Show Notes
In the final episode of 2024 Julia sits down with her good friend Josephine Linden to discuss their favourite books of the year, and look ahead to the new releases they can’t wait to read in 2025.
Thank you to all our listeners for joining us again this season, the whole A Podcast of One’s Own team hopes you’ve enjoyed the interviews and book club episodes as much as we have!
Show notes:
Books discussed by Julia and Josephine during this episode include:
The Enigma of Room 662 by Joel Dicker The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair by Joel Dicker The Precipice by Robert Harris The Good War of Consul Reeves by Peter Rose A Memoir of My Former Self by Hilary Mantel Old Filth Trilogy by Jane Gardam A Place of Safety by Hilary Mantel The six books on the Booker Prize Shortlist can be found here: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/2024 Wifedom by Anna Funder The Fraud by Zadie Smith On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything by Nate Silver When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut Naku Dharuk The Bark Petitions: How the People of Yirrkala Changed the Course of Australian Democracy by Clare Wright
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