A special episode : Anna chats with author Anthony Nocera. We discuss Anthony’s brilliant essay WEDNESDAY BANG in the current issue of SPLINTER and his upcoming plays: Log Boy, My Hair is Thinning and Someone Like You. Anthony’s book recommendations: NOSTALGIA HAS RUINED MY LIFE by Zarah Butcher-McGunnigle THE GUEST by Emma Cline AN EXCITING AND VIVID INNER LIFE by Paul Dalla Rosa Follow us! Instagram: @abailliekaras and @anocera02 Anthony: https://anthonynocera.me/ Email: [email protected] Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz
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Ep 276: Best Books of 2024
Anna, Annie and Amanda reveal our favourite reads of 2024! Books discussed: MAGIC PILL by Johann Hari ALL THE BEAUTY IN THE WORLD by Patrick Bringley THE ALTERNATIVES by Caoilinn Hughes THIS STRANGE AND EVENTFUL HISTORY by Claire Messud RAPTURE by Emily Maguire WOO WOO by Ella Baxter THE GENTLEMAN FROM PERU by André Aciman JUICE by Tim Winton (Annie recommends the audiobook) INTERMEZZO by Sally Rooney QUESTION 7 by Richard Flanagan THE WYCH ELM by Tana French Children’s Pick LANDOVEL by Emily Rodda Follow us! Instagram: @abailliekaras / @mr_annie / @vibrant_lives_podcast Email: [email protected] Coming up: Book recommendations with author Anthony Nocera
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Ep 275: Australian Literature with Farrin Foster
A special episode: we chat with Farrin Foster about new literary journal SPLINTER and emerging Australian authors. We talk about authors who are also musicians, autofiction and taking a book of poetry in your bag for waiting times. Farrin recommends the work of: Seamus Lonergan – KT Major Olivia De Zilva ROCK FLIGHT by Hasib Hourani Dom Guerrera Rapture by Emily Maguire Coming up: Our Best Books of 2024 Follow us! Instagram: @abailliekaras and @splinterjournal Email: [email protected]
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Ep 274: Comfort Reading Recommendations
Anna and Annie discuss the 2024 Booker Prize winner ORBITAL by Samantha Harvey. Our comfort reading recommendations are: ARGYLLE by Elly Conway WE SOLVE MURDERS by Richard Osman LOOSE LIPS by Kemper Donovan THE SPY COAST by Tess Gerritsen THE ROM COMMERS by Katherine Center THE WEDDING FORECAST by Nina Kenwood WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY by Michiko Aoyama translated by Alison Watts HAPPY GO LUCKY by David Sedaris WINTERING by Katherine May THE GARDEN AGAINST TIME by Olivia Laing WHAT I ATE IN A YEAR by Stanley Tucci TRAVELS IN EUROPE by Charles Dickens Follow us! Instagram: @abailliekaras and @mr_annie Email: [email protected]
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Ep 273: James by Percival Everett
Anna and Annie discuss the 2024 Goldsmiths Prize winner, Parade by Rachel Cusk, and ghostwriters in crime writing. Our book of the week is JAMES by Percival Everett. This re-telling of Huckleberry Finn has been an instant New York Times best-seller, shortlisted for the Booker Prize and National Book award and described as 'genius' (The Atlantic). Coming up: our comfort reading recommendations. Follow us! Email: [email protected] Instagram: @abailliekaras and @mr_annie Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz
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