{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/677831a8a1ad7348eb9843c7/69b425561b5a7dfbdf62582b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep 30: The Books That Made Us & International Booker Prize Longlist","description":"<p>This week, join Amanda and Joseph for one of their most personally revealing episodes yet, as they discuss the books that made them: the teenage obsessions, the gateway reads, and the unforgettable titles, passages and writers that made us the readers they are today.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>(1:20) Bookish News</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>(1:40) <a href=\"https://womensprize.com/revealing-the-2026-womens-prize-for-fiction-longlist/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist</a></p><p><br></p><p>(2:49) Gloria Don't Speak by Lucy Apps @lucy.emma13</p><p><br></p><p>(3:10) The Mercy Step by Marcia Hutchinson @marxia1</p><p> </p><p>(4:32)  <a href=\"https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/international/2026?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=21607535502&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADgK1TamYxgjeRfAmTRZb14Gcwl-9&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiA2bTNBhDjARIsAK89wlEu8YZCPLtYroht2-cxGByFD90OG3IkZ_MW2qV2G1rxQlp-r_dnY58aAt0BEALw_wcB\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The International Booker Prize Longlist</a></p><p><br></p><p>(5:36) The Nights Are QuietIn Iran by Shida Bazyar</p><p><br></p><p>(5:59) Women Without Men by Shahrnush Parsipur</p><p><br></p><p>(6:28) Taiwan Travelogue Yáng Shuāng-zǐ</p><p><br></p><p><strong>(8:08) Recent Reads</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>(8:17) Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves by Sophie Gilbert @sophiegilbertwrites</p><p><br></p><p>(12:52) The Missing Ink by Philip Hensher @philiphensher</p><p><br></p><p><strong>(17:43) The Books That Made Us</strong></p><p><br></p><p>(23:16) The Odyssey by Homer (various translations including Robert Fagles and Emily Wilson)</p><p><br></p><p>(24:27) <a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190590/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">O’ Brother, Where Art Thou</a> directed by Joel and Ethan Cohen </p><p><br></p><p>(24:54) 'Penelope' by Carol Ann Duffy</p><p><br></p><p>(28:43) The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper</p><p><br></p><p>(32:48) Elidor by Alan Garner</p><p><br></p><p>(32:53) His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>(34:58) <a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33764258/?ref_=fn_t_1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Odyssey</a> directed by Christopher Nolan</p><p><br></p><p>(36:56) The Continuous Life: Poems by Mark Strand</p><p><br></p><p>(40:16) The Colour Purple by Alice Walker</p><p><br></p><p>(41:25) The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter</p><p><br></p><p>(46:34) Gilead by Marilyn Robinson</p><p><br></p><p>(49:38) A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam</p><p><br></p><p>(53:55) In the Distance by Hernan Diaz</p><p><br></p><p><strong>(54:36) What We’re Reading Next</strong></p><p><br></p><p>(55:00) No Friend of This House by Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynesauthor</p><p><br></p><p>(55:12) One Aladdin, Two Lamps by Jeanette Winterson</p><p><br></p><p>(56:07) Main Street by Sinclair Lewis</p><p><br></p><p>(56:43) EveryDay Is For The Thief by Teju Cole @_tejucole</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Also mentioned</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/nigerian-modernism\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Tate Modern, Nigerian Modernism </a>(on until 16 April 2026)</p><p><br></p><p>Curious Readers is mixed by the incredibly talented James Whiting @fishislandstudio</p><p><br></p><p>Follow us on Instagram @curiousreaderspodcast and Bluesky @curiousreaderspod.bsky.social for more recommendations in between episodes</p>","author_name":"Curious Readers"}