Hope Book Club

This episode, Simone and Georgia dive into the wonderful world of bookstores. What makes a great bookstore? How do you choose what to buy once you’re there? And will online shopping be death of bookstores altogether? We answer those questions and so much more. Next episode's book: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce Ask (or share) anything about books!   Send us a voicemail: 02 9...

This episode, we are joined by guest contributor Isobel Sutcliffe to talk about cookbooks we love! This episode’s books:  Nigella Christmas  by Nigella Lawson The Weekend Cook  by Matthew Evans In Praise of Veg  by Alice Zaslavsky Ask (or share) anything about books!   Send us a voicemail: 02 9854 7025  Join the Facebook group: Hope Book Club - Facebook   Send us a message: hopepodcasts.com.au   -...

This episode, we speak to three children’s authors who have each created some incredible books that make a difference, including Hope Book Club founder Katrina Roe. This episode’s books:  Same by Katrina Roe, illustrated by Jemima Trappell Anchored by Debra Tidball, illustrated by Arielle Li  Harriet's Hungry Worms by Samantha Smith, illustrated by Melissa Johns Ask (or share) anything about books...

This episode’s book: The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams Ask (or share) anything about books!   Send us a voicemail: 02 9854 7025  Join the Facebook group: Hope Book Club - Facebook   Send us a message: hopepodcasts.com.au   ---  Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au . And send the team a message via Hope 103.2’s app , Facebook or Instagram .   See omnystudi...

Next episode’s book: The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams Books mentioned in episode: All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr  The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen  North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Film & TV adaptations mentio...

This episode’s book: Before The Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikaza Kawaguchi  Next episode's book: The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams Ask (or share) anything about books!   Send us a voicemail: 02 9854 7025  Join the Facebook group: Hope Book Club - Facebook   Send us a message: hopepodcasts.com.au   ---  Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au . And send the team...

Register for the live event here: Hope Book Club Live (on Zoom!) Live Event Book : The Wattle Island Book Club by Sandy Docker Next episode’s book: Before The Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi Books mentioned in episode: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman The Best Kind of Beautiful by Frances Whiting Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthon...

This episode’s book: The Garden of Hopes and Dreams by Barbara Hannay   Next book: Before The Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikaza Kawaguchi  Ask (or share) anything about books!   Send us a voicemail: 02 9854 7025  Join the Facebook group: Hope Book Club - Facebook   Send us a message: hopepodcasts.com.au   ---  Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au . And send the team...

Ask (or share) anything about books!   Send us a voicemail: 02 9854 7025  Join the Facebook group: Hope Book Club - Facebook   Send us a message: hopepodcasts.com.au   Next episode’s book: The Garden of Hopes and Dreams by Barbara Hannay    ---  Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au . And send the team a message via Hope 103.2’s app , Facebook or Instagram .   See...

Find your next summer read in Episode 45 of the Hope Book Club. Natasha Moore has been reading The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman .   This is the third book in the Thursday Murder Club series, set in an upmarket English Retirement Village. This time incorrigible flirt Joyce is driving the investigation as she wants to meet her favourite local TV newsreader.   Katrina Clifford has been reading...

In episode 44 of the Hope Book Club Katrina Roe and Natasha Moore are joined by Ellanda Joyce from The Little Lost Bookshop.  In this ep they review: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry. A historical drama set in 1893, about a young widow, Cora, and a local village caught up in rumours and superstition about a a mythical monster called The Essex Serpent. Claire Danes stars in the TV adaptation. A Man...

It’s the honeymoon edition of the Hope Book Club.    With a newlywed on the podcast, it’s the perfect time for romance.  In this episode we review:  The Giant Dark by Sarvat Hasin, inspired by the ancient Greek tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice. Aida is an adored rock star, Ehsan is the love of her youth. When they get back together, Aida disappears from public life, but her fans won’t let her go. ...

In Episode 42 of the Hope Book Club we explore the personal stories of some famous people and some not so famous.  Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah. A coming-of-age story, set during the twilight of apartheid and a tribute to a mother who defied the world in which her son was not supposed to exist. The Bookseller at the End of the World by Ruth Shaw. This seeming...

