Welcome to The Weekend Booktopian, our weekly podcast to kick off your weekend! Our team will give you the low down on all things book news related, and turn you on to the books that we are reading right now!

For our fifty-sixth episode Nick hosts Shanu, Hannah and Jo as we discuss the Time Magazine Top 100 YA Books list, the new collaboration between Dolly Parton and James Patterson, and the latest news regarding Indigenous Literacy Day. We then give you our latest round of book recommendations, before another edition of Book Fight!

Time Magazine - The 100 Best YA Books Of All Time: https://bit.ly/3jQN8v0 Indigenous Literacy Day: https://bit.ly/3yJCMmV

Producer's Note: due our team being in isolation, the sound quality in this podcast is more variable.

Books Mentioned in this podcast: Dolly Parton, James Patterson - Run, Rose, Run: https://bit.ly/3sc74MF Willy Vlautin - The Night Always Comes: https://bit.ly/3fZFKMG Rachel Cusk - Second Place: https://bit.ly/3sc6bnj Eve Babitz - Eve's Hollywood: https://bit.ly/3mboBUv Eve Babitz - Black Swans: https://bit.ly/2UgWRCg Warren Ellis - Nina Simone's Gum: https://bit.ly/3s97Vhj Calvin Kasulke - Several People Are Typing: https://bit.ly/2VmauRe Patricia Lockwood - No One Is Talking About This: https://bit.ly/3fZGgKC Sophie Gonzales - Perfect On Paper: https://bit.ly/3yFIqqk Grady Hendrix - The Final Girl Support Group: https://bit.ly/3yUovUN

Host: Nick Wasiliev Guests: Jo Lewin, Shanu Prasad & Hannah Armstrong Producer: Nick Wasiliev