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Meet the Author: Lea McInerney & Kara McEwen “The Wonder of Little Things" Mar 01, 2023

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Join author Lea McInerney as she discusses Vince Copley’s memoir ''The Wonder of Little Things'' with Vince’s daughter, Kara McEwen. The late Vince Copley, a First Nations elder, shares his extraordinary story of finding kindness in the midst of prejudice, and joy in living life to the full. Vince tells his story with humour, humility and wisdom. Written with his friend Lea McInerney over many cups of tea, it is an Australian classic in the making, a plain-speaking account of hardship, courage, and optimism. During the talk Lea refers to a book about Ngadjuri Country, which you can find here: https://hass-sa.asn.au/resources/ngadjuri-book/

Episode 53 - Grace Tame Feb 01, 2023

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For our first podcast of the year, Paula and Andrea read 'The Ninth Life of a Diamond Hunter', the first memoir by Grace Tame, 2021 Australian of the Year. TW: The beginning of this podcast mentions child sex abuse. If this is a difficult subject for you, you can skip to 36:31 mins. Books they mention: My Dark Vanessa - Kate Elizabeth Russell Desire - Jessie Cole The Trees - Perceival Everett To Know You're Alive - Dakota McFaden The Search - Geoff Dyer Wellmania - Bridget Delaney Hungry Ghosts - Kevin Jared Hosein Shirley - Ronnie Scott Old God's Time - Sebastian Barry Tv Series the mention: Get Out

Episode 52 - End of Year Wrap Up 2022 Dec 15, 2022

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It's that time! Paula and Andrea Wrap Up 2022 with their favourite books for the year, reveal what our borrowers have loved reading and what they're looking forward to in 2023! Books they mention: Winter in Sokcho - Elisa Shua Dusapin Good Morning Monster - Catherine Gildner Vladimir - Julia May Jones Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing - Jessie Tu Desire - Jessie Cole Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner Meshi - Katherine Tamiko Arguile Yiayia Next Door - Daniel Mancuso, Luke Mancuso Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield The Coffin Confessor - William Edgar Provocations - Jeff Sparrow The Space Between the Stars - Indira Naidoo Our Missing Hearts - Celeste Ng Here Goes Nothing - Steve Toltz Again, Rachel - Marian Keyes Reminder's of Him - Colleen Hoover The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath So You Think You Know What's Good For You - Norman Swan Where the River Bends: recipes and stories from the table of Jane & Jimmy Barnes 10:10 Diet - Sarah Di Lorenzo The Storyteller - Dave Grohl Together - Jamie Oliver Windswept & Interesting - Billy Connolly The Boy from Boomerang Crescent- Eddie Betts The Fast 800 Keto Love Stories - Trent Dalton Atomic Habits - James Clear Natural Causes: An epidemic of wellness, the certainty of dying and killing ourselves to live longer - Barbara Ehrenreich Take Your Breath Away - Linwood Barclay Game On - Janet Evanovich The Mother - Jane Caro Devotion - Hannah Kent The Match - Harlen Coban The Spy's Wife - Fiona McIntosh Where the Crawdad's Sing - Delia Owens The Dark Hours - Michael Connelly These Women - Ivy Pochoda Before You Knew My Name - Jacqueline Bublitz Apples Never Fall - Liane Moriarty Better Off Dead - Andrew Grant & Lee Child See/Saw - Geoff Dyer About Looking - John Berger The Bookbinder of Jericho - Pip Williams Small Pleasures - Clare Chambers The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner - Grace Tame Movies/TV Shows they mention: Fleabag The Duke of Burgundy Websites they mention: Humans of New York

Episode 51 - Escape Dec 05, 2022

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For this month’s podcast, Paula and Jasmine tackle their first James Patterson novel, which honestly has left them a little bit confused! Tune in to hear this plus, what other books they’ve enjoyed recently and an exciting new summer reading challenge which you can join in with at the library. Books they mention: Along Came A Spider – James Patterson Run Rose Run – James Patterson & Dolly Parton The Woman Beyond the Attic: The VC Andrews Story – Andrew Neiderman Back to the Prairie – Melissa Gilbert Everyone in my Family Has Killed Someone – Benjamin Stevenson Book Lovers – Emily Henry Being Lolita: A Memoir – Alisson Wood My Dark Vanessa – Kate Elizabeth Russell Devotion – Hannah Kent The Midnight Library – Matt Haig Larrimah - Caroline Graham & Kylie Stevenson A Slow Fire Burning – Paula Hawkins The Promise – Damon Galgut Movies/TV Shows they mention: Along Came A Spider Little House on the Prairie Horrible Bosses Articles they mention: The James Patterson Book Farm Must Be Stopped https://bit.ly/3up6htI

