This episode of the KYD Podcast is coming straight to you from our respective bunkers—though we can’t promise we look as stylish as Ira Glass while doing it.

In the episode we use tech to discuss Anna Weiner’s time in Silicon Valley as recorded in her memoir, Uncanny Valley (HarperCollins). After that we delve into what makes a good (or bad) book club and mention a few online ones you could follow along with right now.

Further reading:

Read Nathania Gilson's interview with Anna Wiener.

After Uncanny Valley we’d recommend reading:

The Great Hack on Netflix

How To Do Nothing, Jenny Odell (Read Cher Tan's review)

Blueberries, Ellena Savage (Read Chloë Cooper's review and Kylie Maslen's essay)

Trick Mirror, Jia Tolentino

Our recommendations:

Alice: Ghost Species by James Bradley and the Sex and Death web series

Alan: Watching Riverdale (or anything else) with friends on Netflix Party

Meaghan: Starting a new series (a few suggestions are Dervla McTiernan’s Cormac O’Reilly series, Kerry Greenwood’s Miss Fisher series, Ben Aaranovitch’s Rivers of London.)

If you’re looking for an online book club and don’t want to start your own, you could try:

The KYD First Book Club (of course)

City of Melbourne’s “What are you reading?” Facebook group

Yarra Libraries' Short Story Club

#Whatareyoureading Book Club (Every Thursday at noon on Twitter)

Text Publishing’s ‘The Common Room’

Neighbourhood Books is holding their Sunday Salons online where possible.

Theme music: Broke For Free, ‘Something Elated’.

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