Papercuts: The Quarantine Pod
b"Welcome back to Papercuts, our monthly books podcast hosted by Louisa Kasza, Jenna Todd and Kiran Dass.\\n\\xa0\\nWell, we've all said we wish we had more time to read and now we've got what we wished for. Jenna, Kiran and Louisa delve into some book news (that's not too heavy for our weary heads), book reviews, not books and to be read piles. Tune in, switch your brain off and start making some notes for your upcoming, post-quarantine reads. Remember to wait for your local to open again! #bookshopswillbeback #waitforyourbookshop\\n\\nBook news\\nHow the NZ book scene is reaching people while we are under lockdown.\\nhttps://thespinoff.co.nz/books/29-03-2020/how-the-nz-books-scene-is-pivoting-in-response-to-covid-19/ Which includes microbiologist extraordinaire Siouxsie Wiles\\u2019 tips on lending books during lockdown: \\u201cIf you are sharing or borrowing hard copy books outside of your bubble you might want to quarantine them for three days before getting stuck in.\\u201d\\n\\nThe Ockham Book Awards: Kiran is an Ockham Fiction Champion\\nhttp://www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-book-awards/2020-awards/shortlist/\\n\\nAnimalia by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, tr. Frank Wynne (Fitzcarraldo Editions) has won the Republic of Consciousness 2020 Prize\\nhttps://www.republicofconsciousness.com/the-conch/2020/2/11/republic-of-consciousness-class-of-2020-animalia-by-jean-baptiste-del-amo-tr-frank-wynne-fitzcarraldo-editions\\n\\xa0\\nBook reviews\\nKD: The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone by Olivia Laing (Canongate) with link to new Guardian article about art in an emergency and her forthcoming book Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency by Olivia Laing is published in April (ish) by Picador https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/mar/21/feeling-overwhelmed-how-art-can-help-in-an-emergency-by-olivia-laing two other soothing books I\\u2019d like to recommend for lockdown are Wanderlust and Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit.\\nLK: Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking / Samin Nosrat.\\nJT: Cherry Beach by Laura McPhee-Browne (Text)\\n\\nNot books\\nKD: Nathan for You: Finding Frances\\nLK: The Spinoff\\u2019s The Real Pod - RIP\\nJT: Chris Parker\\u2019s Felt Animals, Sarah Laing\\u2019s Quarantine Comics and Yoga with Adriene. Zumba link:\\xa0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shUjcUcgk5M\\n\\xa0\\nThe TBR Pile\\nKD: Hamnet by Maggie O\\u2019Farrell, Notes from an Apocalypse by Mark O\\u2019Connell, The Willd Laughter by Caoilinn Hughes, Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell, Specimen by Madison Hamill, Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor (60 pages away from finishing), A Girl\\u2019s Story by Annie Ernaux\\nLK: Don't go to sleep in the dark / Celia Fremlin. Torpor / Chris Kraus. Postcards from the edge / Carrie Fisher. Untold night and day / Bae Suah ; translated from the Korean by Deborah...\\nHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"