This week’s episode is about the perennial conundrum that faces every reader at this time of year - what to read at the beach? We talk about which genres are best suited for reading al fresco and give you our favourite holiday read recommendations. Of course, we also share our latest book news, current reads and what we plan to read next.

Book News

The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner

Question 7 by Richard Flanagan 

Albion by Anna Hope

Fair Play by Louise Hegarty

Petals Of Blood by Ngugi wa Thiong’o 

Current reads

The Husbands by Holly Gramazio

Wild Boar by Hannah Lutz

Beach reads

The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

Elektra by Jennifer Saint

Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes

Circe by Madeline Miller

Song Of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

The Trio by Johanna Hedman 

The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller 

The Overstory by Richard Powers

The Guest by Emma Cline

The Girls by Emma Cline 

The Swimmer by John Cheever

Walking On The Ceiling by Ayşegül Savaş 

Summer by Edith Wharton

Last Resort by Andrew Lipstein

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

Brutes by Dizz Tate

Spent by Alison Bechdel  

Fun Home by Alison Bechdel

Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel

You Killed Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi 

Sunset by Jessie Cave 

Girlfriends by Holly Bourne 

What we’re reading next

A Marriage At Sea by Sophie Elmhurst

Necessary Fictions by Eloghosa Osunde

Lonely Crowds by Stephanie Wambugu

Also mentioned

@BeesBookShare

The Garden Gate Project Margate

Louisiana Channel by the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebaek in Denmark

The Hay Player

Hay Festivals

Open Water by Chris Kentis

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