In this bonus episode, Hope Book Club host Katrina Roe chats with Aussie Crime author, Sulari Gentill about her new hit novel, T he Woman in the Library . Witty, warm and wise, Sulari shares her approach to crafting what she calls ‘the grand lie’ of storytelling. In this conversation, Katrina and Sulari discuss: The fun of playing with the conventions of murder mysteries Setting a book in a city y...

The Hope Book Club is turning 40! To celebrate, we have picked out some Killer Reads for you!  And they’re all by Aussie authors. In this episode, we review: Everyone in my Family has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson. It’s a novel set around a family reunion, but the members of the Cunningham family don’t like each other. If you loved Knives Out , this book is for you!  T he Woman in the Libra...

In this episode, our book club reviewers have been celebrating love in all its forms. In  Love Stories, much-loved novelist and journalist Trent Dalton collects stories of love from the streets of Brisbane as an antidote to the heartache and pain of the pandemic.  Sex and Vanity  is Kevin Kwan's modern re-telling of EM Forster's Italian romance,  A Room with a View. J ust like&...

Episode 38 of the Hope Book Club features new Australian fiction and a special guest reviewer - Georgia Free from Finding Hope .   Devotion  is the new novel from bestselling Australian author Hannah Kent.  It’s about a Prussian family who relocate to South Australia to escape religious persecution. The Shut-ins  by Katherine Brabon is about a young adult called...

In our first episode for 2022 we are learning to live a healthier, happier and unhurried life. Natasha Moore has been reading The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer.  This book sees hurry as the greatest enemy of a healthy spiritual life and argues for a slower, simpler way of life. Katrina Clifford has been reading Decluttering at the Speed of Life by Dana K White.  A de-c...

In Episode 36 of the Hope Book Club we’re solving some hot new mysteries. The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman is the sequel to the comic crime novel The Thursday Murder Club . Set in a retirement village, our four septuagenarians are drawn into a mystery involving diamonds, a violent killer, the mafia and MI-5. Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz - a crime fiction editor finds a real-life...

In Episode 35 of the Hope Book Club we explore the latest thought-provoking fiction.  Beautiful World, Where are you? by Sally Rooney follows the lives of four young friends trying to learn the knack of ‘adulting’. Another novel about friendship, sex and politics from the author of Conversations with Friends and Normal People. Amnesty by Aravind Adiga - Danny is an illegal immigra...

‘On her 38th birthday, Miriam Tedesco received flowers from a ghost.’ One year after the death of her husband and teenagers, Miriam Tedesco is struggling to hold it together. When she receives a bunch of flowers from her dead husband on their wedding anniversary, she understandably unravels. She sets off on a musical pilgrimage with her husband’s guitar, her daughter’s cell...

In episode 34 of the Hope Book Club we explore tender tales of love and loss. Sea Wife , by Amity Gage - A family buy a boat and sail around the Caribbean, with mystery, tragedy and intrigue thrown into the mix. H is for Hawke by Helen Macdonald - The memoir of a woman who is grieving her father and a memoir of the tenuous, but growing trust between human and hawk as one attempts to train the othe...

In Episode 33 of Hope Book Club we’re staying homegrown. Smart Ovens for Lonely People – a collection of quirky and funny short stories by Elizabeth Tan Chasing the McCubbin by Sandi Saunich. Set in the 1990s, this Melbourne-based novel is about a collector who wants to uncover an original McCubbin The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman by Julietta Henderson – the story of an 11-ye...

In episode 32, we are picking up some of the best American literature from the last few years.  Anne Patchett's The Dutch House (2019) Kevin's Wilson's Nothing to See Here (2019) A Children's Bible , a novel by Lydia Millet (2021) Plus we discuss which American author we would most like to have dinner with. Thanks for listening to the Hope Book Club – because life’s just better wi...

In Ep 31, we look at some challenging non-fiction that can help us live more deliberately. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobez Du Mez .   Bill Bailey’s Remarkable Guide to Happiness And Raising Girls in the 21st Century by Steve Biddulph Plus our booklovers discuss the influence of books on their real life decisions. Lea...