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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.

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Loose Reads w/ Kiran Dass: July 6, 2020

 Loose Reads w/ Kiran Dass: July 6, 2020 Loose Reads w/ Kiran Dass: July 6, 2020, 10.33 MB
Mon 6 Jul 2020

Kiran joins us with a thrilling page-turner that you won't be able to put down. Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor is sure to have you on the edge of your seat, about femicide in Mexico and how poverty and extreme power imbalances lead to violence everywhere.

Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: June 29, 2020

 Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: June 29, 2020 Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: June 29, 2020, 13.33 MB
Mon 29 Jun 2020

Jenna joins us with a book that's made her feel a little hopeful in what's been a strange year. Humankind: A New Hopeful History of Human Nature by Rutger Bregman is the non-fiction that everyone is bound to hear about this year. Covering economics and philosophy, this book has received praise from Yuval Noah Harari, the author of Sapiens.

Loose Reads w/ Kiran Dass: June 22, 2020

 Loose Reads w/ Kiran Dass: June 22, 2020 Loose Reads w/ Kiran Dass: June 22, 2020, 13.04 MB
Mon 22 Jun 2020

Kiran returns to the studio with a book she highly recommends. If you're looking for a new read, look no further because Nothing To See by Pip Adam is one to get into.

Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: June 15, 2020

 Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: June 15, 2020 Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: June 15, 2020, 11.35 MB
Mon 15 Jun 2020

Jenna's back in the studio and we are certainly glad to see her. While using the pizza paddle seems like a distance memory, there are still plenty new books to discover, and this week Jenna reckons you've got to get your hands on Fake Baby by Amy McDaid.

Loose Reads w/ Kiran Dass: June 8, 2020

 Loose Reads w/ Kiran Dass: June 8, 2020 Loose Reads w/ Kiran Dass: June 8, 2020, 13.3 MB
Mon 8 Jun 2020

Kiran's got a book that really got her laughing and she's definitely recommending it. A Terrible Country by Keith Gessen is definitely one to grab to get through the week, after moving from New York to Moscow, Andrei Kaplan is desperate to tell his Grandmothers story despite some challenges along the way.

Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: May 25, 2020

 Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: May 25, 2020 Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: May 25, 2020, 12.63 MB
Mon 25 May 2020

A layered, sometimes visceral portrait of contemporary Japanese womanhood, Mieko Kawakami's Breasts & Eggs reaches new audiences via her first widely disributed English translation. Jenna lets us in on how she found Kawakami's family fiction on gender, beauty, and that classically contested site: the human female body.

Loose Reads w/ Kiran Dass: May 18, 2020

 Loose Reads w/ Kiran Dass: May 18, 2020 Loose Reads w/ Kiran Dass: May 18, 2020, 20.71 MB
Mon 18 May 2020

Kiran joins us with a special book this week, one that she's been savouring for months and months. Underland: a Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane takes you on a journey through time and the world beneath you and is certain to give you a visual experience that you want forget. 

Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: May 11, 2020

 Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: May 11, 2020 Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: May 11, 2020, 12.24 MB
Mon 11 May 2020

Jenna's covering the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, with a heads up on some of the nominations and how you can get involved from the comfort of your own home! Glorious.

Loose Reads w/ Kiran Dass: May 4, 2020

 Loose Reads w/ Kiran Dass: May 4, 2020 Loose Reads w/ Kiran Dass: May 4, 2020, 11.62 MB
Mon 4 May 2020

Kiran's been plowing through the Ockham NZ Book Awards fiction shortlist, with plenty of time for reading on her hands. Pearly Gates by Owen Marshall, is not only entertaining but insightful and is sure to make you feel at home during some strange times. Add it to your list.

Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: April 20, 2020

 Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: April 20, 2020 Loose Reads w/ Jenna Todd: April 20, 2020, 19.13 MB
Mon 20 Apr 2020

Reading lists are our best friends at the moment, Jenna joins us after ploughing through hers. One of her top picks for the week is Rebecca Solnit's Recollections of My Non-Existence, a portrait of a woman that asks how a young writer finds her voice in a society that prefers women to be silent.