Curious Readers
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<p>A bi-weekly bookchat podcast by Joseph Dance and Amanda Moulson, two time-poor curious readers with eclectic TBRs. Every two weeks we meet to talk all things books and deliver some recommendations for new, classic, and contemporary titles you might want to read next. We cover everything from backlist to frontlist, prize winners to debuts, and we are generally spoiler free. </p><br><p>Follow us on Instagram @curiousreaderpodcast</p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Recent Episodes
August 1, 2026
Ep 40: We Only Went In For One Book - Our Love of Browsing and Bookshops (London/South East Edition)
<p>How many times have Amanda and Joseph joined the ‘Just One Book’ Deception Society? Too many to count. This week they are talking about the joy of browsing and the bookshops they love visiting across the UK. Plus, as always they’ll be chatting about what they’ve been reading recently and the titles they're hoping to pick up next. </p><br><p><strong>Recent Reads</strong></p><p>I Want You To Be Happy by Jem Calder</p><p>Service by John Tottenham</p><br><p><strong>Bookshops and browsing</strong></p><p>Sweet Valley High series by Francine Pascal</p><p>The Book of Lost Tales (Volume 2) by J R R Tolkien</p><p>Persephone Books, Bath and London @persephonebooks</p><p>If The Boot Fits by Rebekah Weatherspoon</p><p>Charco Press @charcopress</p><p>Daunt Books, Marleybone or Cheapside @dauntbookspub</p><p>Bookmongers, Brixton @bookmongersbrixton</p><p>Harbour Books, Whitstable @harbourbooks</p><p>A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam</p><p>In The Distance by Hernan Diaz</p><p>London Review of Books Bookshop, London @londonreviewofbooks</p><p>Judd Books, London @juddbooks</p><p>Book Bar, London @bookbaruk</p><p>Hatchards, St Pancras @hatchstpancras</p><p>Brick Lane Bookshop, London @bricklanebookshop</p><p>Pages of Hackney, London @pagesofhackney</p><p>The Margate Bookshop, Margate @themargatebookshop</p><p>Little Green Bookshop, Herne Bay @thegreenbookshop</p><p>Michael’s Bookshop, Ramsgate @michaelsbookshopramsgate</p><p>Plunder Books, Ramsgate @plunderbooks</p><p>Heffers, Cambridge @heffers_cambridge</p><p>Body in the Bookshop, Cambridge @bodiesinthebookshop</p><p>Murder and Mayhem, Hay on Wye @murder_and_mayhem</p><p>Richard Booth’s Bookshop, Hay on Wye @richardboothsbookshop</p><br><p><strong>What We’re Reading Next</strong></p><p>The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockton</p><p>The Disappearing Act by Maria Stepanova</p><br><p><strong>Also mentioned</strong></p><p>Curious Readers is mixed by the incredibly talented James Whiting @fishislandstudio</p><p>Follow us on Instagram @curiousreaderspodcast and Bluesky @curiousreaderspod.bsky.social for more recommendations in between episodes</p><br><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
July 19, 2026
Ep 39: Land by Maggie O'Farrell (Deep Dive)
<p>Join Amanda and Joseph as they set out to excavate <strong>Land</strong>, Maggie O’Farrell’s latest historical novel and family drama which is set in 1860s Ireland, a decade after the Great Famine. Plus, as always they chat about what they've been reading recently and what they hope to pick up next. </p><br><p><strong>Bookish News</strong></p><br><p><a href="https://thebookerprizes.com/the-childrens-booker-prize" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Children’s Booker Prize</a></p><p>Frank Cottrell-Boyce @frank_cottrellboyce</p><p>Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys</p><p>The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald</p><p>Beast in View by Maragert Millar</p><p>Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor</p><p>Great Granny Webster by Caroline Blackwood</p><p>@herrealtake</p><br><p><strong>Recent Reads</strong></p><br><p>The Finest Hotel in Kabul by Lyse Doucet @lyse.doucet</p><p>Her Majesty’s Royal Coven series by Juno Dawson @junodawson</p><p>Parallel Lives: A Love Story from a Lost Continent by Iain Pears</p><br><p><strong>Selected Books of Maggie O’Farrell @maggieofarrellofficial</strong></p><br><p>The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox</p><p>Instructions for a Heatwave</p><p>This Must Be the Place </p><p>Hamnet </p><p>The Marriage Portrait </p><p>Land</p><br><p><strong>What We’re Reading Next</strong></p><br><p>The Odyssey, directed by Christopher Nolan @theodysseymovie</p><p>Crossing The Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature by Emily Wilson</p><p>I Want You To Be Happy by Jem Calder</p><br><p><br></p><p>Curious Readers is mixed by the incredibly talented James Whiting @fishislandstudio</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
July 3, 2026
Ep 38: The Ghost In The Manuscript - Reading, Writing and Living After AI
<p>Join Amanda and Joseph as they go through the looking glass into the fascinating (and anxiety inducing) world of artificial intelligence - and recommending some fiction and non-fiction picks about Large Language Models, bots, and the machines learning to live like us. Plus, as always they'll be chatting about what they've been reading recently and what they hope to pick up next. </p><br><p><strong>Bookish News</strong></p><br><p>Lambda Literary Awards @lambdaliterary</p><p>Nova Scotia House by Charlie Porter </p><p>Black Panther Woman by Mary Frances Phillips @maryfrancisphillips </p><p>The Lilac People by Milo Todd @todd_milo</p><p>Virago Modern Classics @viragopress</p><p>Frost In May by Antonia White </p><p>Peking Picnic by Ann Bridge</p><br><p><strong>Recent Reads</strong></p><br><p>The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout @lizstroutauthor</p><p>Soft Core by Brittany Newell @frottage_industry</p><p>Good Girl by Aria Aber @aria.aber</p><p>The Spare Room by Helen Garner</p><p>How to End a Story by Helen Garner</p><p>Small Rain by Garth Greenwell @ggreenwell</p><br><p><strong>The Ghost in the Manuscript</strong></p><br><p>Olga Tokarczuk @tokarczuk_olga</p><p>Martin Scorcese @martinscorcese</p><p>Kane Parsons @kanepixels</p><p>Josh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy</p><p>Field Work as a Sex Object by Meena Kandasamy @k.a.n.d.a.s.a.m.y</p><p>The New Age of Sexism by Laura Bates @laura_bates_</p><p>Meditations for the Anxious Mind @meditationsfortheanxiousmind</p><p>How to Talk to AI (and How Not To) by Jamie Bartlett @jamiejbartlett</p><p>Annie Bot by Sierra Greer @sierra_greer_writer</p><p>Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan</p><p>The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow</p><br><p><strong>What We’re Reading Next</strong></p><br><p>Whistler by Ann Patchett @annpatchett</p><br><p>Curious Readers is mixed by the incredibly talented James Whiting @fishislandstudio</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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- What is Curious Readers?
<p>A bi-weekly bookchat podcast by Joseph Dance and Amanda Moulson, two time-poor curious readers with eclectic TBRs. Every two weeks we meet to talk all things books and deliver some recommendations for new, classic, and contemporary titles you might want to read next. We cover everything from backlist to frontlist, prize winners to debuts, and we are generally spoiler free. </p><br><p>Follow us on Instagram @curiousreaderpodcast</p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
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