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Vagabondi - Libri erranti per lettori curiosiConsigli di lettura da portare in valigiaIn questo episodio risponderemo ai vostri messaggi di Instagram consigliandovi tanti libri per viaggiare in tutto il mondo. Con Giulio Passerini, Emanuela Anechoum, Lucrezia Lazzari e Diego Vitali.I libri citati in questo episodio sono:Ioanna Karistiani, Mille Sospiri (Grecia)Sophia Mavroudis, Stavros (Grecia)Ahmet Altan, Come la ferita di una spada (Turchia)Pedro Juan Gutiérrez, Trilogia sporca dell’Avana (Cuba)Cheon Myeong-Kwan, Whale (Corea del Sud)Ysra, L'era del figliarcato (Corea del Sud)Kiko Amat, Il segreto di Amador (Spagna)Su Bristow, Pelle di foca (Scozia)AA. VV. Proteggi le mie parole (Russia)Matt...2025-07-3150 minVagabondi - Libri erranti per lettori curiosiMatrimoni tra malefici e malefatte. C.L. Polk, Catherine Chidgey e John WiswellIn questo episodio di Vagabondi, il podcast delle Edizioni E/O, parleremo di romanzi con al centro famiglie e matrimoni, con Giulio Passerini, Lucrezia Lazzari e Chiara Reali.I libri citati in questo episodio sono: Il nido di Catherine Chidgey, dal 28 maggio in libreria.Il patto di mezzanotte di C.L. Polk dal 16 luglio in libreria.Qualcuno in cui fare il nido di John Wiswell, dal 20 novembre 2024 in libreria. Montaggio di Diego Vitali.Grafica di Ginevra Rapisardi.Facci sentire la tua voce! Per idee, domande o richieste puoi scriverci a:comunicazione@ed...2025-07-1719 min
In My Good BooksInterview with author Chris BridgesSusie interviews Chris Bridges, the author of 'Sick to Death', a psychological thriller that explores themes of invisible illness and moral complexity. Chris shares insights into his writing process, character development, and the importance of accurately portraying illness in fiction. The discussion also touches on the public reception of his work, the challenges of writing a second book, and recommendations for other literary works that address similar themes.Books recommended in this episode:The Night Lagoon by Jo MoreyThe Unwilding by Marina KempThe Darkest Night by...2025-07-1544 min
Read ThisYou Should Be Reading Catherine ChidgeyCatherine Chidgey is wildly underread in Australia. The multi-award winning New Zealand writer has written nine novels and her latest, The Book of Guilt, was described as “compulsively readable” by The Guardian. This week, Michael sits down with Catherine for a discussion about why WWII continues to hold the public’s imagination, how she plans out her books, and which contemporary New Zealand writers we should all be reading. Reading list: In a Fishbone Church, Catherine Chidgey, 1998 The Wish Child, Catherine Chidgey, 2016 Remote Sympathy, Catherine Chidgey, 2020 Pet, Catherine Chidgey, 2023 The Book of Guilt, Catherine Chidgey, 2025 You can find these books and all...2025-06-2533 min
Nothing is Wrong with You - Book PodcastI’ll never be able to read this bookWelcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast.Today, we discuss Ocean Vuong’s award-winning novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous and how sometimes even when a book is gorgeous, our lives do not allow us the space to experience it. Join us as we talk about what we bring to books when we read them, and how sometimes even the best book isn’t the best for us.Book we recommend - The Change by Kirsten MillerBooks Rebecca is currently...2025-06-2541 min
Atlantic News HalifaxPeter Moreira of Entrevestor discusses his 2024 Start Up ReportPeter Moreira of Entrevestor discusses his 2024 Start Up Report for the Atlantic Canada business community.Peter's book recommendations:For Peter's novels on 1970's San Francisco go to PeterMoreira.comThe Axeman's Carnival By Catherine ChidgeyTomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow By Gabrielle ZevinKing of Ashes By S A Cosby 2025-06-2459 min
Book Friends ForeverThe Book of Guilt By Catherine Chidgey, Read By George Naylor and Alison Campbell (Audiobook Excerpt)In an alternate world where nobody won WWII, three brothers are the only boys left in an orphanage whose dark secret is the reason for their existence—and the key to their survival—from the acclaimed author of Pet.
After a very different outcome to WWII than the one history recorded, 1979 England is a country ruled by a government whose aims have sinister underpinnings and alliances. In the Hampshire countryside, 13-year-old triplets Vincent, Lawrence and William are the last remaining residents at the Captain Scott Home for Boys, where every day they must take medicine to protect themselves from a myst...2025-06-1704 min
The Book ShowCatherine Chidgey, Kevin Wilson and Josephine Rowe on history, travel and an almost saintNew Zealand author Catherine Chidgey asks, what if World War II had ended differently in her latest novel The Book of Guilt. Plus Kevin Wilson sends his characters on an American road trip in Run for the Hills and Australian author Josephine Rowe on her moving and slender novel, Little World.What if the second world war had ended differently? This idea and more are explored in Catherine Chidgey's latest novel The Book of Guilt which is set long after the end of the war in 1970s England. Catherine is a New Zealand writer best known for...2025-06-1553 min
The BookshelfReading James Joyce's Ulysses for Bloomsday (and new fiction galore)A guide to James Joyce from Irish writer Mary Morrissy, ahead of Bloomsday (16 June); New Zealand writer Becky Manawatu continues to explore howls of pain and compassion in her second novel, Kataraina; and magic realism in the boundaries between life and death, and Eastern Europe, in Helen Marshall's The Lady, the Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death. BOOKSJames Joyce, Ulysses (1922)Mary Morrissy, Penelope Unbound, Banshee PressBecky Manawatu, Kataraina, ScribeHelen Marshall, The Lady, the Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death, Titan Books(Keep s...2025-06-1200 min
Thoughts from a Page PodcastKelly Hooker - May's Real Time ReadingKelly Hooker joins me for the May Real Time Reading episode where we highlight our current, past, and upcoming reads.
