Welcome to the another episode of Readers’ Co, where we nurture your reading culture.
In this episode, I’m joined by communication expert, writer, creative director, workshop curator and reader Reslane Lounici for a conversation challenging the way we see and treat books.
We explore the idea of “sanctifying” literature, why we put books on pedestals, and how that can hold us back from engaging with them. We talk about writing, annotating, and interacting with books as living objects, and the way books are marketed and consumed today.
A big thank you to Dojo Alger for hosting my podcast and supporting my mission to nurture a better reading culture. Check their instagram dojo_alger
Here’s a list of the books we discussed in the episode:
Daughter of the Moon Goddess – Sue Lynn Tan
The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
Le Maître et Marguerite – Mikhaïl Boulgakov
Nouvelles – Anton Tchekhov
Nous – Evgueni Zamiatine
Amine – Samir Toumi
Aménorrhée – Salah Haidar
Sorcières – Mona Chollet
Tristan Garcia (multiple works)
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind – Yuval Noah Harari
Bai’ Al-Hawa (بيع الهوى) – Jameel Nahra (جميل نهرا)
Noktat Ennour (نقطة النور) – Bahaa Taher (بهاء طاهر)
Salah Badis (multiple works)
Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro
Le sermon sur la chute de Rome – Jérôme Ferrari
Mémoires d’Hadrien – Marguerite Yourcenar
Frankenstein – Mary Shelley
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – Robert Louis Stevenson
The Museum of Innocence – Orhan Pamuk
Alda Merini (multiple works)
The Artist’s Way – Julia Cameron
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