Diving In: Recent Episodes
Virginia Seymour and Louise Jones
Diving In is a conversation you will want to be part of - Louise and Virginia have been best friends since university - they share a passion for story telling and read loads of good books. Make yourself a cup of tea and listen in as they share the books they’ve been loving, and also the films, TV series, podcasts and articles they’ve enjoyed.
Virginia and Louise do a deep dive into Barbara Kingsolver’s Pullitzer Prize winning and compelling novel Demon Copperhead and talk all things Charles Dickens as well as adding some shameful new entries to the infamous Ick Register.
Books
Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens, 1838
Hard Times, by Charles Dickens, 1854
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, 2023
More Deep Dives
Emma, by Jane Austen
Television
Emma, mini series, 2009
Slow Horses, series 1-3 Apple TV+
One Day, Netflix 2023
Louise and Virginia thought it might be fun to do an episode on books that they feel a bit embarrassed to have never read (until now). There were a lot of books to choose from, but they discuss four in this conversation.
During this chat they also create an Ick Register for authors who use words that give the ick, so that readers can be warned in advance (kind of like a trigger warning, but more basic).
Books
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin
Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Television Shows
Scrublands - Stan
Boy Swallows Universe – Netflix
Podcasts
The Children of Rutherford County – Serial
The Queen’s Reading Room
Louise and Virginia have a great conversation about a lovely Western Australian novel. Salt River Road by the very talented debut author Molly Schmidt captures the large Tetley family at the worst time of their lives. Their wife and mother, Elena, has died after a long illness and left them all devastated. Although the book looks at grief through the eyes of several different characters, it has a forward-moving arc, plenty of heart, and a wonderful ending, with an authentic Western Australian, 1970s feel.
Book
Salt River Road by Molly Schmidt, 2023, published by Fremantle Press
Binge TV
Strife
Netflix
The Crown
Louise and Virginia have a conversation about two books with many overlaps, one fiction and one non-fiction, and reflect on the fact that none of this information was taught in the classroom when they were at school.
Books
Killing for Country by David Marr
Edenglassie by Melissa Lukashenko
TV Show
The Crown – Netflix
Podcasts
The Rest is History – Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland
The Rest is Entertainment – Richard Osman and Marina Hyde
Virginia and Louise dive into four new releases some of them from our favourite authors!
They also encourage everyone to get their hands on Salt River Road by Molly Schmidt for a bookclub deep dive episode coming up.
Books
The Fraud, Zadie Smyth, 2023, Hamish Hamilton Penguin
Normal Rules Don’t Apply, Kate Atkinson, 2023, Penguin Random House
Tom Lake, Ann Patchett, 2023, Harper Collins
Pearl, Sian Hughes, 2023 UQP
London’s Number One Dog-Walking Agency: A Memoir, Kate MacDougall, 2021 William Morrow
Salt River Road, Molly Schmidt, 2023 Fremantle Press
Streaming
Welcome to Wrexham, Disney
Podcasts
The Whistleblowers, ABC Background Briefing
Louise and Virginia have finally had a conversation about six literary controversies/hoaxes/scandals and it’s a lot of fun! This is a Topic they both find fascinating so it was great to select three stories each and dive in.
AuthorsNorma Khouri
John Hughes
Carmen Mola
Antonio Mercero
Agustin Martinez
Jorge Diaz
Harold Stewart
James McAuley
Dawn Dorland
Sonya Larson
Helen Demidenko/ Darville
Books
The Dogs by John Hughes
Forbidden Love by Norma Khouri
The Hand that Signed the Paper by Helen Demidenko/Helen Darville
Article
Who is the Bad Art Friend? by Robert Kolker – The New York Times Magazine 2021
Virginia and Louise have read a swag of newly released books both well-known authors and others new - and only some with the hype they deserve.
Books
Yellowface R F Kuang Harper Collins 2023
Crook Manifesto Colson Whitehead 2023
The Sitter Angela O’ Keefe Queensland University Press 2023
Old God’s Time Sebastian Barry 2023
Podcasts
The Trial of Lucy Letby UK The Mail Metro Media
Inside Design Jane Ledger
Theatre
‘A Twelfth Night’ - Bell Shakespeare Company
This time it’s Louise’s turn to talk about the massive French classic that she has been reading, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo. Louise tells Virginia about a very impertinent act by the original translator of the novel, and they discuss the aspects that Louise loved and some that she wasn’t so keen on. Hugo and Dumas were both born in 1802 and were literary confrères throughout their lives, so Notre-Dame and Monte Christo make a great pairing.
Book
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
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The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Streaming
Au Coeur de Peloton/Tour de France: Unchained
Arnold
SBS on Demand
Rogue Heroes
ABC iView
Dangerous Remedy
Podcast
Strict Scrutiny
Virginia and Louise immerse themselves in the meadows, riverbanks, orchards, high tides and deep snow to explore the deep connection and chasms between community, environment and climate change, in the emerging genre and precious language of eco-fiction.
Books
The Offing by Benjamin Myers, 2019
Stolen by Ann-Helene Laestadius, 2023
Also consider A Month in the Country by JL Carr
Limberlost by Robbie Arnott, 2022.
Cuddy by Benjamin Myers 2023
The Stella Prize 2023 winner Sarah Holland Batt for The Jaguar.
Podcast
The Rest is History podcasts on the Coronations
Wiser than Me with Julia Louis Dreyfuss
Streaming
Unstable
The Diplomat
Queen Charlotte
Virginia and Louise are excited to share some must-read new releases including compelling stories about activist guerilla gardeners, true crime podcasters, writers rooms, surveillance and murder as well as the pitfalls and power dynamics of modern relationships, social media, dating apps and late night sketch TV.
Books
I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkah, 2023, Flint Publishing
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton, 2023, Granta Publishing
Search History by Amy Taylor, 2023, Allen and Unwin
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld, 2023, Penguin Random House
Streaming
Succession HBO
Netflix
The Diplomat
Line of Duty
Podcasts
Mel’s Electric Adventures
KicPod, Keep It Cleaner Podcast
Louise and Virginia jet off to San Francisco in the episode, where they discuss the origins of the City and County, and why it became the home and haven for people wanting to discard façades and identities they may have held in their home towns. They also discuss the original gold rush and the modern tech gold rush and the impact these have had on the city, as well as the serialisation of novels and they way this can shape the overall architecture of a novel. They also revisit the issue of Nazism and the presence of monsters living in plain sight among us.
