In this episode, we’re excited about new books on our TBRs: The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai and Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange. Then Mel talks about cooking chicken soup from around the world.

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The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai & Jesse Kirkwood (translator)

Wandering Stars by by Tommy Orange

There, There by by Tommy Orange

The Chicken Soup Manifesto: Recipes From Around the World by Jenn Louis

Jenn Louis’ website

A Journey Around the World, as Told Through Chicken Soup

Four recipes from The Chicken Soup Manifesto

Ye Ocholoni Ina Doro Shorba (Ethiopian peanut soup)

Video: Jenn Louis at Powell’s Books

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In this episode, we’re excited about new books: Strawberry Fields by Patrick D. Joyce and The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden. Dave shares some events worth traveling to in 2024.

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Strawberry Fields by Patrick D. Joyce

Back in the USSR by Patrick D. Joyce

Patrick Joyce’s website

The Wall by Peter Sís

Prague Spring by Simon Mawer

Podcast: Prague: Castles and Cobblestones

The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

Podcast: The Forest: Meet a Witch, Climb a Tree

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

National Geographic: 10 unmissable events worth travelling for in 2024

Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swim in Istanbul

Ride Africa

Child.org

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In this episode, we’re excited about new books on our TBRs: Everyone on This Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson and Fall Through by Nate Powell. Then Dave shares a lovely poem by Matthew Olzmann.

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Everyone on This Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson

Benjamin Stevenson’s website

Fall Through by Nate Powell

Nate Powell’s website

Podcast: Trains: Better Than Planes and Cars. Fight Me.

Constellation Route by Matthew Olzmann

Contradictions in the Design by Matthew Olzmann

Mezzanines by Matthew Olzmann

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In this episode, we’re excited about two new books: Broughtupsy by Christina Cooke and The Curse of Pietro Houdini by Derek B. Miller. Then Mel celebrates the birthday and work of author Judith Viorst.

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Broughtupsy by Christina Cooke

The Curse of Pietro Houdini by Derek B. Miller

Podcast: Jamaica: Let’s Get Together and Feel All Right

Video: Christina Cooke reads from Broughtupsy

Christina Cooke website

SSoP review: Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi

Video: Alexander 1990 animated special

NPR: For 50 years, Alexander’s been having terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days

NPR: ‘Nearing 90,’ Judith Viorst Says She’s Never Been Happier

Video: Scholastic interview with Judith Viorst

Judith Viorst’s Decades

Podcast: The Other F Word with Judith Viorst

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In this episode, we’re excited about new books: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett and Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar. Then Mel shares her excitement about a webcam in the Namib Desert.

Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

video: Namibia Desert live stream

360° view of the desert surrounding the watering hole

10 Interesting Namib Desert Facts

11 Things to do in the Namib Desert

Gondwana Namib Park

Secrets of Survival: Life in the Namib Desert

Namibia’s Skeleton Coast: A journey through the ‘end of the Earth’

video: Namibia’s Wild Skeleton Coast

video: Where Namib Desert Meets Atlantic Ocean

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In this episode, we’re excited about new books: The Fury by Alex Michaelides and Maude Horton’s Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook. Then Dave recommends the delightful Planet Word Museum in Washington, DC.

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In this episode, we’re excited about new books: The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan and Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree. Then Mel shares the podcasts that have captured her imagination.

The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan

Spooky & Sublime: 43 Gothic Novels with a Strong Sense of Place

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree

The Well podcast

Doug Jones on The Well: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3

Ethan Peck on The Well: Part 1 and Part 2

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

In Our Time podcast

10 episodes recommended by the editor of BBC Sounds

CrowdScience podcast

Michael Sheen: Margins to Mainstream podcast

A Writing Chance

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In this episode, we’re excited about two new books: The Lost Van Gogh by Jonathan Santlofer and North Woods by Daniel Mason. Then Dave shares the heartbreaking story of the hack on the British Library.

The Lost Van Gogh by Jonathan Santlofer

The Last Mona Lisa_ by Jonathan Santlofer

Jonathan Santlofer’s website

Gabriel Allon series by Daniel Silva

The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith

Podcast: Museums: A Gathering of Muses, A Clutch of Curators

The Seville Communion by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Podcast: Spain: Valencia, Velázquez, and Vermouth

North Woods by Daniel Mason

British Library website

Knowledge Under Attack

Rhysida, The New Ransomware Gang Behind British Library Cyber-Attack

How to Lose a Library

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In this episode, we get excited about two books: Empty Theater by Jac Jemc and Yellowfaceby R.F. Kuang. Then we discuss great reading resolutions for a bookish 2024.

Empty Theater by Jac Jemc

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

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In this episode, we get excited about two great books: One Woman Show by Christine Coulson and To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose. Then Dave recites a delightful poem from British poet Brian Bilston.

Links

One Woman Show by Christine Coulson

Video: Christine Coulson at Hudson River Museum

Metropolitan Stories by Christine Coulson

Podcast: Museums: A Gathering of Muses, A Clutch of Curators

To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose

Brian Bilston’s website and Twitter

And So This is Christmas: 51 Seasonally Adjusted Poems by Brian Bilston

You Took the Last Bus Home by Brian Bilston

Days Like These: An alternative guide to the year in 366 poems by Brian Bilston

Meet the Author: Brian Bilston (Suffolk Libraries)

Brian Bilston: the Poet Laureate of Twitter (The Irish Times)

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