Show Notes
This week, we have a chat about why reading is an act of resistance and delve into the books we turn to during a crisis–whether climactic, sociological or existential. We also discuss our favourite reads for a complete escape.
Recent reads
Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers
The Long View by Elizabeth Jane Howard
Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen
Reading for resistance
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
The Young Team by Graeme Armstrong
A Personal Matter by Kenzaburō Ōe
The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid
For a crisis
Not the End of the World by Hannah Ritchie
On Freedom by Maggie Nelson
Eating Animals byJonathan Safran Foer
Surrender by Joanna Pocock
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
In the Distance by Hernan Diaz
Empireland and Empireworld by Sathnam Sanghera
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshanna Zubenoff
To escape
The Moomins and The Summer Book by Tove Janson
You Are Here by David Nicholls
Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny
Also mentioned in this episode:
NYRB Classics Challenge
Indigenous Reading Circle
The Galle Literary Festival
Faversham Literary Festival
Margate Bookie
The Margate Bookshop
Brick Lane Bookshop
Birchbark Books & Native Arts
Harbour Books (@harbourbooks)
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