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The ultimate weekly podcast for book lovers: Tell Me What To Read, hosted by Australian book expert Ben Hunter, shares all the latest book recommendations, reviews and tea on the hottest new releases!
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Tell Me What To Read - Australia's Weekly Guide to Books (December 6, Edition)
In this episode of Tell Me What to Read host Ben Hunter sits down with fellow book experts Shanu and Amy to to chat about the best books of the year!
Books mentioned:
Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson
Taken by Dinuka Mckenzie
The Seven by Chris Hammer
Spare by Prince Harry
Wifedom : Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder
Question 7 by Richard Flanagan
Storytellers by Leigh Sales
Killing for Country by David Marr
The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
The Isles of the Gods by Amie Kaufman
Murtagh by Christopher Paolini
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods by Rick Riordan
The 169-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton
We Could Be Something by Will Kostakis
Cult Sando by Jimmy Callaway
How to Drink Australian by Jane Lopes, Jonathan Ross
Fish Butchery by Josh Niland
Ester by Mat Lindsay, Pat Nourse
Recipes for a Lifetime of Beautiful Cooking by Danielle Alvarez, Libby Travers
Bush Flowers by Cassandra Hamilton, Michael Pavlou
Vincent Namatjira
The New Modernist House by Patricia Callan
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Green Dot by Madeleine Gray
Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko
The In-Between by Christos Tsiolkas
Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton
Body Friend by Katherine Brabon
Why We Are Here by Briohny Doyle
The Heart Is A Star by Megan Rogers
The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams
Everyone and Everything by Nadine J. Cohen
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Tell Me What To Read - Australia's Weekly Guide to Books (November 22, Edition)
In this episode of Tell Me What to Read host Ben Hunter sits down with fellow book experts Krystal and Steph to to chat about their reading habits and the latest releases!
Books mentioned:
Spy x Family by Tatsuya Endo
The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic by Breanne Randall
How I Won A Nobel Prize by Julius Taranto
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
Day by Michael Cunningham
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Pestilence by Laura Thalassa
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
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Tell Me What To Read - Australia's Weekly Guide to Books (November 8, Edition)
In this episode of Tell Me What to Read host Ben Hunter sits down with fellow book experts Joel and Shanu to to chat about the best books you should buy for your loved ones this Christmas!
Books mentioned:
The Bright Side by Jack Riewoldt
The Bright Side (Limited collector’s edition) by Jack Riewoldt
Circe by Madeline Miller
The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon (signed copies while stocks last)
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard by Natasha Lester
Givenchy Catwalk by Alexandre Samson, Anders Christian Madsen
Grace Kelly by Megan Hess
Wear Next by Clare Press
How To Be Fabulous by Charlotte Dallison
The House That Joy Built by Holly Ringland
The Vegan Home Baker by Georgia Irwin
Anything You Can Cook, I Can Cook Vegan by Richard Makin
Salt River Road by Molly Schmidt
The Secret by Lee Child, Andrew Child
The Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes
Yeah, Nah! by William McInnes
The Last Devil To Die by Richard Osman
Emperor of Rome by Mary Beard
Flinders by Grantlee Kieza
The Armour of Light by Ken Follett
The In-Between by Christos Tsiolkas
Bite Back by Bite Back
I Don't by Clementine Ford
Best Wishes by Richard Glover
Kitty Flanagan's 488 Rules for Life
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Tell Me What To Read - Australia's Weekly Guide to Books (November 8, Edition)
In this episode of Tell Me What to Read host Ben Hunter sits down with fellow book experts Amy and Krystal to chat about the best kids' books to buy this Christmas!
Books mentioned:
Aussie Bird Babies: A high-contrast board book by Jess Black and Julia MurrayIlluminoceans by Barbara Taylor, Carnovsky
Emma Memma's Alphabet Day by Emma Memma
Who Took My Nuts? by Tommy Little
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems
The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith, Katz Cowley
Heartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Osman
Claris: Pasta Disaster by Megan Hess
Ask Aunty: Seasons by Aunty Munya Andrews, Charmaine Ledden-Lewis
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The 169-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton
No Brainer by Jeff Kinney
The Race Is On by Anh Do, Lachlan Creagh
Kaldoras by Lynette Noni
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Circe 10th Anniversary Gilded Hardcover Edition by Madeline Miller
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Tell Me What To Read - Australia's Weekly Guide to Books (November 1, Edition)
In this episode of Tell Me What to Read host Ben Hunter sits down with fellow book experts Joel and Shanu to chat about our November Book of the Month, Bright Shining by Julia Baird!
Books mentioned:
Bright Shining by Julia Baird
Lies My Mirror Told Me by Wendy Harmer
I Don't by Clementine Ford
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
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Tell Me What To Read - Australia's Weekly Guide to Books (October 25, Edition)
In this episode of Tell Me What to Read host Ben Hunter sits down with fellow book lovers Kass and Jess all things Booktoberfest and spooky season! If you love some paranormal romance and huge fiction hits (think Iron Flame, Katee Robert and vampires), then this is the episode for you!
Books mentioned:
My Roommate is a Vampire by Jenna Levine
My Boyfriend is a Vampire by Eva Knight
Hunt on Dark Waters by Katee Robert
Sisters of Sword and Shadow by Laura Bates
The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson
Bite Back by Hannah Ferguson
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
Forget Me Not by Julie Soto
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