Her Book Club: Recent Episodes
Ankita Sundriyal,Manjari Singh
In this episode, we talk about how Women In Translation month originated and the books we read to mark it, including The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, translated by Michele Hutchison. This dark and unsettling masterpiece is the winner of International Booker Prize, 2020. Listen to how we felt about the journey of 10-year-old grieving child, Jas and her cold and confined life on a cold farm in Netherlands.
Bontle Tau is a young woman in Johannesburg with a perfect 'Instagramable' life. A beautiful woman, she is spoilt by her lovers (three of them). She is sassy, funny and living the life but then something happens that makes her question her life. In this episode, we talk about Angela Makholwa's spectacular book, The Blessed Girl. Listen to us to know about the sugar daddy culture in South Africa and how Bontle falls into it.
In this episode, we talk about Indian writer, Shubhangi Swarup's sensational debut, Lattitudes Of Longing. Enjoy !
A discussion on Angie Cruz's heartwarming book, Dominicana, which was shortlisted for Women's Prize 2020. Enjoy !
A discussion of Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner, an award winning New York journalist. The book was longlisted for Womens's Prize for Fiction, 2020 and nominated for the John Leonard Prize, 2019.
A bonus episode on My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite, longlisted for Booker and shortlisted for Women's Prize for Fiction, 2019. It was also recently announced as the winner of the British Book Awards 2020 in the Crime and Thriller Book of the Year category.
Enjoy our discussion on our fourth pick from the longlist of Women's Prize for Fiction 2020- Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson!
We are back with our third pick, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara, once again one of the books that made it to the longlist of Women's Prize for Fiction, 2020. Hope you enjoy the discussion!
A discussion on Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams, our second pick from the long list of Women's Prize for Fiction, 2020.
For our first ever book discussion, we have picked Actress by Anne Enright. Tune in to know how Enright has explored a complicated mother-daughter relationship through the protagonist Norah and her actress-mother, Katherine.
This is the introduction to our series of podcasts on books by women writers. The next episode will be a review of Anne Enright's Actress. We hope you enjoy listening to the channel as much as we enjoy being a part of it!