Kelly’s Selections:
Last:
The Grand Paloma Resort by Cleyvis Natura
When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy
Now:
Four Mothers by Abigail Leonard
Silver Elite by Dani Francis
Next:
Far & Away by Amy Poeppel
Sunburned by Katherine Wood
DNFs or Didn't Like:
Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson
Book Mail Highli...2025-05-3159 min
Saturday Morning with Jack TameCatherine Raynes: The Book of Guilt and NightshadeThe Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey The first NZ-published book to hit number one this year. From the author of Pet. Set in England in 1979, identical 13-year-old triplets are part of a Government scheme where they're constantly monitored and medicated. Nightshade by Michael Connelly Los Angeles County Sheriff's Detective Stilwell has been 'exiled' to a low-key post, policing rustic Catalina Island, after department politics drove him off a homicide desk on the mainland. But while following up the usual drunk-and-disorderlies and petty thefts that come with his new territory, Detective Stilwell gets...2025-05-2404 minThe BookshelfSydney Writers' Festival: Top 100 Books launched with Alan Hollinghurst, Catherine Chidgey, Mariana Enriquez, Afra AtiqLive from Sydney Writers' Festival, and with an introduction by Emirate poet Afra Atiq, we bring together guests Catherine Chidgey, Mariana Enriquez and Alan Hollinghurst to discuss the most influential works in both fiction and non-fiction. From gripping novels that have captured our imaginations to thought-provoking non-fiction that has reshaped our understanding of the world, this event will celebrate the literary achievements that have defined the past quarter-century.BOOKS MENTIONEDALAN HOLLINGHURSTAlice Munro, Runaway David Szalay, All That Man Is Peter Carey, True History of the Kelly Gang Bryan Washington, Lot Claire Keegan, Small Things Like...2025-05-2355 min
The Radio 2 Book Club'The Book Of Guilt' by Catherine ChidgeySara welcomes author Catherine Chidgey to the Radio 2 Book Club. They discuss her new novel, 'The Book Of Guilt', which is an eerie, dark, chilling story set in England, in the late 1970s (but a slightly different England to what we know now) Catherine talks about her inspirations, the things she does in the name of research (going on a rollercoaster even though she's terrified of them) and how she created the unnerving feeling in her books. She also gives us some great book recommendations too! Remember you can join in...2025-05-1315 min
The Sunday Session with Francesca RudkinWhitcoulls Recommends: The Book of Guilt and The Good MistressThe Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey. Set in England in 1979, identical 13 year old triplets are part of a Government scheme where they’re constantly monitored and medicated. They’re overseen by Mothers Morning, Afternoon and Night who teach them from the Book of Knowledge, keep records in the Book of Dreams, and write up their misdemeanours in The Book of Guilt. There’s a slow, insidious creep to the narrative and when the Minister for Loneliness decides more social interaction would be good for them, they’re sent to visit a family who have secrets and a shocking connecti...2025-05-1104 min
The Booklover BanterLatest reads and the lost art of letter writingLiv and Laura talk about books they've read recently and discuss the Women's Prize for fiction shortlist. Laura also candidly shares her love of handwriting - whether it be writing in her diary, or sending letters and postcards. Join us for a lovely chat.Books mentioned in this podcast:The Paris Express by Emma DonoghueAlways Home, Always Homesick by Hannah KentThe Book of Guilt by Catherine ChidgeyPretty Ugly by Kirsty DunnWhen the Cranes Fly South by Lisa RidzenThe Persians by...2025-04-2936 minThe Booklover BanterBook chats and recs from the teamLiv, Rach and Laura are back to chat about what they've read, all the new releases they are excited about, and other random bookish musings including a debate on the category of chick-lit - to be or not to be...Books mentioned in this podcast:The Cafe with No Name by Robert Seethaler33 Brugmann Place by Alice AustenThe Mademoiselle Alliance by Natasha LesterSee How They Fall by Rachel ParisSwept Away by Beth O'LearyGreat Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry...2025-04-0135 min
Books in the Freezer - A Horror Fiction PodcastTeacher Horror with Quincy JaquezQuincy is back and we are talking the horrors of teaching with the books we are talking about today.
