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Hello friends! Sarah is joined by delightful friend-of-the-podcast Belle today for a discussion about the second half of the Stella Prize 2024 shortlist. They discuss their feelings about Abandon Every Hope, Praiseworthy, and Feast, as well as some recent reads. 

Stella prize
Why did Belle do an Acknowledgement of Country?
Review of Abandon Every Hope
Review of Praiseworthy in The Guardian 


Books mentioned

• Abandon Every Hope: Essays for the Dead by Hayley Singer
• Feast by Emily O'Grady
• Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright  
• I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
• The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

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Sarah from Your True Shelf is back to chat Women's Prize with Jenny. We discuss each of the shortlisted books and predict our winner, but did we get it right?

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• YouTube

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Hello friends! Sarah is joined by delightful friend-of-the-podcast Belle today. They discuss the Stella shortlist and review the first half of the six-book list, which they both think is stellar (I'll see myself out). 

Stella prize

Books covered

• Hospital by Sanya Rushdi (translated by Arunava Sinha)
• Body Friend by Katherine Brabon
• The Swift Dark Tide by Katia Ariel 

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Just to confuse you all we have another Sarah on the pod this week! Sarah from the BookTube channel Your True Shelf joins Jenny to chat recent 5 star reads. We also discuss the influence of social media on our reading. We couldn't sound more millenial if we tried. From our memoir choices to our references to dial up, you can probably guess our ages down to the year we were born :D

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Books mentioned

• Writers & Lovers by Lily King
• Motherthing by Ainslee Hogarth
• A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
• Vladimir by Julia May Jonas
• Kala by Colin Walsh
• Penance by Eliza Clark
• Open Book by Jessica Simpson
• More Myself by Alicia Keys
• The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
• Paris by Paris Hilton
• This Much is True by Miriam Margolyes
• Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yaros
• Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
• Emily WIlde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

Where to find Sarah

• YouTube

BookTubers to watch

• And They Were Readers
• Aaron Read a Book 
• Freshly Read Books
• Hannah May

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• You can support the podcast on Patreon. Our tiers start at £2 a month. Rewards include early access to the podcast, 'close friends' feed on Instagram, monthly bonus episodes, tailored book recommendations and books in the post.  You can now try our bonus tier FREE for 7 days. 
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You've got Jenny, Chris and Sarah chatting three short stories today. We'd love you to join in the conversation and can read all these stories online.

The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu

Recitatif by Toni Morrison

A Temporary Matter by Jhumpa Lahiri

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Books mentioned

• Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson
• The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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This week Sarah and Chris discuss the novels of one of their favourite authors, Hannah Kent. Hannah Kent is an Australian writer who has published three novels to date: Burial Rites, The Good People, and Devotion. 

Is there an author you'd like to hear us review? Let us know! 


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• You can support the podcast on Patreon. Our tiers start at £2 a month. Rewards include early access to the podcast, 'close friends' feed on Instagram, monthly bonus episodes, tailored book recommendations and books in the post.  You can now try our bonus tier FREE for 7 days. 
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This week we welcome back author and friend of the pod Abigail Mann. Jenny and Abi chat 'unlikeable female characters' as well as sharing their current reads. Who is your favourite unlikeable female character in literature?

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Books mentioned

• The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
• Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth
• You Could Be So Pretty by Holly Bourne
• Cleopatra & Frankenstein by Coco Mellors
• Everyone in This Room Will Someday be Dead by Emily Austen
• Idol by Louise O'Neill
• Animals by Emma Jane Unsworth
• Sunset by Jessie Cave
• Tampa by Alissa Nutting
• Unlikeable Female Characters by Anna Bogutskaya
• Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
• Can You Ever Forgive Me?  by Lee Israel
• How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie
• Reputation by Lex Croucher

Where to find Abi

• Substack 
• Instagram

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• You can support the podcast on Patreon. Our tiers start at £2 a month. Rewards include early access to the podcast, 'close friends' feed on Instagram, monthly bonus episodes, tailored book recommendations and books in the post.  You can now try our bonus tier FREE for 7 days. 
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Chris and Jenny chat about Daniel Mason's The North Woods. A book that proves hard to summarise but we both loved. A short story collection of sorts that spans decades and shares the history of a little house, its strange and wonderful inhabitants, in woodland in New England. If you've read it, join in with our discussion in the comments, we'd love to know your thoughts.

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Books mentioned

• The Rabbit Hutch by Tessa Gunty
• Folk by Zoe Gilbert
• Mischief Acts by Zoe Gilbert
• Briefly a Delicious Life  by Nell Stevens
• John Muir

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We're finally back! It's been a long 4 months, but here it is, episode 1 season 1! Jenny, Chris and Sarah dust off their mics and discuss how their reading is going, goals for the year ahead and what's coming up in the coming season. We've missed you!

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It's a chatty one today. Sarah and Jenny chat recent reads, reading plans and some 'big news'.  We're excited about the changes we've got planned and hope you will be too. We'll share some more info and insights in our Substack soon. But for now, have a good one and we'll see you in 2024.

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Books mentioned

• The Glow  by Jessie Gaynor
• New Animal by Ella Baxter
• It's Okay That You're Not Okay  by Megan Devine
• Wild Card by Judy Murray
• The Pumpkin Spice Cafe  by Laurie Gilmore
• Juliet Marillier's Sevenwaters Trilogy

Podcasts mentioned

• The Bookshelf
• Books on the Go
• Marlon and Jake Read Dead People
• Sentimental Garbage
• Women's Running Podcast
• Kermode and Mayo's Take

Support The Bookcast Club

• You can support the podcast on Patreon. Our tiers start at £2 a month. Rewards include early access to the podcast, 'close friends' feed on Instagram, monthly bonus episodes, tailored book recommendations and books in the post.  You can now try our bonus tier FREE for 7 days. 
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