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Welcome back to The Community Library! This month the theme was FICTION IN TRANSLATION, so my dear friend Kali and I sat down to discuss One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez. We talked for so long that I had to split this episode into two parts! Part two will be out tomorrow, so you don’t have to wait long at all. In this episode we talk about magical realism, how Macondo is its own character, and why Úrsula Iguarán is the baddest bitch in town. I hope you enjoy!

Visit my website here for a link to a full transcription of the episode.

Next week, on the 31st of May, I am releasing a very special bonus episode. The clue is APPLE. Tune in tomorrow for another clue!

Follow Kali on Instagram here for some fabulous isolation content.

Welcome back to The Community Library! Because this month’s theme is FICTION IN TRANSLATION, I decided to try and read three translated novels in just one week. Did I succeed? Did I fail miserably? Listen to find out!

This month’s discussion pick is One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez. That episode will be out on the 24th of May, just one week away!

Visit my website here for a full transcription of the episode, plus links to all the things I mentioned.

On the 31st of May I am releasing a very special bonus episode. The clue is APPLE. Tune in next week for another clue!

Welcome back to The Community Library! This week I chat to translator and Doctor of Philosophy, my mother: Dr Kate Rice! We talk all things language and translation: my mum’s interest in languages, how she started working in translation, and why translated fiction is sometimes frustrating to read. I hope you enjoy!

The discussion pick for this month is One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez. My dear friend and former guest on the podcast Kaliya and I will be discussing it on the 24th of May.

Visit my website here for a full transcription of this episode

Welcome back to another episode of The Community Library! This month, the theme for the podcast is TRANSLATED FICTION, so we’re starting off with some recommendations! Because I have read a shockingly small amount of translated fiction, I enlisted the help of some friends and family (and you, the listeners!) to recommend some more books.

The discussion pick for this month is One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez. My dear friend and former guest on the podcast Kaliya and I will be discussing it on the 24th of May.

Visit my website here for the list of recommendations, plus a full transcription of this episode.

Welcome back to The Community Library! This week, Harry and I are back to talk about the film Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013), which is an adaptation of the book we discussed last week: Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan. This is the second book in the Percy Jackson series – you can listen to our discussion of the first book here and the second book here, and our episode on the first movie adaptation here. In this episode, Harry and I talk about the VFX in the action sequences, how Annabeth is now inexplicably blonde, and we also mourn the fact that Pierce Brosnan does not reprise his role as Chiron.

Please follow Harry on Instagram: @harrry.l – it’s his life’s ambition to become Instagram famous and that’s the only reason he does the podcast with me.

Visit my website here for more links and resources for this episode.

What could have been: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frE9rXnaHpE

Hello and welcome back to The Community Library! This week, my dear friend and regular guest on the podcast Harry and I discuss Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan. This is the second book in the Percy Jackson series – you can listen to our discussion of the first book here, and our episode on the first movie adaptation here. In this delightfully chatty and chaotic episode, Harry and I discuss Percy’s hero complex, why Hermes is #notlikeotherGods, and the correct collective noun for a group of cyclopes. Is it “flock”? Is it “tribe”? Is it “congregation”? Listen to find out! 

Please follow Harry on Instagram – @harrry.l – he only does the podcast for the clout. 

Tune in next week for our discussion on the film adaptation! Visit my website here for more links and resources for this episode.

Welcome back to The Community Library and Happy Easter Sunday! This week I wanted to do something a little more laid-back, and so I decided to read The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen for you. No analysis, no discussion, just a mini-audiobook! I hope you enjoy it.

For a full transcription of this episode, visit my website here.

This month, the discussion pick is Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan. It’s a really fun and quick read, and I’ll be discussing it next week with special guest star Harry!

I read from Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Alice Lucas, illustrated by Thomas Heath Robinson and William Heath Robinson. A digital scan of this book is available in the public domain on internetarchive.org.

Welcome back to The Community Library, also known as Angourie’s Harry Potter Fan Club. This month, the theme is FANTASY, so of course I just had to do an episode all about Harry Potter (again). This week, I’m talking about the brand of Wizarding World TM, and its relationship to the original book series.

This month, the discussion pick is Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan. It’s a really fun and quick read, and I’ll be discussing it later on this month with a very special guest star.

Visit my website here for a full transcription of the episode and a list of links and resources.

Hello and welcome back to The Community Library! This week’s episode is continuing the theme from way back in December: Classics! In this episode, I analyse and compare Zadie Smith’s White Teeth and Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood, and what makes both of them future classics.

Visit my website here for a full transcription of this episode.

The Community Library Awards 2019 blog post in which I talk about why Zadie Smith was my favourite author in 2019. 

Welcome back to The Community Library, and thank you for your patience while I was on hiatus. I am so glad to be back and bringing you a very special episode of the podcast: self-isolation edition! In this episode I recommend feel-good books for you to read that will hopefully ease your mind in this crazy time.

Visit my website here for my full list of book recommendations and more links!