Books
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett, 1941
Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin, 1978
Daughter of Fortune by Isabelle Allende, 1998
Mr Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan, 2012
Days Without End by Sebastian Barry, 2016
Television
Clarkson’s Farm – Prime
My Mother and Other Strangers, BBC, ABC iView
Blog
Literary Hub by Megan Abbott
https://lithub.com/megan-abbott-on-the-difference-between-hardboiled-and-noir/
Louise and Virginia do a deep dive into the very contentious topic of Cancel Culture and the trend of cancelling books and authors. They also touch on the subject of banning books (and indeed burning books), which always have the opposite effect of that sought. Virginia and Lou both have very strong opinions on the subject and it’s such an interesting conversation. They also discuss a few great non-bookish things they’ve been diving into of late.
Books
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne, 2006, Doubleday
All the Bright Places by John Boyne, 2022, Doubleday
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, 1969
Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D H Lawrence, 1928.
The Trial of Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Edited by CH Rolphe
TV Shows
Vardy v Rooney-Binge
Murder on the Homefront – Netflix
Significant Others – ABC iView
Nolly – Foxtel
Podcast
The Banned Books Podcast
Louise and Virginia have been immersed in some armchair travel to Tokyo, which has made them both very keen to travel there. These four books are great to read if you have a trip to Japan on your horizon or your bucket list. They also discuss some fabulous TV series to get streaming, a podcast, and they’ve both had very different recent experiences meeting Yotam Ottolenghi (although both evenings were great fun).
Books
Death in Tokyo by Keigo Higashino, translated by Giles Murray. Published by St Martin’s Publishing Group
The Book of Tokyo – A City in Short Fiction, edited by Michael Emmerich, Jim Hinks and Masashi Matsuie.
Tokyo Redux by David Peace. Faber 2021
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata and translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori
Streaming TV series
Vardy v Rooney – Foxtel
Happy Valley – Binge
Bump – ABC
Podcast
The Mel Robbins Podcast
Yotam Ottolenghi – Test Kitchen
From soccer teams, eerie forests, dysfunctional families and loyal companions, Louise and Virginia ventured back into the world of books for younger readers.
Books
A Walk in the Dark by Jane Godwin – Lothian Hachette
Football Fever by Kristin Darell - Penguin
Take Me with You When You Go by David Levithan and Jennifer Niven – Penguin 2022
Runt by Craig Silvey – Allen and Unwin 2022, Illustrated by Sara Acton
Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell by Tobias Madden – Penguin 2022
Podcasts
Maintenance Phase – Debunking junk science behind health fads
The Daily – George Santos
Streaming Shows
Emily in Paris
Yellowstone
Colin from Accounts
Slow Horses
Louise lost her beautiful Lagotto dog Buster, two months ago, and so today Virginia and Louise want to dedicate this episode to him and to celebrate the wonder and loyalty that is a dog. In this conversation they discuss four lovely dog-related books as well as a few other things they’ve been diving into lately.
Books
Dog Stories – Everyman’s Pocket Classics
Ava’s Apartment by Jonathan Lethem
The Emissary by Ray Bradbury
Dog Days by Ericka Waller
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Murder Most Royal by SJ Bennett
Podcast
The Crown : The Official Podcast with Edith Bowman
TV Series
The Sandhamn Murders (SBS Australia)
Instagram accounts
@jennybloomfield
@catherine.rayner
Streaming
Shetland Series 6 and 7
Julia - with Sarah Lancashire
Louise and Virginia have been reading some books by debut writers as well as a charming re-release from the 1960s. These are all great books which they enjoyed enormously. They also discuss a few other non-bookish things they’ve been diving into.
Books
A Helping Hand by Celia Dale
Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivenor
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn
TV
Marriage with Nicola Walker and Sean Bean
Annika with Nicola Walker
BBC Radio
Annika Stranded
Podcast
Off Air with Jane Garvey and Fi Glover
After a long break Virginia and Louise are excited to be back in their makeshift cushion studios to discuss some new releases by authors they absolutely love……. as well as some other popular culture they have been diving in to.
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Song ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadeline
Podcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.
Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.au
Books
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O' Farrell 2022, Hachette
Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson, 2022, Penguin Books
The Rising Tide by Ann Cleeves 2022, Pan Macmillan
Exiles by Jane Harper, 2022, Pan Macmillan
Television
Louise recommends This England and DI Ray
Virginia recommends Sherwood and Savage River
Movies
Virginia recommends See How They Run
Podcast
Louise recommends Empire with Anita Anand and William Dalrymple
Louise and Virginia conclude their dive into Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes in this Book Club episode. They discuss Part 2 of Don Quixote, published over 10 years after Part 1, after an imposter had published a fake sequel. Virginia and Louise discuss several characters, the infamous cave scene and much more .
Louise and Virginia dive into Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes in this Book Club episode. They discuss Part 1 of Don Quixote, first published in Spain in 1605 and regarded as the first modern novel. The conversation covers madness, quests, Shakespeare, naval battles, fools, heroes and the role of the sidekick.
Hello dear friends! Virginia and Louise share some truly excellent Spanish writers and stories in preparation for our up-coming deep dive into Don Quixote.
