Melhores podcasts sobre Good Read (2024)

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Episode 212 - Author Spotlight with Juliet Grames 47:58

11d ago47:58

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Welcome to Episode 212!This episode is different from all of our previous shows because Emily was unexpectedly called out of town to attend her granddaughter’s birth! Baby Neena arrived three weeks early. She and her mom, Rachel, are doing great. And yes, Emily has already read a book to her, SPOT GOES TO THE FARM, by Eric Hill.Instead of recording…

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Shelley Davidow on love in Berlin and the creative urge in 'The Girl With the Violin' 20:23

15d ago20:23

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It's 1989 and for a young Jewish-Australian violinist, a scholarship to Berlin is the chance of a lifetime. Germany is on the verge of change as the wall is torn down, and Susanna is swept along by the tumultuous event. Under the careful guidance of Stefan Heinemeyer, her renowned violin teacher and the grandson of a Nazi, she begins a composition …

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Michael Robotham on twenty years of crime fiction and his new thriller, 'Storm Child' 18:55

17d ago18:55

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The most painful of Evie Cormac's memories have been locked away, ever since she was held prisoner as a child - a child whose rescue captured hearts and headlines. Forensic psychologist Cyrus Haven's mission is to guide her to something near normality. But today, on a British beach, seventeen bodies wash up in front of them. There is only one survi…

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Katherine Allum on her debut novel set in the American Southwest, 'The Skeleton House' 21:58

21d ago21:58

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Meg’s life is woven into the fabric of St. Stephens. It’s a tapestry made of two precious children, a hidden truth, and a husband whose ideas of a perfect wife do not match her own. When Meg puts her foot down on a third kid, gets a job, and is empowered by the same book group that was meant to keep her in her place, her marriage begins to disinteg…

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Yuot Alaak on an incredible journey in his memoir, 'Father of the Lost Boys' 20:31

22d ago20:31

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During the Second Sudanese Civil War, thousands of South Sudanese boys were displaced from their villages or orphaned in attacks from northern government troops. Many became refugees in Ethiopia. There, in 1989, teacher and community leader Mecak Ajang Alaak assumed care of the Lost Boys in a bid to protect them from becoming child soldiers. So beg…

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Episode 211 - Deep Dive Into Summer Reading 1:22:47

25d ago1:22:47

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We dove into summer with our first big Biblio Adventure of the season! It involved art by kids inspired by Emily Dickinson’s poem, “Hope is the thing with feathers,” lobster, a little free library, and Bank Square Books. A great day! In other Biblio Adventures, Emily went to see Ann Leary talk about her new essay collection, I’VE TRIED BEING NICE, …

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Dr Clare Bailey on enjoying the things you love to eat in 'The Fast 800 Keto Treats Recipe Book' 20:08

29d ago20:08

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In this enticing new cookbook, Dr Clare Bailey shows you how to create fabulous bakes, sweet treats and desserts with recipes that are low in sugar, high in protein yet irresistibly delicious!From family favourites such as brownies, cheesecakes and crumbles to healthy cupcakes and bite-size muffins, The Fast 800 Treats Recipe Book brings you sweet …

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Gerard McCann on the long unspoken truth of child sexual abuse in his memoir 'Anatomy of a Secret' 29:24

30d ago29:24

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As a boy, Gerard McCann was sexually abused by a Catholic priest at his local church. As a grown man, he confronts the trauma of what he suffered and the psychological aftermath of his experience, grappling with shame, guilt and the devastating impact it had on his family, relationships and sense of self. Despite what he endured, Gerard’s story is …

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Gerard McCann on the unspoken truth of child sexual abuse in his memoir 'Anatomy of a Secret' 29:24

30d ago29:24

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As a boy, Gerard McCann was sexually abused by a Catholic priest at his local church. As a grown man, he confronts the trauma of what he suffered and the psychological aftermath of his experience, grappling with shame, guilt and the devastating impact it had on his family, relationships and sense of self. Despite what he endured, Gerard’s story is …

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Julia Lawrinson on a life less ordinary in her memoir, 'How to Avoid a Happy Life' 23:21

1M ago23:21

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Some people are born into bad situations, some people have bad situations thrust upon them, and some people find bad situations through their dodgy choices, lack of information and personal idiosyncrasies. Julia’s life sits at the intersection of all three.From high school dropout on a psych ward to card-carrying lesbian on a motorbike, from enduri…

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Episode 210 - Getting Cozy with Our Mystery Man, John Valeri 1:45:19

1M ago1:45:19

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Welcome to Episode 210, where we have the pleasure of welcoming back Our Mystery Man, John Valeri! For those of you who are new to the Book Cougars, John is a frequent guest. He’s a reader, professional reviewer, and interviewer extraordinaire (check out his BookTube channel, CENTRAL BOOKING). John joins us to not only recommend some hot new myster…

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Episode 209 - Author Spotlight with Sara Paretsky 1:36:43

