https://youtu.be/a10C5Uijyng

Mystery guest

Dominion by Addie E. Citchens

Mr. Wrong by Elizabeth Jane Howard

Lori & Joe by Amy Arnold

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

We Are All of Us Left Behind by Bradley Somer

A Journey with Two Maps: Becoming a Woman Poet by Eavan Boland

Birdeye by Judith Heneghan

About Uncle by Rebecca Gisler

Platonic Love: Three Tales of Language and Desire by Scott Watson

Miss Marjoribanks by Mrs. Oliphant

https://youtu.be/cAfx7cA7Low

Intro
Mystery guest
Week in review
Summer Pudding by Susan Scarlett, Noel Streatfeild
The Whale Tattoo by Jon Ransom
The Ecliptic by Benjamin Wood
Set My Hand Upon the Plough by E. M. Barraud
Lori & Joe by Amy Arnold
The Misses Mallett by E.H. Young
Cold Fish Soup by Adam Farrer
Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories by Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi
...and more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu2mlLcEs8o&feature=youtu.be

https://youtu.be/JRbIwLJEwUA?si=MQ0mjZvqr7Uuxjxu

Intro
Mystery guest
Week in review
Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa
The Whale Tattoo by Jon Ransom
You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson
Watching You Without Me by Lynn Coady
Animal Person by Alexander MacLeod
Set My Hand Upon the Plough by E. M. Barraud
Lori & Joe by Amy Arnold
Cold Fish Soup by Adam Farrer
Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions by Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi
....

https://youtu.be/aEITJVro2KA

Intro
Mystery guest
Crooked Teeth: A Queer Syrian Refugee Memoir by Danny Ramadan
The Prowler by Kristjana Gunnars
Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo
Ghosts by Edith Wharton
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
The Whale Tattoo by Jon Ransom
Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age by Eleanor Barraclough
Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa

https://youtu.be/1ul9icRVQWA

Intro
The Polari Prize controversy
Mystery guest
Weekly highlights
Standing Heavy by GauZ', Frank Wynne (Translator)
Clear by Carys Davies
How to Breathe Water by Sharon Butala
Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo
A Bad Decade for Good People by Joe Bedford
River of Fire and Other Stories by Oh Jung-hee, O Chŏnghŭi, Bruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton (Translators)
Summer Pudding by Susan Scarlett, aka Noel Streatfeild

https://youtu.be/4pfY9fXjNcU

#WITmonth
#WomenInTranslationMonth

The Future Will be Translated - A Manifesto in Three Lies by Chloe Garcia Roberts: https://lithub.com/the-future-will-be-translated-a-manifesto-in-three-lies/

https://youtu.be/rtGBFIzTwNg

Intro
Mystery guest
The Coast Road by Alan Murrin
Out of Time: The Collected Short Stories of Samira Azzam by Samîra Azzâm, Ranya Abdelrahman (Translator)
Heart Lamp: Selected Stories by Banu Mushtaq, Deepa Bhasthi (Translator)
River of Fire and Other Stories by Oh Jung-hee, O Chŏnghŭi, Bruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton (Translators)
Cat Brushing by Jane Campbell

https://youtu.be/06aICcB6GD0
Intro
Welcome to a new patron
Mystery guest
Weekly highlights
More exciting news
Hotline by Dimitri Nasrallah
O, the Brave Music by Dorothy Evelyn Smith
Clear by Carys Davies
Heart Lamp: Selected Stories by Banu Mushtaq
Out of Time: The Collected Short Stories of Samira Azzam by Samîra Azzâm
Belle Greene by Alexandra Lapierre
A Bad Decade for Good People by Joe Bedford

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XLwq5nEkU4&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmAjRdaBh2k&t=6s

The first half of this book chat with renowned Saskatchewan novelist and memoirist is about Michael Crummey's Dublin Prize-winning novel The Adversary, which Sharon read twice before we chatted.

https://youtu.be/pPF9BssYs2c

A fabulous biblioadventure
Mystery guest
Weekly highlights
Niceman Cometh by David Carpenter
A Strange and Sublime Address by Amit Chaudhuri
These Letters End in Tears by Musih Tedji Xaviere
Standing Heavy by Gauz', Frank Wynne (Translator)
How to Breathe Water by Sharon Butala
Hotline by Dimitri Nasrallah
Crooked Teeth: A Queer Syrian Refugee Memoir by Danny Ramadan
Clear by Carys Davies

https://youtu.be/3o9XZub6kec

https://youtu.be/Mzak3MZP2no

Introduction
Andrea Gibson, RIP
Mystery guest
Weekly highlights
A Strange and Sublime Address by Amit Chaudhuri
How to Breathe Water by Sharon Butala
Standing Heavy by Gauz'
Animal Person by Alexander MacLeod
The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich
Crooked Teeth: A Queer Syrian Refugee Memoir by Danny Ramadan
These Letters End in Tears by Musih Tedji Xaviere

https://youtu.be/l0tW0NMgP4o

My book recommendations versus your book recommendations by James Folta: https://lithub.com/my-book-recommendations-versus-your-book-recommendations/

https://youtu.be/dfumuFSbEzM

Introduction
Reconnecting with a bookish friend
An uncharacteristically reticent report on a biblioadventure
Mystery guest
Patreon news
A Disaffection by James Kelman
The Coast Road by Alan Murrin
Standing Heavy by Gauz'
A Strange and Sublime Address by Amit Chaudhuri
How to Breathe Water by Sharon Butala

