A bi-weekly bookchat podcast by Joseph Dance and Amanda Moulson, two time-poor curious readers with eclectic TBRs. Every two weeks we meet to talk all things books and deliver some recommendations for new, classic, and contemporary titles you might want to read next. We cover everything from backlist to frontlist, prize winners to debuts, and we are generally spoiler free.
Follow us on Instagram @curiousreaderpodcast
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A bi-weekly bookchat podcast by Joseph Dance and Amanda Moulson, two time-poor curious readers with eclectic TBRs. Every two weeks we meet to talk all things books and deliver some recommendations for new, classic, and contemporary titles you might want to read next. We cover everything from backlist to frontlist, prize winners to debuts, and we are generally spoiler free.
Follow us on Instagram @curiousreaderpodcast
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week’s episode is about the perennial conundrum that faces every reader at this time of year - what to read at the beach? We talk about which genres are best suited for reading al fresco and give you our favourite holiday read recommendations. Of course, we also share our latest book news, current reads and what we plan to read next.
Book News
The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner
Question 7 by Richard Flanagan
Albion by Anna Hope
Fair Play by Louise Hegarty
Petals Of Blood by Ngugi wa Thiong’o
Current reads
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
Wild Boar by Hannah Lutz
Beach reads
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
Elektra by Jennifer Saint
Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes
Circe by Madeline Miller
Song Of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
The Trio by Johanna Hedman
The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
The Overstory by Richard Powers
The Guest by Emma Cline
The Girls by Emma Cline
The Swimmer by John Cheever
Walking On The Ceiling by Ayşegül Savaş
Summer by Edith Wharton
Last Resort by Andrew Lipstein
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
Brutes by Dizz Tate
Spent by Alison Bechdel
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel
You Killed Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
Sunset by Jessie Cave
Girlfriends by Holly Bourne
What we’re reading next
A Marriage At Sea by Sophie Elmhurst
Necessary Fictions by Eloghosa Osunde
Lonely Crowds by Stephanie Wambugu
Also mentioned
@BeesBookShare
The Garden Gate Project Margate
Louisiana Channel by the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebaek in Denmark
Open Water by Chris Kentis
Follow us on Instagram @curiousreaderspodcast for more recommendations in between episodes
Curious Readers is mixed by the incredibly talented James at Fish Island Studio (@fishislandstudio)
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