Show Notes
It seems everyone is talking about Yesteryear, and now Joseph and Amanda are too. Join them for their latest deep dive into the most hotly anticipated debut of the year, and hear about what they've been reading recently and which books they hope to pick up next.
Bookish News
The Hay Festival Hayplayer
Recent Reads
Cannon by Lee Lai @_leelai The Correspondent by Virginia Evans @virginia.l.evans Dominion by Addie E Citchens @addie_citchens
Deep Dive
The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin (adapted for screen by Bryan Forbes) Trad Wife by Sarah Langan @sarahlangan Trad Wife by Saratoga Schaefer @saratogaishere The Trad Wife by Carrie Hughes @carriehughesbooks Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke @caroclaireburke Diabolical Lies podcast Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn @thegillianflynn
What We’re Reading Next
River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer @eleanorbshearer Kingfisher by Rozie King The Mercy Step by Marcia Hutchinson @marxia1 Prairie Oyster by Sophie Robinson @sophiepoetry
Also mentioned
Ramsgate Literary Festival @ The Book Hotel, Ramsgate
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