On this week’s episode we dive deep into Rejection – not the emotion – the novel in stories by Tony Tulathimutte. We also discuss things we’ve read and want to read in April and revisit the Women’s Prize nominations now that they have been shortlisted.

Our deep dive

Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte

Private Citizens by Tony Tulathimutte

Recent reads

The Iliad by Homer and translated by Emily Wilson

The Odyssey by Homer

Hype Machine: Inside the Cult of Crypto by Joshua Oliver

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

Green Dot by Madeline Gray 

Women’s prize shortlist

Good Girl by Aria Aber

All Fours by Miranda July

The Persians by Sanam Mahloudji

Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout

The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden

Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis

What we’re looking forward to in April 

Twist by Column McCann

Tilt by Emma Pattee

The Colony by Annika Norlin

Audition by Katie Kitamura

Notes to John by Joan Didion

Also mentioned

The Coach and Horses Pub Quiz, Whitstable

The Book Lovers’ Pub Quiz

The BookClub Review Podcast

Adolescence on Netflix

Let the Great World Spin by Column McCann

Apeirogon by Column McCann

Intimacies by Katie Kitamura

Blue Nights by Joan Didion

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