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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/ Manon: July 25, 2022

 Loose Reads w/ Manon: July 25, 2022 Loose Reads w/ Manon: July 25, 2022, 11.91 MB
Mon 25 Jul 2022

Manon's on the line to kōrero about Chilean Poet by Alejandro Zambra! Whakarongo mai nei! 

 

Loose Reads w/ Jenna: July 18, 2022

 Loose Reads w/ Jenna: July 18, 2022 Loose Reads w/ Jenna: July 18, 2022, 21.9 MB
Mon 18 Jul 2022

Jenna discusses certified good book Good Pop Bad Pop by Jarvis Cocker with guest host Guy Montgomery! Whakarongo mai nei! 

Loose Reads w/ Suri: July 11, 2022

 Loose Reads w/ Suri: July 11, 2022 Loose Reads w/ Suri: July 11, 2022, 9.63 MB
Mon 11 Jul 2022

This week Suri has a read which is fascinating, abject, dark, and has been compared to shrek - Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh. Whakarongo mai nei! 

Loose Reads w/ Jenna: July 4, 2022

 Loose Reads w/ Jenna: July 4, 2022 Loose Reads w/ Jenna: July 4, 2022, 11.75 MB
Mon 4 Jul 2022

Jenna brings in a non-fiction book by journalist and thriller author Jonathan Freedman, about the first person to escape Auschwitz. Whakarongo mai nei to hear about The Escape Artist. 

Loose Reads w/ Manon: June 27, 2022

 Loose Reads w/ Manon: June 27, 2022 Loose Reads w/ Manon: June 27, 2022, 7.95 MB
Mon 27 Jun 2022

Manon brings in a beautiful poetry collection, Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong. Whakarongo mai nei! 

Loose Reads w/ Jenna: June 20, 2022

 Loose Reads w/ Jenna: June 20, 2022 Loose Reads w/ Jenna: June 20, 2022, 12.16 MB
Mon 20 Jun 2022

Jenna brings in a beautiful read today that she thinks will be the perfect book for relaxing this Matariki. Whakarongo mai nei to hear about Pure Colour by Sheila Heti. 

Loose Reads w/ Suri: June 13, 2022

 Loose Reads w/ Suri: June 13, 2022 Loose Reads w/ Suri: June 13, 2022, 8.97 MB
Mon 13 Jun 2022

Suri brings in quite a weighty read to dig into over the Winter months. Whakarongo mai nei to hear her reckons on The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk. Whakarongo mai nei! 

Loose Reads w/ Jenna: May 30, 2022

 Loose Reads w/ Jenna: May 30, 2022 Loose Reads w/ Jenna: May 30, 2022, 10.42 MB
Mon 30 May 2022

Jenna brings in the perfect book for this rainy weather. Whakarongo mai nei to hear all about Sam Knight's The Premonitions Bureau.  

Loose Reads w/ Manon: May 23, 2022

 Loose Reads w/ Manon: May 23, 2022 Loose Reads w/ Manon: May 23, 2022, 10.65 MB
Mon 23 May 2022

Manon dials in with a great read for you. Whakarongo mai nei to hear about All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami. 

Loose Reads w/ Jenna: May 16 2022

 Loose Reads w/ Jenna: May 16 2022 Loose Reads w/ Jenna: May 16 2022, 23.03 MB
Mon 16 May 2022

Today Jenna chats about about the Coco Solid's fantastic and genre-bending work How to Loiter In a Turf War and a little about this year's Ockham winners! Whakarongo mai!