Tome & Tome Again

Jess & Jemimah
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Tome & Tome Again podcast brings together Jemimah Brewster (book reviewer for ArtsHub, The AU Review, and Aurealis Magazine) and Jess Gately (freelance publishing professional) to discuss reading and re-reading, and how stories weave in and out of our lives, leaving us with something different every time we visit our favourite tomes.

  1. 24 FEB

    2025 Wrap Up and 2026 Looking Forward!

    In episode 19 we talk about our top reads and honourable mentions for 2025, then get into our anticipated reads for 2026! A full list of the titles discussed is below: The House of Rural Realness by Curtis Campbell Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove Different, Not Less by Chloe Hayden Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell Stag Dance by Torrey Peters Murder by Memory and Nobody's Baby by Olivia Waite Hecate the Witch by Nikita Gill Inner Demons by Stephen Platt There Is No Anti-Mimetics Division by Quantum The Secret Lives of Zombie Wives by Barbara Truelove Vampires at Sea by Lindsay Merbaum Local Heavens: A Cyberpunk Reimagining of The Great Gatsby Set in 2075 New York by K. M. Fajardo Beth is Dead by Katie Burnett This Wretched Beauty: A Dorian Grey Remix by Elle Grenier Hell's Heart by Alexis Hall The Infamous Gilberts by Angela Tomaski Life Out of Order by Audrey Niffenegger Dead Beat by Leigh Bardugo (Alex Stern #3) Adult Braces by Lindy West Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe Threads That Bind and Hearts That Cut by Kika Hatsopolou The Long Earth series by Stephen Baxter & Terry Pratchett Midnight Sun and Life and Death by Stephenie Meyer Intro and outro music: Midsummer’s Night in the Woods by Justin Allan Arnold | https://www.ifnessfreemusic.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    1h 25m

  2. 30 JAN

    Hogfther by Terry Pratchett

    In episode 18 we talk about Terry Pratchett's classic 1996 novel Hogfather, which uses Christmas to discuss the importance of belief and ritual. Other books mentioned in this episode: The Nowhere Child by Christian White The Housemaid by Frieda McFadden On Sunday She Picked Flowers by Yah Yah Scholfield The Wolf Who Cried Boy by Mark Mupotsa-Russell Voidverse by Damien Ober Intro and outro music: Midsummer’s Night in the Woods by Justin Allan Arnold | https://www.ifnessfreemusic.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    51 min

  3. 31/12/2025

    Monk & Robot books by Becky Chambers

    In episode 17 we talk about the Monk & Robot duology by Becky Chambers, containing A Psalm for the Wild-Built and A Prayer for the Crown-Shy. We discuss the first novella until 39 minutes into the episode, then we talk about the second novella.  Other books mentioned in this episode: A Cinnamon Falls Mystery by R. L. Killmore We Are Legion by Dennis E. Taylor Hogfather by Terry Pratchett Katabasis by RF Kuang A Forest, Darkly by A. G. Slatter Intro and outro music: Midsummer’s Night in the Woods by Justin Allan Arnold | https://www.ifnessfreemusic.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    1h 32m

  4. 17/11/2025

    The Murderbot series by Martha Wells

    In episode 16 we talk about the first six books in Martha Wells' brilliant Murderbot sci-fi series: All Systems Red, Artificial Condition, Rogue Protocol, Exit Strategy, Fugitive Telemetry, and Network Effect, plus we also talk about the recent Apple TV series, which contains the events of All Systems Red.  Please forgive our erratic pronoun usage when referring to Murderbot - the irony of not getting this right when discussing a series about a character's personhood is not lost on us. Other books mentioned in this episode: Strange Pictures by Uketsu Dinner at the Night Library by Hika Harada The Bookstore Girls by Kei Aono The Cold House by Angela Slatter The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge Isn't it nice we both hate the same things by Jessica Seaborn Intro and outro music: Midsummer’s Night in the Woods by Justin Allan Arnold | https://www.ifnessfreemusic.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    1h 5m

  5. 11/10/2025

    Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend

    In episode 15 we chat about Jessica Townsend's delightful magic and wonder-filled middle-grade book Nevermoor, the first of the Nevermoor series! Other books dicussed in this episode: Katabasis by R.F. Kuang Human Rights by Juno Dawson (Her Majesty's Royal Covenant series) Once a Villain by Vanessa Len Cold Truth by Ashley Kalagian Blunt We are Legion (We are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor If Wishes Were Retail by Auston Habershaw Intro and outro music: Midsummer’s Night in the Woods by Justin Allan Arnold | https://www.ifnessfreemusic.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    54 min

  6. 31/08/2025

    The Wee Free Men

    In episode 14 we chat about Terry Pratchett's The Wee Free Men, the first of the Tiffany Aching series within the Discworld.  Other books dicussed in this episode: Willow Close by Helena O'Connor Different, Not Less by Chloe Hayden My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell Girl on Girl by Sophie Gilbert Death and Other Occupational Hazards by Veronica de Ponte The Women Are Not Fine: A Dark History of a Poisonous Sisterhood by Hope Reece A Forbidden Alchemy by Stacey McEwan Assistant to the Villain series by Hannah Nicole Maehrer     Intro and outro music: Midsummer’s Night in the Woods by Justin Allan Arnold | https://www.ifnessfreemusic.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    1h 5m

  7. 14/07/2025

    Legends & Lattes & Cosy Fiction

    In episode 13 we chat about one of our favourite genres by revisiting one of our favourite books from recent years: Travis Baldree's cosy fiction masterpiece Legends & Lattes! Other books dicussed in this episode: The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi Welcome to the Hyunam Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon Rewitched by Lucy Jane Wood Beyond Climate Grief by Jonica newby Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes #2) by Travis Baldree The Wizard's Bakery by Gu Byeong-mo The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop by Takuya Asakura Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud Intro and outro music: Midsummer’s Night in the Woods by Justin Allan Arnold | https://www.ifnessfreemusic.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    1 hr

  8. 04/06/2025

    V for Vendetta

    In episode 12 we discuss the classic graphic novel by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, V for Vendetta, and it's movie adaptation directed by the Wachowski sisters. Other books we discuss in this episode include: Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove Hearts that Cut by Kika Hatzopolou A House with Good Bones by T Kingfisher Made of Steam and Stardust by Bianca Breen The Distance Between Dreams by Emily Paull Silverborn by Jessica Townsend The Language of Trees by Katie Holton   Intro and outro music: Midsummer’s Night in the Woods by Justin Allan Arnold | https://www.ifnessfreemusic.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    1h 4m
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Tome & Tome Again podcast brings together Jemimah Brewster (book reviewer for ArtsHub, The AU Review, and Aurealis Magazine) and Jess Gately (freelance publishing professional) to discuss reading and re-reading, and how stories weave in and out of our lives, leaving us with something different every time we visit our favourite tomes.

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  • Creator
    Jess & Jemimah
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    20
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