Show Notes
Book News
The Hugo Awards
Galle Literary Festival, 22-25 January 2026
Edinburgh International Book Festival, 9-24 August 2025
Current reads
Free Play: Improvisation in Life & Art by Stephen Nachmanovitch
On Elizabeth Bishop by Colm Tóibin
The Names by Florence Knapp
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins-Reid
Deep Dive into Kristin Hannah Firefly Lane
The Nightingale
The Winter Garden
The Four Winds
The Women
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
What We’re Reading Next
The Sunflower Boys by Sam Wachman
Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
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