardback copy is: 9780385353304)
  • The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh
  • Severance by Ling Ma
  • The Death of Grass by John Christopher
  • The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard
  • The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  • King Lear by Shakespeare
  • Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel

    • Other things mentioned:

    • Leena’s Podcast: No Books on a Dead Planet
    • Film: Contagion (2011)
    • Emily St John Mandel Interview

      • Thanks to Leena, Sarah Jean, Jen, Maia, Louise, Niamh for their voice clips for this episode, and thanks to anyone who left a note on any of the posts requesting comments about Station Eleven.


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        • The End of the World Book Club is a podcast about apocalyptic and dystopian literature, hosted by Sanne Vliegenthart. Join me in discovering sci-fi classics, reading climate books and diving head first into the huge realm of speculative fiction, all with the theme of the end of the world and what might come after it. Follow the podcast on Instagram ⁠@endoftheworldbookclubpod⁠

        Sanne Vliegenthart is the creator of Books & Quills, author of a Book Club Journal, and a freelance Social Media Strategist and Literary Event Host in publishing. You can find her literary explorations of the UK and reading recommendations on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok at @booksandquills.

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