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.
Milly and Tuva'a chat to Suri from the Time Out book store about a book that follows a water droplet throughout time! From a Mesopotamian King all the way to modern day..
Jenna reviews the first two volumes from On The Calculation of Volumes by Solvej Balle. The first book in the septology by the Danish author has been shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.
Jenna phones in to review the latest from award-winning authour Tina Makereti (Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Rangatahi-Matakore, Pākehā). Makereti's newest work is a collection of essays titled This Compulsion Within Us is introspective and personal, whakarongo mai nei to hear Jenna's whakaaro on this week's recommended read! Thanks to our pals at Time Out Bookstore!
Jenna is gearing up for the busiest week in books with the Auckland Book Festival, Ockham Book Awards and reviews the ninth novel from Catherine Chidgey, The Book of Guilt.
Suri reviews the novella Stag Dance by Torrey Peters, the follow-up publication to Peters' Women's Prize-nominated Detransition, Baby. The novella is a collection of acidicly sharp short stories that trace the 'rough edges' of trans experiences. Suri highly recommends this read so whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to our friends at Time Out Bookstore.