Class is in session
Books mentioned:
Apt Pupil by Stephen King
Confessions by Kanae Minato
Penance by Kanae Minato
Tampa by Alyssa Nutting
Pet by Catherine Chidgey
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing
Violent Faculties by Charlene Elsby
They Never Learn by Layne Fargo
"Descent" by Carmen Maria Machado
Battle Royale by Koushun Takami
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Shownotes: https://booksinthefreezer.com
Patreon: https://Pa...2025-02-251h 05The Booklover BanterSummer reading highlights and what's to come in 2025Wahoo! We're back with Season 2 of Booklover Banter. In our first episode of 2025 the team discuss the newly released Ockham Longlist, what they've been reading over the summer and what they are looking forward to in the year to come. You'll want a notebook and pen (or notes on your phone) handy because we talk about A LOT of great books.Books mentioned in this podcast:The Mires by Tina MakeretiDelirious by Damien WilkinsThe Axeman's Carnival by Catherine ChidgeyUnreel by Diana WichtelFeijoa by...2025-02-0441 min
Mostly FictionalEp. 93: Pam Basically Researched Herself into a Mood ReadMeanwhile, Hallie has no idea where her current read came from! Books mentioned, in order:She’s a Lamb by Meredith HambrockYellowface by RF KuangPet by Catherine ChidgeyThe Lost Girls by Sonia HartlTwilight by Stephenie MeyerPersuasion by Jane AustenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellMansfield Park by Jane AustenPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenGideon the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirThe Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi LeeSeven Deadly Sins: The Biology of Being Human by...2024-12-1849 min
Thoughts from a Page PodcastKelly Hooker - Our Top Reads of 2024In this episode, Kelly Hooker and I discuss our top reads of 2024.Our Top Shared Reads:First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston We Used to Life Here by Marcus KliewerKelly’s Remaining Selections: Mercury by Amy Jo BurnsEveryone but Myself by Julie ChavezDrinker of Ink by Shannon CastletonMrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame by Olivia FordNightwatching by Tracy SierraSoldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Trafficking by Jaso...2024-12-101h 13
Thoughts from a Page PodcastKelly Hooker - Our Favorite Books of July - October 2024In this episode, Kelly and I chat about our favorite books that published in July through early October 2024.Our shared top reads:The Wedding People by Alison Espach We Solve Murders by Richard Osman The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen LoigmanKelly’s remaining top reads:The Same Bright Stars by Ethan Joella Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder by Kerryn MayneThe Best Lies by David Ellis Worst Case Scenario by T.J. Newman Th...2024-11-2252 min
Experience Literature in a Whole New Way With Our Free AudiobookAxeman's Carnival Audiobook by Catherine ChidgeyListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 800362
Title: Axeman's Carnival
Author: Catherine Chidgey
Narrator: Nic Sampson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9:38:00
Language: English
Release date: 11-07-24
Publisher: W.F. Howes
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction
Summary:
WINNER OF THE JANN MEDLICOTT ACORN PRIZE FOR FICTION AT THE 2023 OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS
A dazzling portrayal of humanity and the natural world that perfectly balances violence and humor
Tama is just a helpless chick when he is rescued by Marnie, and this is where his story might have ended. If it keeps me awake, says Marnie's husband...2024-11-079h 38
Listen To A Uplifting Full Audiobook On Your Commute.The Axeman's Carnival by Catherine ChidgeyPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/800362to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Axeman's Carnival
Author: Catherine Chidgey
Narrator: Nic Sampson
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 12 minutes
Release date: November 7, 2024
Genres: Literary Fiction
Publisher's Summary:
WINNER OF THE JANN MEDLICOTT ACORN PRIZE FOR FICTION AT THE 2023 OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS A dazzling portrayal of humanity and the natural world that perfectly balances violence and humor Tama is just a helpless chick when he is rescued by Marnie, and this is where his story might have ended. “If it keeps me awake,” says Marnie's husband Rob, a farmer, “I'll have to wring...2024-11-079h 12Find Best-Selling Full Audiobooks in Literature, Literary FictionThe Axeman's Carnival by Catherine ChidgeyPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/800362to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Axeman's Carnival
Author: Catherine Chidgey
Narrator: Nic Sampson
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 12 minutes
Release date: November 7, 2024
Genres: Literary Fiction
Publisher's Summary:
WINNER OF THE JANN MEDLICOTT ACORN PRIZE FOR FICTION AT THE 2023 OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS A dazzling portrayal of humanity and the natural world that perfectly balances violence and humor Tama is just a helpless chick when he is rescued by Marnie, and this is where his story might have ended. “If it keeps me awake,” says Marnie's husband Rob, a farmer, “I'll have to wring...2024-11-079h 12
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Title: The Axeman's Carnival
Author: Catherine Chidgey
Narrator: Nic Sampson
Format: mp3
Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
Release date: 11-07-24
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 22 ratings
Genres: Animals
Publisher's Summary:
Tama is just a helpless chick when he is rescued by Marnie, and this is where his story might have ended. “If it keeps me awake,” says Marnie's husband Rob, a farmer, “I'll have to wring its neck.” But with Tama come new possibilities for the couple's future. Tama can speak, and his fame is growing. Outside, in the pines, his father w...2024-11-079h 12
Piedzīvot lappusesS06E07 Piedzīvot lappuses Jaunzēlandē ar Adele BroadbentVai esat gatavi sarunai no Baltās Mākoņu Zemes?Kristīne (IG @humpalasungramatas) sarunājas ar grāmatu autori, apskatnieci un grāmatu pārdevēju Adeli Brodbentu no Jaunzēlandes. Kā bērnos vairot lasītprieku? Cik viegli būt bērnu grāmatu autorei? Vai Jaunzēlandē aitu ir vairāk nekā cilvēku? Ietrenējiet ausi Kiwi akcenta klausīšanā, jo Adele, kā jau īsta grāmatniece, dos tonnām ieteikumu jaunas lasāmvielas uzmeklēšanai.Ieskaties Adeles mājaslapā https://whatbooknext.com/Ieskaties Adeles Instagram https://www.instagram.com/adelebroadbent.bo...2024-10-211h 07
Books UncoveredBooks Uncovered - 21-09-2024 - 07 - NZ Fiction - Catherine Chidgey and Fiona KidmanHolly & Bella discuss NZ authors Catherine Chidgey's - Pet. And Fiona Kidman's This Mortal Boy. Mixed in with some quirky book blurbs and events happening around the city.
Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin oar.org.nz2024-09-2122 min
Book Talk, etc.The Impact of Public Reading on Book BrowsingSend us a textIn Episode 164 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Hannah talk about the impact that public reading has had on their reading lives - especially as it pertains to browsing books at our local libraries, browsing the shelves at our local bookstores, and choosing which popular new releases we add to our overflowingTBR piles!If you enjoy our commercial-free podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon! Your membership will give you access to our exclusive bonus episodes, including Niche Novels, Books We DNFed and What's in the Mailbag! Plus, invites to monthly...2024-08-201h 04
Books Are My PeopleA Magpie Tells The Story with Catherine ChidgeyEpisode 129 of Books Are My People is sponsored by Let Gravity Seize the Dead by Darrin Doyle. This week, I speak with Catherine Chidgey, the award-winning author of The Axeman's Carnival and Pet. We talk about magpies and finding the perfect point of view for your novel. Books Recommended: The Axeman’s Carnival by Catherine ChidgeyJackie by Dawn TrippHORSE by Geraldine BrooksThe Grimalings by Rachel KingHUM by Helen PhillipsThe Natural Way of Things By Charlo...2024-08-1932 min
Reading GlassesEp 369 - Most Anticipated Books for August and September!Brea and Mallory talk about their most anticipated books for August and September, test out coaster bookmarks, and give advice for people who hate hardcovers. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Hello Comicswww.hellocomics.netCODE: GLASSESMiracle Madewww.trymiracle.com/GLASSESCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fm...2024-07-2537 min
Crime Time FMDARK DEEDS DOWN UNDER In Person With Special - Craig SistersonEmma Viskic, Dinuka McKenzie, Charity Norman & Helen Fitzgerald in conversation with Craig Sisterson. All contributed to the anthology DARK DEEDS DOWN UNDER 2. DARK DEEDS DOWN UNDER 2 features a cohort of criminally good Australian and New Zealand crime and mystery writers. Once again we have a mix of legendary figures, award-winners, bestsellers, and an array of fresh perspectives and rising stars. Spend time with 22 of your favourite Aussie and Kiwi authors and characters, and meet some cracking new heroes and antiheroes - all while you travel the urban and r...2024-07-2556 min
Experience Your Day With A Inspiring Full Audiobook.Pet by Catherine ChidgeyPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/783937to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Pet
Author: Catherine Chidgey
Narrator: Natalie Beran
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 35 minutes
Release date: July 18, 2024
Genres: Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
'FAULTLESS.' ?The Guardian *** 'A SLY PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER.' ?The Observer Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic new teacher and longs to be her pet. However, when a thief begins to target the school, Justine's sense that something isn't quite right grows ever stronger. With each twist of the plot, this gripping story of deception and the corrosive power of...2024-07-189h 35Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspensePet by Catherine ChidgeyPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/783937to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Pet
Author: Catherine Chidgey
Narrator: Natalie Beran
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 35 minutes
Release date: July 18, 2024
Genres: Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
'FAULTLESS.' ?The Guardian *** 'A SLY PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER.' ?The Observer Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic new teacher and longs to be her pet. However, when a thief begins to target the school, Justine's sense that something isn't quite right grows ever stronger. With each twist of the plot, this gripping story of deception and the corrosive power of...2024-07-189h 35
Listen to Best Free Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspensePet by Catherine ChidgeyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/783937 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pet Author: Catherine Chidgey Narrator: Natalie Beran Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: July 18, 2024 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: 'FAULTLESS.' ?The Guardian *** 'A SLY PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER.' ?The Observer Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic new teacher and longs to be her pet. However, when a thief begins to target the school, Justine's sense that something isn't quite right grows ever stronger. With each twist of the plot, this gripping story of deception and the corrosive power...2024-07-1803 min
Experience Literature in a Whole New Way With Our Free AudiobookPet Audiobook by Catherine ChidgeyListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 783937
Title: Pet
Author: Catherine Chidgey
Narrator: Natalie Beran
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9:35:22
Language: English
Release date: 07-18-24
Publisher: W.F. Howes
Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense
Summary:
'FAULTLESS.' ?The Guardian *** 'A SLY PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER.' ?The Observer
Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic new teacher and longs to be her pet. However, when a thief begins to target the school, Justine's sense that something isn't quite right grows ever stronger. With each twist of the plot, this gripping...2024-07-189h 35
