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Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club

Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors with Taj Atwal

Ep. 66

This week's book guest is Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors.


Sara and Cariad are joined by BAFTA nominee and Hullraisers star, actor Taj Atwal - to discuss Percy the Park Keeper, boxing, childbirth, addiction, posh English people and the Spice Girls.


Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!


Trigger warning: In this episode we discuss grief, death and addiction.


Blue Sisters is available to buy here.


You can find Taj on Instagram @tajatwal1


Cariad’s children's book The Christmas Wish-tastrophe is available to buy now.

Sara’s debut novel Weirdo is published by Faber & Faber and is available to buy here.

Cariad’s book You Are Not Alone is published by Bloomsbury and is available to buy here.


Tickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from sarapascoe.co.uk


Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and Twitter @weirdosbookclub

 

Recorded and edited by Aniya Das for Plosive.

Artwork by Welcome Studio. 

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