Books On The Go Podcast
1) Best Books of 2025
It's our best books of the year episode! Â Anna, Amanda and Annie reveal our favourite reads of 2025: Â Always Home, Always Homesick by Hannah Kent The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden The Time of the...Show More
2) Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
Anna and Geoff discuss their reaction to the 2025 Booker Prize winner, FLESH by David Szalay, and the winner of the Baillie Gifford prize for non-fiction, Australian author Helen Garner for her colle...Show More
3) Flashlight by Susan Choi
Anna and Geoff discuss their Booker Prize winner predictions. We haven't read enough of the shortlist to know who will win, but Geoff is tipping THE LAND IN WINTER (a DNF for Anna). Â Our book of the ...Show More
4) Seed with Bri Lee
Annie was lucky enough to catch Bri Lee on her book tour for her second novel, Seed. Set in Antarctica, Seed follows two scientists, Mitch and Frances, as they spend a month at the seed vault that the...Show More
5) I Make Envy On Your Disco with Eric Schnall
A special episode: Anna chats with author and Tony-award winning Broadway producer Eric Schnall about his debut novel I MAKE ENVY ON YOUR DISCO. Â Sam Singer flies to Berlin for an art gallery openin...Show More
6) Endling by Maria Reva
Anna and Annie discuss the settlement offer by Anthropic to pay $1.5bn to settle a book piracy lawsuit and the 2025 National Book Awards fiction longlist. Our book of the week is ENDLING by Maria Re...Show More
7) A Woman Talks to Her Tongue with Alison Gorman
A special episode: Anna chats with award-winning poet Alison Gorman about her debut poetry collection A WOMAN TALKS TO HER TONGUE.  These poems examine family secrets, silences and women’s voices.  ...Show More
8) Flesh by David Szalay
Anna and Geoff discuss Sally Rooney pledging royalties to Palestine Action and the Library of South Australia being second on the list of the world’s most beautiful libraries.  Our book of the week...Show More
9) Comfort Reading Recommendations for 2025
Anna and Annie discuss the 2025 Booker Prize Longlist. We have many comfort reading recommendations! Here are some of the books discussed: DEAD GIRL GONE by Gareth and Louise Ward THE THURSDAY MU...Show More
10) Perfection by Vincent Latronico translated by Sophie Hughes
Anna and Geoff discuss PERFECTION by Vincent Latronico translated by Sophie Hughes. PERFECTION is a short novel about Tom and Anna, digital nomads living in Berlin. A re-telling of the cult classic...Show More