Listen To: This Sensational Full Audiobook For Busy Professionals.Pet by Catherine ChidgeyPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/142165to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Pet
Author: Catherine Chidgey
Narrator: Natalie Beran
Format: mp3
Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
Release date: 07-04-24
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 13 ratings
Genres: Coming of Age
Publisher's Summary:
Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic new teacher and longs to be her pet. However, when a thief begins to target the school, Justine's sense that something isn't quite right grows ever stronger. With each twist of the plot, this gripping story of deception and the corrosive power of guilt takes a...2024-07-049h 35
Crime Time FMLAURA SIMS In Person With PaulLAURA SIMS chats to Paul about her new novel HOW CAN I HELP YOU, libraries, the discipline of poetry, HOW CAN I HELP YOU: No one knows Margo's real name. Her colleagues and patrons at a small-town public library only know her middle-aged normalcy, congeniality and charm. They have no reason to suspect that she is, in fact, a former nurse with a trail of countless premature deaths in her wake. She has turned a new page, so to speak, and the library is her sanctuary, a place to quell old...2024-07-0242 min
Not Quite Write InterviewsInterview with Catherine Chidgey at Words on the Waves 2024 (#4)Ed and Amanda chat with critically acclaimed literary author, Catherine Chidgey, as she prepares for the Strange Creatures panel at the Words on the Waves Writers Festival. Catherine shares the feathered inspiration behind her book, The Axeman's Carnival, and the creative liberation she experienced in writing from the perspective of an Australian magpie.
The post Interview with Catherine Chidgey at Words on the Waves 2024 (#4) first appeared on Not Quite Write.2024-06-1605 min
Culture 101Creating Aotearoa's own Watership Down: Shelley Burne-FieldAotearoa New Zealand is a land of birds. Yet contemporary fiction providing a bird’s eye view has been slow to arrive.
While Catherine Chidgey’s award winning 2022 novel The Axeman’s Carnival looks at human interaction from the perspective of a magpie, Shelley Burne-Field’s new adventure novel for young readers, Brave Kāhu and the Pōrangi Magpie has a whole flock of makipai (magpies).2024-05-1220 min
Pages n' PagesChapter 145: Discussing the first-ever LibbysIn this week's issue of Pages n' Pages, we talk about the new Libbys, which are an award system made by the program Libby and the finalists and winners in each of their categories. .
What We’ve Read and What We Are Reading:
The Graham Effect (Campus Diaries #1) by Elle Kennedy
Her Soul to Take (Souls Trilogy #1) by Harley Laroux
Happy Place by Emily Henry
The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire #1) by Andrea Stewart
Kulti by Mariana Zapata and narrated by Callie Dalton
A Love...2024-04-0947 min
The Marlborough Book FestivalCatherine Chidgey - The Axeman’s CarnivalAn utterly believable mimicking magpie narrates this extraordinary story set in the beautiful yet harsh landscape of Central Otago. Catherine Chidgey discusses her inspiration for the novel, with its exploration of themes encompassing domestic violence, the challenges of farming, the weird world of internet fame, and the vagaries of human relationships with animals, which she suggests can be at once closely bonded and exploitative.
Catherine was in conversation with Nikki Macdonald at the 2023 Marlborough Book Festival.
2024-03-211h 01The Marlborough Book FestivalCatherine Chidgey - The Axeman’s CarnivalAn utterly believable mimicking magpie narrates this extraordinary story set in the beautiful yet harsh landscape of Central Otago. Catherine Chidgey discusses her inspiration for the novel, with its exploration of themes encompassing domestic violence, the challenges of farming, the weird world of internet fame, and the vagaries of human relationships with animals, which she suggests can be at once closely bonded and exploitative.
Catherine was in conversation with Nikki Macdonald at the 2023 Marlborough Book Festival.
2024-03-211h 01
The Featherston Booktown PodcastEpisode 10: More Than a Magpie - The Novels of Catherine ChidgeyCatherine Chidgey has been one of this country's leading fiction writers for a quarter of a century, producing novels that are both provocative and sublime, starting with In a Fishbone Church and including two novels set in Nazi Germany. Her Ockham Book Awards shortlisted book The Axeman's Carnival, has astonished readers with its magpie narrator and been called a 'Kiwi Gothic classic'. She has been awarded the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship, the Glenn Schaeffer Prize in Modern Letters and the Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize. Catherine Chidgey was in conversation with Linda Clark at the 2023 Karukatea Festival.This...2024-01-301h 06
Another Mother Runner2023 Winter ReadingAvid readers, as well as casual ones, will enjoy this annual episode, in which the hosts Sarah and Ellison talk about a dozen new books they’ve read and recommend. The talk of books kicks off around 4:32. Here are the books the hosts discuss:The Fraud: Zadie SmithDay: Michael CunninghamAbsolution: Alice McdermottWest Heart Kill: Dann McdormanIf on A Winter’s Night a Traveler: Italo CalvinoThe House of Doors: Tan Twan EngPet: Catherine ChidgeyThe Sc...2023-12-151h 01The Booklover BanterIt's a Wrap 2023 - Part 1Liv, Rach and Laura get together to wrap up the year and have SO much to chat about that the episode has to be split into two!