https://youtu.be/lHu8THOnm_U

#JaneAustenJuly



Week in review
Shawn has bookmarks for sale
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 5 by Beth Brower
Hope Never Knew Horizon by Douglas Bruton
The Prowler by Kristjana Gunnars
O, the Brave Music by Dorothy Evelyn Smith
Though the Bodies Fall by Noel O'Regan
Niceman Cometh by David Carpenter
Emma by Jane Austen
Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
The Coast Road by Alan Murrin

https://youtu.be/zjUHJSmqy60?si=IO94pMJSoIziPIX2

https://youtu.be/WlMc5ICKcAs

https://youtu.be/FAC4zp-QWdA?si=UOCh19027JwiItK6

Introduction
Mystery guest
During the Reign of the Queen of Persia by Joan Chase
Queen James: A New History About the Life and Loves of Britain‘s First King, James Stuart by Gareth Russell
Shark Girl by Kate Beaton
The Foolish Gentlewoman by Margery Sharp
O, the Brave Music by Dorothy Evelyn Smith
Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
Emma by Jane Austen

https://youtu.be/kxBKAixwuPI

Introduction
Mystery guest
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh
Small Reckonings by Karin Melberg Schwier
A Disaffection by James Kelman
The Foolish Gentlewoman by Margery Sharp
The Prowler by Kristjana Gunnars
Though the Bodies Fall by Noel O'Regan
Shark Girl by Kate Beaton

https://youtu.be/jkAzVm3yNOQ

https://youtu.be/97_2plp8QmQ

Introduction
Mystery guest
Weekly review
Patreon Update
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 5 by Beth Brower
The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich
A Disaffection by James Kelman

https://youtu.be/asyX674ywpA

https://youtu.be/MX2j6NSO100

Introduction
Mystery guest
Weekly review
Shawn has bookmarks for sale
Loop Tracks by Sue Orr
Where I Live Now: A Journey through Love and Loss to Healing and Hope by Sharon Butala
Dream State by Eric Puchner
During the Reign of the Queen of Persia by Joan Chase
The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 5 by Beth Brower

https://youtu.be/ZakTsw5MTzM

Introduction
Mystery guest
The Pornographer by John McGahern
A welcome interruption
The Pornographer by John McGahern (continued)
Hope Never Knew Horizon by Douglas Bruton

https://youtu.be/B-91K2RYOYM?si=5SnBKdHJsJbs1oML

Introduction
A special offer from last week's mystery guest
Shawn has bookmarks for sale
Congrats, Michael Crummey
Mystery guest
Weekly Highlights
An Episode of Sparrows by Rumer Godden
Where I Live Now: A Journey through Love and Loss to Healing and Hope by Sharon Butala
Small Reckonings by Karin Melberg Schwier
During the Reign of the Queen of Persia by Joan Chase

#WeekendReads

https://youtu.be/2M-UCf6Q0SQ?si=vWqPOBdCvPYRPGVw

https://youtu.be/PUzTgF_72hY

https://youtu.be/PEQJZN0Mp6E?si=UHiYu3OAbflaLDf0

https://youtu.be/u4J0AihXG9I?si=t52pfgmlheToY4xx


Introduction
Patreon update
Shawn Breathes Books has bookmarks for sale
Mystery guest
Weekly Highlights
The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
Old New York by Edith Wharton
The Language of Remembering by Patrick Holloway
Loop Tracks by Sue Orr
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

https://youtu.be/DDj2FNuiRxg

https://youtu.be/2dFM8gunt-4

Introduction
Mystery guest
Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright
Queen James: A New History About the Life and Loves of Britain‘s First King, James Stuart by Gareth Russell

https://youtu.be/QGlFIFSYPnM

https://youtu.be/fUYCrJ1A8V8?si=C2r2Crs_GihAcqDC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j37fVCWYBdY&lc=Ugx7FSXjJlo03odQjbZ4AaABAg

Introduction
Mystery guest
Another remote biblioadventure
My new bookmarks
Greener by Gráinne Murphy
Hangman by Maya Binyam
Unlove Story by Sudipto Pal, Arunava Sinha (Translator)
Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright
Dream State by Eric Puchner
The Language of Remembering by Patrick Holloway

https://youtu.be/_OTc8Mk-VhA?si=sbjgHq8rF9lknRA7

This #SundaySentence is about Pamela Frankau from Raffaella Barker's introduction to this novel.

https://youtu.be/j4yoWiTlsPE

https://youtu.be/PA8P9gWwgcY?si=YmM58ou58lWr_JaK

Introduction
Shawn Breathes Books has bookmarks for sale
Thanks to a generous patron
Mystery guest
Week in Review
Unlove Story by Sudipto Pal, Arunava Sinha (Translator)
Old New York by Edith Wharton

https://youtu.be/cJqMZO8G7KE?si=EwWQw9iycF1t6gDr

On reading versus living by Ochuko Akpovbovbo: https://pandorasykes.substack.com/p/on-reading-versus-living

https://youtu.be/YVefTI5gXOc?si=w31VMHJeddsrT3pR


Introduction
Shawn Breathes Books has bookmarks for sale
Thanks to a generous contributor
International Trans Day of Visibility
Mystery guest
Week in Review
She's a Lamb! by Meredith Hambrock
Greener by Gráinne Murphy
Unlove Story by Sudipto Pal

https://youtu.be/hrT7YnqI3hc

https://youtu.be/NaTflu_BeG8?si=JHZE88O2vS57DHXl

More information on the bookmarks: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15trcl8mOONI28fsSWd_XKrhrZHjRu--c/view?usp=shari...