Books
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafonAs I walked out one Midsummer morning – Laurie Lee
The Sun also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
The Tales of the Alhambra by Washington Irving
Television
TelevisionPeaky Blinders Season 6
A Call to SpyThe White Queen
PodcastThe Teachers Trial – The Australian Newspaper
Louise and Virginia chat about two books that they’ve been eagerly looking forward to. Louise went down the Crime route with a gripping detective story that spans Tokyo and London. Virginia finally got her hands on Nina Stibbe’s new novel and as also with Nina Stibbe, the book is a complete delight.BooksThe Fine Art of Invisible Detection by Robert GoddardOne Day I Shall Astonish the World by Nina StibbeNetflixThe Staircase (Docuseries and Dramatisation)PodcastThis American Life – My Lying Eyes
Louise and Virginia have been reading Ghost Stories, a new release and some classic collections. The Louise Erdrich novel is a must-read for book lovers, and the classic ghost stories are the perfect place to start if you love this genre. Louise and Virginia also announce the book they will reading for a Book Club ‘deep dive’ in June.BooksThe Turn of the Screw by Henry JamesGhost Stories by M R JamesThe Sentence by Louise ErdrichThe Ghost Stories of Edith WhartonPodcastThe Rest is History with Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland - GhostsSusannah Fullerton – 10 Novels that Changed the Worldwww.susannahfullerton.com.au
Virginia and Louise dive into the Greek Myths but barely scratch the surface.They also celebrate their 50th episode with a list of their 50 favourite authors
Books
The Theban Plays By SophoclesAntigone by SophoclesThe Song of Achille by Madeline MillerThe Penelopiad By Margaret AttwoodGreek Myths By Charlotte HigginsHeroines of Olympus by Ellie Mackin Roberts
Television
Bridgerton by Chris van Dusen and Shonda Rhimes
Podcasts
Deeply Human by DessaThe Rest is History by Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook
Louise and Virginia are sweltering in the heat of a Perth summer so they are cooling down with books set in cold countries. This episode they head off to Iceland and Norway and there’s plenty of frosty chill.BooksThe Therapist by Helene FloodThe Sorrow Stone by Kári GíslasonA Question of Guilt by Jorn Lier HorstThe Valley of Lost Secrets by Lesley ParrPodcastsThe Rest is History – Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook – Episodes 159 -162 PutinThe Rest is Politics – Alistair Campbell and Rory StewartThe Daily – Will Sanctioning the Oligarchs Change the War?and Putin’s Endgame: A Conversation with Fiona HillTV seriesThe Chestnut Man – Netflix
BooksLove Marriage by Monica AliBrick Lane by Monica AliThe Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan PoeThe Women of Troy by Pat BarkerTV SeriesHidden Assets – SBSPieces of Her - NetflixPodcastsThe Trojan Horse Affair with Hamza Syed and Brian ReedSoundtracking with Edith BowmanMovieBelfast
Louise and Virginia record their first bookish conversation for 2022, after an extra long break over a very hot Western Australian summer. Given the state of the world it’s no surprise that they both reached for some cozy crime books, as well as some other great reads. Lou also recommends a fabulous movie, Virginia has been diving into Stoic philosophy, and there are plenty of laughs as per usual.BooksA Three Dog Problem by S J BennettThe Windsor Knot by S J BennettThe Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman The Man who Died Twice by Richard OsmanThe Islands by Emily BrugmanThe American Senator by Anthony TrollopeTV SeriesThe Long Call, SBS (based on the novel by Ann Cleeves)PodcastsThe Daily Stoic by Ryan HolidayDesert Island Discs – Richard OsmanArt Fraud – Alec Baldwin, Michael ShnayersonMovieHow to Please a Woman
Welcome to the second Diving In podcast for the FANZA Fringe – Virginia and Louise review six wonderful books including Miles Franklin winner Amanda Lohrey’s The Labyrinth and the much anticipated We Were Not Men by Campbell MattinsonEmail hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.auBooksThe Truth About Her by Jacqueline Malley, 2021 Fourth EstateThe Labyrinth by Amanda Lohrey, 2020 text publishingAfter Story by Larissa Behrendt, 2021, UQ PressLove in Theory, Elodie Cheeseman, 2021, MacMillanThe River Mouth, Karen Herbert, Fremantle Press, available 29 September 2021We Were Not Men, Campbell Mattinson, 2021, Fourth EstatePodcastABC Radio, Conversations Podcast by Richard Fidler. Interview with David McAllisterBook: 'Soar – A Life Freed by Dance’ Thames & Hudson, December 2020
Welcome to the FANZA Fringe – Virginia and Louise from the Diving In podcast in Australia are thrilled to be part of the fringe program for FANZA, the charitable Foundation for Australian and New Zealand Arts.The psychological consequences of hoarding and a murderous small town in New Zealand are just some of the surprising narratives in the books discussed for this episode.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.auBooksLove Objects by Emily Maguire, 2021, Allen and Unwin, AustraliaHeartsick by Jessie Stephens, 2021, Pan Macmillan, Australia,The Nancys by RWR McDonald, 2019, Allen and Unwin, AustraliaNancy Business by RWR McDonald, 2021, Allen and Unwin, AustraliaOne Hundred Days by Alice Pung, 2021, Black Inc. AustraliaThe Coconut Children by Vivian Pham, 2020, Penguin BooksOtherAustralian Book Reviewhttps://www.australianbookreview.com.au/
Virginia and Louise do a deep dive into The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles, 2021, Penguin Random House.
By complete coincidence Louise and Virginia read five books which all feature women who are either locked away or are prisoners of their minds. In spite of the serious-sounding themes of the books they spent most of this conversation in puddles of laughter, providing plenty of bloopers material.BooksThe Mad Women’s Ball by Victoria Mas and translated by Frank Wynne, 2021, DoubledayHistory of the Rain by Niall Williams, 2014, BloomsburyMrs March by Virginia Feito, 2021, Harper CollinsTangerine by Christine Mangan, 2019, Little BrownThe Night Village by Zoe Deleuil, 2021, Fremantle PressTelevisionAnnikaGrantchester
Louise and Virginia have been devouring more new releases which have revealed several small coincidences. They also chat about a few non bookish things they’ve been diving into recently.BooksThe Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak, 2021, Penguin.Love and Virtue by Diana Reid, 2021 Ultimo PressAnything But Fine by Tobias Madden, 2021, PenguinCrossroads by Jonathon Franzen, 2021, 4th Estate.Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty, 2021 MacMillanPodcastsA Slight Change of Plans with Maya ShankarBecause of AnitaTelevisionTed Lasso, Apple TV+Nine Perfect Strangers, Netflix
Louise and Virginia have been reading several new releases and loving all of them. They chat about seven very different books in the conversation and there are plenty of laughs.BooksThe Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller, 2021, Penguin RandomHouseBeautiful World, Where Are You? by Sally Rooney, 2021, FaberThe Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki, 2021, Text PublishingTreasure and Dirt by Chris Hammer, 2021, Allen and UnwinWild Abandon by Emily Bitto, 2021, Allen and UnwinGreat Circle by Maggie Shipstead, 2021, RandomHouseThe Art of Patience by Sylvain Tesson, 2021, Bloomsbury