In this episode (Part 1) we talk about the books of the year, our favourites, our customers' favourites, and our top recommendations for Christmas. This is PACKED full of books! Check out the HUGE list of books we mention:
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
Axeman's Carnival and Pet by Catherine Chidgey
The Girl from London by Olivia Spooner
Everything is Beautiful and Everything...2023-12-1339 min
Auckland Writers FestivalCAN AI WRITE A BOOK? SARAH DANIELL, CATHERINE CHIDGEY, TOBY WALSH, TE TAKA KEEGAN (2023)With open source AI chatbots capable of generating text that appears increasingly human, will they eventually replace writers altogether? Some claim that AI will never have enough creativity, empathy or originality – but over time could even these qualities be assimilated by robotwriters? Canvas editor Sarah Daniell recently experimented with getting a bot to write her column. Alongside novelist Catherine Chidgey, she will interrogate two experts on whether they could relinquish the empty white page to a bot. Toby Walsh is Laureate Fellow and Scientia Professor of Artificial Intelligence at UNSW Sydney and author of Machines Behaving Badly and 2062: The World th...2023-11-231h 00
Auckland Writers FestivalWHAT THE MAGPIE SAYS: CATHERINE CHIDGEY (2023)Is The Axeman’s Carnival the great Kiwi Gothic classic? Plenty of reviewers think so. Catherine Chidgey surprised everybody when she revealed her next book was going to be narrated by a mimicking magpie. Would it work? It sure does. Not only is it funny and magical, it’s also a bird’s-eye view into the very real struggle of farming life, a nuanced portrayal of love and domestic violence, and a 2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards finalist. Following on from her 2017 Ockham New Zealand Book Award for The Wish Child and the Women’s Prize for Fiction longlisting for Remote S...2023-10-2759 minBooks Are My PeopleFive Great Book RecommendationsToday, on episode #111, I recommend five great reads. Books Recommended:Pet by Catherine ChidgeyThe Art Thief by Michael FinkelShark Heart by Emily HaebeckOur Town by Thornton WilderNotes on An Execution by Danya Kukafka Other BooksNever Whistle at Night Edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris Here is the link to my Substack.Here is the link to my All You Have To Do Is Ca...2023-10-2316 minMostly FictionalEp. 33: Pam's Book Has 12,000 Extra Words? Plus "The Guest" Book ClubIn this episode, Hallie blushes discussing a recently finished read and Pam shares a French book. Plus, a book club of The Guest by Emma Cline.Books mentioned in order:The Guest by Emma ClineTomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinOur Wives Under the Sea by Julia ArmfieldPraise by Sara CatePet by Catherine ChidgeyThe First to Die at the End by Adam SilveraAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanPayback’s a Witch by Lana HarperCommunity Board by Tara ConklinAme brisée...2023-10-181h 11
Blue DotBLUE DOT: Episode 070: Blue Dot Book Club for SeptemberFor this September edition of Blue Dot Book Club, Miriam Robertson is back with Graylin and Leah to discuss their favorite reads of the past month.
THINGS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
Pet by Catherine Chidgey
Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
Open Throat by Henry Hoke
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
How Do You Live? by Genzaburo Yoshino
The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers
Profiles in Ignorance by Andy Borowitz
Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny
The...2023-10-1150 min
We Defy AuguryPlease Stand So Close to MeThoughts (loosely) based on Catherine Chidgey's psychological thriller Pet.
Special Guests: The Police, Van Halen, and The Plastics.2023-10-0427 minBooks Are My PeoplePockets and Fashion in Books And CultureToday, on episode #108, I speak with Hannah Carlson, who has a PHD in material culture, to talk about her book, Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close.Books Recommended:The Mummies of Urumchi by Elizabeth Wayland BarberHappiness Falls by Angie KimQueen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution by Caroline WeberRouge by Mona AwadBarbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William FinneganGuest author recommendation: Laura Zimmerman Just Do This One Thing For MeRecommends2023-09-1124 min
The Book ReviewWhat to Read in AugustSarah Lyall discusses a new thriller in which a scuba diver gets swallowed by a sperm whale and Joumana Khatib gives recommendations for five August titles.Books discussed on this week's episode: “Anansi’s Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World,” by Yepoka Yeebo“The Bee Sting,” by Paul Murray“The Visionaries: Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil, and the Power of Philosophy in Dark Times,” by Wolfram Eilenberger“Pet,” by Catherine Chidgey“Happiness Falls,” by Angie Kim“Whalefall,” by Daniel Kraus
Unlock full...2023-08-1126 min
The Marlborough Book FestivalKate Camp - You Probably Think This Song is About YouKate Camp talks about her wonderful new memoir You Probably Think This Song is About You brimming with hard-won wisdom and generous humour.
