7.04 Listening to the Quiet: High Wages by Dorothy Whipple
This week I talk about the 1930 novel High Wages by Dorothy Whipple, the cosmic story of how I found it, and the value of listening to the quiet voice.
Persephone Books website
High Wages by Dorothy Whipple
Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple
20th Century Reading Challenge: 6.20 Future and Freedom in the 1970s
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7.03 Reading Stats 2024
This week, I’m wrapping up my end of year reading episodes by chatting about my 2024 reading statistics. I hope you enjoy!
Link to our book, Stuck Up and Stupid by Angourie Rice and Kate Rice // AU, NZ // US, UK, CA
Links to my World Challenge, and the 20th Century Reading Challenge
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The Community Library Reading Awards 2024
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7.02 An Honour to Be Nominated
This week on The Community Library, I’m talking about some more favourite reads of 2024 that didn’t quite make it into my Reading Awards episode.
Books
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Don’t You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane
The Art Thief by Michael Finkel
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The Community Library Reading Awards 2024
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7.01 The Community Library Reading Awards 2024
Welcome to the annual Community Library Reading Awards! A completely subjective and biased awards ceremony in which all the prizes go to the books I read and liked best in 2024.
The Awards:
Biggest Surprise
Biggest Accomplishment
Most Thought-Provoking
Favourite Cover
Favourite Speculative Fiction
Favourite Translated Fiction
Favourite Mystery / Thriller
Favourite Nonfiction
Favourite 2024 Release
The Books:
Essays in Love by Alain de Botton, 1993
Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy, 1976
Doppelganger by Naomi Klein, 2023
Siblings by Brigitte Reimann, 1963, translated by Lucy Renner Jones
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman, 1995, translated by Ros Schwartz
The House of the Spirits by Isabelle Allende, 1982, translated by Magda Bogin
The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji, 1987, translated by Hong-Li Wong
West of Eden by Jean Stein, 2017
Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino, 2024
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6.22 See You Soon
If you've been following the podcast for a while, you'll know that each season of The Community Library is about 19-22 episodes. So, my friends, you might have guessed that this is the last episode in season 6. Join me for a little catch up with what I’ve been reading and watching in the past few weeks, and I’ll see you next season!
For more links and resources, visit my website www.angourieslibrary.com
You might also like:
6.19 Quarterly Reading Update #1
6.14 The Community Library Live!
6.07 Bookish Q+A
6.05 Mid-Year Book Freakout
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Black Lives Matter resources
Pay the Rent
Greenpeace Australia Pacific
Greenpeace International
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