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Curious Readers

Curious Readers

A bi-weekly bookchat podcast by Joseph Dance and Amanda Moulson, two time-poor curious readers with eclectic TBRs. Every two weeks we meet to talk all things books and deliver some recommendations for new, classic, and contemporary titles you might want to read next. We cover everything from backlist to frontlist, prize winners to debuts, and we are generally spoiler free.

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Episodes

47 episodes

  1. Ep 46: Exit Party by Emily St John Mandel (Deep Dive) 58:28
  2. Ep 45: Booker Prize Shortlist 2026 - Six Books, One Winner 1:18:28
  3. Ep 44: Accessorizing Our Reading (Stationery Addicts Unite!) 1:04:36
  4. Ep 43: It's Finally Sweater Weather! Our Autumn Preview for 2026 58:54
  5. Ep 42: Whistler by Ann Patchett (Deep Dive) & Our Views On The Booker Prize Longlist 1:14:38
  6. Ep 41: Dear Curious Readers - Summer Postbag Special 47:28
  7. Ep 40: We Only Went In For One Book - Our Love of Browsing and Bookshops (London/South East Edition) 57:22
  8. Ep 39: Land by Maggie O'Farrell (Deep Dive) 58:15
  9. Ep 38: The Ghost In The Manuscript - Reading, Writing and Living After AI 1:03:18
  10. Ep 37: Are Literary Prizes A Reading List? Inside the Nobel, Pulitzer, Booker & National Book Award 1:15:18
  11. Ep 36: We Have Opinions - Our 2026 Mid-Year Reading Check-In 1:05:46
  12. Ep 35: Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke (Deep Dive) 1:06:15
  13. Ep 34: Beyond the Countryside - How Nature Writing Asks Us to Pay Attention 56:39
  14. Ep 33: Crime Fiction After Agatha - Whodunit Got A Whole Lot Weirder 1:08:33
  15. Ep 32: Spring Preview - 10 Upcoming Books We Want To Read Next 55:31
  16. Ep 31: The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine (Deep Dive) & the Carol Shields Prize Longlist 55:33
  17. Ep 30: The Books That Made Us & International Booker Prize Longlist 58:25
  18. Ep 29: Romance For Cynics & Women's Prize For Non-Fiction Longlist 57:43
  19. Ep 28: Short Stories To Start The Year - Debuts to Classics 1:03:16
  20. Ep 27: Angel Down by Daniel Kraus (Deep Dive) 1:02:50
  21. Ep 26: Our Reading Plans for 2026 54:18
  22. Ep 25: Top 10 Books of 2025 (& Our Biggest Disappointments) 1:17:48
  23. Ep 24: Graphic Novels That Break The Mould & National Book Award Winners 1:02:31
  24. Ep 23: Heart The Lover by Lily King (Deep Dive) 1:11:23
  25. Ep 22: Booker Prize Shortlist - Hot Takes, Out-Takes & Mistakes 1:00:14
  26. Ep 21: Reading for Spooky Season 57:34
  27. Ep 20: Banned Books & Literary Censorship 1:01:22
  28. Ep 19: Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid & National Book Awards Longlists 1:06:07
  29. Ep 18: Starting Out In Speculative Fiction & Sci-Fi 54:50
  30. Ep 17: How To DNF Like A Pro 1:05:14
  31. Ep 16: Books About Art & the Booker Prize Longlist 1:18:53
  32. Ep 15: The Women by Kristin Hannah (Deep Dive) 51:51
  33. Ep 14: Memoirs We Can't Stop Recommending 1:02:20
  34. Ep 13: Queer Lit Picks for Pride (& All Year Round) 1:00:48
  35. Ep 12: Sun, Sea and Page-Turners - Our Best Beach Reads 45:32
  36. Ep 11: Audition by Katie Kitamura (Deep Dive) & more prize winners 56:46
  37. Ep 10: Korean Reads We Recommend 58:07
  38. Ep 9: Big Book Fear 59:24
  39. Ep 8: Short Contemporary Classics 53:58
  40. Ep 7: Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte (Deep Dive) & April releases 59:39
  41. Ep 6: Women's Prize for Fiction Longlist 2025 - predictions, omissions & hot(ish) takes 46:35
  42. Ep 5: Our Favourite New York/London Novels 52:27
  43. Ep 4: The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (Deep Dive) & March releases 50:35
  44. Ep 3: Reading As an Act of Resistance 59:28
  45. Ep 2: Our Backlist Picks for 2025 48:01
  46. Ep 1: Our First Episode 56:28
  47. Trailer 0:57