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Loose Reads

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/ Jenna: March 13, 2023

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Mon 13 Mar 2023

Not even a flat tyre can stop Jenna from chatting books. She phones in to tell us about the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards finalists.

Loose Reads w/ Suri: March 6, 2023

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Mon 6 Mar 2023

Suri reviews Bret Easton Ellis' (author of American Psycho) The Shards, which tracks a group of privileged Los Angeles high school friends as a serial killer strikes across the city. 

Loose Reads w/ Jenna: February 27, 2023

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Mon 27 Feb 2023

Jenna tells about her favourite read of the summer from Percival Everett, The Trees, a page-turning comic horror!

Loose Reads w/ Suri: February 20, 2023

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Mon 20 Feb 2023

Suri's here with a great dystopian book rec. Whakarongo mai nei to hear all about Cho Nam-Joo's 'Saha'. 

Loose Reads w/ Jenna: February 13, 2023

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Mon 13 Feb 2023

Rachel talks to Jenna Todd about Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton for this installment of Loose Reads

Loose Reads w/ Jenna: January 24, 2023

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Mon 23 Jan 2023

Jenna kicks off a new year of reading with The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin. Whakarongo mai nei! 

Loose Reads w/ Suri: December 12, 2022

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Mon 12 Dec 2022

Suri's here with an epic wrap up of 2022 reads! Here's her mighty list to help spark some summer reading ideas. Whakarongo mai nei! 

Loose Reads w/ Jenna: December 5, 2022

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Mon 5 Dec 2022

Jenna brings in a whopping three recommendations today - all music related! Whakarongo mai nei! 

Loose Reads w/ Jenna: November 28, 2022

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Mon 28 Nov 2022

Jenna brings in a dark, weighty tome to get you through the summer. Whakarongo mai nei to hear all about Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez! 

Loose Reads w/ Manon: November 21, 2022

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Mon 21 Nov 2022

It's been a weekend of wild weather here in Tāmaki, and Manon's been tucking up with a good book she can recommend called Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel. Also, this is your friendly reminder to get to Christmas presents sorted now! Cheers, Time Out!