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  • #132: Interview: Edward Carey on Edith Holler

    Edward Carey joins us to discuss his latest novel, Edith Holler. Welcome to episode 132!

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    Rachel and I both love Edward Carey’s novels, so it was a real joy to have the opportunity to interview him. We discuss how he first got published, what inspired Edith Holler and what his books might have in common. Among his books, we discuss Observatory MansionsAlva and Irva, The Swallowed Man, and Little.

    For Patreon subscribers – as a thank you for your support, you can listen to Rachel interview me about the British Library Women Writers at the Marlborough Literary Festival! (If you’re not a Patreon subscriber and would like to be, follow that link to find out more.)

    Do get in touch at teaorbooks[at]gmail.com with any questions or suggestions, and don’t forget you can listen to (and rate and review!) the podcast on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

    The books and authors we mention in this episode are:

    Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
    A Horror Story by Olga Tokarczuk
    The Haunted Wood by Sam Leith
    Way Far Away by Evilio Rosero
    Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
    The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
    The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
    The Weird Stone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner
    The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
    Diana Wynne Jones
    Watership Down by Richard Adams
    I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
    The Tin Drum by Günter Grass
    Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
    Elizabeth McCracken
    A Lost Lady by Willa Cather
    Sapphira and the Slave Girl by Willa Cather

    24 October 2024, 3:14 pm
  • #131: Do We Read Deeply or Shallowly? and One Year’s Time vs Which Way?

    Angela Milne, Theodora Benson, and reading deeply – welcome to episode 131 of Tea or Books?!

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    In the first half of the episode, we discuss a topic suggestion by Heidi – do we read deeply or shallowly? Do we like critical editions? Or do we just ‘switch off’ and enjoy? In the second half, we pit two British Library Women Writers titles against each other – Which Way? by Theodora Benson and One Year’s Time by Angela Milne.

    You can get in touch with suggestions, comments, questions etc (please do!) at teaorbooks[at]gmail.com – we’d love to hear from you. Find us at Spotify, Apple podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts. And you can support the podcast at Patreon. If you’re able to, we’d really appreciate any reviews and ratings you can leave us.

    The books and authors we mention in this episode are:

    Orbital by Samantha Harvey
    Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
    The Spring House by Cynthia Asquith
    Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
    The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
    A.S. Byatt
    Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
    How To Read Literature Like A Professor by Thomas C. Foster
    Mary Lawson
    The Haunted Woman by David Lindsay
    The Heir by Vita Sackville-West
    The House by the Sea by May Sarton
    To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
    Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
    Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
    Beverley Nichols
    Shirley Jackson
    Buttercups and Daisies by Compton Mackenzie
    Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House by Eric Hodgins
    Concert Pitch by Theodora Benson
    The Versions of Us by Laura Barnett

    4 October 2024, 6:56 pm
  • #130: Do Books Need Romance? and The Ladies’ Paradise vs Babbacombe’s

    Emile Zola, Noel Streatfeild, and romantic books – welcome to Tea or Books? episode 130!

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    In the first half of this episode, we do a topic suggested by Lindsey – do books need a romantic storyline? In the second half, we compare two novels set in department stores – The Ladies’ Paradise by Emile Zola (both of us read the translation by Brian Nelson) and Babbcombe’s by Susan Scarlett aka Noel Streatfeild.

    You can get in touch with suggestions, comments, questions etc (please do!) at teaorbooks[at]gmail.com – we’d love to hear from you. Find us at Spotify, Apple podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts. And you can support the podcast at Patreon. If you’re able to, we’d really appreciate any reviews and ratings you can leave us.

    Please come and see us talking about the British Library Women Writers series at the Marlborough Literary Festival on 29 September! And you can find out more about End Sexism in Schools at their website.

    The books and authors we mention in this episode are:

