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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.

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Loose Reads w/ Kiran Dass: June 11, 2018

 Loose Reads w/ Kiran Dass: June 11, 2018 Loose Reads w/ Kiran Dass: June 11, 2018, 13.52 MB
Mon 11 Jun 2018

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.

Loose Reads w/ Kiran Dass: May 28, 2018

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Mon 28 May 2018

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. 

Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: May 21, 2018

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Mon 21 May 2018

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.

Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: May 14, 2018

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Mon 14 May 2018

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. 

Loose Reads w/ Kiran Dass: May 7, 2018

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Mon 7 May 2018

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.

Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: April 30, 2018

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Mon 30 Apr 2018

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.

Loose Reads w/ Kiran Dass: April 23, 2018

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Mon 23 Apr 2018

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. 

Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: April 16, 2018

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Mon 16 Apr 2018

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. 

Loose Reads w/ Kiran Dass: April 9, 2018

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Mon 9 Apr 2018

Kiran brings in a New Zealand novel this week. Brannavan Gnanalingham's Sodden Downstream is just as wonderfully bleak as you'd imagine, chronicling the life of Tamil Sri Lankan refugee Sita as she settles into the Hutt Valley during a once-in-a-century storm. 

Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: February 19, 2018

 Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: February 19, 2018 Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: February 19, 2018, 19.81 MB
Mon 19 Feb 2018

Jenna's been hanging out in Grafton Cemetery (not really though) while reading Chavisa Woods' collection of eight short stories from the American undergrowth, What To Do When You're Goth In The Country.