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Loose Reads

Get your bookworm on with a rotating roster of, um, bookworms. Including Jenna Todd & Kiran Dass from Time Out Bookstore, bringing us a different book to talk about each week.

Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: May 3, 2021

Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: May 3, 2021 Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: May 3, 2021, 9.38 MB
Mon 3 May 2021

I tēnei ata Jenna brings in a fantastic new book rec, We Run The Tides. It's literally just pulled into Auckland Harbour and will be on shelves soon in all your local bookstores! Whakarongo mai nei to hear all about it. 

Loose Reads w/ Surinam Reddy: April 19, 2021

Loose Reads w/ Surinam Reddy: April 19, 2021 Loose Reads w/ Surinam Reddy: April 19, 2021, 10.24 MB
Mon 19 Apr 2021

Suri's in the studio with another fantastic book recommendation. This week she reckons check out The Devil's Trumpet by Tracy Slaughter! Whakarongo mai to hear a little bit of it. 
 

Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: April 12, 2021

Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: April 12, 2021 Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: April 12, 2021, 10.44 MB
Mon 12 Apr 2021

Jenna is here telling us what's good on the shelves! This week she reckons check out The Believer: Encounters with Love, Death and Faith. Pop in to Time Out Bookstore to give it a go! 

Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: March 29, 2021

Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: March 29, 2021 Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: March 29, 2021, 10.17 MB
Mon 29 Mar 2021

Time Out bookstore's Jenna Todd pops up for a chat about what's new in books! This week she reckons you should check out How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House. Whakarongo mai! 

Loose Reads w/ Surinam Reddy: March 22, 2021

Loose Reads w/ Surinam Reddy: March 22, 2021 Loose Reads w/ Surinam Reddy: March 22, 2021, 11.81 MB
Mon 22 Mar 2021

This week on Loose Reads, Suri brings up Funkhaus, a collection of poetry by the sharp and warm Hinemoana Baker. Whakarongo mai nei to hear about it and listen to a poem from the book. 

Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: March 15, 2021

Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: March 15, 2021 Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: March 15, 2021, 10.38 MB
Mon 15 Mar 2021

This morning on Loose Reads Jenna brought in 'Bug Week & Other Stories' by Airini Beautrais, the fourth finalist for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction 2021. Whakarongo mai nei to learn more! 

Loose Reads w/ Surinam Reddy: March 8, 2021

Loose Reads w/ Surinam Reddy: March 8, 2021 Loose Reads w/ Surinam Reddy: March 8, 2021, 11.55 MB
Mon 8 Mar 2021

Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: March 1, 2021

Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: March 1, 2021 Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: March 1, 2021, 13.11 MB
Mon 1 Mar 2021

Level 3 might be a massive bummer but at least it's a good excuse to read a few good books. This week Jenna reviews Una Mannion's unsettling coming of age story 'A Crooked Tree'. 

Loose Reads w/ Surinam Reddy: February 22, 2021

Loose Reads w/ Surinam Reddy: February 22, 2021 Loose Reads w/ Surinam Reddy: February 22, 2021, 10.24 MB
Mon 22 Feb 2021

Suri's still into her non-fiction books, this week talking about the very informative, Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World by Simon Winchester. 

Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: February 15, 2021

Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: February 15, 2021 Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: February 15, 2021, 10.71 MB
Mon 15 Feb 2021

Jenna's just read Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu and highly recommends it. If Charles' work on HBO series, Westworld, isn't enough to entice you to read this book, perhaps winning the Fiction prize in the National Book Awards for 2020 will.