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=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/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/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/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/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
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/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://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
This #SundaySentence is about Pamela Frankau from Raffaella Barker's introduction to this novel.
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/G23t8e9ZhJc?si=wPHM09tDYwp2TEQU
Introduction
Book giveaway draw
Mystery guest
Week in Review
After Nora by Penelope Curtis
Graft by Li Peifu, James Trapp (Translator)
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 4 by Beth Brower
Making Up the Gods by Marion Agnew
A Wreath for the Enemy by Pamela Frankau
Greener by Gráinne Murphy
https://youtu.be/gYra7dQaAcY?si=qIyYxxg-hYrDolrY
Introduction
A special book giveaway
Mystery guest
Week in Review
The Thorn Puller by Hiromi Itō, Jeffrey Angles (Translator)
Odd Girl Out by Elizabeth Jane Howard
Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran
The Pornographer by John McGahern
Hangman by Maya Binyam
A Wreath for the Enemy by Pamela Frankau
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