For this month's podcast, Paula and Salma read 'Cat Person' by Kristen Roupenian, because sometimes you just need a quick, impactful short story to get you out of a reading slump! 'Cat Person' gained significant attention when it was published in The New Yorker in 2017, for exploring the complexities of modern dating. If you haven't read it yet, head over to The New Yorker now and read it before listening to the pod.
Cat Person in The New Yorker >> https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/12/11/cat-person
Books they mention:
The Metamorphosis - Kafka
The House of my Mother – Shari Franke
I Want Everything - Dominic Amerena
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid
Yellowface – R F Kuang
Lyrebird – Jane Caro
The Mother – Jane Caro
What Happened to Nina? - Dervla McTiernan
The Scholar - Dervla McTiernan
The Murder Rule - Dervla McTiernan
The Housemaid's Secret – Freida McFadden
The Housemaid - Freida McFadden
Onyx Storm – Rebecca Yarros
The Help - Kathryn Stockett
Beautiful Ugly – Alice Feeney
Great Big Beautiful Life – Emily Henry
Here One Moment – Liane Moriarty
We Need To Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
For this month's #LiteraryAnything episode, we're sharing Hannah Kent in conversation with Pip Williams talking about Hannah's much anticipated autobiography 'Always Home, Always Homesick'.
Written in rich detail and humorous and poignant anecdotes (some Hannah shares in this author talk), 'Always Home, Always Homesick' is both a memoir of her experiences of living in Iceland, and a wider consideration of the centrality of literature to the nation's culture and identity.
Have you read it? You'll definitely want to after listening to Hannah talk about it!
Listen wherever you get your pods.
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Episode 82 - The House of My Mother
New #LiteraryAnything podcast out now. This month, Jasmine joins Salma on the pod (for the first time in a while 🤣) to discuss Shari Franke's memoir 'The House of my Mother'.
Other things they discuss:
🐛 Jasmine shares what book character she'd like to swap lives with for a day
🐉 Salma finally reads THE romantasy book
📚 There's lots to look forward to in the land of new book releases
Listen wherever you get your podcasts. 🎧
TW: This episode contains discussions of child abuse, physical abuse, and sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised. If these topics may be distressing for you, please take care when listening or consider skipping this episode.
Books they mention:
Deep Cuts - Holly Brickley
The Hungry Caterpillar - Eric Carle
Daisy Jones and the Six – Taylor Jenkins Reid
Sunrise on the Reaping - Suzanne Collins
Rebel Rising – Rebel Wilson
From Here to the Great Unknown - Lisa Marie Presley
Would You Rather – Maggie Alderson
Atmosphere – Taylor Jenkins Reid
Evelyn Hugo – Taylor Jenkins Reid
Summer Island – Kristen Hannah
The Women – Kristen Hannah
The Stranger Beside Me - Ann Rule
Fourth Wing – Rebecca Yarros
Great Big Beautiful Life – Emily Henry
Iron Flame - Rebecca Yarros
Onyx Storm - Rebecca Yarros
Mad Mabel – Sally Hepworth
At the Foot of the Cherry Tree - Alli Parker
Until the Red Leaves Fall - Alli Parker
Impossible Fortune – Richard Osman
Always Home, Always Homesick – Hannah Kent
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Episode 81 - Broken Brains
We're thrilled to share with you Jamila Rizvi and Rosie Waterland's conversation with Libby Trainor Parker, discussing their co-written memoir 'Broken Brains'. Their new book is a personal memoir about physical brain health and mental brain health, and how they coexist in two very different spaces.
Jamila and Rosie were incredibly open in this author talk, it's definitely worth a listen if you weren't able to join us on the night (or even if you did).
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Episode 80 - Great Big Beautiful Life
Paula and Salma read Emily Henry's latest book 'Great Big Beautiful Life' for the pod and they're both feeling like they've read this story before.
Are you an Emily Henry fan? How do you think her latest book compares to her other novels?
Listen to the podcast to find out Paula and Salma's thoughts, plus what else they've been reading lately and new releases you should keep an eye out for.
Books they mentioned:
The Love That Split the World
Beach Read
People We Meet On Vacation
Book Lovers
Happy Place
Funny Story
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau - Graeme Macrae Burnet
The Younger Woman – Mandy Byatt
It Ends With Us – Colleen Hoover
The Season – Helen Garner
The Friday Afternoon Club – Griffin Dunne
Broken Brains – Jamila Rizvi and Rosie Waterland
Atmosphere - Taylor Jenkins Reid
Never Flinch – Stephen King
None of This Is True – Lisa Jewell
Don't Let Him In – Lisa Jewell
How To Lose Your Mother - Molly Jong Fast
Fear of Flying – Erica Jong
Australia's Agricultural Identity – Joshua Gilbert
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