    The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre
    Operation Mincemeat by Ben Macintyre
    Timebends by Arthur Miller
    Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell
    The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
    Unless by Carol Shields
    Larry’s Party by Carol Shields
    Rereadings ed. by Anne Fadiman
    Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman
    High Wages by Dorothy Whipple
    Babbett by Stella Gibbons
    Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner
    The Love-Child by Edith Olivier
    The Provincial Lady Goes Further by E.M. Delafield
    The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen
    The World My Wilderness by Rose Macaulay
    Little Boy Lost by Marghanita Laski
    To Bed With Grand Music by Marghanita Laski
    Between the Acts by Virginia Woolf
    The Waves by Virginia Woolf
    To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
    Emma by Jane Austen
    Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
    Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
    Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
    Anthony Trollope
    Zadie Smith
    Ian McEwan
    Chimananda Ngozi Adichie
    Sally Rooney
    Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
    Lord of the Flies by William Golding
    Journey’s End by R.C. Sherriff
    Beloved by Toni Morrison
    Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
    Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck
    Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
    An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley
    Hard Times by Charles Dickens
    Translations by Brian Friel
    The Tempest by William Shakespeare
    Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres
    Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
    A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
    To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
    Strangers by Taichi Yamada
    One Year’s Time by Angela Milne
    Which Way? by Theodora Benson

    24 August 2024, 5:09 pm
  • Tea or Books? #129: Authors Who Wrote Too Much vs Not Enough and A Room of One’s Own vs A Bookshop of One’s Own

    Virginia Woolf, Jane Cholmeley, and authors who wrote too much or not enough – welcome to episode 129!

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    In the first half, we use a great topic suggestion by David – do we prefer authors who wrote too many books or those who didn’t write enough? And what do we mean by that? It was really fun trying to decide which authors fell into which category.

    In the second half, two quite different works of non-fiction: A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf and A Bookshop of One’s Own by Jane Cholmeley.

    If you’d like to find out more about our appearance at Marlborough Literary Festival – here’s their events info.

    You can get in touch with suggestions, comments, questions etc (please do!) at teaorbooks[at]gmail.com – we’d love to hear from you. Find us at Spotify, Apple podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts. And you can support the podcast at Patreon. If you’re able to, we’d really appreciate any reviews and ratings you can leave us.

    The books and authors we mention in this episode are:

    Bodily Harm by Margaret Atwood
    A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid
    If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
    The Secret History by Donna Tartt
    Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid
    The Visitors by Mary McMinnies
    Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
    Shirley by Charlotte Bronte
    Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
    Villette by Charlotte Bronte
    P.G. Wodehouse
    The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer
    Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
    The Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
    Dorothy L. Sayers
    Mapp and Lucia series by E.F. Benson
    Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield
    Barbara Pym
    Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee
    To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
    My Husband Simon by Mollie Panter-Downes
    Storm Bird by Mollie Panter-Downes
    One Fine Day by Mollie Panter-Downes
    Sanditon by Jane Austen
    Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
    Dorothy Whipple
    Virginia Woolf
    Barbara Comyns
    Muriel Spark
    Mary Essex/Ursula Bloom
    Paul Gallico
    Ian McEwan
    Michael Cunningham
    Mary Lawson
    The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
    Sarah Waters
    Adele and Co by Dornford Yates
    Tove Jansson
    The Old Wives’ Tale by Arnold Bennett
    Riceyman Steps by Arnold Bennett
    The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen
    The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen
    The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen
    The House in Paris by Elizabeth Bowen
    To The North by Elizabeth Bowen
    Babbacombe’s by Susan Scarlett (Noel Stratfeild)
    High Wages by Dorothy Whipple

    14 July 2024, 5:30 pm
  • Tea or Books? #128: Do We Read Plays? and Fifty Sounds vs The Housekeeper and the Professor

    Polly Barton, Yoko Ogawa, and plays – welcome to episode 128!

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    In the first half of today’s ‘Tea or Books?’ episode, Rachel and I revisit a topic from years ago – plays! Specifically, do we think that plays should be read on the page, as well as seen on the stage. In the second half, we compare two books with a Japanese theme: Polly Barton’s Fifty Sounds, a non-fiction about moving to Japan and learning the language, and Yoko Ogawa’s novel The Housekeeper and the Professor, translated by Stephen Snyder.

    You can get in touch with suggestions, comments, questions etc (please do!) at teaorbooks[at]gmail.com – we’d love to hear from you. Find us at Spotify, Apple podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts. And you can support the podcast at Patreon. If you’re able to, we’d really appreciate any reviews and ratings you can leave us.

