Alex is joined by her husband, Rufus Martin, whilst Rhiannon is stunning the New Vic Theatre with her Mad Hatter adventures. Rufus asks Alex 50 (quite surprising) questions, including questions such as Best Book for Mowing the Lawn and Book You'd Wish People Would Shut Up About. A short but sweet episode about the books Alex has read over the last year (ish).
We are an accessible podcast so find transcripts in our linktree in our bio on our instagram @thegrandthunk. (We're a little behind on our transcripts but we will catch up soon!)
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See below for a full list of what we discuss:
Charlotte's Web by E B White
American Dirty by Jeanine Cummins
House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J Maas
Regarding the Pain of Others by Susan Sontag
The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste
Detransition, Baby by Torey Peters
The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Little Scratch by Rebecca Watson
Passing by Nella Larsen
Starve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi
Why I Write by George Orwell
Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
Pandora's Jar by Natalie Haynes
Braiding Sweet Grass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Trees by Percival Everett
Normal People by Sally Rooney
Story of Art (Without Men) by Katy Hessel
Wahala by Nikki May
Strandings by Peter Riley
Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
Hamnet by Maggie O' Farrell
The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
Giving Birth Like a Feminist by Milli Hill
Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Seeds, Sex and Civilisation by Peter Thompson
Such a Fun Age by Kiely Reid
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
The Inseparables by Simone de Beauvoir
Perfume by Patrick Suskind
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare
What Writer's Read edited by Pandora Sykes
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez
Letters to Nora by James Joyce
A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J Maas
Border Nation by Leah Cowan
Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier
Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan
Crust by Eliza Bacon
Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter
Wander Women: Tales of Transgression in a Bordered World by Alex Howlett and Alexandra Blanchard
