Welcome to episode 9, where Alice and I chat recent and current reads, and share our thoughts on chick lit, diets and our experience at the Hay-on-Wye Literary Festival. I use the word bullshit a lot. BMI makes me angry. Soz. If you have any questions or ideas for future episodes please contact us on Twitter @bookcastclub or by email.
Books mentioned in this episode:
We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
Double Fault - Lionel Shriver
Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud - Anne Helen Petersen
Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng
Body Positive Power - Megan Jayne Crabbe
About Grace - Anthony Doerr
Everything I Know About Love - Dolly Alderton
Belonging: The Story of the Jews 1492–1900 - Simon Schama
Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging - Afua Hirsch
The Century Girls: The Final Word from the Women Who've Lived the Past Hundred Years of British History - Tessa Dunlop
The Bletchley Girls - Tessa Dunlop
Links mentioned in this episode:
The Best Life Advice from 20 Fearless Women - The Pool
Hay Festival Player - access Hay talks and content. £10 for a year's subscription.
Dolly Alderton at Hay - subscription required.
Afua Hirsch at Hay - interviewed by Amy Ansell. Subscription required.
Tessa Dunlop at Hay - subscription required.
Laura Thomas - nutritionist, specialising in intuitive eating.
Past Mortem