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Curious Readers

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. 


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  • 22 episodes
  • fortnightly
  • Avg 1 hr 2 min
  • English

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  • Nov 7, 2025 · 1 hr

    Ep 22: Booker Prize Shortlist - Hot Takes, Out-Takes & Mistakes

    Join Amanda and Joseph on this week’s episode as they discuss the Booker Prize 2025 shortlist and talk in depth about what worked and what didn’t work for them with each of the six nominated books. They also chat book news and have a look at some of the upcoming titles they’re looking forward to reading next. (0:32) Book News (1:12) Lone Wolf by Adam Weymouth (4:50) Gresham College Lecture Series 2025-2026 (5:24) Booker Prize shortlist (5:56) The Booker Prize 2025 (9:33) The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller (20:00) The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai (27:26) The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits (28:09) All Fours by Miranda July (35:05) Endling by Maria Reva (35:22) Amanda’s Sarah Jessica Parker impression (36:25) Audition by Katie Kitamura (42:20) Misinterpretation by Ledia Xhoga (43:03) Flashlight by Susan Choi (43:07) Trust Exercise by Susan Choi (49:35) Flesh by David Szalay (57:05) What We’re Reading Next (57:15) 11.22.63 by Stephen King (57:30) Antidote by Karen Russell (58:40) Taipei by Tao Lin (59:23) Heart the Lover by Lily King Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • Oct 24, 2025 · 57 min

    Ep 21: Reading for Spooky Season

    Creeps, chills, and carefully crafted dread - join Joseph and Amanda for this week’s episode as they recommend a stack of mood-heavy reads for spooky season. Plus, Team CR talks László Krasznahorkai - this year’s winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature - and as always they discuss what they’ve been reading lately and what they’re looking forward to picking up next. (0:44) Book News (0:51) Nobel Prize for Literature (1:46) Louisiana Channel (2:52) Sátántangó by Lászlo Krasznahorkai (5:41) Rivals by Jilly Cooper (7:00) Current Reads (7:04) Objects of Desire by Neil Blackmore (10:43) Fair Play by Louise Hegarty (13:48) Spooky Season Reading (15:06) Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica (17:55) Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfeld (19:01) The Echoes by Evie Wyld (19:28) Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda (19:51) Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab (20:27) Our Share of the Night by Mariana Enriquez (21:36) Pet Sematary by Stephen King (22:55) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving (24:04) Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn (25:04) The Children of Green Knowe by Lucy M. Boston (27:22) Earthlings by Sayaka Murata (27:36) Beloved by Toni Morrison (28:25) Ghost stories by MR James, Algernon Blackwood, Edgar Allen Poe and HP Lovecraft (29:44) Come Closer by Sara Gran (Joseph’s Pick #1) (34:23) Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury (Amanda’s Pick #1) (39:04) The Houseguest and Other Stories by Amparo Dávila, tr. by Audrey Harris and Matthew Gleeson (Joseph Pick #2) (44:21) Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll (Amanda’s Pick #2) (46:24) Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka (49:32) Spooky Books Recommended to Amanda (49:44) Sinead Hanna @sineadhannacraic (50:14) The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell (50:29) Bat Eater by Kylie Lee Baker (51:06) Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison (51:42) Spooky Books Recommended to Joseph (51:52) A Game In Yellow by Hailey Piper (52:42) Ashley @coffeeandcuentos (52:59) Never Whistle At Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology, ed. Shane Hawk & Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (52:32) Talking Scared Podcast with Neil McRobert (53:47) Rekt by Alex Gonzalez (54:33) What We’re Reading Next (55:03) Greyhound by Joanna Pocock (55:41) Big Kiss, Bye-Bye by Claire-Louise Bennett (55:57) What A Time To Be Alive by Jenny Mustard Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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