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Summer reading highlights and what's to come in 2025
Wahoo! We're back with Season 2 of Booklover Banter. In our first episode of 2025 the team discuss the newly released Ockham Longlist, what they've been reading over the summer and what they are looking forward to in the year to come. You'll want a notebook and pen (or notes on your phone) handy because we talk about A LOT of great books.Books mentioned in this podcast:The Mires by Tina MakeretiDelirious by Damien WilkinsThe Axeman's Carnival by Catherine ChidgeyUnreel by Diana WichtelFeijoa by Kate EvansIn the Half Light of a Dying Day by CK SteadFox Spirit on a Distant Cloud by Lee MurrayThree Days in June by Anne TylerWild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghyGood Dirt by Charmaine WilkersonDream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieNesting by Roisin O'DonnellThe Boy from the Sea by Garrett CarrThe Women by Kristin HannahThe Postcard by Anne BerestCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseThe Pool by Hannah TunnicliffeRaising Hare by Chloe DaltonMemorial Days by Geraldine BrooksThe Secrets of Maiden Cove by Erin PalmisanoSorrow Spring by Olivia Isaac HenryOne Dark Night by Hannah RichellWhen the Deep Dark Bush Swallows You Whole by Geoff ParkesDog Man series by Dave PilkeyInkbound by Philippa LeathleyGhostlines by Katya BalenCrookhaven series by J J ArcanjoSkandar series by A F SteadmanNovacene by James LovelockHow to Feed the World by Vaclav SmilThe Serviceberry by Robyn Wall KimmererThe Abundant Garden by Niva and Yotam KayLifeStyled: Your Guide to a More Organised and Intentional Life by Shira GillSunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne CollinsAtmosphere by Taylor Jenkins ReidGreat Big Beautiful Life by Emily HenryKatabasis by RF KuangTwist by Colum McCann38 Londre St by Philippe Sands
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Booklover Bumper Episode: 2024 Wrapped!
This is a bumper episode where we reflect on the year that was 2024. Hear about our top ten bestsellers, our favourite books, the highlights, the challenges and the joys of being booksellers. There's laughing, there's screaming, there's Christmas lights and music and...well, cockroaches.Books mentioned in this episode:Place of Tides by James RebanksTable for Two by Amor TowlesTell Me Everything by Elizabeth StroutAll the Colours of the Dark by Chris WhitakerTomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinDusk by Robbie ArnottThe Husbands by Holly GramazioJuice by Tim WintonThe Songbirds of Florence by Olivia SpoonerMoon Road by Sarah LeipcigerThe Last Secret Agent by Pippa Latour/Jude DobsonYou Are Here and One Day by David NichollsOrbital by Samantha HarveyJames by Percival EverettLola in the Mirror by Trent DaltonThe Women by Kristin HannahThe Space Between by Lauren KeenanPrecipice by Robert HarrisAll Fours by Miranda JulyDays of Innocence and Wonder by Lucy TreloarNorth Woods by Daniel MasonBecause All Fades by Freddie GilesMaurice and Maralyn by Sophie ElmhirstPlayground by Richard PowersThe City and its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami17 Years Later by JP PomareEden Undone by Abbott KahlerCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseRuby Loud Mouse by Alice PearceWell Woman by Dr Frances PitsilisMarry Me in Italy by Nicky PellegrinoLioness by Emily PerkinsThe Wild Robot by Peter BrownRunt by Craig SilveySmall Things Like These by Claire KeeganKlara and the Sun by Kazuo IshiguroThe Road Trip by Beth O'LearyHere One Moment by Liane MoriartyWild Dark Shore & Once there Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghyThe Postcard by Anne BerestThe Heart's Invisible Furies by John BoynePachinko by Min Jin LeeDelirious by Damien WilkinsThe Kill Factor by Ben OliverDivine Rivals by Rebecca RossThe Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly JacksonNexus by Yuval Noah HarariThe Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellThe Knowledge Gene by Lynne KellyThe Horse by Timothy Winegard
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Olivia chats about her new book The Songbirds of Florence
Olivia chats with Rachel and Laura about her new book The Songbirds of Florence. Find out about her research, the editing process, why the title changed and plenty more...
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The Booklover team are together talking books, books and more books!
Liv, Rach and Laura talk about books, books and more books: what they've read, what they are excited to read, book covers, book embargoes. Plus hear about what they've been watching, superstitions, pick-up lines and so much more...Books mentioned in this podcast:Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth StroutDeath at the Sign of the Rook by Kate AtkinsonGabriel's Moon by William BoydJames by Percival EverettThe Safekeep by Yael van der WoudenThe Sanatorium, The Retreat and The Wilds by Sarah PearseDeath at the Sanatorium by Ragnar JonassonHere One Moment by Liane MoriartyIntermezzo by Sally RooneyThe Instrumentalist by Harriet ConstablePrecipice by Robert HarrisMarry Me in Italy by Nicky PellegrinoA Very French Affair by Maria HoyleEntitlement and Leave the World Behind by Rumaan AlamThe Mighty Red by Louise ErdrichJuice by Tim WintonThere Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif ShafakTime of the Child by Niall WilliamsThe Alaska Sanders Affair by Joel DickerThe City and its Uncertain Walls by Haruki MurakamiThe Wild Robot by Peter BrownRunt and Honeybee by Craig SilveyThe Age of Enchantment: The Chronicles of Whetherwhy by Anna JamesHolmes and Moriarty by Gareth RubinFilms/TV series mentioned in this episode:Emily in ParisMaxton HallThe Wild RobotRunt
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Live Interview with Ruth Shaw at The Booksellers Conference
In this deeply personal and emotion-filled chat, Olivia talks with Ruth Shaw live on stage during the recent NZ Booksellers Conference held at the Crown Plaza in Auckland. They discuss what life is like being both an author and a bookseller and Ruth reveals what she is writing next plus plenty more.Books by Ruth Shaw mentioned in this episode:The Bookseller at the End of the WorldBookshop Dogs
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