In conversation with Naomi Barton, Kate shares experiences as diverse as bad relationships, misheard songs, the fallibility of memory and the wrong turns we take.
In the words of author and reviewer Catherine Chidgey: “Kate’s essays shine with wit, intelligence, and a humanity that is both intimate and universal.”
2023-07-161h 02The Marlborough Book FestivalKate Camp - You Probably Think This Song is About YouKate Camp talks about her wonderful new memoir You Probably Think This Song is About You brimming with hard-won wisdom and generous humour.
In conversation with Naomi Barton, Kate shares experiences as diverse as bad relationships, misheard songs, the fallibility of memory and the wrong turns we take.
In the words of author and reviewer Catherine Chidgey: “Kate’s essays shine with wit, intelligence, and a humanity that is both intimate and universal.”
2023-07-161h 02
Nelson Arts Festival Pukapuka TalksSavage Domesticity (Catherine Chidgey) Pukapuka Talks session at the 2022 Nelson Arts FestivalElizabeth Knox CNZM speaks with Catherine Chidgey about her two latest books: The Axeman’s Carnival (Te Herenga Waka University Press, 2022) and her critically acclaimed 2020 novel Remote Sympathy. In both books, Chidgey chips away the façade of domesticity to expose darker places.
The Axeman’s Carnival is Chidgey at her finest – comic, profound, poetic, and true. In this story, Marnie is married to a farmer and their marriage is a violent one. When she rescues a magpie chick that has fallen from its nest and raises it, it becomes an internet sensation. Her husband Rob is opposed...2022-12-1556 min
Embrace A Full Audiobook That Is Simply High-Impact.Remote Sympathy by Catherine ChidgeyPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/600361to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Remote Sympathy
Author: Catherine Chidgey
Narrator: Mark Elstob, Finlay Robertson, Sophie Roberts
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 16 hours 44 minutes
Release date: September 1, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: LGBTQ+
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LONGLISTED: WOMENS' PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022 Moving away from their lovely apartment in Munich isn't nearly as wrenching an experience for Frau Greta Hahn as she had feared. Their new home is even lovelier than the one they left behind and life in Buchenwald would appear to be idyllic. Lying just beyond the forest...2022-09-014h 44Get Hooked On: This High-Impact Full Audiobook For Knowledge Hunters.Remote Sympathy by Catherine ChidgeyPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/600361to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Remote Sympathy
Author: Catherine Chidgey
Narrator: Mark Elstob, Finlay Robertson, Sophie Roberts
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 16 hours 44 minutes
Release date: September 1, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
LONGLISTED: WOMENS' PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022 Moving away from their lovely apartment in Munich isn't nearly as wrenching an experience for Frau Greta Hahn as she had feared. Their new home is even lovelier than the one they left behind and life in Buchenwald would appear to be idyllic. Lying just beyond the forest...2022-09-014h 44Grab the Essential Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+Remote Sympathy by Catherine ChidgeyPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/600361to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Remote Sympathy
Author: Catherine Chidgey
Narrator: Mark Elstob, Finlay Robertson, Sophie Roberts
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 16 hours 44 minutes
Release date: September 1, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
LONGLISTED: WOMENS' PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022 Moving away from their lovely apartment in Munich isn't nearly as wrenching an experience for Frau Greta Hahn as she had feared. Their new home is even lovelier than the one they left behind and life in Buchenwald would appear to be idyllic. Lying just beyond the forest...2022-09-014h 44Download Latest Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalRemote Sympathy by Catherine ChidgeyPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/600361to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Remote Sympathy
Author: Catherine Chidgey
Narrator: Mark Elstob, Finlay Robertson, Sophie Roberts
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 16 hours 44 minutes
Release date: September 1, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
LONGLISTED: WOMENS' PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022 Moving away from their lovely apartment in Munich isn't nearly as wrenching an experience for Frau Greta Hahn as she had feared. Their new home is even lovelier than the one they left behind and life in Buchenwald would appear to be idyllic. Lying just beyond the forest...2022-09-014h 44
Fuel Your Mind With The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So Powerful!Remote Sympathy by Catherine ChidgeyPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/143324to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Remote Sympathy
Author: Catherine Chidgey
Narrator: Finlay Robertson, Sophie Roberts, Mark Elstob
Format: mp3
Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
Release date: 09-01-22
Ratings: Not rated yet
Genres: Epistolary
Publisher's Summary:
Moving away from their lovely apartment in Munich isn't nearly as wrenching an experience for Frau Greta Hahn as she had feared. Their new home is even lovelier than the one they left behind and life in Buchenwald would appear to be idyllic. Lying just beyond the forest that surrounds them is the looming presence of a work camp...2022-09-014h 44
ILFDublin PodcastILFD x DLA Shortlist Podcast Ep 3: Remote SympathyNominated by Auckland Libraries, New Zealand and Dunedin Public Libraries, New Zealand
The 2022 DUBLIN Literary Award longlist of 79 books has been painstakingly narrowed down to a shortlist of just 6 titles; this exclusive limited podcast series, hosted by Jessica Traynor and Séan Hewitt, is designed to give you access to the authors and translators behind the books. In this episode, Jessica and Seán discuss ‘Remote Sympathy’, nominated by Auckland Libraries, New Zealand and Dunedin Public Libraries, New Zealand. Their conversation is followed by an interview with the author, Catherine Chidgey.