    The books and authors we mention in this episode are:

    A Body Made of Glass by Caroline Crampton
    The Dept of Speculation by Jenny Offill
    Weather by Jenny Offill
    Conventional Wisdoms by Jocelyn Brooke
    The Hiding Place by Trezza Azzopardi
    One Good Turn by Dorothy Whipple
    Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple
    They Were Sisters by Dorothy Whipple
    They Knew Mr Knight by Dorothy Whipple
    The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell
    J.B. Priestley
    Tennesse Williams
    The Dover Road by A.A. Milne
    The Second Mrs Tanqueray by Arthur Wing Pinero
    Private Lives by Noel Coward
    Hay Fever by Noel Coward
    Still Life by Noel Coward
    Dear Octopus by Dodie Smith
    Caryl Churchill
    Lungs by Duncan Macmillan
    People, Places and Things by Duncan Macmillan
    Infinite Life by Annie Baker
    Paula Vogel
    White Noise by Suzan-Lori Parks
    Posh by Laura Wade
    The Watsons by Laura Wade
    Jane Austen
    Miss Elizabeth Bennet by A.A. Milne
    Mr Pim Passes By by A.A. Milne
    A View From the Bridge by Arthur Miller
    A Bookshop of One’s Own by Jane Cholmeley
    A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf

    8 June 2024, 4:41 pm
  • Tea or Books? #127: Do We Have Guilty Pleasures? and A Clergyman’s Daughter vs The Vicar’s Daughter

    George Orwell, E.H. Young, guilty pleasures – welcome to episode 127!

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    In the first half of the episode, we ask: what is our guiltiest reading pleasure? Has that changed over time? Do we feel guilty about anything connected with reading? In the second half, we compare two similarly titled novels: The Vicar’s Daughter by E.H. Young and A Clergyman’s Daughter by George Orwell.

    You can get in touch with suggestions, comments, questions etc (please do!) at teaorbooks[at]gmail.com – we’d love to hear from you. Find us at Spotify, Apple podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts. And you can support the podcast at Patreon. If you’re able to, we’d really appreciate any reviews and ratings you can leave us.

    The books and authors we mention in this episode are:

    One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    Love in a Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    Wifedom by Anna Funder
    Burmese Days by George Orwell
    A Bullet in the Ballet by Caryl Brahms and S.J. Simon
    I Would Be Private by Rose Macaulay
    Theatre by W. Somerset Maugham
    Miss Read
    Lady Rose and Mrs Memmary by Ruby Ferguson
    Malory Towers series by Enid Blyton
    The Love-Child by Edith Olivier
    The Plant Hunter by T.L. Mogford
    Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
    The Warden by Anthony Trollope
    Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope
    Jane Austen
    Charles Dickens
    He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope
    The Rector’s Daughter by F.M. Mayor
    Chatterton Square by E.H. Young
    The Misses Mallett by E.H. Young
    Miss Mole by E.H. Young
    William by E.H. Young
    Fifty Sounds by Polly Barton
    The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa

    25 April 2024, 7:14 pm
  • Tea or Books? #126: Should Books Be Banned? and Lessons in Chemistry vs Dear Mrs Bird

    Banned books, Bonnie Garmus and A.J. Pearce – welcome to episode 126!

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    In the first half of the episode, we discuss banned books – should books ever be banned? Does a book being banned make us want to read it more? In the second half, we pit two recent novels set in the mid-century: Dear Mrs Bird by A.J. Pearce and Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus.

    You can get in touch with suggestions, comments, questions etc (please do!) at teaorbooks[at]gmail.com – we’d love to hear from you. Find us at Spotify, Apple podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts. And you can support the podcast at Patreon. If you’re able to, we’d really appreciate any reviews and ratings you can leave us.

    The books and authors we mention in this episode are:

    Strangers May Kiss by Ursula Parrott
    Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott
    Spinsters in Jeopardy by Ngaio Marsh
    Dear Octopus by Dodie Smith
    How To Be Multiple by Helena de Bres
    The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis
    Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence
    Dr Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
    Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield
    The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall
    To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
    Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer
    Barbara Pym
    Day by Michael Cunningham
    A Clergyman’s Daughter by George Orwell
    The Vicar’s Daughter by E.H. Young
    The Rector’s Daughter by F.M. Mayor

    18 March 2024, 11:41 am
  • Tea or Books? #125: Do We Read Celeb Memoirs? and Day vs Landscape in Sunlight

    Celeb memoirs, Michael Cunningham, Elizabeth Fair – welcome to episode 125!

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    In the first half, Rachel and I discuss celebrity memoirs – do we read them? What do we count as a celebrity memoir? In the second half, we each chose one of the other’s favourite 2023 reads – Day by Michael Cunningham (one of my favourite reads from last year) and Landscape in Sunlight by Elizabeth Fair.

