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  • I Make Envy On Your Disco with Eric Schnall

    I Make Envy On Your Disco with Eric Schnall
    Sep 26 2025

    A special episode: Anna chats with author and Tony-award winning Broadway producer Eric Schnall about his debut novel I MAKE ENVY ON YOUR DISCO.

    Sam Singer flies to Berlin for an art gallery opening, needing a break from his partner in New York. He meets enigmatic hotel receptionist Magda and ex-pat Jeremy, goes clubbing, and discovers the 2000s nostalgia for East and West Berlin. Named a GQ Editor's Pick and winner of the Barbara DiBernard Prize in Fiction, we loved this novel and recommend the audiobook read by Charlie Carver. Eric tells us some of the surprising reactions to Disco, a great game for book clubs, why Jennifer Egan is his literary hero, how to receive writing advice from Joan Didion, and his recommendations for books set in Berlin. Eric recommends the podcast Tracks of Our Queers and the TV show Somebody Somewhere. Coming up: SEED with author Bri Lee.

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    Substack: Books On The Go

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    Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz
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    39 m
  • Endling by Maria Reva

    Endling by Maria Reva
    Sep 22 2025

    Anna and Annie discuss the settlement offer by Anthropic to pay $1.5bn to settle a book piracy lawsuit and the 2025 National Book Awards fiction longlist.

    Our book of the week is ENDLING by Maria Reva. Yeva is a snail conservationist in Ukraine who becomes caught up in Nastia and Sol's scheme to disrupt the romance tour industry. A heist ensues but everything changes when Russia invades Ukraine. Longlisted for the Booker Prize and one of the New Yorker's Best Books Of The Year So Far, this is Reva's debut novel. We can't wait to see what she does next.

    Coming up: I MAKE ENVY ON YOUR DISCO by Erica Schnall

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    Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz
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    24 m
  • A Woman Talks to Her Tongue with Alison Gorman

    A Woman Talks to Her Tongue with Alison Gorman
    Sep 15 2025
    A special episode: Anna chats with award-winning poet Alison Gorman about her debut poetry collection A WOMAN TALKS TO HER TONGUE. These poems examine family secrets, silences and women’s voices. Beautiful and assured, we loved this book. Alison joins us fresh from her sold-out launch in Sydney to discuss the moving themes from the collection and other favourite poets, including Judith Beveridge, Eileen Chong, Sarah Holland-Batt, Audrey Molloy, Ada Limón and Sharon Olds. Alison recommends podcasts Poetry Off The Shelf, Poetry Unbound, Close Readings and The Literary Life. Coming up: ENDLING by Maria Reva

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    Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz
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    22 m
  • Flesh by David Szalay

    Flesh by David Szalay
    Aug 30 2025

    Anna and Geoff discuss Sally Rooney pledging royalties to Palestine Action and the Library of South Australia being second on the list of the world’s most beautiful libraries.

    Our book of the week is FLESH, the new novel by David Szalay which has been long-listed for the 2025 Booker Prize. It tells the story of Istvan, a Hungarian British man, in an episodic structure using key points in his life, moving from a poor upbringing in Hungary to the riches of London, charting his rise and fall. We both read this quickly and found much to discuss. Coming up: ENDLING by Maria Reva.

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    Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz
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    33 m
  • Comfort Reading Recommendations for 2025

    Comfort Reading Recommendations for 2025
    Aug 14 2025

    Anna and Annie discuss the 2025 Booker Prize Longlist.

    We have many comfort reading recommendations! Here are some of the books discussed:

    DEAD GIRL GONE by Gareth and Louise Ward

    THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB series and WE SOLVE MURDERS by Richard Osman

    IN SPITE OF YOU by Patrick Lenton

    CONSIDER YOURSELF KISSED by Jessica Stanley

    THE WEDDING FORECAST by Nina Kenwood

    FINE WEATHER, JEEVES by P. G. Wodehouse

    DIARY OF A PROVINCIAL LADY by E. M. Delafield

    LESS by Andrew Sean Greer

    THE UNCOMMON READER by Alan Bennett

    THE NEVERMOOR SERIES by Jessica Townsend

    PIPPI LONGSTOCKING by Astrid Lindgren

    FINN FAMILY MOOMINTROLL by Tove Jansson

    THE SUMMER BOOK by Tove Jansson translated by Thomas Teal

    RAINCLOWD PALACE by Phillipa Rice

    TELL ME EVERYTHING by Elizabeth Strout

    TASTE – MY LIFE THROUGH FOOD by Stanley Tucci

    Coming up: our Booker Longlist reading updates.

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    35 m
  • Perfection by Vincent Latronico translated by Sophie Hughes

    Perfection by Vincent Latronico translated by Sophie Hughes
    Jul 30 2025

    Anna and Geoff discuss PERFECTION by Vincent Latronico translated by Sophie Hughes.

    PERFECTION is a short novel about Tom and Anna, digital nomads living in Berlin. A re-telling of the cult classic 1960s novel The Things by Georges Perec, it examines a couple who have built a stylish life but find themselves disilusioned. Perfection was shortlisted for the 2025 Booker International Prize. Slight spoiler alert as we discuss the ending.

    Coming up: Comfort reading recommendations

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    22 m
  • The Director by Daniel Kehlmann translated by Ross Benjamin

    The Director by Daniel Kehlmann translated by Ross Benjamin
    Jul 26 2025

    Anna and Geoff discuss THE DIRECTOR by best-selling author of MEASURING THE WORLD and TYLL Daniel Kehlmann, translated by Ross Benjamin.

    THE DIRECTOR tells the story of cinema director G. W. Pabst, who in the 1930s fled Nazi Germany for Hollywood and then returned to make films for the German Reich. This novel explores Pabst’s moral dilemma and the place of art in a dictatorship. Described as ‘his best novel yet’ (The Guardian) and ‘nothing short of brilliant’ (Wall Street Journal), it mixes comedy, tragedy and horror in Kehlmann’s ironic style.

    Coming up: PERFECTION by Vincnezo Latronico translated by Sophie Hughes.

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    24 m
  • Our Top 10 Books of the Year So Far

    Our Top 10 Books of the Year So Far
    Jun 23 2025

    Anna and Annie discuss our 10 best books of 2025 so far.

    Books mentioned:

    A LITTLE TRICKERIE by Rosanna Pike

    THE NAMES by Florence Knapp

    THE HUSBANDS by Holly Gramazio

    DREAM COUNT by Chimananda Ngoze Adiche

    SMALL RAIN by Garth Greenwell

    STINKBUG by Sinéad Stubbins

    PATRIOT by Alexei Navalny translated by Arch Tait and Stephen Dalziel

    I MAKE ENVY ON YOUR DISCO by Eric Schnall

    MY FRIENDS by Hisham Matar

    NESTING by Roisin O’Donnell

    EUROTRASH by Christian Kracht translated by Daniel Bowles

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    Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz
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    27 m