
Join Amanda and Joseph as they set out to excavate Land, Maggie O’Farrell’s latest historical novel and family drama which is set in 1860s Ireland, a decade after the Great Famine. Plus, as always they chat about what they've been reading recently and what they hope to pick up next. Bookish NewsChildren’s Booker PrizeFrank Cottrell-Boyce @frank_cottrellboyceWide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysThe Bookshop by Penelope FitzgeraldBeast in View by Maragert MillarMrs Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth TaylorGreat Granny Webster by Caroline Blackwood@herrealtakeRecent ReadsThe Finest Hotel in Kabul by Lyse Doucet @lyse.doucetHer Majesty’s Royal Coven series by Juno Dawson @junodawsonParallel Lives: A Love Story from a Lost Continent by Iain PearsSelected Books of Maggie O’Farrell @maggieofarrellofficialThe Vanishing Act of Esme LennoxInstructions for a HeatwaveThis Must Be the Place Hamnet The Marriage Portrait LandWhat We’re Reading NextThe Odyssey, directed by Christopher Nolan @theodysseymovieCrossing The Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature by Emily WilsonI Want You To Be Happy by Jem CalderCurious Readers is mixed by the incredibly talented James Whiting @fishislandstudio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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