    You can get in touch with suggestions, comments, questions etc at teaorbooks[at]gmail.com – we’d love to hear from you. Find us at Spotify, Apple podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts. And you can support the podcast at Patreon. If you’re able to, we’d really appreciate any reviews and ratings you can leave us.

    The books and authors we mention in this episode are:

    Convenience Store Woman by Suyaka Murata
    Fifty Sounds by Polly Barton
    At the Pines by Mollie Panter-Downes
    Algernon Charles Swinburne
    Max Beerbohm
    Storm Bird by Mollie Panter-Downes
    Katie Price
    Peter Kay
    John Gielgud
    No Leading Lady by R.C. Sherriff
    Virginia Woolf
    Delicacy by Katy Wix
    Sidesplitter by Phil Wang
    Strong Female Character by Fern Brady
    What’s That Lady Doing? by Lou Sanders
    Glutton by Ed Gamble
    Spare by Prince Harry
    The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey
    The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
    Toxic by Sarah Ditum
    Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton
    Inferno by Catherine Cho
    Malory Towers series by Enid Blyton
    You’re a Brick, Angela! by Mary Cadogan
    The Naughtiest Girl in the School by Enid Blyton
    St Clare’s series by Enid Blyton
    The Hours by Michael Cunningham
    By Nightfall by Michael Cunningham
    The Snow Queen by Michael Cunningham
    Miss Read
    Bramton Wick by Elizabeth Fair
    Emma by Jane Austen
    Barbara Pym
    A View of the Harbour by Elizabeth Taylor
    Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
    Dear Mrs Bird by AJ Pearce

    10 February 2024, 11:54 am
  • Tea or Books? #124: Our Favourite Reads of 2023

    Our favourite books from 2023 – or reads, because of course we mostly read ‘backlisted’ titles. Always a fun one to record – this time with the added bonus that we were each going to choose one from the other’s list to read for the next episode.

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    Some of our Patreon patrons also appear in this episode. You can join them, and get early access to episodes and other perks, at our Patreon. Do feel free to get in touch at teaorbooks[at]gmail.com.

    The books and authors we mention in this episode are:

    Taken at the Flood by Agatha Christie
    The World Between Two Covers by Ann Morgan
    Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco
    A Flat Place by Noreen Masud
    Noble Ambitions by Adrian Tinniswood
    The Long Weekend by Adrian Tinniswood
    A Bird in the House by Margaret Laurence
    A Jest of God by Margaret Laurence
    The Fire-Dwellers by Margaret Laurence
    The Diviners by Margaret Laurence
    The Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson
    Temples of Delight by Barbara Trapido
    Brother of the More Famous Jack by Barbara Trapido
    Noah’s Ark by Barbara Trapido
    Barbara Comyns
    Sex and Stravinsky by Barbara Trapido
    The Travelling Hornplayer by Barbara Trapido
    The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum by Heinrich Böll
    In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
    Billiards at Half-Past Nine by Heinrich Böll
    Never Said A Word by Heinrich Böll
    The Bird in the Tree by Elizabeth Goudge
    Dr Serocold by Helen Ashton
    Bricks and Mortar by Helen Ashton
    Yeoman’s Hospital by Helen Ashton
    Half-Crown House by Helen Ashton
    The Self-Portrait of a Literary Biographer by Joan Givner
    Katherine Anne Porter
    This Little Art by Kate Briggs
    City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
    Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
    The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
    Day by Michael Cunningham
    Edith Holler by Edward Carey
    The Hours by Michael Cunningham
    The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
    Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid
    Road Ends by Mary Lawson
    For Every Favour by Ruby Ferguson
    Lady Rose and Mrs Memmary by Ruby Ferguson
    The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
    Jill’s Gymkhana by Ruby Ferguson
    In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
    Sheep’s Clothing by Celia Dale
    Harriet Said… by Beryl Bainbridge
    A Helping Hand by Celia Dale
    The House By The Sea by May Sarton
    Journal of a Solitude by May Sarton
    The Education of Harriett Hatfield by May Sarton
    Landscape in Sunlight by Elizabeth Fair
    A Winter Away by Elizabeth Fair
    Barbara Pym
    Jane Austen
    Bramton Wick by Elizabeth Fair
    The Native Heath by Elizabeth Fair
    No Leading Lady by R.C. Sherriff
    Journey’s End by R.C. Sherriff
    Old Filth by Jane Gardam
    The Man in the Wooden Hat by Jane Gardam
    Any Human Heart by William Boyd
    Last Friends by Jane Gardam
    Dorothy Whippl

    Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death by Laura Cumming
    To Serve Them All My Days by R.F. Delderfield
    The Pillars of the House by Charlotte M. Yonge
    The Q by Beth Brower
    Magnificent Rebels by Andrea Wulf
    The Blue Flower by Penelope Fitzgerald
    The Perfect Golden Circle by Benjamin Myers
    Possession by A.S. Byatt
    The Matisse Stories by A.S. Byatt
    All the Dogs of My Life by Elizabeth von Armin
    Mrs. Appleyard’s Year by Louise Andrews Kent
    Pleasures and Palaces by Juliet Wilbor Tompkins
    Albert’s Christmas by Alison Jezard
    The Stillmeadow Road by Gladys Taber
    Buttered Toast by Marjorie Stewart
    A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
    An Unequal Music by Vikram Seth

    8 January 2024, 4:31 pm
  • Tea or Books? #123: Critical or Charitable Reading? and Sheep’s Clothing vs Harriet Said…

    Beryl Bainbridge, Celia Dale, critical and charitable reading – welcome to episode 123!

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    In the first half of the episode we use a suggestion from Susannah – do we read charitably or critically? In the second half we compare too rather dark novels – Sheep’s Clothing by Celia Dale and Harriet Said… by Beryl Bainbridge.

    You can get in touch with suggestions, comments, questions etc at teaorbooks[at]gmail.com – we’d love to hear from you. Find us at Spotify, Apple podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts. And you can support the podcast at Patreon. If you’re able to, we’d really appreciate any reviews and ratings you can leave us.

    The books and authors we mention in this episode are:

    Mary Lawson
    Stories for Winter and Nights by the Fire by various
    Elizabeth Taylor
    Angela Carter
    Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
    Temptation by János Székely
    Family Album by Antonia Ridge
    Miss Read
    Grandma Went To Russia by Antonia Ridge
    The Persimmon Tree by Marjorie Barnard
    Katherine Mansfield
    Ivy Litvinov
    Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
    Richmal Crompton
    Stella Gibbons
    Day by Michael Cunningham
    Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham
    A.A. Milne
    Hamlet by William Shakespeare
    Dan Brown
    Injury Time by Beryl Bainbridge
    Abigail’s Party by Mike Leigh
    Another Part of the Woods by Beryl Bainbridge
    Anita Brookner
    Barbara Comyns

    14 December 2023, 11:49 am
  • Tea or Books? #122: Mary Lawson novels w/ Mary Lawson!

    Mary Lawson joins us to talk about all her novels – welcome to episode 122!

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    I can’t quite believe I’m writing this, but THE Mary Lawson – Canadian author of Crow LakeThe Other Side of the BridgeRoad Ends, and A Town Called Solace – joins us in this episode to talk through her work. We discuss how she approaches writing a novel, some of her creative decisions, and a little hint about her next book.

    Do let us know any future episode suggestions, or any questions you have, at teaorbooks[at]gmail.com. Get episodes a little early, and some other bonus content, through Patreon. And get the podcast wherever you get podcasts! Your ratings and reviews really help too (except those people who give us one star, I guess).

    The books and authors we mention in this episode:

    Temptation by János Székely
    David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
    Skylark by Dezső Kosztolány
    Embers by Sándor Márai
    Vera by Elizabeth von Arnim
    Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
    The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
    Father by Elizabeth von Arnim
    Introduction to Sally by Elizabeth von Arnim
    The Caravaners by Elizabeth von Arnim
    Waiting for Sunrise by William Boyd
    The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
    Any Human Heart by William Boyd
    Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
    Madame Bovary by Gustav Flaubert
    Margaret Laurence
    Ernest Hemingway
    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    ‘For Esmeé—With Love and Squalor’ by J.D. Salinger
    Alice Munro
    Margaret Atwood
    Mick Herron
    Anne Enright
    Sebastian Barry
    Colm Tóibín
    L.M. Montgomery
    Thomas King
    Michael Crummey
    Michael Ondaatje
    Brian Moore
    Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
    The Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson
    Arthur Miller
    Road Ends by Mary Lawson
    Elizabeth Strout
    Sheep’s Clothing by Celia Dale
    Harriet Said by Beryl Bainbridge

    22 November 2023, 9:08 am
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