A New Zealand author and academic, Catherine has created a haun...2022-04-2656 min
A Pair of BookendsMinisode One: Women's Prize SpecialWelcome back Bookends! In this minisode of A Pair of Bookends we will be discussing all things Women's Prize. From our thoughts on the longlist, the books we are most excited for to our own shortlist picks. Come join us for a natter about our favourite literary prize!Books mentioned:Piranesi by Susanna ClarkeThe Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsUnsettled Ground by Clare FullerNo One is Talking About This by Patricia LockwoodDetransition Baby by Torrey PetersTranscendent Kingdom by Yaa GyasiGrown Ups by Marian...2022-04-1445 min
Ngā Pātaka Kōrero - Auckland LibrariesBooks and Beyond: Literary Lounge: Break the biasThis episode has a focus on women and women’s writing. Alison and Ineka talk about breaking the bias and discuss the 2022 Women’s Prize longlist of 16 titles which has just been announced. #breakthebias #womensprize
For more information on International Women’s Day, please see their website: https://www.internationalwomensday.com/
Explore the full Women’s Prize for Fiction 2022 longlist here: https://bit.ly/3I5K8VE and request the longlist today from the Auckland Libraries catalogue: https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/
Books mentioned in the show
All books discussed in this episode of Books and Beyond can be requested via the...2022-03-1530 min
Dunedin Writers and Readers FestivalThe Historical Novel: Germany - Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival 2021 - Catherine Chidgey“My neighbour gave me a stack of old calendars, and so, in the absence of any other paper, I’ll write to you on the backs of all the vanished years.”
With her latest novel Remote Sympathy, award-winning bestseller Catherine Chidgey tells an engrossing and unsettling tale of a Nazi Germany labour camp from the perspectives of three wilfully oblivious characters. In conversation with Lynn Freeman.2021-06-0356 min
Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival 2021The Historical Novel: Germany - Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival 2021 - Catherine Chidgey“My neighbour gave me a stack of old calendars, and so, in the absence of any other paper, I’ll write to you on the backs of all the vanished years.”
With her latest novel Remote Sympathy, award-winning bestseller Catherine Chidgey tells an engrossing and unsettling tale of a Nazi Germany labour camp from the perspectives of three wilfully oblivious characters. In conversation with Lynn Freeman.2021-06-0356 min
PapercutsA New Zealand books bonanzaSit back, relax and let Jenna, Kiran and Louisa tempt you with the best new books to add to your reading pile.It’s the most exciting time of the year in the New Zealand book world as the Ockham New Zealand Book Award longlist has just been announced. We also have a line up of three New Zealand books for review and have a wee look at what’s on the reading pile and coming out in 2021.Mentioned in this episode...BooksKD...2021-02-031h 25
PapercutsIs this the Real Life?Welcome to Papercuts - the podcast all about books! Sit back, relax and let Jenna, Kiran and Louisa tempt you with the best new titles to add to your book stack.The gang are back with their usual witches brew of book news, insightful book reviews and discussions, not-book reviews and their dangerously teetering TBR piles.Books reviewed this episode:KD: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart (Picador/Grove Atlantic)LK: Real Life by Brandon Taylor (Daunt Books)JT: Earthlings by Sayaka Murata (Granta)2020-12-011h 19
RNZ: Saturday MorningCatherine Chidgey's new book Remote SympathyMulti award-winning New Zealand author Catherine Chidgey is just about to release a new book, Remote Sympathy. It's her sixth book - earlier novels In a Fishbone Church, Golden Deeds, and The Wish Child, have all won awards, both here in New Zealand and internationally. Like bestseller The Wish Child, Remote Sympathy is set in Nazi Germany. It tells the story of Frau Greta Hahn, the wife of SS Sturmbannfuhrer Dietrich Hahn, who has taken up a powerful position at the Buchenwald work camp - as its administrator. Catherine Chidgey has a degree in German and spent three years living...2020-10-0216 min
Auckland Writers FestivalThe Wish Child: Catherine Chidgey (2017)The Wish Child – ‘a brilliant, brilliant novel…a masterpiece’ (Radio NZ) – is the long-awaited fourth book of Catherine Chidgey. Set in Nazi Germany and told from the perspective of two children and a mysterious narrator, it earned Chidgey the 2017 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Acorn Foundation Fiction prize. Chidgey’s previous novels are In a Fishbone Church, The Transformation, and Golden Deeds, voted book of the year by Time Out magazine (London). In conversation with Jennifer Levasseur.
AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL 20172017-06-0952 min
95bFM: Loose ReadsLoose Reads w/ Jenna: May 12, 2025Jenna is gearing up for the busiest week in books with the Auckland Book Festival, Ockham Book Awards and reviews the ninth novel from Catherine Chidgey, The Book of Guilt.
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95bFM: Travelling TunesLoose Reads w/ Jenna: May 12, 2025Jenna is gearing up for the busiest week in books with the Auckland Book Festival, Ockham Book Awards and reviews the ninth novel from Catherine Chidgey, The Book of Guilt.
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