He Read She Read

This week on  He Read She Read®  JP and Sarah are joined by book royalty, Marieke Hardy and Jason Steger to dive into George Saunders latest novel, Vigil. Marieke and Jason share their book reading habits and provide some banging book recommendations. He Read She Read®  is proudly presented by Specsavers. Follow us on Instagram @heread_sheread to join in our book chat and to enter some great givea...

This week on  He Read She Read®  JP and Sarah jump on the tradwife bandwagon and unpacked the instant global bestseller, Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke. They talk about the hype of it all and whether these kinds of must-read books are good for publishing. They have a very honest chat about what they didn’t like about the book and what they thought worked well before providing their book recommend...

This week on  He Read She Read®  JP and Sarah are joined by  The Australian Financial  Review fashion editor, Lauren Sams, and host and editor, of news podcast  The Squiz , Kate Watson, to discuss The Correspondent, the sleeper hit by debut novelist Virginia Evans. They discuss what they found so charming about the book, what they think of Jane Fonda being cast in the movie adaptation and what the...

This week on  He Read She Read®  JP and Sarah dive into one of the most talked about books of the year, Lily King’s  Heart the Lover . They discuss why it has captured so many hearts around the world and why it is so loved. JP explains his pet peeve of literary references in novels and Sarah explains her allergic reaction to the protagonist’s love interest at the beginning of the novel. They risk...

*WE APOLOGISE FOR THE SOUND ISSUES ON THIS EP* This week on  He Read She Read®  JP and Sarah share their top picks for upcoming book releases. They discuss books they are most looking forward to reading and the books they think will be bestsellers, including a bold Booker Prize prediction. He Read She Read®  is proudly presented by Specsavers. Follow us on Instagram @heread_sheread to join in our...

This week on  He Read She Read®  JP and Sarah read The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. It’s one of JP’s all time favourite books and he explains what he loves about it. Sarah read it for the first time and talks about how it worked its quiet charm on her. He Read She Read®  is proudly presented by Specsavers. Follow us on Instagram @heread_sheread The  He Read She Read®  team would like to a...

This week on  He Read She Read®  JP and Sarah travel back to the early 2000s **and **immerse themselves in the emerging Indie music scene and the early days of social media and influencer culture via Holly Brickley’s 2025 bestseller,  Deep Cuts .  JP & Sarah discuss the power of nostalgia, why we love stories about creatives, the strengths and weaknesses of Percy and Joe’s will-they-won’t-they...

This week on  He Read She Read®  JP and Sarah discuss the literary goings-on that have made the first quarter of 2026 one of the most action-packed they can remember. From the ongoing fallout of uninviting guests to literary festivals, author Craig Silvey’s shock arrest, who should be allowed to write screenplay adaptations of classic novels and the AI scandal that has dominated the headlines, JP...

We Read Mystic River by Dennis Lehane This week on  He Read She Read®  JP and Sarah are joined by ABC journalist, Rachael Brown, and filmmaker, Gil Marsden. They bring their discerning analytical and storytelling skills to review the popular crime classic and talk about Lehane’s characters and writing style. You can follow Gil on Instagram @heyimgilmarsden You can follow Rach on Instagram @missrac...

This week on  He Read She Read®  JP and Sarah put on their poshest outfits and dive into the weird and wonderful world of royalty as they discuss  The Heir Apparent  by Rebecca Armitage. It’s an Aussie debut that has taken the world by storm having been selected as a Reece Witherspoon book club pick in late 2025. JP & Sarah talk about the plot and the characters and how Rebecca’s journalism ba...

This week on  He Read She Read®  JP and Sarah are joined by journalists, authors and fellow podcasters, Clare and Jessie Stephens. They discuss  The Names  by Florence Knapp. They talk about what they liked and what they didn’t and whether the high concept premise of the book was maintained throughout the novel. Recommendations: Clare and Jessie both recommend  Heart the Lover  by Lily King He Rea...

This week on  He Read She Read®  JP and Sarah discuss all things audio books. They talk about the rise in audio book popularity, what kind of genres work best on audio and provide a bunch of recommendations. They also discuss what podcasts they like listening to and whether listening to an audio book is the same as reading a physical book. He Read She Read®  is proudly presented by Specsavers. Fol...

We Read The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty   This week on  He Read She Read®  JP and Sarah read Liane Moriarty’s wildly successful book, The Husband’s Secret which was her first book to be a  New York Times  bestseller. They discuss the moral questions presented in the book, the cast of characters and how they feel about the ending.   Recommendations: Sarah recommends  Search History  by Amy T...

This week on  He Read She Read®  journalist Georgia Love and comedian Sammy Petersen join Sarah to delve into Truman Capote’s true crime classic,  In Cold Blood. They discuss why it’s endured the test of time, the ethics around claiming something is a true story if it contains fictional elements and how Capote’s writing has informed so much of their favourite writing today.  Recommendations: Georg...

This week on  He Read She Read®  JP and Sarah answer listener questions including why they started  He Read She Read®, how they find time to read and what’s going on with JP’s hair. He Read She Read®  is proudly presented by Specsavers.  Follow us on Instagram @heread_sheread The  He Read She Read®  team would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this podcast was recorde...

This week on  He Read She Read®  JP and Sarah are blasting off into outer space and deep-diving Taylor Jenkin-Reid’s latest novel  Atmosphere . They discuss what they like and dislike about the commercial blockbuster and how they would rewrite the ending. Recommendations: Sarah recommended  Great Circle  by Maggie Shipstead. JP recommended  Seascraper  by Benjamin Wood.  And he snuck in a bonus re...

This week on  He Read She Read®  JP and Sarah talk about the importance of reading and recommend a stack of books to get you out of a reading slump and into a good reading rhythm in 2026.    He Read She Read®  is proudly presented by Specsavers.  Follow us on Instagram @heread_sheread The  He Read She Read®  team would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this podcast wa...

For the first episode of He Read She Read ®, JP and Sarah deep dive the 2025 Booker Prize winning novel Flesh by David Szalay. They talk about how the Booker Prize is determined and the controversial 2025 judge, how they feel about Flesh and whether they believe it’s a worthy Booker Prize winner. Recommendations: JP recommended Dove by Georgia Harper. Sarah recommended Don’t Let Him In by crime fi...

Hey Everyone! We’re so pumped to introduce you to our new podcast:  He Read She Read® , a fortnightly show about books and reading. The ‘he’ is, JP Pomare. And the ‘she’ is, Sarah Bailey. We’re two Melbourne based authors who – surprise surprise – love books. We love writing books, reading books and listening to books, and we especially love talking about books. We don’t always agree but that’s pr...