Best Shawn Donovan Podcasts (2024)

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Real Talk about Montgomery Alabama and Safety 10:38

4h ago10:38

10:38

Facts and Opinions on this City. It's We The People Right? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-humphrey7/support

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Ep 265: The Busy Body with Kemper Donovan 26:20

17d ago26:20

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A special episode! Anna chats with author Kemper Donovan about his new crime novel THE BUSY BODY, the first in the Ghostwriter series. A contemporary murder mystery told in the spirit of the Golden Age by the host of the All About Agatha podcast, THE BUSY BODY has been described as Veep meets Agatha Christie and a 'witty and highly entertaining mys…

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Ep 264: Thunderhead by Miranda Darling 21:48

4h ago21:48

21:48

Anna and Annie discuss the 2024 Stella Prize winner and the Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist. Our book of the week is Thunderhead by Miranda Darling. A black comedy, set in suburbia, about one woman's struggle to be free, it has been described as a 'feminist triumph and homage to Virginia Woolf' (Australian Book Review). We love a short novel an…

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Ep 263: Question 7 by Richard Flanagan 23:15

30d ago23:15

23:15

Anna and Annie find some book recommendations to read along with Taylor Swift's new album The Tortured Poets Department. Our book of the week is Question 7 by Richard Flanagan. This memoir encompasses H. G. Wells, nuclear physics and the atomic bomb and ends in Tasmania, Australia. Memories, encounters and fictional vignettes are woven together int…

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Ep 262: Butter by Asako Yuzuki translated by Polly Barton 25:37

1M ago25:37

25:37

Anna and Annie discuss the 2024 Stella Prize shortlist. Our book of the week is Butter by Asako Yuzuki translated by Polly Barton. Described as 'a novel of food and murder' this follows Riko, a journalist, who investigates serial killer Manako Kajii. Kajii allegedly seduced rich men with her cooking before killing them, and she encourages Riko to c…

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Crime and Frustration in Montgomery 10:46

1M ago10:46

10:46

Find the real solutions and stop making race the issue. The issue is human nature and morals. Value human life. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-humphrey7/support

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Ep 261: Crime Book Recommendations 28:46

1M ago28:46

28:46

Anna and Annie discuss the 2024 Stella Prize Shortlist. We reveal our favourite recent crime reads. Our recommendations are: The Many Lies of Veronica Hawkins by Kristina Perez Death of a Lesser God by Vaseem Khan The Sleeping Nymph by Ilaria Tutti translated by Ekin Oklap To Love and Be Wise by Josephine Tey The Fugitives by Jamal Mahjoub Everyone…

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Ep 260: Everyone Who Can Forgive Me Is Dead with Jenny Hollander 21:48

1M ago21:48

21:48

A special episode: we chat with author Jenny Hollander about her debut crime novel EVERYONE WHO CAN FORGIVE ME IS DEAD. Charlie Colbert is an editor at a major magazine and engaged to a publishing heir. But she witnessed a tragedy at her elite journalism school and lied to the police 9 years ago. Now a classmate is making a film about the events, w…

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Ep 259: The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez 20:19

2M ago20:19

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Anna and Annie discuss the inaugural Women's Prize for Non-Fiction longlist, including Anna Funder's Wifedom. Our book of the week is THE VULNERABLES by Sigrid Nunez. This is the third in a loose trilogy after THE FRIEND and WHAT ARE YOU GOING THROUGH. A writer, a college drop-out and a talking parrot share an apartment in New York during the Covid…

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This New Lost History 12:59

4M ago12:59

12:59

We are back and the government was also. They tried to shut us down multiple times but we did get this much recorded for you. We will attempt to do more shows as we have planned a new season and series. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-humphrey7/support

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Ep 258: Home Reading Service with Shawn Mooney 26:29

4M ago26:29

26:29

It's the Shawn and Anna Book Club! Our first book is Home Reading Service by Fabio Morábito translated by Curtis Bauer. Eduardo is sentenced to a year of community service reading aloud to the elderly and disabled. Set in Mexico, this novel is witty and poignant. It even inspired us to discuss poetry! And the fine line between whacky and eccentric.…

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Ep 257: Holiday Reading Recommendations 18:55

6M ago18:55

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Anna and Annie reveal our book recommendations for the holiday season. Our favourite holiday reads this year are: THE CLUB by Ellery Lloyd NOW YOU SEE US by Balli Kaur Jaswal WEST HEART KILL by Dann McDorman FLIGHT by Lynn Steger Strong THE LIBRARIANIST by Patrick deWitt ROMANTIC COMEDY by Curtis Sittenfeld Follow us! Email: booksonthegopodcast @ g…

