Show Notes
On this week’s episode we dive deep into Rejection – not the emotion – the novel in stories by Tony Tulathimutte. We also discuss things we’ve read and want to read in April and revisit the Women’s Prize nominations now that they have been shortlisted.
Our deep dive
Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte
Private Citizens by Tony Tulathimutte
Recent reads
The Iliad by Homer and translated by Emily Wilson
The Odyssey by Homer
Hype Machine: Inside the Cult of Crypto by Joshua Oliver
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
Green Dot by Madeline Gray
Women’s prize shortlist
Good Girl by Aria Aber
All Fours by Miranda July
The Persians by Sanam Mahloudji
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden
Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis
What we’re looking forward to in April
Twist by Column McCann
Tilt by Emma Pattee
The Colony by Annika Norlin
Audition by Katie Kitamura
Notes to John by Joan Didion
Also mentioned
The Coach and Horses Pub Quiz, Whitstable
The Book Lovers’ Pub Quiz
The BookClub Review Podcast
Adolescence on Netflix
Let the Great World Spin by Column McCann
Apeirogon by Column McCann
Intimacies by Katie Kitamura
Blue Nights by Joan Didion
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