Louise and Virginia have been reading some small but gripping books that have been translated into English; perhaps the ultimate type of ‘own voices’ reading. By complete coincidence they ended up in the same parts of the world.Books:Tomorrow They Won’t Dare to Murder Us by Joseph Andras and translated by Simon Lesser. 2021, Verso.People Like Them: A Novel by Samira Sedira and translated by Lara Vergnaud. 2020, Raven BooksMadonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali and translated by Maureen Freely and Alexander Dawe. 1943, Other Press.At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop and translated by Anna Moschovakis. 2018, Pushkin Press.Podcasts:ABC Nature TrackThe DropoutIn Writing with Hattie CrisellCinefest Oz Films:The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly JohnsonNitram
Virginia and Louise loved reading Hamnet for Episode 21 ‘Twin Tales’, so decided to do a deep dive into Maggie O’Farrell’s back catalogue. They discuss four of her earlier novels, all fantastic, as well as a few other things they’ve been diving into.BooksAfter You’d Gone by Maggie O’Farrell, 2000, Tinder PressThe Distance Between Us by Maggie O’Farrell, 2004, Tinder PressThe Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O’Farrell, 2006, Tinder PressInstructions For a Heatwave by Maggie O’ Farrell, 2013, PenguinThe Kindness Revolution, Hugh Mackay, Allen & Unwin 2021PodcastsHow to Fail, with Maggie O’FarrellDesert Island Discs, with Maggie O’FarrellThe House that Vanished, BBC SoundsTV seriesHacks, on Stan
Today’s books are all crime books set in the legal world. Some are brand new, one is an oldie, but all are great.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.auBooksThe Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, 2016, Little, BrownWhile Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams, 2021, HarperCollinsTragedy at Law by Cyril Hare, 1942, Faber and FaberThe Last Trial by Scott Turow, 2021, Pan MacmillanPodcasts99% Invisible – The ClinchThe Party Room with Patricia Karvelas and Fran Kelly
Louise and Virginia thought it might be fun if they each chose a book for the other, and in this episode they reveal what they thought of the books they were given. They also discuss some great podcast episodes, a couple of books they’ve each finished recently, and an excellent period costume drama series.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.auBooksMidnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie, 1981, VintageLove and Treasure by Ayelet Waldman, 2013, Penguin Random HouseA Children’s Bible by Lydia Millet, 2020, W. W Norton & Co.Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri, 2021, BloomsburyPodcastsThis American Life, Episodes dated 739 Sisters and 741 The Power of WordsNovel Pairings episodes on Pride and PrejudiceTV seriesNetflix: Sophie: A Murder in West CorkBelgravia - Julian Fellowes
Louise and Virginia dive into ‘pleasurable terror’ and explore Wuthering Heights for Book Club. They have some controversial views about Heathcliff and Cathy, take a deep dive into why we love all things gothic, and also discuss some new-release Gothic fiction.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.auBooksWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Bass Rock by Evie Wyld, 2020, Penguin Random HouseThe Shape of Darkness by Laura Purcell, 2021, Bloomsbury
Louise takes a Swandive with Polly Phillips, author of award winning novel ‘My Best Friend’s Murder’ published by Simon & Schuster.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.au
Louise and Virginia decided to have another episode where they read whatever they wanted and they chose some great books. They also discussed a couple of good podcasts, a life hack that is wine-related, and some book news.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.auBooksMy Policeman by Bethan Roberts, 2012, VintageSorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason, 2020, HarperCollinsThe Motion of the Body Through Space by Lionel Shriver, 2020 HarperCollinsDreamland by Rosa Rankin-Gee, 2021, Simon & SchusterPodcastsIn Writing with Hattie Crisell – George SaundersAll In the Mind ABC – Super Voice RecognisersAbsolutely Mental with Ricky Gervais and Sam Harris
Louise and Virginia abandoned any theme this episode and read whatever books took their fancy. They also have a useful writing tip, a life hack, and they’ve been diving into a variety of other great things.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.auBooks• Burnt Sugar by Anvi Doshi, 2020, Hamish Hamilton for Penguin Random House• We Begin at The End by Chris Whitaker, 2020, Zaffre• Acts of Desperation by Megan Nolan, 2021 Penguin Random House• Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, 2019 Pan Macmillan• Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Tales from the Cafe by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, 2020 Pan Macmillan• Writing from Start to Finish by Kate Grenville, 2001, Allen & UnwinPodcastFeel Better Live More – Dr Rangan Chatterjee interviewing James NestorTelevisionFamily Business Netflix
Louise and Virginia both started reading books by Tana French so they decided to make that the theme for today, and they’ve paired those books with some much older crime novels for contrast. They also discuss some current reads, share some bookish news, a writing tip from a very successful author and discuss a gripping crime series on Netflix.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.auBooksIn the Woods by Tana French, 2007, Hodder and StoughtonThe Searcher by Tana French, 2020, Penguin VikingThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle, 1902.The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler, 1953, PenguinWe Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker, 2020 Zaffre BooksFriends and Dark Shapes by Kavita Bedford, 2021Text PublishingA Sort of Life by Graham Greene, 1971, Slightly FoxedNetflixDeadwater Fell
Louise and Virginia discuss several books with truth-telling at the heart of the story. They also chat about two excellent podcasts, a Netflix movie, some publishing news, a life hack and a writing tip.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.auBooksNo One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood, Bloomsbury, 2021Tipping by Anna George, Penguin Random House, 2021.Leave the World Behind by Ruuman Alam, Bloomsbury, 2020.The Liar’s Dictionary by Eley Williams, William Heinemann 2020.How to be an Author by Georgia Richter & Deborah Hunn, Fremantle Press 2020NetflixMoxie – Amy PoehlerPodcastsThe DropoutSoundtracking with Edith BowmanLife HackFindation.com
Ooh la la! – Virginia and Louise stroll along the boulevards of Paris old and young and also share a couple of recent reads.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.auBooksMy Best Friends Murder, Polly Phillips 2021, Simon & SchusterThe Champagne Wars, Fiona McIntosh, 2020A Paris Affair, Pip Drysdale, 2021, Simon & SchusterEmile Zola, La Fortune des Rougon ( The Fortune of the Rougon), 1871Emile Zola, La Curee ( The Kill), 1872,The Paris Library, Janet Skeslien Charles, 2021, HachetteLunch in Paris, Elizabeth BardThe Strays of Paris, Jane Smiley, 2020, Pam MacmillanHow To Be an Author, Georgia Richter and Deborah Hunn, 2021, Fremantle PressPodcasts‘Duchess’, a podcast with Emma, Duchess of RutlandBook NewsThe Women's Prize for Fiction, UK https://www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/The Stella Prize, https://thestellaprize.com.au/prize/2021-prize/
Virginia and Louise share their most recent reads and two wonderful books by award winning writers whose characters dwell on the other side of the tracks.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.auBooksA Re-Purposed Life, Ronni Kahn and Jessica Chapnik Kahn, Murdoch Books.Death Leaves the Station, Alexander Thorpe, 2020 Fremantle Press.The Broken Shore, Peter Temple, 2005, text publishing.Shuggie Bain, Douglas Stuart, 2020, Picador.How To Be an Author, Georgia Richter and Deborah Hunn, 2021,Fremantle PressPodcastsYou Beauty, Leigh Campbell and Kelly McCarren, Mamamia Media,TelevisionShtisel, Ori Elon and Yehonatan Indursky, 2013, Netflix.
