Perry and David talk about a bunch of recent literary awards and then go on to discuss the books they’ve read recently, which cover the range from an entertaining children’s book to a confronting Booker Prize winner. And in the middle, a lot of snow.
- Introduction (02:04)
- General News (13:49)
- Miles Franklin Award Winner 2022 (00:43)
- Booker Prize long list 2022 (01:54)
- British Fantasy Awards 2022 (03:39)
- Le Guin Prize for Fiction 2022 (01:59)
- Age Book of the Year Shortlist 2022 (01:58)
- Vale David Ireland (01:34)
- Other Awards (00:46)
- Barack Obama’s Summer Reading List 2022 (01:05)
- What we’ve been reading (57:01)
- The Girl Savage by Katherine Rundell (04:37)
- Lisey’s Story by Stephen King (06:43)
- Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel (05:50)
- The Guns of Navarone by Alastair MacLean (08:06)
- Frostquake by Juliet Nicholson (07:28)
- Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au (06:28)
- The Circle by Dave Eggers (09:51)
- At Night All Blood Is Black by David Diop (07:32)
- Future recording schedule (05:29)
- Windup (00:09)
Into many a green valley
Drifts the appalling snow.
Time breaks the threaded dances
And the diver’s brilliant bow.W. H. Auden
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