Based on the true story of an unsolved mystery, Sophie Mackintosh’s new novel, Cursed Bread (Hamish Hamilton), centres on a small village community upturned by the arrival of a glamourous couple. Jo Hamya calls the book‘sensuous and haunted, like Madame Bovary reworked as a ghost story’. Mackintosh was in conversation with Rebecca Watson, author of Little Sc ... Show More
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Georgi Gospodinov & Chris Power: Death and the Gardener
In his latest novel Death and the Gardener Georgi Gospodinov, Bulgaria’s leading writer of fiction and winner of the International Booker Prize (forTime Shelter), reflects on the subject of loss in a tale about a father, a son, and an orphaned garden in a fading world that spans ... Show More
1h 4m
Apr 25
Patricia Lockwood & Joe Dunthorne: Will There Ever Be Another You
In her second novel Will There Ever Be Another You (Bloomsbury), LRB contributing editor Patricia Lockwood, one of our most original, inventive and prodigiously funny writers, conducts a phosphorescent, wild and profound investigation into what keeps us alive in unprecedented tim ... Show More
1h 18m
Oct 2020
Bad Hair
A suburban mom discovers a sinister conspiracy at her local hair salon.
Written by Mary McDonnell.
Performed by Alex Dickson, Francesca Ferrara, Richie Moriarty, Amy Warren, Julia Kelly, Tara Copeland, Maggie Burke, Ariel Gitlin, Sophie Yalkezian and Mary McDonnell.
The ... Show More
23m 35s
Dec 2019
#7 - Baking Bread and Weird Books!
The story of why the novel Ariel is currently reading is making her bake bread, plus we recommend weird books, a book about mental health, and some poetry! Submit your book requests to booksunboundpodcast@gmail.com and support the podcast on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/books ... Show More
50m 16s
Jun 2022
Sinead Moriarty with Isy Suttie
<p>This week on the Penguin Podcast, Isy Suttie joined by Irish book award winner and best-selling author, Sinead Moriarty.</p><br><p>Sinead talks to Issy about her latest novel, Your, Mind, Ours, a novel about what it takes to create a 'blended' family.</p><br><p>They also discu ... Show More
47m 48s