Louise and Virginia share their most recent reads and then giggle through some bodice rippers!BooksGirl A, Abigail Dean 2021, Harper CollinsStill Life by Louise Penny, 2006, MacMillan.Hidden Sins by Selena Montgomery, 2006, Harper Collins.Reckless by Selena Montgomery, 2008, Harper CollinsThe Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare, 2017Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare, 2014NetflixBehind Her Eyes, psychological thriller, 2021HBOIndustry, dramaPodcastsCoronacast, Tegan Taylor & Dr Norman Swan, ABC Radio PodcastsHow It Happened, Jonathon Swan, AXIOS PodcastsEmail hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.au
Louise and Virginia have been diving into a stack of fantastic books over their long summer break and they discuss a few of their favourites. They also chat about some of the other non-bookish things they’ve been diving into lately.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.auBooksLucky’s by Andrew Pippos. 2020 Pan Macmillan.Passing by Nella Larsen. 1929 Penguin.The Dust that Falls from the Sky by Louis de Bernières. 2015 Penguin.So much Life Left Over by Louis de Bernières. 2018 Penguin.The Autumn of the Ace by Louis de Bernières. 2020 Penguin.Trio by William Boyd. 2020 Penguin.His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie. 2020 One World.How to Be an Author by Georgie Richter and Deborah HunnNetflixBridgerton 2020Oh Matilda who Bloody Killed Her- serial novel published in The Australian newspaperFilmThe DryPodcastsHacks on TapPod Save AmericaThe Axe FilesYou Beauty
Louise and Virginia dive deep into Edith Wharton’s 1905 House of Mirth and examine the social conventions and contradictions of the Gilded Age amongst New York high society and the fate of her beautiful flawed protagonist Lily Bart.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.auBooksThe House of Mirth, 1905, Edith WhartonTelevisionThe Queens Gambit, 2020, NetflixPodcastsYou and Me Both, Hilary Clinton, episode 8 December 2020, interview with Louise Penny, Stacey Abrams and Marley Dias.The Crown Official podcast, Netflix
Virginia and Louise share with you some of their most recent reads including Mark Watson’s moving and modern ‘Contacts’, best-selling author Sally Hepworth’s latest, ‘The Good Sister’ and Mikael Niemi’s atmospheric Swedish tale ‘To Cook a Bear’.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.auBooksContacts, Mark Watson, 2020, Harper CollinsTo Cook A Bear, Mikael Niemi, 2020, Quercus, HachetteThe Good Sister, Sally Hepworth, 2020, MacmillanThe Little Library Christmas, 2020 Kate Young, Anima, ZeusTelevisionRoadkill – ABC iView 2020The Crown Series 4, 2020, NetflixPodcastDays Like These – ABC - “Mum Thinks the Earth is Flat”, 10 November 2020
Virginia and Louise dive in to some highly anticipated new releases by best-selling Australian authors. They include a compelling character driven story about a university reunion, a fast paced crime novel set in Sydney, the story of a magical quest by a gravediggers daughter and a reimagined fictional memoir.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.auBooksTrust, Chris Hammer, 2020, Allen and UnwinLife After Truth, Ceridwen Dovey, 2020, Penguin BooksA Room Made of Leaves, Kate Grenville, 2020, text publishingAll Our Shimmering Skies, Trent Dalton, 2020, Harper Collins, 4th EstateOn Balance, Leila Seth, 2004, Penguin BooksTelevisionA Suitable Boy, BBC 6 part mini-series, 2020, Netflix (based on the novel by Vikram Seth)PodcastDispatch to a Friend, Annabelle Hickson & Gillian Bell
Swandive 4: Louise chats with Children’s and Young Adult Fiction Publisher, Cate Sutherland, from independent publisher The Fremantle Press
Virginia interviews Hélène Magisson by Skype about her new children’s book 'Claudette' which Hélène both wrote and illustrated.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.auBookClaudette by Hélène Magisson. 2020 Red Paper Kite.
Louise and Virginia have been diving into a stack of fantastic books for younger (and not so young) readers. These books are all so good that Virginia’s become a bit addicted to them. And Louise also has a confession about something she’s been diving into recently, an admission that makes Virginia laugh - a lot. Email hello@divinginpodcast.com Instagram @diving_in_podcast Virginia’s Instagram @virginia_reads Louise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_reads Song ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadeline Podcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher. Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.au Books The Unadoptables by Hana Tooke. 2020, Puffin Books, Penguin Random House. The Secret Library of Hummingbird House by Julianne Negri. 2020 Affirm Press. The History of Mischief by Rebecca Higgie. 2020 Fremantle Press The Girl, the Dog and the Writer in Rome by Katrina Nannestad. 2017 HarperCollins. The Morbids by Ewa Ramsey. 2020 Allen and Unwin. The Underground Orchard by Mat Larkin. 2018 Hardie Grant Egmont. Film Emily in Paris. Netflix The Duchess. Netflix
Buongiorno! This week Virginia and Louise discuss two classics set in Italy and the wonderful travel writing of Eric Newby.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.auBooksA Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway, 1929.A Room with a View, EM Forster, 1908.Love and War in the Apennines, Eric Newby, 1971.Something Wholesale, Eric Newby, 1962.A Small Place in Italy, Eric Newby, 1994.Edith Wharton’s Italian Gardens, Vivian Russell, 1997.NetflixThe Social Dilemma, 2020
Happy to be back from their break Virginia and Louise dive into a mixed bag of excellent books, and also discuss some movies, a TV show and some great podcasts.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.auBooksEight Detectives by Alex Pavesi, 2020. Penguin Random House.The Bluffs by Kyle Perry, 2020. Penguin Random HouseThe Vanishing Sky, 2020. BloomsburyThe History of Love by Nicole Krauss, 2005. Penguin Random House.Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld, 2020. Penguin Random HouseNetflixThe Home Edit; produced by Reese Witherspoon and Molly SimsDeadwind; 2018, 2020, series 1 &2, Finnish crime dram directed and created by Rike JokelaTraces; 2019, crime series set in Dundee written by Amelia Bullmore, Red Production CompanyPodcastRN Presents – Patient ZeroFilmsOur Law; 2020, documentary directed by Cornel OziesDirt Music; 2019, directed by Gregor Jordan, screenplay by Jack Thorne, based on the novel by Tim WintonDisclosure; 2020, directed and written by Michael Bentham, www.disclosurefilm.net
