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Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club Plosive
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4.8 • 22 Ratings
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Join comedians and authors Sara Pascoe and Cariad Lloyd in their Weirdos Book Club - a space for the lonely outsider to feel accepted and appreciated.
Assisted by their comedian and writer friends, each week they’ll discuss a book that is special, stimulating and y’know – weird. Welcome to your new book club!
Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!
Sara’s debut novel Weirdo is published by Faber & Faber and is available to pre-order here.
Cariad’s book You Are Not Alone is published by Bloomsbury and is available to buy here.
Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Twitter @weirdosbookclub and Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub
Produced by Plosive.
Artwork by Welcome Studio.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Warlock Effect by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman
This week's book guest is The Warlock Effect by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman.
Sara and Cariad are joined by actor, writer, performer and generally magic man Andy Nyman to discuss tricks, David Blaine, cakes, Derren Brown, duping, and 120's London.
Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!
The Warlock Effect is available to buy here or on Apple Books here.
You can find Andy on Instagram: @andythediamond
You can get tickets to see Andy in Hello, Dolly! at The London Palladium here.
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.
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.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. -
The Appeal by Janice Hallett with Isy Suttie
This week's book guest is The Appeal by Janice Hallett.
Sara and Cariad are joined by the incredible comedian, actor, writer and star of Peep Show - Isy Suttie - to discuss The Sound of Music, bad directors, Brownies and TIE.
Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!
The Appeal by Janice Hallett is available to buy here or on Apple Books here.
Jane Is Trying by Isy Suttie is available to buy here or on Apple Books here.
The Actual One by Isy Suttie is available to buy here or on Apple Books here.
You can find Isy on Twitter: @Isysuttie
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.
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.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. -
Summer Reads 2024
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.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. -
I'm Sorry You Feel That Way by Rebecca Wait with Poorna Bell
This week's book guest is I'm Sorry You Feel That Way by Rebecca Wait.
Sara and Cariad are joined by award winning writer and journalist Poorna Bell to discuss family dynamics, happy endings, siblings and girls schools.
Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!
I'm Sorry You Feel That Way by Rebecca Wait is available to buy here or on Apple Books here.
This is Fine by Poorna Bell is available to buy here or on Apple Books here.
You can find Poorna on Instagram: @poornabell
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.
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.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. -
Will I Ever Have Sex Again? by Sofie Hagen with Sofie Hagen
This week's book guest is Will I Ever Have Sex Again? by Sofie Hagen
Sara and Cariad are joined by multi-award winning comedian, author and podcaster Sofie Hagen to discuss Just Seventeen, crabs, intimacy, lubrication wine and gender.
Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!
Trigger warning: In this episode we discuss issues of sexual consent.
Will I Ever Have Sex Again? by Sofie Hagen is available to buy here or on Apple Books here.
You can find Sofie on Instagram @sofiehagendk and Twitter @sofiehagen
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.
Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and Twitter @weirdosbookclub
Recorded by Naomi Parnell and edited by Aniya Das for Plosive.
Artwork by Welcome Studio.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. -
Butter by Asako Yuzuki
This week's book guest is Butter by Asako Yuzuki.
Sara and Cariad discuss dairy products, ramen, soya sauce, not murdering, misogyny and Pot Noodles.
Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!
Trigger warning: In this episode we discuss eating disorders, weight loss, fat phobia and generally disordered eating.
Butter by Asako Yuzuki is available to buy here or on Apple Books here.
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.
Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and Twitter @weirdosbookclub
Recorded by Naomi Parnell and edited by Aniya Das for Plosive.
Artwork by Welcome Studio.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Customer Reviews
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Picked up a bunch of recs from this podcast, while also enjoyed the episodes on books i’ll probably never get to.
Enjoying the pod…
Ladies, you’re both fun to listen to and I appreciate your insights. But I’m just as interested in what your guests have to say: let them have equal speaking time!!