This special bonus episode was recorded with Ben Hunter from Booktopia's 'Tell Me What to Read' podcast. Ben, Kate and Katherine review and recommend some of their favourite debut reads from this year. (It's by no means a definitive list!) 

Books mentioned include: 

Son of Sin by Omar Sakr | 

Only a Monster by Vanessa Len |

Sunbathing by Isobel Beech |

Everything Feels Like the End of the World by Else Fitzgerald |

Found, Wanting by Natasha Sholl |

Every Version of You by Grace Chan |

The Whitewash by Siang Lu |

The Natural History of Love by Caroline Petit |

The Furies by Mandy Beaumont |

All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien |

Wake by Shelley Burr |

Denizen by James McKenzie Watson |

Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivenor |

The Torrent by Dinuka McKenzie |

Banjawarn by Josh Kemp |

Show Me Where it Hurts by Kylie Maslen |

Ruth & Pen by Emilie Pine |

Hovering by Rhett Davis |

Gemini Falls by Sean Wilson |

The Upwelling by Lystra Rose |

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