Virginia and Louise enjoy talking about some recent books with twins as central characters as well as some podcasts and movies they have been diving into.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.auBooksThe Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett, 2020, Dialogue Books, Little, Brown Book Group.Hamnet by Maggie O’ Farrell, 2020, Tinder Press, Headline Publishing Group.A Saint from Texas, by Edmund White, 2020, Bloomsbury Books.Podcasts13 Minutes From the Moon, Series 1 & 2, BBC World ServiceWind of Change, Patrick Radden Keefe, Pineapple Street Studios, Crooked Media, SpotifyMoviesThe Burnt Orange HeresyThe Trip to Greece
In response to the Black Lives Matter movement and to improve our knowledge and understanding of the experience of Aboriginal Australians, Virginia and Louise dive into some fiction and non- fiction books by indigenous authors.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.auBooksFollow the Rabbit Proof Fence by Nugi Garimar Pilkington,1996, University of Queensland PressTalking to My Country by Stan Grant, 2016, Harper CollinsAustralia Day by Stan Grant, 2019, Harper CollinsThe White Girl by Tony Birch, 2019, University of Queensland PressShadow Lines by Stephen Kinnane, 2003, Fremantle PressWhy I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Raceby Reni Eddo-Lodge, 2017, Bloomsbury Books UK.PodcastsWe Need to Talk About The British Empire by Afua Hirsch, 6 episodes, Audible Podcast.MovieThe Personal History of David Copperfield, 2019, directed by Armando Iannucci
Louise chats with author Imbi Neeme about her new novel 'The Spill’, winner of the Penguin 2019 Literary Prize
In this episode we chat with the author of Allegra In Three Parts (sold in the US and Canada as A Girl In Three Parts), Suzanne Daniel.
Louise and Virginia have been diving into a mixed bag of fantastic new Australian books, and they also discuss some great podcasts.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.auBooksThe Spill by Imbi Neeme, 2020, published by Penguin VikingPhosphorescence by Julia Baird, 2020, published by 4th Estate.The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams, 2020, published by Affirm Press.Father of the Lost Boys by Yuot A. Alaak, 2020, published by Fremantle Press.PodcastsConversations with Richard FidlerAlways Was, Always Will Be with Marlee Silva.Auckland Writers Festival 2017, Stan Grant, Talking to My Country
Louise and Virginia have been diving into lots of excellent books about girls (and they sort of all have Girl in the title). They also discuss a great Netflix movie and a soothing books podcast.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.auBooksThe Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré. 2020 Sceptre.Allegra in Three Parts/A Girl in Three Parts by Suzanne Daniel. 2019 Pan Macmillan.The Girl who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill. 2016 Algonquin Books.The Country Girls trilogy by Edna O’BrienGoldfields Girl by Elaine Forrestal. 2020 Fremantle PressMovieThe Land of Steady Habits. NetflixPodcastNovel Pairings with Chelsea and Sara@novelpairingspod
Louise and Virginia discuss five books that all have a scandal or a secret at the heart of the story. They also chat about a few other things they’ve been diving into lately, including a series, some podcasts and a fun Twitter account.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.auBooksIn Love with George Eliot by Kathy O’Shaughnessy, 2019, Scribe Publications.No Small Shame by Christine Bell, 2020, Ventura Press.A Good Neighbourhood by Therese Ann Fowler, 2020 Headline Review.The Operator by Gretchen Berg, 2020, Headline Review.The Deceptions by Suzanne Leal, 2020, Allen& Unwin101 Letters to A Prime Minister, Yann Martel, 2012, Vintage Canada.TelevisionMrs America, FX on Hulu.PodcastsConversations with Richard FidlerGrounded by Louis TherouxHappier with Gretchen Rubin and Liz Craft.TwitterRoom Rater
In the second mini-episode Louise and Virginia discuss your answers to our Duck Dive Quiz such as who influenced you to read as a child, the books you always go back to and your favourite place to read.
Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_reads
Song ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.au
Louise and Virginia dive into the books they like to read to be uplifted or comforted. As predicted, they reach for quite different books to distract or escape from the noise of the pandemic. They also discuss the second part of Middlemarch by George Eliot, and they chat about the latest books they’ve been reading.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.auBooksThe Diary of a Provincial Lady by EM DelafieldMrs Tim by DE StevensonHenrietta Goes to War by Joyce DennysAny books by Nina StibbeAny Books by Anthony TrollopeFlavia de Luce books by Alan BradleyMiss Read booksJane Austen booksWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyA Suitable Boy by Vikram SethRuth Rendell Inspector Wexford seriesIan Rankin Rebus seriesMiddlemarch by George EliotA Handful of Dust by Evelyn WaughLondon War Notes by Mollie Panter-DownesThe Night Watchman by Louise ErdrichThe Monday Morning Cooking Club Cook Bookshttps://mondaymorningcookingclub.com.au/
In this first mini-episode Louise asks you some questions about your reading habits.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.au
Louise and Virginia discuss the strange new world we find ourselves in and are surprised by their responses to the situation. They recommend lots of books about epidemics, pandemics, isolation and adversity, for those so inclined. They discuss the books they’ve been reading, the first half of Middlemarch, The Stella Prize for Fiction shortlist, and they review two books from the shortlist, as well as discussing a couple of things they’ve been diving into.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.auBooksThe Plague by Albert CamusThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie BarrowsThe Dark Circle by Linda GrantTo Calais, In Ordinary Time by James MeekThe Island by Victoria HislopYear of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksWild Swans by Jung ChangMao’s Last Dancer by Li CunxinA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesThe Golden Age by Joan LondonNella Last’s WarJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Single Thread by Tracey ChevalierOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeJournal of the Plague Year by Daniel DefoeThe Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Mercies by Karen Millwood Hargrave, 2020, Picador, Pan MacmillanThree Apples Fell From the Sky by Narine Abgaryan, translated by Lisa C Hayden.Rest and Be Thankful by Emma GlassMiddlemarch by George EliotThe Stella Prize shortlisthttps://thestellaprize.com.au/The Yield by Tara June WinchThere was still Love by Favel ParrettThe Weekend by Charlotte WoodDiving Into Glass by Caro LlewellynSee What you Made me Do? By Jess HillHere Until August by Josephine RoweTelevisionHousewife, 48PodcastsCoronacast with Dr Norman Swan and Teagan TaylorHamish Blake’s Instagram account @hamishblakeshotz“Room for One More?”
Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.auBooksDays Without End by Sebastian Barry, 2016, Faber and FaberA History of Loneliness by John Boyne, 2014, Black SwanActress by Anne Enright, 2020, Penguin Random HouseGrownups by Marian Keyes, 2020, Penguin Random HouseThis is Happiness by Niall Williams, 2019, BloomsburyMy Underground( American Dream), Julissa Arce, 2016, HatchetteSomeone Like Me. Julissa Arce, 2018, Little BrownPodcastsHit ParadeThe SquizSlightly FoxedTelevisionOprah’s Book Club on Apple TV+Episode 3 – Jeanine Cummins: American Dirt, Part 1Episode 4 – Jeanine Cummins: American Dirt, Part 2
Louise and Virginia discuss three of Nancy Mitford’s Radlett family novels as well as the novel that caused a rift in the family. They also discuss a podcast, a BBC radio programme and a TV series they’ve been diving into lately.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.auBooksThe Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford, 1945.Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford, 1949.Don’t Tell Alfred by Nancy Mitford, 1960.Wigs on the Green by Nancy Mitford, 1935.Take Six Girls by Laura Thompson, 2015. Head of Zeus Ltd.The Mitford Sisters by Mary Lovell, 2001. Little, Brown and Company.Hons and Rebels, Jessica Mitford 1960. Weidenfeld & Nicolson.PodcastCurrently ReadingBBC Radio 4, BBC iPlayerGreat Lives Series 29 – Nancy MitfordTV SeriesPeaky Blinders
Louise and Virginia discuss Such A Fun Age, The Giver of Stars, Bruny and Long Bright River and the controversy surrounding American Dirt - as well as some movies, podcasts and a TV series they’ve been diving into over the breakEmail hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.auBooksLong Bright River by Liz Moore, 2019, published by Penguin Random HouseSuch a Fun Age by Kiley Reid, 2019, published by BloomsburyAmerican Dirt by Jeanine Cummins, 2019, published by Flatiron BooksThe Giver of Stars by Jo Jo Moyes, 2019, published by Penguin Random HouseBruny by Heather Rose, 2019, published by Allen and UnwinMoviesBombshellJojo RabbitTV seriesThe Loudest VoicePodcastsDon’t Stop Us Now
Louise and Virginia discuss books set at Christmas, books to give as gifts, their favourite books of 2019 and a few other things they’ve been diving into. They also announce their read along for March 2020.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensChristmas Pudding by Nancy MitfordAn Almost Perfect Christmas by Nina StibbeThe Little Library Cookbook by Kate YoungThe Little Library Year by Kate YoungDishoom by Shamil and Kavi Thakrar and Naved NasirRed to the Bone by Jacqueline WoodsonAny Ordinary Day by Leigh SalesMothership by Francesca SegalThe High Path by Ted WalkerThe Way We Live Now by Anthony TrollopeTV seriesThe Crown Season 3. NetflixPodcastDon’t Shoot the Messenger with Caroline Wilson and Corrie PerkinThe India Hicks Podcast with Lady Patricia Hicks
Louise and Virginia have a great conversation about four excellent British novels, The Cockroach by Ian McEwan, The Confession by Jessie Burton, Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple and To Calais, in Ordinary Time by James Meek. They also discuss a couple of great podcasts and a feel-good movie.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_readsSong ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.The Cockroach by Ian McEwan, 2019. Published by Jonothan Cape,The Confession by Jessie Burton, 2019. Published by PicadorSomeone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple, 1999. Published by Persephone Books.To Calais, in Ordinary Time by James Meek, 2019. Published by Canongate Bookswww.persephonebooks.co.ukPodcastsHow to Fail with Elizabeth DayWhere Should we Begin? with Esther PerelJessie Burton’s website: https://www.jessieburton.co.uk/FilmFishermen’s FriendsNetflix TV seriesThe Crown – Series 3
Louise and Virginia discuss a number of British books and authors and a few other things they’ve been diving into.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @les__livres__Song ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.BooksA Game of Hide and Seek by Elizabeth Taylor, 1951. Published by Virago.A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier, 2019. Published by Borough Press,An Academic Question by Barbara Pym, 1986. Published by Virago.Stanley and Elsie by Nicola Upson, 2019. Published by Duckworth.Tracey Chevalier: https://www.tchevalier.comSBS TV series Years and Years, 2019, produced by BBC & HBOhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY41jhIP_xIPodcastsFortunately… with Fi and JaneFull Disclosure with James O’Brien, LBC 4th November, Gulwali Passarlay.