2M ago1:36:43

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Welcome to Episode 209! We were thrilled and honored to talk with New York Times bestselling author, mystery legend, and social justice advocate Sara Paretsky. We talk with Sara about her newly published novel, PAY DIRT, the 22nd installment in her V.I. Warshawski series, founding Sisters in Crime, and so much more. Don’t miss our conversation at t…

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Ben Miller on his illustrated fairytale mash-up, 'Diary of a Big Bad Wolf' 15:41

2M ago15:41

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Thrown out of the pack for being a weakling, Laurence the Wolf is down on his luck. He knows he’s strong, and brave, and cool, but nobody else seems to think so. What’s more, he’s STARVING. A clever plot to gobble up Little Red Riding Hood once and for all is foiled by all the creatures of the fairytale forest and just as things are getting despera…

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Nadia Wheatley on Charmian Clift's final, unfinished novel, 'The End of the Morning' 24:32

2M ago24:32

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During the years of the Great Depression, Cressida Morley and her eccentric family live in a weatherboard cottage on the edge of a wild beach. Outsiders in their small working-class community, they rant and argue and read books and play music and never feel themselves to be poor. Yet as Cressida moves beyond childhood, she starts to outgrow the pla…

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Episode 208 - Author Spotlight with Sara B. Franklin 1:33:17

2M ago1:33:17

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Welcome to Episode 208, which features a fantastic author spotlight with Sara B. Franklin. Her new biography, THE EDITOR: HOW PUBLISHING LEGEND JUDITH JONES SHAPED CULTURE IN AMERICA, is a must-read. It is not hyperbole to say that everyone reading and eating today has been touched by Judith Jones’s work, and Franklin’s writing is a delight to read…

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Episode 207 - Spotlight with Author & Rare Book Dealer Rebecca Romney 1:46:16

3M ago1:46:16

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Welcome to Episode 207. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to talk with rare book dealer and author Rebecca Romney. Her first book was PRINTER’S ERROR: Irreverent Stories from Book History, and she made a significant contribution to the world of romance fiction with her collection, THE ROMANCE NOVEL IN ENGLISH: A Rare Book Survey, 1769-1999. Y…

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Episode 206 - Author Spotlight with Rebecca Rego Barry 1:37:21

3M ago1:37:21

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Welcome to Episode 206 where we have a fantastic conversation with Rebecca Rego Barry, author of THE VANISHING OF CAROLYN WELLS: Investigations into a Forgotten Mystery Author. One reviewer referred to Barry’s book as a “process biography.” It is true, Barry takes you along on her investigation into the life of Carolyn Wells who, it turns out, wrot…

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Anne Buist and Graeme Simsion on a mental health story of heart and humour, 'The Glass House' 27:30

3M ago27:30

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Psychiatry registrar Doctor Hannah Wright, a country girl with a chaotic history, thought she had seen it all in the emergency room. But that was nothing compared to the psychiatric ward at Menzies Hospital. Hannah must learn on the job in a strained medical system, as she and her fellow trainees deal with the common and the bizarre, the hilarious …

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Episode 205 - Author Spotlight with Yulin Kuang 1:35:11

4M ago1:35:11

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Welcome to Episode 205! April is National Poetry Month and we are here for it. Emily is currently reading YOU ARE HERE: Poetry in the Natural World, a new anthology edited by Ada Limón, and Chris is reading BOATS FOR WOMEN by Sandra Yannone.Since our last episode, Chris finished listening to WAKE UP WITH PURPOSE! What I’ve Learned in my First Hundr…

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Kathy Lette on getting the better of the patriarchy in 'The Revenge Club' 21:28

4M ago21:28

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Matilda, Jo, Penny and Cressy are all women at the top of their game; so imagine their surprise when they start to be personally overlooked and professionally pushed aside by less-qualified men. Only they're not going down without a fight. Society might think the women have passed their amuse-by dates but the Revenge Club have other plans. After al…

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Dr Vanessa Pirotta dives into the mysterious world of whales in 'Humpback Highway' 23:42

4M ago23:42

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Acclaimed wildlife scientist Vanessa Pirotta has been mugged by whales, touched by a baby whale and covered in whale snot. In Humpback Highway, Pirotta dives beneath the surface to reveal the mysterious world of humpback whales — from their life cycle and the challenges humans present, to why whale snot and poo are important for us and the ocean. P…

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Episode 204 - Author Spotlight with Allison Pataki 1:24:00

4M ago1:24:00

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We begin Episode 204 with the announcement of our second quarter readalong in our year of reading romance and end with a delightful conversation with author Allison Pataki about her fabulous new novel, FINDING MARGARET FULLER.Since our last episode, Emily has continued with her intention of reading a short story every Monday. She read “Lot” by Brya…

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Sydel Sierra on the power of cryptocurrencies and how to invest the right way in, 'All Time High' 26:31