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Ep 256: Best Books of 2023 24:42

6M ago24:42

24:42

Anna and Annie discuss the Booker Prize 2023 winner, PROPHET SONG by Paul Lynch. We reveal the best books we read in 2023. In no particular order, they are: Collected Works by Lydia Sandgren translated by Agnes Broomé Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton Girl in a Pink Dress by Kylie Needham The Gobli…

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Ep 255: Collected Works by Lydia Sandgren translated by Agnes Broomé 21:17

7M ago21:17

21:17

Anna and Annie discuss authors' concerns about Spotify streaming books and highlights from the 2024 Adelaide Writers Week lineup. Our book of the week is Collected Works by Lydia Sandgren translated by Agnes Broomé. Sandgren has been described as "Sweden's Sally Rooney" (The Times). Collected Works is a thought-provoking, intellectual novel set in …

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Ep 254: True Biz and Y/N Book Club with Shawn Mooney 28:33

7M ago28:33

28:33

Special guest Shawn Mooney of Shawn the Book Maniac joins Anna for Book Club! We discuss TRUE BIZ by Sara Nović and Y/N by Esther Yi. These books have taken us down rabbit holes of deaf culture (True Biz) and super fandom (Y/N). Two interesting and thought-provoking reads! Shawn recommends the interview with Esther Yi on Jaylen's The Bar and the Bo…

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Ep 253: Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder 26:01

8M ago26:01

26:01

Anna and Annie discuss the 2023 Booker Prize Shortlist and the authors taking action over the generative AI use of their work. Our book of the week is WIFEDOM: MRS ORWELL'S INVISIBLE LIFE by Anna Funder. An innovative biography of Eileen Orwell by the Miles Franklin and Samuel Johnson prize winner, it has been described as a masterpiece and we thin…

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Ep 252: Chai Time At Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran 21:17

8M ago21:17

21:17

Anna and Amanda discuss the Nero Book Awards which will commence in 2024. Our book of the week is CHAI TIME AT CINNAMON GARDENS by Shankari Chandran. A layered story about a nursing home in Sydney whose residents have traumatic memories of the civil war in Sri Lanka, this won the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award. Coming up: WIFEDOM by Anna Funder…

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Ep 251: Book Club with Shawn Mooney 41:52

9M ago41:52

41:52

A special episode: Anna chats with Shawn Mooney of Shawn the Book Maniac. We recommend three books and each choose one to read for our next episode: the Anna and Shawn book club! Books discussed: The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard True Biz by Sara Nović Y/N by Esther Yi Loop Tracks by Sue Orr Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder…

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Ep 250: Women in Translation Recommendations 24:39

9M ago24:39

24:39

Anna and Annie discuss a recent study on reading to young children. We wrap up Women in Translation month. The books we read (or Annie did at least!) and recommend are: Slime: A Natural History by Susanne Wedlich translated by Ayca Turkoglu Heaven by Mieko Kawakami translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd What You're Looking For Is In The Library by M…

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Ep 249: The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor 27:33

10M ago27:33

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Anna and Annie discuss the 2023 Booker Prize Longlist. Our book of the week is The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor. A novel about friends and lovers set in Iowa City, it is both intimate and explores wider issues in contemporary life and art. Taylor was short-listed for the Booker Prize for Real Life and won the Story Prize for his collection Filt…

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Ep 248: This Other Eden by Paul Harding 16:51

10M ago16:51

16:51

Anna and Amanda discuss Elizabeth Gilbert pulling her novel The Snow Forest from publication because of its Russia theme. Our book of the week is This Other Eden by Paul Harding. Based on a true story, an island community of castaways and misfits is disrupted when a well-meaning but racist preacher enters their lives. It has biblical feels yet reso…

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Ep 247: The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland 22:39

11M ago22:39

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Anna and Amanda discuss the Women's Prize winner Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver. Our book of the week is The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke out of Auschwitz to Warn the World by Jonathan Freedland. This tells the true story of Rudolf Vrba who escaped from Auschwitz with Fred Wetzler and their attempt to tell Jewish leaders the truth about…

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Ep 246: Sadvertising with Ennis Ćehić 25:24

12M ago25:24

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A special episode: Anna chats with author Ennis Ćehić about his debut collection of short stories, Sadvertising. Ćehić is based in Melbourne and Sarajevo and writes about displacement, creativity and existentialism. The stories in Sadvertising are set in the advertising world and explore the tension between art and capitalism. Satirical and very fu…

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Ep 245: The Half Brother with Christine Keighery 21:36

