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TBNT S05E07 (Re-release) | The Broken Earth Trilogy
In keeping with our August 2021 Book Challenge, we are re-releasing one of our favourite cli-fi reads, The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin. Being fantasy dorks, we dig deep into NK Jemisin's aw
TBNT Minisode 18 | 30 Dirty (August) Reads set by a Beach
Our August challenge is to read a book about climate change or a book set in the tropics. We decided to give you reads set near a beach (or sea or island) and as you can see we have interpreted it rat
TBNT S05E06 | Poisonous plants and witchery with Kalynn Bayron
We sat down for an interview with YA author Kalynn Bayron and talked about her new novel, This Poison Heart. It's got a gothic house, a secret garden, locked rooms and a girl who can control plants. '
TBNT S05E05 | Coping with Stuff and Rethinking: We discuss Think Again by Adam Grant
In these strange and challenging times, books like Think Again can be useful in making you embrace the things that you think are keeping you back from making change and moving on. Imposter syndrome (a
TBNT S05E04 | Keepers of Stories with Suffian Hakim
We had a little online LIVE event recently with Elaine from Lit Books and Singaporean author Suffian Hakim. We wished we were doing it at the bookstore and all of us felt a little bereft about it but
TBNT Minisode 17 | Novellas with a Dark Heart Part 2
This is part 2 of our 30 Dirty this month. We wanted to really get stuck into these brilliant novellas hence divided the show into two. This week we dive into the world of mer-people, enchanted forest
TBNT Minisode 16 | Novellas with a Dark Heart Part 1
We're a careening into the second half of 2021 and the July challenge is to read a book that has magical realism or a speculative fiction novella. As usual we narrowed it down and are bringing to you today Novellas that has a bit of a horror bent to...
TBNT S05E03 | Feminist Retellings in 3 Awesome Books
We're doing book chasers this week and it's all on feminist retellings - and we're looking into 3 books that go into Greek mythology, Norse mythology, and a famous Ballad. These books are debuts and are so good we can only curl up in envy even as we...
TBNT S05E02 | How Do You Live? The Most Charming Coming-of-Age Read
We sat down to discuss a wonderful translation of Genzaburo Yoshino's 1930's classic How Do You Live? This is one of Diana's best reads of 2021 so far, and once you've sat back and listened to this episode, you will understand why books like this are...
TBNT S05E01 | Project Hail Mary with author Andy Weir
It's the first episode of Season 5. Hello friends and book lovers we are back and this is our 100th episode! That's pretty amazing eh? And have we got a treat for you. This is an interview we did with sci-fi author Andy Weir and we had a good time...