Murderinos Louise and Virginia discuss several crime novels, from cosy drawing room dramas to gritty Scandi noir police procedurals.Email hello@divinginpodcastInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @les__livres__Song ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.Thanks to the other Murderinos – Jen, JA, Linley, Robyn, Caro, and Nicole.BooksThe Long Call, Ann Cleeves, 2019. MacMillanHeaven Sent, Alan Carter, 2019. Fremantle Press.Night Boat to Tangier, Kevin Barry, 2019. Doubleday New YorkThe Night Fire, Michael Connelly, 2019. Allen & Unwin, Australia.Cold Case Investigations by Dr Xanthé Mallett, 2019. Pan Macmillan Australia.Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L Sayers, 1926. Hodder Books.The Man That Got Away by Lynne Truss, 2019. Raven Books, Bloomsbury.Dregs, Jörn Lier Horst, 2010, 2017 in Australia, Affirm PressClosed for Winter, Jörn Lier Horst, 2011, 2017 in Australia. Affirm PressThe Hunting Dogs, Jörn Lier Horst, 2012, 2017 in Australia, Affirm PressPodcastThe Clearing 2019.TVWisting, SBS DramaNewspaper‘The Star of Noir’ by Cameron Stewart, Weekend Australian Magazine. October 19-20, 2019
Virginia and Louise devote an entire episode to the wonderful writing of American novelist Ann Patchett. They discuss her skill at weaving momentous intergenerational sagas and her deft and intuitive understanding of familial relationships, marriages and siblings. Books – all by Ann PatchettThe Dutch House, 2019. Bloomsbury Publishing.The Magician’s Assistant, 1998. Harper CollinsCommonwealth, 2016. Harper Collins State of Wonder, 2001. Bloomsbury Publishing.Bel Canto, 2001. Harper Collins.The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates, 2019. One World, Penguin Random House.PodcastsHere’s The Thing – Alec Baldwin, WNYC Studios, New York Public RadioThe Daily – The New York TimesNewspapers#Your Right to Know CampaignThe Australian Newspaper – ‘Sources Scared into Silence’ by Hedley Thomas discusses his history with ‘Toni Hoffman’ the nurse who was the whistleblower in the case of Dr Jayant Patel, October 2019
Virginia and Louise journey to Russia minus the vodka and discuss a new best-seller set in the Cold War and a stolen manuscript, some Russian novels and the fate of dissidents who speak out against Mother Russia.The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott, 2019Dr Zhivago by Boris PasternakOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynPodcast:Putin, Prisoner of Power, Mischa Glenny, 2019, AudibleDisgraceland, Jake Brennan, true crime and musiciansNewspapers:New York Times, ‘Oleg Sentsov: Russian by Blood and Language, Ukrainian in Spirit’ by Andrew Higgins, Saturday Profile, 27 September 2019.Gulag Tourism, https://theculturetrip.com/europe/russia/articles/the-surprising-rise-of-gulag-holidays
Louise and Virginia catch up after Louise has been on holiday in New York. Louise has a great New York update, and the chat is about all things New York, iconic buildings, the United Nations General Assembly, a new stage production of Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the New York Public Library and its new storage system. They discuss a number of books set in America and some other things they’ve been enjoying.Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson, 2019. Published by Penguin Random House.Inland by Téa Obreht, 2019. Published by Hachette Australia.The Other Americans by Laila Lalami, 2019. Published by Penguin Random House.Three Women by Lisa Taddeo, 2019. Published by Bloomsbury.The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates, 2019. Published by One World.Built by Tom McKendrick and Elliot Langdon, 2019. Published by Fremantle Press.PodcastThe Open Ears Project with Clemency Burton-Hill.NetflixAmerican Factory, 2019, documentaryUnbelievable, 2019, American Drama Miniseries
Louise and Virginia discuss several recent books written by Australian Indigenous writers. Louise talks about two excellent non-fiction books by Bruce Pascoe and Virginia talks about the recent releases by Melissa Lucashenko and Tara June Winch. They also talk about a few other things they’ve been diving into recently.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @les__livres__Song ‘Diving In’ - original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline - https://linktr.ee/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy MaherBooksDark Emu by Bruce Pascoe, 2014. Published by Magabala BooksYoung Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe, 2019. Published by Magabala BooksSalt by Bruce Pascoe, 2019. Published by Black Inc.Too Much Lip by Melissa Lukashenko, 2018. Published by University of Queensland PressThe Yield by Tara June Winch 2019. Published by Penguin Random HouseFilmsEmu Runner (2018), directed by Imogen Thomas.Hearts and Bones (2019), directed by Ben Lawrence.NetflixProhibition – Documentary seriesPodcastConversations – ABC RNPrepping for the apocalypse – bunkers, bullets and billionairesCinefestOZhttps://cinefestoz.com
Virginia and Louise reminisce about the books that were read to them as small children, and the books they read to themselves when they were young.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @les__livres__Song ‘Diving In’ - original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline - https://linktr.ee/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.BooksLittle Grey Rabbit series by Alison UttleyThe House at Pooh Corner by A A MilneHarry the Dirty Dog by Gene ZionTen Apples Up on Top by Dr Seuss.A Fly Went by Mike McClintock.Nancy Drew series by Carolyn KeeneThe Secret Seven series by Enid BlytonThe Famous Five series by Enid BlytonThe Five Find-outers series by Enid BlytonThe Borrowers by Mary NortonThe Borrowers Afield by Mary NortonThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahameThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlThe Railway Children by Edith NesbitAnne of Green Gables by L M MontgomeryLittle Women by L M AlcottPodcastTable Manners, Jessie Ware, Series 5 NYC Episode 2, Samin Nosrat99% Invisible - 2019Weeding is FundamentalPalaces for the PeopleNetflixSaltFatAcidHeat, Samin Nosrat 2019 Documentary
Louise and Virginia discuss a novel that explores dementia and exposes a 70 year old mystery, and a novel that touches on domestic abuse, as well as chatting about complex topics including caring for the aged, the collection and use of our personal data and the consequences of finding yourself a whistle blower.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @les__livres__Song ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy MaherBooksElizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey, 2014 published by HarperCollins.Whistle in the Dark by Emma Healey, 2018 published by Penguin Random House.Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss, 2018 published by Granta Publications.Being Mortal, Medicine and What Matters in the End, by Atul Gawande, 2014 published by Metropolitan BooksNetflixThe Great Hack (Documentary 2019)TED TalksTed.comCarole Cadwalladr – 2019 Facebook’s role in Brexit – and the threat to democracy.Carole Cadwalladr – 2019 It’s not about privacy, it’s about power.ABC iViewUtopia –TV series, Working Dog Productions, 2019PodcastStuff You Should Know – 2019, Petrichor, The Rubik’s Cube, Dead Bodies and Airline Codes,Louise’s Ginger cake recipe – David Herbert, Food editor, The Weekend Australian newspaper magazine: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/weekend-australian-magazine/ginger-syrup-cake-and-orange-and-hazelnut-madeleines/news-story/638eac62ef25e67ce7985519fd878ca0
Louise and Virginia discuss a number of books that delve into what it means to be a person of colour in America, and the issue of wrongful incarceration. They also talk about a secret religious group that wields considerable power in Washington, run by men only, and a few other things they’ve been diving into.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @les__livres__Song ‘Diving In’ - original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline -https://linktr.ee/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.BooksThe Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, 2019, published by Hachette.The Underground Railway by Colson Whitehead, 2016, published by Hachette.An American Marriage by Tayari Jones, 2018, published by Oneworld Publications.Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala, 2018, published by John Murray.Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, 2018, published by Houghton MifflinHarcourt Publishing.The Sellout by Paul Beatty, 2015, published by Oneworld Publications.SBS on Demand (Australia)Back to Life (TV series BBC1, 2019, 6 episodes)Bosch (TV series, Amazon Entertainment, Season 5, 2019)NetflixThe Family (Documentary 2019, 5 episodes)PodcastTwenty Thousand Hertz - 2016 Siri, 2017 Evolution of Accents, 2019 Stradivarius,Plants That Sing, Deaf Gain.Women’s Prize for Fiction – womensprizeforfiction.co.uk