Ep 39: Land by Maggie O'Farrell (Deep Dive)

Join Amanda and Joseph as they set out to excavate Land, 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. Bookish News Children’s Booker Prize Frank Cottrell-Boyce @frank_cottrellboyce Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald Beast in View by Maragert Millar Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor Great Granny Webster by Caroline Blackwood @herrealtake Recent Reads The Finest Hotel in Kabul by Lyse Doucet @lyse.doucet Her Majesty’s Royal Coven series by Juno Dawson @junodawson Parallel Lives: A Love Story from a Lost Continent by Iain Pears Selected Books of Maggie O’Farrell @maggieofarrellofficial The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox Instructions for a Heatwave This Must Be the Place Hamnet The Marriage Portrait Land What We’re Reading Next The Odyssey, directed by Christopher Nolan @theodysseymovie Crossing The Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature by Emily Wilson I Want You To Be Happy by Jem Calder Curious Readers is mixed by the incredibly talented James Whiting @fishislandstudio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.