{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/677831a8a1ad7348eb9843c7/6acd419cd3bfab176e9515a5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep 44: Accessorizing Our Reading (Stationery Addicts Unite!)","description":"<p>This week is a bit of a departure for the Curious Readers, as Joseph and Amanda discuss all things related to pen and paper. Join them for a whole episode dedicated to stationery (with an ‘e’) in which they cover their favourite reading-adjacent supplies and where to get them - but not without a review of the Booker and National Book Award shortlists first.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Bookish News</strong></p><p><u><a href=\"https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/2026?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=21607535502&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADgK1TaxnwwD-NxKVr5W0xzBe4RL0&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw48TUBhBREiwAK0GnQRR0fMthJTOg7NrQ-ZuI9hXlTonZMn_k-6rHlKKX8muako904rZJChoC5eIQAvD_BwE\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Booker Prize shortlist</a></u></p><p><u><a href=\"https://replica.co.uk/food/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Replica food</a></u></p><p><u><a href=\"http://nationalbook.org\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The National Book Awards</a></u></p><p>Paradiso 17 by Hannah Lillith Assadi @hillith</p><p>The Disappearers by Marlon James @marlonjameswriter</p><p>The Renovation by Kenan Orhan</p><p>Python’s Kiss by Louise Erdrich</p><p>Dèy by Edwidge Dandicat @dandicatedwidge</p><p>Beginning Middle End by Valeria Luiselli @valeria_luiselli</p><p>@amicus.domus</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Current Reads</strong></p><p>Uprising by Tahmima Anam @tahmima</p><p>The Understory by Chloe Benjamin @cholekbenjamin</p><p>The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty</p><p>East of Eden by John Steinbeck</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Reading accessories</strong></p><p>Taotronic goose neck LED @taotronics_official</p><p>Mini clip on reading lights IKEA @ikea</p><p>Mornington studio Clarity Floor Standing reading light @morningtonstudio</p><p>Glocusent original neck reading light</p><p>Stabilo ‘swing cool’ highlighters @stabilo</p><p>Creator’s Friend @creatorsfriend</p><p>Paper Republic @paper_republic</p><p>Traveler’s Company @travelers_company</p><p>Mark and Fold @markandfold</p><p>Midori @thejournalshop</p><p>Daigo Japan @thejournalshop</p><p>Uni-ball Eye Micro Black Rollerball Pen @uniball_uk</p><p>Mitsubishi Pencil Company @uni_mitsibushi-pencil</p><p>Montblanc @montblanc</p><p>Caran D’Ache @carandache</p><p>Pelikan fountain pen @pelikan_passion</p><p>Pilot Kakuno @artfromtheheart_uk</p><p>Ellington Pens @ellington.pens</p><p>YStudio @ystudiostyle</p><p>Art from the Heart @artfromtheheart_uk</p><p>Present &amp; Correct @presentandcorrect</p><p>The London Graphic Centre @londongraphiccentre</p><p>Muji @muji_global</p><p>Blueprint Coffee @coffeeblueprint</p><p>Bounty Whitstable @bountywhitstable</p><p><br></p><p><strong>What we’re reading next</strong></p><p>The Wedding People by Alison Espach @alison.espach</p><p>I Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O’Farrell @maggieofarrellofficial</p><p>The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers @theerinsomers</p><p>Attacking Earth and Sun by Mathieu Belezi and translated by Lara Vergnaud @mathieubelezi @laravergnaud</p><p>John of John by Douglas Stuart @douglas_stuart</p><p>Dusk by Robbie Arnott</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Also mentioned</strong></p><p>Curious Readers is mixed by the incredibly talented James Whiting @fishislandstudio</p>","author_name":"Curious Readers"}