Episode 50 - Our Missing Hearts Nov 03, 2022

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This month on the pod, over the rain and hail (in November!?) Andrea and Paula discuss Celeste Ng’s latest title – which they agree is definitely Dystopian fiction! Tune in and hear this plus, what other books they’ve enjoyed recently and what's hot off the press for November! Books they mention: The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood The City and the City - China Miéville Olga Dies Dreaming - Xochitl Gonzalez The Younger Wife – Sally Hepworth The Town - Shaun Prescott She Said by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey This Devastating Fever – Sophie Cunningham Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid Once There Were Wolves – Charlotte Mcconaghy Ulysses – James Joyce In Search Of Lost Time - Marcel Proust Cloud Street – Tim Winton Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert Gary Disher – Day’s End The Road – Cormac McCarthy The Passenger - Cormac McCarthy Stella Maris - Cormac McCarthy Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy Child of God - Cormac McCarthy My Dream Time - Ash Barty Surrender - Bono Time of my Life - Myf Warhurst I Am NOT Fine, Thanks - Will Anderson Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing - Matthew Perry Escape – James Patterson Podcasts they mention: Celebrity Memoir Book Club Article’s they mention: We’ve forgotten how to read long novels – and we’ll pay the price https://bit.ly/3NtCvNh Our book for next month is Escape by James Patterson, happy reading!

Meet the Author - Emma Carey Oct 12, 2022

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Emma Carey author of 'The Girl Who Fell From the Sky' in conversation with Alexis Teasdale. Emma is an artist, speaker and aspiring writer from Canberra. After following her love for travel and adventure around the world, she found herself in Switzerland where an unexpected near-death experience completely altered her life. Following the turbulence and transformation of her accident, she has been on a mission to share her unique story in hopes to inspire and enhance the lives of those around her. From her early days in the hospital, to learning how to regain the use of her legs, the six-year long court case and now being finally free to make the most of her life, Emma teaches us the importance of courage and resilience.

Episode 49 - Reminders of Him Oct 07, 2022

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Paula and Jasmine are determined to find out what all the TikTok fuss is about The Queen of #booktok, Colleen Hoover, this month! They also decide they will try not to laugh as much as last time...and fail. Tune in and hear this plus what's hot off the press for October! Books they mention: Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters Fifty Shades by Grey by E.L. James Verity by Colleen Hoover I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Sehee A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas Vladamir by Julia May Jonas Fairy Tale by Stephen King It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera Films they mention: Dead Poet's Society Our book for next month is Verity by Celeste Ng. Happy reading!

Episode 48 - Here Goes Nothing Sep 01, 2022

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After having a little book slump, Andrea and Paula dive back into reading with a review of Steve Toltz's latest, a vision of the afterlife that - mini spoiler - leaves the ladies using the word "frustrating" more than once. Plus, find out some exciting news about recorded author events that will be available on the podcast soon and what's new and hotly anticipated in the literary world. Books they mention: Here Goes Nothing by Steve Toltz A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz Quicksand by Steve Toltz Divine Comedy by Dante Alghieri Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders Tenth of December by George Saunders Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Aknor Case Study Graeme Macrae Burnet Vladimir by Julia May Jonas This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub Book Lovers by Emily Henry DI Vera Stanhope series by Ann Cleeves Fairy Tale by Stephen King Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell Our Sunshine by Robert Drewe The Drowner by Robert Drewe Nimblefoot by Robert Drewe TV Series they mention: The Good Place (Netflix) Podcasts they mention: Chat 10 Looks 3 Movies they mention: 13 Going on 30 Back to the Future In October we will welcome back Jasmine onto the pod and our book for the month is Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover. Happy reading!

Episode 47 - When you experience a book slump Aug 04, 2022

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We're doing something a bit different this month! Do you ever have trouble getting into reading? Have you found yourself in a book slump? When you're stressed, distracted, overwhelmed with life, does it affect your reading habits? It happens to even the most bookish book worms too! Join Paula and Andrea as they chat about when life gets in the way of reading, how it makes you feel and what to do about it, if anything! Books they mention: Here Goes Nothing by Steve Toltz Ice by Anna Kavan Intimacies by Katie Kitamura Trust by Hernan Diaz Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet Bodies of Light by Jennifer Down Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid Babel by R.F. Kuang The Poppy Wars Series by R.F. Kuang Everything Feels Like the End of the World by Else Fitzgerald Marlo by Jay Carmichael TV shows they mention: Succession Links: The Guardian Long Read https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/the-long-read Mental Illness and Reading https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-illness-and-reading Book Prize Longlist https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/2022 Our book for next month (still!) is Here Goes Nothing by Steve Toltz. Happy reading!

Episode 46 - Book Lovers Jul 07, 2022

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Paula welcomes Jasmine to the podcast this month to discuss a TikTok fave! It's a romcom and fittingly, there are lots of laughs in this ep! Books they mention: Book Lovers by Emily Henry Beach Read by Emily Henry You & Me On Vacation by Emily Henry Normal People by Sally Rooney Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovski The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins-Read Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins-Reid The Mother by Jane Caro See What You Made Me Do by Jess Hill The Other Half of You by Michael Mohammed Ahmed Scary Monsters by Michelle de Krester Questions of Travel by Michelle de Krester Bodies of Light by Jennifer Down One Hundred Days by Alice Pung Grimmish by Michael Winkler The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton Blue Hour by Sarah Schmidt Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh The Whispering by Veronica Lando TV shows they mention: Schitt's Creek Conversations With Friends Normal People Everything I Know About Love Our book for August is Here Goes Nothing by Steve Toltz. Happy reading!

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