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)

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Into many a green valley Drifts the appalling snow. Time breaks the threaded dances And the diver's brilliant bow.

-- W. H. Auden Illustration generated by MidJourney AI