12M ago21:36

21:36

A special episode: Anna chats with author Christine Keighery about her new novel The Half Brother. Christine Keighery has written over 35 novels for children and young adults (as Chrissie Perry). The Half Brother is her first novel for adults. It's a psychological suspense story about a family, secrets and coercive control. Described as "sinister, …

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Ep 244:The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard 28:40

1y ago28:40

28:40

Anna and Amanda discuss The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard. This novel set in Japan and Hong Kong in 1947 explores the colonial era with a forbidden love story at its centre. Described as "the last masterpiece of a vanished age of civility" (Wall Street Journal) it won the 2003 Miles Franklin Award and the National Book Award for Fiction and was sho…

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Ep 243: Girl in a Pink Dress with Kylie Needham 23:19

1y ago23:19

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A special episode: Anna chats with author Kylie Needham about her debut novel, Girl In A Pink Dress. Girl in a Pink Dress centres on Frances, an artist in her 40s who is invited to her former lover's exhibition opening in Sydney. A beautiful, spare novel that explores the idea of two artists living together and female rage, against the backdrop of …

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Ep 242: The New Life by Tom Crewe 18:08

1y ago18:08

18:08

Anna and Annie discuss the Stella Prize shortlist (belatedly!) Our book of the week is The New Life by Tom Crewe. A brilliant debut novel about two marriages and sexual freedom in 1890s London, it evokes the time and place beautifully but feels modern and resonates today. It reminded us of Colm Tóibín, with "the spirit of Forster" (Washington Post)…

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Ep 241: Women's Prize Shortlist 27:57

1y ago27:57

27:57

Anna, Annie and Amanda react to the 2023 Women's Prize Shortlist and give our winner predictions. And Annie has news! The shortlist is: Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris Pod by Laline Paull Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks Trespasses by Louise Kennedy The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Coming up: The …

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Ep 240: Stella Prize Shortlist and Winner Prediction 28:29

1y ago28:29

28:29

Annie, Anna and Amanda discuss the shortlist for the 2023 Stella Prize and give their winner predictions. The shortlist is: We Come With This Place by Debra Dank big beautiful female theory by Eloise Grills The Jaguar by Sarah Holland-Batt Hydra by Adriane Howell Indelible City by Louisa Lim Bad Art Mother by Edwina Preston Coming up: The Great Fir…

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Ep 239: All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien 15:00

1y ago15:00

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Anna and Annie discuss the 2023 Dylan Thomas Prize Shortlist. Our book of the week is All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien. This debut novel tells the story of Ky, a Vietnamese-Australian woman who looks for answers when her brother is killed in Cabramatta, Sydney. It won the 2023 Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction. Coming up: The New Life by Tom …

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Ep 238: Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes 21:02

1y ago21:02

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Anna and Annie discuss the books they are keeping or culling, including Pure Colour by Sheila Heti The Invention of Medicine by Robin Lane Fox Troy by Stephen Fry Our book of the week is Stone Blind, the latest novel by Natalie Haynes. It tells the story of Medusa from a feminist perspective, is witty, rich with details from Greek mythology and has…

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Ep 237: I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai 27:54

1y ago27:54

27:54

Anna and Annie react to the 2023 Women's Prize Longlist and the Booker International Longlist. Our book of the week is I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai, the follow-up novel to her Pulitzer Prize winning best-seller The Great Believers. The story centres on podcaster Bodie, who is drawn back to a murder case from her boarding school d…

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Ep 236: The Soulmate with Sally Hepworth 21:50

1y ago21:50

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A special episode: Anna and Amanda chat with best-selling author Sally Hepworth about her new novel The Soulmate. The Soulmate is a gripping story about Pippa and Gabe, who are happily married until a woman dies near their home and they become entangled in the mystery that follows. A compulsive read which raises questions about marriage and loyalty…

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Ep 235: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr 28:13

1+ y ago28:13

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Annie and Anna discuss the 2023 Stella Prize Longlist. Our book of the week is Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr, the follow-up to his best-selling and Pulitzer Prize winning novel All the Light We Cannot See. Cloud Cuckoo Land was on the New York Times bestseller list for over 20 weeks and was a National Book Award finalist. Set in 15th century C…

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Shawn and I discuss the Divided and Beliefs. And where the world is going. Stop the division. 49:38

1+ y ago49:38

49:38

Education and our youth. The elite that control the global economy. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-humphrey7/support

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The real America and the truth. Covid19? Clouds? Lies? Government and Food? 7:29

1+ y ago7:29

7:29

Coming Soon another show about this big elephant in the room. With Shawn Sellers and David Humphrey --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-humphrey7/support

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Ep 234: She Too with Eve Thomson 18:10

