The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (Deep Dive) & March releases

02/28/25 • 50 min

This week, we deep dive into Liz Moore’s viral woodland thriller The God of the Woods - and we have opinions. We also talk about the new releases we’re looking forward to reading in March.

Recent reads

The Future by Catherine Leroux (translated by Susan Ouriou)

Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte

You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue (translated by Natasha Wimmer)

March 2025 releases

The Horse by Willy Vlautin

Show Don’t Tell and Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld

Universality by Natasha Brown

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This week, we deep dive into Liz Moore’s viral woodland thriller The God of the Woods - and we have opinions. We also talk about the new releases we’re looking forward to reading in March.

Recent reads

The Future by Catherine Leroux (translated by Susan Ouriou)

Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte

You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue (translated by Natasha Wimmer)

March 2025 releases

The Horse by Willy Vlautin

Show Don’t Tell and Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld

Universality by Natasha Brown

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Reading As an Act of Resistance

This week, we have a chat about why reading is an act of resistance and delve into the books we turn to during a crisis–whether climactic, sociological or existential. We also discuss our favourite reads for a complete escape.

Recent reads

Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers

The Long View by Elizabeth Jane Howard

Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen

Reading for resistance

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

The Young Team by Graeme Armstrong

A Personal Matter by Kenzaburō Ōe

The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid

For a crisis

Not the End of the World by Hannah Ritchie

On Freedom by Maggie Nelson

Eating Animals byJonathan Safran Foer

Surrender by Joanna Pocock

Orbital by Samantha Harvey

In the Distance by Hernan Diaz

Empireland and Empireworld by Sathnam Sanghera

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshanna Zubenoff

To escape

The Moomins and The Summer Book by Tove Janson

You Are Here by David Nicholls

Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny

Also mentioned in this episode:

NYRB Classics Challenge

Indigenous Reading Circle

The Galle Literary Festival

Faversham Literary Festival

Margate Bookie

The Margate Bookshop

Brick Lane Bookshop

Birchbark Books & Native Arts

Harbour Books (@harbourbooks)

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Our Favourite New York/London Novels

Join either side of the Atlantic as we dive into our favourite London/New York novels. It’s an episode full of stiff upper lips, demonic possessions, sociopaths, bedsits, alcoholic dollmakers, sassy parrots, and white asparagus. Plus we talk about our must visit NY-LON bookshops and reading spots, and we look ahead to new releases set in and around the Big Smoke and the Big Apple we can’t wait to read.

Recent reads

Universality by Natasha Brown

Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa (translated by Polly Barton)

Stories of Place:///zinc.level.blindfold edited by Niamh McAnally

Our Favourite NY-LON Novels

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The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon

The Vulnerables by Sigird Nunez

Look At Me by Anita Brookner

Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

There Are More Things by Yara Rodrigues Fowler

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