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Episode 30 - Bridgerton: The Duke And I Mar 31, 2021

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Get ready to fan your face and clutch your pearls! Jayne and Paula read Bridgerton: The Duke and I this month and they do not hold back! **This episode contains frank and explicit discussions of sexual activity and also non consensual sex. If you would like to skip this, please go to the 35 minute mark.** Books they mention: Bridgerton: The Duke and I by Julia Quinn On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn What Happens in London by Julia Quinn To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn Untold Resilience by Future Women The Last Reunion by Kayte Nunn Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner Old Seems to be Other People by Lily Brett World Travel by Anthony Bourdain with Laurie Woolever Phosphorescence by Julia Baird The Things She Owned by Katherine Tamiko Arguile Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell TV shows they mention: Bridgerton, Netflix series Who Wants to be a Millionaire The Weakest Link Friends Gossip Girl Link to AWW2021 podcast: https://www.adelaidefestival.com.au/news/podcasts/ Our book for next month is Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

Episode 29 - Hamnet Mar 04, 2021

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This month's feature book was on many top lists for 2020, not to mention Maggie O'Farrell was at Adelaide Writers' Week this year discussing it. Jayne and Paula dig into this fictional account of the short life of Shakespeare's only son who died at age 11. Books they mention: Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell After You'd Gone by Maggie O'Farrell My Lover's Lover by Maggie O'Farrell The Vanishing Act by Maggie O'Farrell The Hand that First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell I Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O'Farrell Nothing Can Hurt You by Nicola Maye Goldberg And Now We Have Everything by Meghan O'Connell Atomic Habits by James Clear The Girl With the Louding Voice by Abi Dare My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens Phosphorescence by Julia Baird A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle My Friend Anna by Rachel Deloache Williams The Husband Poisoner by Tanya Bretherton The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende The Performance by Claire Thomas My Daughter's Wedding by Gretel Killeen Plays they mention: Macbeth by William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare Hamlet by William Shakespeare Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Movies they mention: Romeo + Juliet Links to articles they mention: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56035796 https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/books/a35492569/romance-novels-power-importance-bridgerton/ Our book for next month is The Duke and I by Julia Quinn. Happy reading!

Episode 28 - The Push Feb 03, 2021

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Ever wanted to listen to a podcast where two grown women cry at work? Yep, it's an emotional one this month with Jayne and Paula having all the feels about Ashley Audrain's The Push. Plus what else they've been reading, Jayne's list of what's new and hot, literary news and what's next for March! Books they mention: The Push by Ashley Audrain We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver This One Wild and Precious Life by Sarah Wilson Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld The Last One at the Party by Bethany Clift A Bright Ray of Darkness by Ethan Hawke The First Woman by Jennifer Makumbi The Octopus Man by Jasper Gibson Shiver by Allie Reynolds Movies they mention: Marriage Story Once Upon a Time in Hollywood The Harry Potter series The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas The Babadook Penguin Bloom TV series they mention: The Stand Link to video for how to make a Purchase Suggestion: https://business.facebook.com/CityofMarionLibraries/videos/758256938439808/ Next month's book is Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell. Happy reading!

Episode 27 - Smart Ovens For Lonely People Jan 07, 2021

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Happy New Year! Jayne and Paula are back with another episode, this time about a quirkily titled short story anthology, Smart Ovens for Lonely People. How will this compare to the last anthology they read which underwhelmed them both? Plus, both ladies have thoughts to share on book-to-screen adaptations they've seen recently. Don't forget, they want to hear from YOU! Send your Literary Anything comments and questions to libraryevents@marion.sa.gov.au. You can use the voice memo app on your phone to record yourself! Or comment on the Literary Anything Facebook group. Books they mention: Smart Ovens for Lonely People by Elizabeth Tan Rubik by Elizabeth Tan Runaway by Alice Munro Certain American States by Catherine Lacey I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid The Best of Me by David Sedaris The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld The Duke and I by Jula Quinn The Dry by Jane Harper Penguin Bloom by Cameron Bloom and Bradley Trevor Greive Beginners by Tom Vanderbilt Solo by Rebecca Seal Gender Swapped Fairy Tales by Karrie Fransman and Jonathan Plackett We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage Push by Sapphire Movies / TV shows they mention: Black Mirror The Twilight Zone Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Bridgerton Downton Abbey Gossip Girl The Dry Penguin Bloom Precious Our book for next month is The Push by Ashley Audrain. Happy reading!

Episode 26 - 2020 End Of Year Wrap Up Dec 15, 2020

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We think the whole world is probably looking forward to the end of 2020 but Jayne and Paula have fun taking a glance back at what they read and loved (and didn't love!) over this crazy year. They also look at what our borrowers were borrowing this year, both fiction and non-fiction, and then discuss what they are excited to read in 2021. The duo also announce that in 2021 they want YOU to be a part of the show! Post on our library Facebook page or in the Literary Anything Facebook group all of your burning questions, comments or suggestions and they'll read them out and talk about them on the podcast. Or record yourself using your phone app and email it to us at libraryevents@marion.sa.gov.au Books they mention: The Spill by Imbi Neeme Untamed by Glennon Doyle The Arsonist by Chloe Hooper The Things She Owned by Katherine Tamiko Arguile Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens Bunny by Mona Awad My Friend Anna by Rachael Deloche Williams The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa The Weekend by Charlotte Wood The Midnight Library by Matt Haig My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid The Lost Man by Jane Harper The Night Fire by Michael Connelly When She Was Good by Michael Robotham Fair Warning by Michael Connelly Blue Moon by Lee Child Stranger Country by Monica Tan Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell Becoming by Michelle Obama The Barefoot Invester by Scott Pape Women and Leadership by Julia Gillard and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Phosphorescence by Julia Baird Too Much and Never Enough by Mary L Trump The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura Destination Wedding by Diksha Basu Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro Honeybee by Craig Silvey The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld Our book for January is Smart Ovens for Lonely People by Elizabeth Tan. Don't forget to send us your questions/comments! Merry Christmas everyone and see you in 2021. Happy reading!