1+ y ago18:10

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A special episode as we chat with Eve Thomson about her debut novel She Too. She Too is a legal thriller about a young lawyer who acts for a man accused of being an abusive husband as he sues a news website for defamation. It looks at the nature of truth, celebrity and power. Eve recommends the book Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr and the podcas…

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Ep 233: Louise Adler, Adelaide Writers' Week Director 15:07

1+ y ago15:07

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A special episode - our interview with Louise Adler, Director of Adelaide Writers' Week! We discuss Louise's 'Director's Picks', some new authors to discover and the challenges of curating a literary festival. Books discussed: Tom Stoppard: A Life by Hermione Lee Beat the Devil by David Hare Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life by Brigitta Olubas The Gr…

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ep 232: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel 25:16

1+ y ago25:16

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Anna and Annie discuss the 2023 Dublin Literary Award Longlist. Our book of the week is Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel. Like Station 11 and The Glass Hotel, it is speculative fiction with warmth, heart and great story-telling. A New York Times Bestseller and a Best Book of 2022 (New York Times, Oprah Daily, NPR) it has been described as…

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Ep 231: Trespasses by Louise Kennedy 22:54

1+ y ago22:54

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Anna and Annie discuss the man arrested for stealing manuscripts and whether new AI technology ChatGPT can write novels. Our book of the week is Trespasses by Louise Kennedy. Set in 1970s Belfast during the Troubles, it tells the story of a young Catholic woman and her affair with a married Protestant man. Described as "brilliant, beautiful, heartb…

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Ep 230: The Master and Margarita 26:01

1+ y ago26:01

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Anna and Annie discuss Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf and Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka in our Keep or Cull segment. Our book of the week is The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov translated by Michael Glenny. We have been meaning to read this Russian classic for ages. A surreal, absurdist satire, it features Satan, Pontius Pilate, a…

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The murders of Idaho, Join us as we talk about this college town and a night of terror. 48:27

1+ y ago48:27

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Moscow Idaho Murders--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-humphrey7/support

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Ep 229: Best Books of 2022 30:10

1+ y ago30:10

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Anna, Annie and Amanda discuss our best books of 2022. Our favourite reads were: The Comfort Book by Matt Haig Border by Kapka Kassabova Devotion by Hannah Kent Love Marriage by Monica Ali Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin The Hummingbird by Sandro Veronesi translated by Elena Pala The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide translated by …

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Back from the USSR and Shawn Sellers will be back soon. ( NR17 ) 18:47

1+ y ago18:47

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Elon Musk taking a chance and making a change. AlabamaAHTCS.org --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-humphrey7/support

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Ep 228: Holiday Reading Recommendations and TBR 28:10

1+ y ago28:10

28:10

Anna and Annie discuss how BookTok is helping young people discover a passion for reading. Our holiday reading recommendations are: Willowman by Inge Simpson The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn Better the Blood by Michael Bennett The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margo by Marianne Cronin Miss Aldridge Re…

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Ep 227: Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen 21:07

1+ y ago21:07

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Anna and Amanda discuss book shopping on TikTok. Our book of the week is Crossroads by award-winning author Jonathan Franzen. This is a family drama set in 1971 American suburbia and is the first in a trilogy. It was an instant New York Times best-seller, a Guardian Best Fiction Book of 2021 and has been described as 'a Middlemarch-like triumph' (T…

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Ep 226: The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell 16:03

1+ y ago16:03

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Anna and Amanda discuss the National Book Award winner for fiction, The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty. Our book of the week is The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell, the follow-up novel to her hugely successful Hamnet. It's set in the Italian Renaissance and follows Lucrezia de'Medici and her marriage aged 15 to the Duke of Ferrara. All the ingred…

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Ep 225: The Trees by Percival Everett 21:44

1+ y ago21:44

21:44

Anna and Annie discuss the court blocking the acquisition by Penguin Random House of Simon & Schuster. Our book of the week is The Trees by Percival Everett. This novel set in Money, Mississippi starts with a brutal murder which detectives Ed and Jim struggle to solve. Satirical with absurdist elements and a whodunnit, but confronting racism and ly…

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EP 224: Real Bad Things by Kelly J Ford 11:45

1+ y ago11:45

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Anna and Annie discuss the Readings Prize winner, Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au. Our book of the week is Real Bad Things by Kelly J. Ford. Set around the Arkansas River, this is a suspense thriller about Jane, who returns to her home town to face up to a murder that was committed years before. Described as Southern noir or Grit Lit, this was a…

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We are back for season 4. Reset with a purpose with feast of fires with desires. NR-17 1:04:31

1+ y ago1:04:31

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Season 4 and hold on this season because it will get real, With Real Talk Radio Podcast --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-humphrey7/support

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