4M ago26:31

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'All Time High' is a comprehensive guide on how to enter the cryptocurrency market as a complete beginner and to prosper. Cryptocurrencies have the power to radically transform not only our financial lives, but our personal freedom, sovereignty and mindset. Powered by blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies offer a new way for investors to create w…

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Candice Fox on disrupting the hero trope in her latest thriller, Devil's Kitchen 20:28

4M ago20:28

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For years the firefighters of New York’s Engine 99 have rushed fearlessly into hot zones, saving countless lives and stopping devastating blazes in their tracks. They’ve also stolen millions from banks, jewellery stores and art galleries. With their inside knowledge and specialist equipment, they’ve become the most successful heist crew on the East…

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Candice Fox on disrupting the hero trope in her latest thriller, 'Devil's Kitchen' 20:28

4M ago20:28

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For years the firefighters of New York’s Engine 99 have rushed fearlessly into hot zones, saving countless lives and stopping devastating blazes in their tracks. They’ve also stolen millions from banks, jewellery stores and art galleries. With their inside knowledge and specialist equipment, they’ve become the most successful heist crew on the East…

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Rachael Johns on love, romance and the power of books in 'The Other Bridget' 18:07

4M ago18:07

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Named after a famous fictional character, librarian Bridget Jones was raised on a remote cattle station, with only her mother’s romance novels for company. Now living alone in Fremantle, Bridget is a hopeless romantic. She also believes that anyone who doesn’t like reading just hasn’t met the right book yet, and that connecting books to their reade…

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Julie Janson on the dangerous lives of Aboriginal women in colonial New South Wales in 'Compassion' 19:29

5M ago19:29

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Compassion continues Julie Janson’s emotional and intense literary exploration of the complex and dangerous lives of Aboriginal women during the 1800s in colonial New South Wales, which she began in Benevolence as a counter narrative to colonial history in Australian literature. Compassion is the dramatised life story of one of Julie Janson’s ances…

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Episode 203 - Romance Readalong with INDIGO by Beverly Jenkins 1:12:27

5M ago1:12:27

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Welcome to Episode 203! Some highlights of this episode: Emily dives into the pages of THE FROZEN RIVER by Ariel Lawhon and the delicious world of baking with THE COOKIE THAT CHANGED MY LIFE cookbook by Nancy Silverton and Carolynn Carreno. Meanwhile, Chris is back in high school with Jenna Miller's new sapphic YA romance, WE GOT THE BEAT. Emily de…

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Nam Le on his new book of poetry, '36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem' 26:18

5M ago26:18

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'36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem', is a book-length poem that is an urgent, unsettling reckoning with identity and the violence of identity, embedded with racism, oppression and historical trauma. But it also addresses the violence in those assumptions – of being always assumed to be outside one’s home, country, culture or language. And the co…

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Nam Le on his new book of poetry, '36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem' 26:19

5M ago26:19

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36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem is a book-length poem that is an urgent, unsettling reckoning with identity and the violence of identity, embedded with racism, oppression and historical trauma. But it also addresses the violence in those assumptions – of being always assumed to be outside one’s home, country, culture or language. And the compl…

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Episode 202 - Author & Editor Spotlight with Jessica Pryde 1:23:57

5M ago1:23:57

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Welcome to Episode 202 of the Book Cougars, featuring an Author and Editor Spotlight with Jessica Pryde.Chris and Emily are enjoying and learning from Jess’s ground-breaking anthology, BLACK LOVE MATTERS: REAL TALK ON ROMANCE, BEING SEEN, AND HAPPILY EVER AFTERS. Thanks to listener Katie for putting this book on our radar.We’re both currently immer…

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David Goodwin on working at the coal-face of retail in 'Servo: 'Tales from the Graveyard Shift' 19:12

5M ago19:12

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Most of us have done our time in the retail trenches, but service stations are undoubtedly the frontline, as Melburnian David Goodwin found out when he started working the weekend graveyard shift at his local servo.From his very first night shift, David absorbed a consistent level of mind-bending lunacy, encountering everything from giant shoplifti…

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Mariah Sweetman on the thrilling story of her great-great grandfather in 'Robert Runs' 16:11

5M ago16:11

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Robert ‘Goupong’ Anderson, was once the fastest man in Australia and world-record holder. Goupong, his little sister Dot, and his best friend Jonathan belong to the Ugarapul people, the Green Tree Frog tribe, and live with their families and others within the harsh confines of the Deebing Creek Mission – a place run by the malevolent Boss Man.Goupo…

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Alecia Simmonds on love and marriage in 'Courting: An Intimate History of Love and the Law' 34:07

5M ago34:07

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Until well into the twentieth century, heartbroken men and women in Australia had a legal redress for their suffering: jilted lovers could claim compensation for 'breach of promise to marry'. Hundreds of people, mostly from the working classes, came before the courts, and their stories give us a tantalising insight into the romantic landscape of th…

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