Monocle Radio Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Birnam Wood
Eleanor Catton
Meet the Writers: Celebrated New Zealand novelist Eleanor Catton sits down with @georginagodwin to talk about her action-packed psychological thriller ‘Birnam Wood’ https://t.co/mu03a3dtbk
Paperback, 2024
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Rosewater
LIV Little
Konfekt Korner: Liv Little, founder of ‘Gal-dem’, discusses her captivating debut novel, ‘Rosewater’, published by @dialoguebooks https://t.co/ZKf3fy0bY1
Hardcover, 2023
$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Why We Play: How to find joy and meaning in everyday life
Joanna Fortune
On Monocle Reads: @georginagodwin speaks to psychotherapist Joanna Fortune about her latest book, ‘Why We Play’ https://t.co/UMbk4uDR0C
Paperback, 2022
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Arrangements in Blue: Notes on Loving and Living Alone
Amy Key
On Monocle Reads: @georginagodwin speaks to poet and essayist @msamykey about her beautiful new memoir ‘Arrangements in Blue: Notes on Love and Making a Life’. https://t.co/gPrWuUwXkn https://t.co/21N9ypzVDd
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cursed Bread
Sophie Mackintosh
Meet the Writers: Sophie Mackintosh @fairfairisles tells @georginagodwin about how speaking Welsh has influenced her writing, her first stories on her grandad’s computer, and her latest novel ‘Cursed Bread’, a darkly sexual tale about power and desire. https://t.co/0ShudRHGra
Paperback, 2024
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Glory
Noviolet Bulawayo
Meet the Writers: @GeorginaGodwin meets NoViolet Bulawayo, whose new novel ‘Glory’ tells the story of dashed hopes, corruption and greed after the fall of a dictator. https://t.co/j9J6OuZ2b5
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Surrounded by Narcissists: How to Effectively Recognize, Avoid, and Defend Yourself Against Toxic People (and Not Lose Your Mind) [The Surrounded
Thomas Erikson
On Monocle Reads: @georginagodwin speaks to Thomas Erikson, a behavioural expert and the bestselling author of ‘Surrounded by Idiots’, about his latest book, ‘Surrounded by Narcissists’. https://t.co/gPrWuUwXkn
Hardcover, 2022
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Well Documented: The Essential Documentaries That Prove the Truth Is More Fascinating Than Fiction
Ian Haydn Smith
We speak with Ian Haydn Smith on his new book ‘Well Documented’, a celebration of documentaries. Plus Sudan’s first fashion zine ‘REVout’ and ‘The Bozeman Daily Chronicle’ https://t.co/ehjgeOJJTi
Hardcover, 2022
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution
Tania Branigan
Monocle Reads: @georginagodwin speaks to The Guardian’s foreign leader writer @taniabranigan about her new book, ‘Red Memory:Living, Remembering and Forgetting China’s Cultural Revolution’. https://t.co/dhuiLJLUSl
Hardcover, 2023
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Last White Man
Mohsin Hamid
Monocle on Culture: International best-selling novelist Mohsin Hamid joins Robert Bound in the studio to discuss his new novel, ‘The Last White Man’. https://t.co/Q6ZvaWcIN2
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book