No slaps here, just a few laughs at that time publishing thought Drake had turned to bookstagramming, and Isabelle complains about the lack of small independent publishers on the longlist (and has since looked more closely are realised that are a couple on there, including Myriad and Jacaranda who are both amazing. Her bad!) We also discuss a couple of recent reads including Elena Ferrante's The Lost Daughter and Gay Bar: Why We Went Out by Jeremy Atherton Lin.