Episode 25 - The Midnight Library Nov 30, 2020

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A state lockdown almost prevented a normal recording of this month's very meta episode with Jayne and Paula discussing The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. Spoilers, they DON'T agree on this one. Trigger warning: This episode includes brief mentions of suicide. If you'd like to avoid them please skip to 30:50. Neither of the ladies got much else read this month but Paula delivers some intriguing literary goss about a celebrity chef getting cancelled and Jayne tells us what's new and hot including another book derived from a podcast. Books they mention: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig The Last Family in England by Matt Haig Dead Fathers Club by Matt Haig The Radleys by Matt Haig The Humans by Matt Haig How to Stop Time by Matt Haig A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi The Motion of the Body Through Space by Lionel Shriver Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart Olive, Mabel and Me by Andrew Cotter Treasury by Maeve Binchy When the Apricots Bloom by Gina Wilkinson Tell Me Lies by J.P.Pomare Stuff You Should Know by Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat Certain American States by Catherine Lacey Films they mention: Mr Magorium's Wonder Imporium The glowing spheres that Jayne mentions are from the Hall of Prophecy in Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix Links: About Pete Evans https://7news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/pete-evans-controversial-social-media-post-results-in-backlash-publisher-cutting-ties-c-1591778 Olive and Mabel's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/mrandrewcotter Our book for January is Smart Ovens for Lonely People by Elizabeth Tan. Don't forget to catch our special End of Year Round Up episode in a couple of weeks! Happy reading!

Episode 24 - Burnt Sugar Nov 03, 2020

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Jayne and Paula aren't really seeing eye to eye on this month's Booker Prize short listed book, Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi. Paula's keen to share what else she's read and Jayne gives the low down on some of the many, many exciting books that are due out this month! Books they mention: Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins Foe by Iain Reid Untamed by Glennon Doyle Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar The Dressmaker's Secret by Rosalie Ham Lucky's by Andrew Pippos Courage Under Fire by Dan Keighran Maar Bidi edited by Elfie Shiosaki and Linda Martin Really Saying Something (Our Bananarama Story) by Sara Dalling and Keren Woodward There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura Christmas Tales by William McInnes No Time Like the Future by Michael J. Fox The Best of Me by David Sedaris Becoming by Michelle Obama Our book for next month is The Midnight Library by Matthew Haig. Happy reading!

Library Through The Lens - Ashley Kalagian Blunt Oct 14, 2020

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In case you haven't heard, we have a series of webinars happening with our library service called Library Through the Lens. Find out more about it and book in here: https://www.marion.sa.gov.au/library-through-the-lens If you miss out or can't make the webinars, we will be recording some sessions and making them available for you here on the podcast! Listen to author Ashley Kalagian Blunt in conversation with Katherine Arguile as she discusses her wonderfully eccentric account of how an exemplary Canadian does her very best to be a better Australian. When Ashley persuades her new husband Steve to leave snowy Canada and join her for a year Down Under, she looks forward to an easy transition. After all, Australia’s just Canada with more sunshine and strange animals, right? But they soon discover things aren’t so simple. For the sake of her marriage and her happiness, Ashley must find an Australia she can belong to: she decides to travel the country, learn its history, decode its cultural quirks and connect with as many residents as she can meet. How to Be Australian is a remarkable memoir, at once familiar and faraway, that shines a fresh, funny and fascinating light onto the country we think we know.

Episode 23 - I'm Thinking Of Ending Things Sep 30, 2020

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Iain Reid's I'm Thinking of Ending Things blew Paula's mind so she insisted she and Jayne feature it for this month's episode. But does Jayne feel the same way? And does the Netflix movie version live up to the book? The ladies dive into this mind bending and divisive book! Books they mention: I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko The Guilty Feminist by Deborah Frances- White The F Generation by Virginia Trioli Too Much and Never Enough by Mary L Trump Untwisted: The Story of My Life by Paul Jennings The Godmothers by Monica McInerney The Survivors by Jane Harper The Two Lost Monuments by Matthew Reilly Fire of Joy by Clive James The Sentinel by Lee Child Killing Time by Jimmy Barnes Channel Kindness by Born This Way Foundation Reporters with Lady Gaga Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith Other media mentioned: I'm Thinking of Ending Things movie on Netflix Round the Twist TV series Driven Crazy TV series Links: Perth bookshop's Facebook post about not stocking JK Rowling books: https://www.facebook.com/rabblebg/posts/3283659218376819 Next month's books is Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi. It's not on Libby but I'm Thinking of Ending Things is as an audiobook so have a look for that!

Meet the Author - Victoria Purman Sep 14, 2020

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On 10 September 2020 we welcomed the public back to the Marion Cultural Centre for our first in person author event since the beginning of the year. We were delighted to host Victoria Purman to discuss her historical fiction novel, The Women's Pages. From the bestselling author of The Land Girls comes a beautifully realised novel that speaks to the true history and real experiences of post-war Australian women. We hope you enjoy this recording of our live event.

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