Literary Friction Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Literary talk show on @NTSlive with a different theme each month. Hosted by Carrie Plitt and Octavia Bright. Available on all major podcast platforms.
Weather
Jenny OffillLiterary FrictionOur latest show, Obligatory Note Of Hope, w/ Jenny Offill is ready in your podcast app. Her new novel Weather is an insightful meditation on how regular humans process catastrophe - suddenly extra relevant - but also how to find hope in the dark, which we are v into right now ✨ https://t.co/EmrnRJQ7ml
Paperback, 2021
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Book of Goose
Yiyun LiLiterary FrictionOur latest show is dedicated to deception, in honour of Yiyun Li’s latest, The Book of Goose. It explores a literary hoax, intense teenage friendship, authenticity, cruelty, life in postwar France & so much more, and we loved talking to Yiyun. Available now wherever you listen 💜 https://t.co/wAsJxQWL6G
Paperback, 2023
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Feminist Killjoy Handbook: The Radical Potential of Getting in the Way
Sara AhmedLiterary FrictionToday at 11am on @NTSlive, join us & writer & scholar @SaraNAhmed to talk abt her brilliant new book, The Feminist Killjoy Handbook. Tune in to find out more abt the feminist killjoy - how she can be companion & instructor in the fight for equality, plus usual recs & lots more! https://t.co/CprXfYluvv
Hardcover, 2023
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lost Children Archive
Valeria LuiselliLiterary FrictionOur show all about migration in literature is now ready in your podcast app 🎧🔥 We spoke to award-winning author @ValeriaLuiselli about her brilliant latest novel, Lost Children Archive, how to write from a child’s perspective, and lots more. Enjoy! https://t.co/84Fqu5s7p2… https://t.co/yFCf92iKoY
Paperback, 2020
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Either/Or
Elif BatumanLiterary FrictionToday at 10am on @NTSlive & now on the podcast: an author special with Elif Batuman, who joined Carrie to talk abt her hilarious 2nd novel Either/Or. In this extended interview, they talk political novels, snobberies about storytelling, the allure of the '90s, & more. Enjoy! 💜 https://t.co/wtVf6LEUB4
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Brothers
Ted Van LieshoutLiterary FrictionWe’ll be on @NTSlive in half an hour with a show all about BROTHERS in literature, in honour of our guest Claire Adam and her brilliant debut novel, Golden Child - a thoughtful tale of brotherly love and hard choices set in Trinidad. Tune in, don’t cop out #goldenchild https://t.co/oDR9qqzvpB
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Memoirs: A collection of short stories
MahiLiterary FrictionToday at 4pm on @NTSlive tune in for our show all about MEMOIRS, where we interviewed the brilliant force that is @viv_albertine about her powerful second book #tothrowawayunopened. We also confess some things, and Carrie has a hangover (v punk rock🤘) Don’t miss it! https://t.co/Qr223zFHmO
Paperback, 2020
$5.99$2.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Adaptation
C. L. ForsLiterary FrictionToday at 12pm on @NTSlive, tune in for our show about ADAPTATION. Joining us is @niven_govinden whose gorgeous novel, Diary Of A Film, takes us into the mind of an auteur director as he wanders the streets of an Italian town, thinking about his life and his work. Don’t miss it! https://t.co/CGmIzGKXAU
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Annie John
Jamaica KincaidLiterary FrictionTo celebrate their 50th anniversary, @picadorbooks are running a competition in which you can win ALL OF THIS - a couple of each of our favourite Picador Collection titles, Jamaica Kincaid’s Annie John, PLUS one of our delightfully sturdy, sustainably produced tote bags 💜 https://t.co/3Xzdyn7ENS
Paperback, 2024
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Axiomatic
Maria TumarkinLiterary Friction@RebTamas Axiomatic by Maria Tumarkin (on how past and present relate to one another / trauma & time / memory & culture)
Paperback, 2019
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book