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Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club
Summer Reads 2024
Ep. 47
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In this week's episode Sara and Cariad discuss the books they're looking forward to reading this summer!
Sara’s 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.
Cariad's children's book The Christmas Wish-tastrophe is available to pre-order now here.
You can find a list of all the books we've discussed on the series so far here or on Apple Books here.
Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and Twitter @weirdosbookclub
Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive.
Artwork by Welcome Studio.
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