Anna and Annie discuss the Nobel Prize for Literature winner, Abdulrazak Gurner.  Our book of the week is Assembly by Natasha Brown. A short novel about a Black woman's experience in modern Britain, this has been described as 'diamond-sharp, timely and urgent' (The Observer) and 'the literary debut of the summer' (Vogue) and is  short-listed for the Goldsmiths Prize 2021.  We loved this small gem.  Coming up: Matrix by Lauren Groff. Follow us! Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Books On The Go Instagram: @abailliekaras and @mr_annie Twitter: @abailliekaras and @mister_annie Litsy: @abailliekaras Credits Artwork: Sasha Wilkosz

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Ep 188: Assembly by Natasha Brown

Anna and Amanda discuss Real Estate, the latest book by Deborah Levy in her living autobiography series.  Levy has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize twice, for her novels Swimming Home and Hot Milk, and has won acclaim recently for her non-fiction works, with the best-selling The Cost of Living a New York Times Notable Book and listed in the Guardian's '100 Best Books of the 21st Century'.  Real Estate follows Levy's journey from London to a writing fellowship in Paris and has been described as 'a dialogue between art and life' (The Guardian).  Coming up: Rabbits for Food by Binnie Kirshenbaum. Follow us! Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Books On The Go Instagram: @abailliekaras and @vibrant_lives_podcast Twitter: @abailliekaras Litsy: @abailliekaras

Ep 187: Real Estate by Deborah Levy

Anna and Annie discuss the 2021 Booker Prize Shortlist. Our book of the week is Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead. This sweeping historical novel about a 1950s woman aviator and modern-day movie star has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize.  Described as a 'soaring masterclass' (Telegraph), the Donna Tartt comparisons are apt.  Coming up: Rabbits for Food by Binnie Kirshenbaum. Follow us! Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Books On The Go Instagram: @abailliekaras and @mr_annie Twitter: @abailliekaras and @mister_annie Litsy: @abailliekaras Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz

Ep 186: Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead

The new Sally Rooney novel is here!  Anna and Annie discuss the publishing event and enormous success of the release of Rooney's third book. Beautiful World, Where Are You is a novel about four friends, examining their relationships and touching on world issues.  Perfect for book clubs, there is so much to discuss.  Praised for its 'touching honesty' (Financial Times) and 'originality' (Esquire) this was Watersones' 2021 best-selling fiction title after only three days on the shelves. Coming up: Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead. Follow us! Facebook: Books On The Go Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @abailliekaras and @mr_annie Litsy: @abailliekaras and @mr_annie Twitter: @abailliekaras and @mister_annie Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz

Ep 185: Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

Anna and Amanda discuss the 2021 Women's Prize winner Susanna Clarke for Piranesi, a follow-up story about #BookTok trends and the winners of the 2021 Wainwright Prize for nature writing.  Amanda recommends this interview with Merlin Sheldrake on Conversations with Richard Fidler.  Our book of the week is Minor Detail by Adania Shibli translated by Elisabeth Jacquette.  A short, powerful novel about a crime in 1949 and a young woman investigating in modern-day Palestine, it was longlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize and shortlisted for the 2020 National Book Awards for translated literature. It was also the group read-along for the Women in Translation Month #WITReadathon. Coming up: Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney and Real Estate by Deborah Levy. Follow us! Email: Booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Books On The Go Instagram: @abailliekaras and @vibrant_lives_podcast Twitter: @abailliekaras Litsy: @abailliekaras Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz

Ep 184: Minor Detail by Adania Shibli translated by Elisabeth Jacquette

Anna and Annie discuss Tik Tok book trends and the headlines around the upcoming release of Sally Rooney's new novel Beautiful World, Where Are You.  Our book of the week is Fault Lines by Emily Itami.  A Brief Encounter set in Tokyo, this is a short novel about Mizuki, whose perfect married life changes when she meets restauranteur Kiyoshi. It's a 'brilliant modern love story' (Cathy Rentzenbrink), 'short, emotional and very funny' (Stylist) and one of Annie's top books of the year so far.  Coming up: Minor Detail by Adania Shibli translated by Elisabeth Jacquette. Follow us! Facebook: Books On The Go Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @abailliekaras and @mr_annie Twitter: @abailliekaras and @mister_annie Litsy: @abailliekaras Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz  

Ep 183: Fault Lines by Emily Itami

Anna and Annie discuss the 50 Hottest New Books Everyone Should Read. Our book of the week is The Labyrinth by Amanda Lohrey, winner of the 2021 Miles Franklin Literary Award.  This is a beautiful novel about a woman who moves to a coastal town to be near her son, who is in prison. Meditative and profound but there is dry humour too.  We loved it. Coming up: Minor Detail by Adania Shibli translated by Elisabeth Jacquette. Follow us! Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Books On The Go Instagram: @abailliekaras and @mr_annie Twitter: @abailliekaras and @mr_annie Litsy: @abailliekaras and @mr_annie Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz  

