Get your bookworm on with a rotating roster of, um, bookworms. Including Jenna Todd & Suri Reddy from Time Out Bookstore, bringing us a different book to talk about each week.
Kiran's been waiting years for this number, The Mars Roomby Rachel Kushner, talk about hype. Depicting life inside prison walls, the novel tells stories of people and the environment in a different world. Well worth the wait, right Kiran?
Jenna's back with a laugh for us this week. A hilarious memoir, Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood recalls life after her father watched The Exorcism on a submarine 72 times and converted to Catholicism. Yep, that's right - 72 times. Now that's something to write home about.
Remember that time when Cool Britannia ruled? Or, at the very least, had really good PR? Iconic British magazine The Face probably had a lot to do with that, and Kiran's brought in a brand new tome on its history and heyday, Paul Gorman's The Story of The Face: The Magazine That Changed Culture. Ooh err.
Whether his subject is Mozart or Bob Dylan, Alex Ross shows how music expresses the full complexity of the human condition. Kiran joins us for a very sonically-inclined read this week: Listen To This encompasses Ross' many musings from The New Yorker, and teaches us how to listen just that little bit closer. How delightful.
Jenna wraps up another successful Auckland Writers Festival (ft. highlights from international authors Durga Chew-Bose and Sharlene Teo), and we discuss Hellholes of the World: A Love Story by David G. Brown. A pure, rough and tumble travel memoir published posthumously, David tells of travelling to places that are not usually on your bucket list: Israel, Syria, the Congo, Banglasdesh, Sierra Leone and more. A classic travel memoir with excellent storytelling and political insight.
Jenna's entered a sort of Writers Festival frenzy this week and it's not hard to see why. Ft. talks from international and local literary scholars alike, musical performances from friends of bFM Lawrence Arabia and Tama Waipara, and an abundance of free events you've just gotta get your claws on.
Kiran's brought in an Auckland Writers Festival special today. Eileen Myles' Afterglow, A Dog Memoir paints a kaleidoscopic portrait of a beloved confidant - a pit ball named Rosie.
We're time-travelling all the way back to 2003, Singapore on this week's edition of Loose Reads. Listen as Jenna takes us through a tale of memories, powerful female friendships, and the decisions that just can't resist haunting us. It's Sharlene Teo's debut novel, Ponti.
Kiran's brought in a rock-infused number this week. Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art: The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue is exactly what the title suggests: a full feature of design collective Hipgnosis, showcasing groundbreaking cover art created for iconic rock 'n' roll giants including Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd to name a few.
Jenna's reviewing a memoir this week. Educated reveals the trials and tribulations of Idaho native Tara Westover, and her journey to overcoming a radical father and a violent brother to pursue her yearning for knowledge. A tale of fierce family loyalty and the grief that comes with the severing the ties closest to you, Educated isn't one to miss. Give it to your daughter, give it to you grandma - it's got a little something for everyone.
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