Diving In

Email hello@divinginpodcast.com Instagram @diving_in_podcast Virginia’s Instagram @virginia_reads Louise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_reads Song ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadeline Podcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher. Graphics by Orla Larkin - create@werkshop.com.au Books Days Without End by Sebastian Barr...

Louise and Virginia discuss three of Nancy Mitford’s Radlett family novels as well as the novel that caused a rift in the family. They also discuss a podcast, a BBC radio programme and a TV series they’ve been diving into lately. Email hello@divinginpodcast.com Instagram @diving_in_podcast Virginia’s Instagram @virginia_reads Louise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_reads Song ‘Diving In’ – original m...

Louise and Virginia discuss Such A Fun Age, The Giver of Stars, Bruny and Long Bright River and the controversy surrounding American Dirt - as well as some movies, podcasts and a TV series they’ve been diving into over the break Email hello@divinginpodcast.com Instagram @diving_in_podcast Virginia’s Instagram @virginia_reads Louise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_reads Song ‘Diving In’ – original mu...

Louise and Virginia discuss books set at Christmas, books to give as gifts, their favourite books of 2019 and a few other things they’ve been diving into. They also announce their read along for March 2020. Email hello@divinginpodcast.com Instagram @diving_in_podcast Virginia’s Instagram @virginia_reads Louise’s Instagram @louise_cooks_and_reads Song ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written...

Louise and Virginia have a great conversation about four excellent British novels, The Cockroach by Ian McEwan, The Confession by Jessie Burton, Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple and To Calais, in Ordinary Time by James Meek. They also discuss a couple of great podcasts and a feel-good movie. Email hello@divinginpodcast.com Instagram @diving_in_podcast Virginia’s Instagram @virginia_reads L...

Louise and Virginia discuss a number of British books and authors and a few other things they’ve been diving into. Email hello@divinginpodcast.com Instagram @diving_in_podcast Virginia’s Instagram @les__livres__ Song ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadeline Podcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher. Books A Game of Hi...

Murderinos Louise and Virginia discuss several crime novels, from cosy drawing room dramas to gritty Scandi noir police procedurals. Email hello@divinginpodcast Instagram @diving_in_podcast Virginia’s Instagram @les__livres__ Song ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadeline Podcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher. Than...

Virginia and Louise devote an entire episode to the wonderful writing of American novelist Ann Patchett. They discuss her skill at weaving momentous intergenerational sagas and her deft and intuitive understanding of familial relationships, marriages and siblings. Books – all by Ann Patchett The Dutch House, 2019. Bloomsbury Publishing. The Magician’s Assistant, 1998. Harper Collins Commonwealth,...

Virginia and Louise journey to Russia minus the vodka and discuss a new best-seller set in the Cold War and a stolen manuscript, some Russian novels and the fate of dissidents who speak out against Mother Russia. The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott, 2019 Dr Zhivago by Boris Pasternak One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Podcast: Putin, Prisoner of Power, Mischa Glenny,...

Louise and Virginia catch up after Louise has been on holiday in New York. Louise has a great New York update, and the chat is about all things New York, iconic buildings, the United Nations General Assembly, a new stage production of Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the New York Public Library and its new storage system. They discuss a number of books set in America and some other things...

Louise and Virginia discuss several recent books written by Australian Indigenous writers. Louise talks about two excellent non-fiction books by Bruce Pascoe and Virginia talks about the recent releases by Melissa Lucashenko and Tara June Winch. They also talk about a few other things they’ve been diving into recently. Email hello@divinginpodcast.com Instagram @diving_in_podcast Virginia’s Instagr...

Virginia and Louise reminisce about the books that were read to them as small children, and the books they read to themselves when they were young. Email hello@divinginpodcast.com Instagram @diving_in_podcast Virginia’s Instagram @les__livres__ Song ‘Diving In’ - original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline -  https://linktr.ee/llauraadeline Podcast sound production and editing...

Louise and Virginia discuss a novel that explores dementia and exposes a 70 year old mystery, and a novel that touches on domestic abuse, as well as chatting about complex topics including caring for the aged, the collection and use of our personal data and the consequences of finding yourself a whistle blower. Email hello@divinginpodcast.com Instagram @diving_in_podcast Virginia’s Instagram @les_...

Louise and Virginia discuss a number of books that delve into what it means to be a person of colour in America, and the issue of wrongful incarceration. They also talk about a secret religious group that wields considerable power in Washington, run by men only, and a few other things they’ve been diving into. Email hello@divinginpodcast.com Instagram @diving_in_podcast Virginia’s Instagram @les__...