It's a new year and a time where people often set both creative and reading goals. Listen to Jenna, Mikey & Sarah crack into 2018 with Light the Dark, a collection of essays where contemporary authors tell us what inspires them - perhaps this will inspire you too!
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RNZ Nine to Noon: The Stolen Bicycle by Wu Ming-Yi /
Jenna conveniently cycled to RNZ to review The Stolen Bicycle. A beautiful insight into Taiwanese history and culture.
95bFM's Loose Reads: Winter by Ali Smith /
95bFM's Loose Reads: Meet Me in the Bathroom by Lizzy Goodman /
Jenna's been living in a printed word flurry of late, but she's still had time to bring us in Meet Me in the Bathroom, Lizzy Goodman's oral history of the 2000s NYC indie music scene. A hefty tome covering The Strokes to Yeah Yeah Yeahs, LCD Soundsystem to Interpol, Goodman captures a very particular scene from the mouths of the very particular characters that made it happen. But do you have to be a fan? Or does the book stand on its own?
RNZ Nine to Noon: Sing, Unburied, Sing /
Jenna reviewed Jesmyn Ward's Sing, Unburied, Sing this morning on RNZ's Nine to Noon.
RNZ Nine to Noon: Sour Heart by Jenny Zhang /
Jenna reviews the excellent short story collection Sour Heart by Jenny Zhang. Listen here!
RNZ Nine to Noon: BABY by Annaleese Jochems /
Jenna talks to Kathryn Ryan about a wonderful new literary talent from VUP. Click the image to listen to the review.
bFM Loose Reads: Riot Days by Maria Alyokhina /
Jenna & Mikey chatted about this powerful memoir by one of Pussy Riot's founding memoirs. You can listen to the review by clicking on the image below.
