The Community Library

By Angourie Rice

Hosted by Angourie Rice, The Community Library is a fortnightly podcast for anyone interested in stories, and how and why we tell them.... more

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The Community Library episodes:

February 04, 2025 7.04 Listening to the Quiet: High Wages by Dorothy Whipple
This week I talk about the 1930 novel High Wages by Dorothy Whipple, the cosmic story of how I found it, and the value of listening to the quiet voice.

Persephone Books website
High Wages by Dorothy Whipple
Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple
20th Century Reading Challenge: 6.20 Future and Freedom in the 1970s

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January 19, 2025 7.03 Reading Stats 2024
This week, I’m wrapping up my end of year reading episodes by chatting about my 2024 reading statistics. I hope you enjoy!
Link to our book, Stuck Up and Stupid by Angourie Rice and Kate Rice // AU, NZ // US, UK, CA
Links to my World Challenge, and the 20th Century Reading Challenge

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The Community Library Reading Awards 2024

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14min
January 13, 2025 7.02 An Honour to Be Nominated
This week on The Community Library, I’m talking about some more favourite reads of 2024 that didn’t quite make it into my Reading Awards episode.

Books
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Don’t You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane
The Art Thief by Michael Finkel

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12min
December 30, 20247.01 The Community Library Reading Awards 2024
Welcome to the annual Community Library Reading Awards! A completely subjective and biased awards ceremony in which all the prizes go to the books I read and liked best in 2024.
The Awards:
Biggest Surprise

Biggest Accomplishment

Most Thought-Provoking

Favourite Cover

Favourite Speculative Fiction

Favourite Translated Fiction

Favourite Mystery / Thriller

Favourite Nonfiction

Favourite 2024 Release

The Books:
Essays in Love by Alain de Botton, 1993
Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy, 1976
Doppelganger by Naomi Klein, 2023
Siblings by Brigitte Reimann, 1963, translated by Lucy Renner Jones
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman, 1995, translated by Ros Schwartz
The House of the Spirits by Isabelle Allende, 1982, translated by Magda Bogin
The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji, 1987, translated by Hong-Li Wong
West of Eden by Jean Stein, 2017
Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino, 2024

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22min
May 26, 20246.22 See You Soon
If you've been following the podcast for a while, you'll know that each season of The Community Library is about 19-22 episodes. So, my friends, you might have guessed that this is the last episode in season 6. Join me for a little catch up with what I’ve been reading and watching in the past few weeks, and I’ll see you next season!
For more links and resources, visit my website www.angourieslibrary.com
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6.19 Quarterly Reading Update #1

6.14 The Community Library Live!

6.07 Bookish Q+A

6.05 Mid-Year Book Freakout
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19min
May 01, 20246.21 The Comfort of the End of the World
A couple of weeks ago, I accidentally read a post-apocalyptic book and watched a post-apocalyptic movie in the same week, and I decided I needed to talk about them. This episode is about La Jetée (1962), directed by Chris Marker, and I Who Have Never Known Men (1995), written by Jacqueline Harpman. I hope you enjoy.

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Watch La Jetée (1962)
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

More like this:
6.04 Station Eleven, or 2020
5.19 Sad Hot Girls
5.13 The Snake Pit, 1946

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18min
April 17, 20246.20 Future and Freedom in the 1970s
Last year, I embarked on a challenge to read a book published in every single year of the 20th Century. When I catalogued all the books from the 20th Century I’d already read, I found the 1970s to be the decade from which I had read the least. In this episode, I take you through my journey of reading books published in 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976 and 1978.
For more links and resources, visit my website www.angourieslibrary.com

Books I read to complete the challenge:
1978: Tirra Lirra by the River by Jessica Anderson

1974: Oreo by Fran Ross

1973: Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown

1976: Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy

1970: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
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25min
April 03, 20246.19 Quarterly Reading Update #1
Since we’re already a quarter of the way into 2024 (!) , it was time for me to sit down with
you to talk through my reading stats and highlights from the last 3 months.
Visit my website www.angourieslibrary.com for more links and resources.
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22min
March 26, 20246.18 Five Years of The Community Library
Five years ago today I released the teaser episode for The Community Library podcast: a creative endeavour inspired by my love of books, reading, and talking about stories. And here we are, five years later!
Visit my website www.angourieslibrary.com for more links and resources.
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Greenpeace International
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Cover artwork is by Ashley Ronning
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25min
December 31, 20236.17 The Community Library Reading Awards 2023
Welcome to the fifth annual Community Library Reading Awards! A completely subjective and biased awards ceremony in which the prizes go to the books I read and liked in 2023. Tonight there are twelve awards to give out to honour some of my favourite books I read in 2023. I hope you enjoy!
Visit my website www.angourieslibrary.com for more links, resources, and a full list of all the award winners.
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Greenpeace International
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Cover artwork is by Ashley Ronning

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22min

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