Departures by Julian Barnes
Anna and Geoff discuss the 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction longlist, including Flashlight, The Correspondent and Audition. Some of the other long-listed books feature writers as characters, which gets us talking about turn-offs in novels. Our book of the week is DEPARTURE(S) by Julian Barnes. This i…
Seascraper by Benjamin Wood
Anna and Geoff discuss the 2026 International Booker Prize longlist. We're intrigued by Women Without Men: A novel of Modern Iran by Shahrnush Parsipur translated by Faridoun Farrokh and The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran by Shida Bazyar translated by Ruth Martin. Our book of the week is SEASCRAPER by …
"Seascraper" by Benjamin Wood
Benjamin Wood has written four very different novels that explore the creative process and relationships between parents and children. His fifth novel, Seascraper, is a vividly imagined, layered, and economical mediation on these themes, and it is full of surprises. From a very atmospheric descript…
Benjamin Wood: Seascraper
Benjamin Wood is the author of five novels, the first of which – called The Bellwether Revivals, was shortlisted for the 2012 Costa Book Awards and Commonwealth Book Prize. His fifth novel, Seascraper, won the Nero Book Award for fiction and was longlisted for both the Booker Prize and the Walter S…
7- The Reading Chatroom at the V&A Waterfront
Episode 7 | The Reading Chatroom at the V&A Waterfront ☕📚
Welcome back to The Reading Chatroom.
Emma (@swartemma) and Riley (@reimaginelit) are back together, chatting about the books currently living rent free in their heads.
In this episode we chat about:
• Seascraper by Benjamin Wood
• The We…
Episode 23 : Seascraper
In this weeks episode we talk about Seascraper by Benjamin Wood, a beautiful, atmospheric novel about responsibilities, traditions and ambition.
Set over a few weeks we follow Thomas as his perspectives and attitudes change when he meets the charismatic Edgar.
We also talk about the seaside whils…
Bazza's a bit famous
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WELCOME TO MATILDA RADIO
A weekly podcast from two mad Australians who gave up living the norm to live the dream //
This episode comes to you while sailing from Scilla, Calabria across to Vulcano on the Aeolian Islands!
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We ReRead Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
This week on He Read She Read® JP and Sarah are blasting off into outer space and deep-diving Taylor Jenkin-Reid’s latest novel Atmosphere. They discuss what they like and dislike about the commercial blockbuster and how they would rewrite the ending.
Recommendations:
Sarah recommended Great Circl…
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