Ep 182: The Labyrinth by Amanda Lohrey

Anna and Amanda discuss the 2021 Orwell Prize winners for political writing.  Our book of the week is Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa. This "beautiful, urgent novel" (New York Times) centres on Nahr, a young Palestinian woman who moves from Kuwait to Jordan.  A 2020 Palestine Book Awards winner, this is a great read.  Coming up: The Labyrinth by Amanda Lohrey. Follow us! Instagram: @abailliekaras and @vibrant_lives_podcast Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Books On The Go Twitter: @abailliekaras Litsy: @abailliekaras Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz

Ep 181: Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa

Anna and Amanda discuss Women In Translation Month and the readathon on Youtube.  Our book of the week is At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop translated by Anna Moschovakis. This novel about two Senegalese soldiers fighting for France in World War One has won several awards including the 2021 International Booker Prize. We had to read it twice and could not discuss it without talking about the ending.  Spoiler alert for this episode! Coming up: Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa. Follow us! Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Books On The Go Instagram: @abailliekaras and @vibrant_lives_podcast Twitter: @abailliekaras Litsy: @abailliekaras Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz

Ep 180: At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop translated by Anna Moschovakis

Anna and Annie discuss the 2021 Booker Prize Longlist and the winner of the 2021 Miles Franklin Literary Award, Labyrinth by Amanda Lohrey. Our book of the week is Dreamland by Rosa Rankin-Gee. Set in Margate in the near future, it depicts a bleak world as Chance and her family struggle to survive.  It's  dystopic 'cli-fi' and a beautiful love story.  An Evening Standard Best New Book of 2021 and recommended by Brit Bennett, this lives up to the hype. Coming up: At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop translated by Anna Moschovakis. Follow us! Instagram: @abailliekaras and @mr_annie Facebook: Books On The Go Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @abailliekaras and @mister_annie Litsy: @abailliekaras Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz

Ep 179: Dreamland by Rosa Rankin-Gee

A special episode: Anna brings you some recommendations for comfort reading, as Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide are in lockdown. Books discussed: A Room With A View by E. M. Forster The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman The Good Turn by Dervla McTiernan Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha Calypso by David Sedaris Coming up: At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop translated by Anna Moschovakis Follow us! Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Books On The Go Instagram: @abailliekaras Litsy: @abailliekaras Twitter: @abailliekaras Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz

Ep 178: Lockdown Reads

Anna and Amanda discuss the Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction won by Hilary Mantel for The Mirror and the Light and the longlist for the Gordon Burn Prize.  Our book of the week is Still Life by Sarah Winman.  Winman's previous novel Tin Man was a sensation and her fans will love Still Life, her latest release. Set in Florence and London from the 1940s to the 1970s, we follow Ulysses and his group of friends who become family. Infused with art and paying homage to A Room With A View, this is a comforting read for our times. Coming up: At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop translated by Anna Moschovakis. Follow us! Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Books On The Go Instagram: @abailliekaras and @vibrant_lives_podcast Twitter: @abailliekaras Litsy: @abailliekaras Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz

Ep 177: Still Life by Sarah Winman

Anna and Annie discuss the Miles Franklin shortlist.  Our book of the week is Stories of the Sahara by Sanmao translated by Mike Fu. This travel memoir has sold millions of copies in China and Taiwan since the 1970s and is now available for the first time in English translation.  Sanmao was an iconic writer, feminist, philosopher and intrepid traveller.  Well worth reading. Coming up: Still Life by Sarah Winman. Follow us! Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Books On The Go Instagram: @abailliekaras and @mr_annie Twitter: @abailliekaras and @mister_annie Litsy: @abailliekaras and @mr_annie Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz

Ep 176: Stories of the Sahara by Sanmao translated by Mike Fu

Happy Pride Month! Anna and Annie discuss some favourite LGBTQIA+ books that we have read recently: Bessie Smith by Jackie Kay Memorial by Bryan Washington Real Life by Brandon Taylor Dreamland by Rosa Rankin Gee In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters And on our TBR: As Beautiful As Any Other by Kaya Wilson Bath Haus by P. J. Vernon Future Feeling by Joss Lake Still Life by Sarah Winman You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat My Policeman by Bethan Roberts Lote by Shola von Reinhold And for YA readers: Felix Ever After by Kacen Challender Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo Follow us! Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Books On The Go Instagram: @abailliekaras and @mr_annie Twitter: @abailliekaras and @mister_annie Litsy: @abailliekaras and @mr_annie Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz            

Ep 175: Pride Month Reading Recommendations

Anna and Annie discuss the Booker International Prize winner and the Miles Franklin Award Longlist. We reveal our top crime book recommendations: - Girl, 11 by Amy Suiter Clarke - Talking to the Dead by Harry Bingham - Northern Spy by Flynn Berry - The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Leznevich - Fog by Kaja Malanowska translated by Bill Johnston - How to Kidnap the Rich by Rahul Raina Also mentioned: - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman - Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead - West Cork podcast Follow us! Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Books On The Go Instagram: @abailliekaras and @mr_annie Twitter: @abailliekaras and @mister_annie Litsy: @abailliekaras and @mr_annie Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz

Ep 174: Crime Reading Recommendations

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