Hope Book Club

Put on your deerstalker, grab your magnifying glass, and make sure you have your wits about you in Episode 30 of the Hope Book Club Donate to our November Appeal. Click here  http://hope1032.com.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join Katrina Roe & Natasha Moore as they dive into the humour, trials and first hand tales from three journalistic style memoirs this week. Donate to our November Appeal. Click here  http://hope1032.com.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We delve into some hot new holiday reads – Natasha Moore has been reading the latest novels by two of her favourite authors. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I am woman. Hear me roar. Our latest instalment of the Hope Book Club explores books about fierce and fiery women. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

These cracking books all feature a plague of some description, but they’ll also make you feel a whole lot better about the current crisis. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Upgrade your brain, show off your smarts and get your genius on. It’s the brainy edition of the Hope Book Club, with a focus on Australian non-fiction. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What could be better than reading about books? In this episode, Hope 103.2’s Katrina Roe and Natasha Moore from the Centre for Public Christianity explore some of the best books about books. The Dictionary of Lost Words - the debut novel from Australian author Pip Williams, this delightful tale is set around the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary.   Young Esme spends her childhood hanging a...

Perfect for these chilly winter days, the Hope Book Club fires up some crackling good fireside fiction for Episode 23. Katrina Roe and Natasha Moore from the Centre for Public Christianity discuss: Fleishman is in Trouble - the debut novel of Taffy Brodesser-Akner. It’s the story of a 41 year man, Toby Fleishman, going through a bitter divorce from his wife of 15 years. Bel Canto by Anne Patchett...

Hope Book Club returns to the scene of the crime with another popular crime fiction episode. Natasha Moore from the Centre for Public Christianity has been reading the morbidly funny book, My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite. Nominated for the Booker Prize in 2019, it’s about how blood is thicker than water, and also harder to get out of the carpet. Still Life by Louise Penny is th...

As the Hope Book Club turns 21, it’s all about becoming – which seems appropriate for a 21st! In this memoir-focussed episode, Katrina Roe and Natasha Moore (from CPX) share personal stories of transformation from inspiring women.  These stories of resilience and flourishing in spite of life’s challenges are perfect for these challenging times: Educated by Tara Westover, a memoir about overcoming...

Don't panic!  Supermarket shelves  may be empty, but thankfully book shelves are still well-stocked! It’s the epic 20th episode of the Hope Book Club, featuring special guest Paul Kelly. We’re talking fully Australian made, choccas with home-grown goodness, all freshly picked from our own backyard. And there’s not a roll of toilet paper in sight! In this episode Katrina Roe and Natasha Moore discu...

It’s the movie-lovers edition of the Hope Book Club! In this episode, Natasha Moore and Katrina Roe review books that have all made the leap to the big or small screen. Normal People by Sally Rooney is a millennial love story featuring an on-again, off-again romance. It explores the energising electricity of first love and the way that relationships change people.  It’s as much about the clunky mo...

In Episode 18 of the Hope Book Club, Natasha Moore and Katrina Roe have picked out some deep thinking, but oh-so-easy-to-read, non-fiction with more fizz and sparkle than your summer drink selection! Dive in deep this summer! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Episode 17 of the Hope Book Club, Natasha Moore and Katrina Roe accidentally stumble upon three books with a common thread – they’re all about marriage and relationships! It wasn’t planned this way, we promise! Heartburn, by Nora Ephron - an autobiographical novel from the famous screenwriter of films like When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless in Seattle. The book is unashamedly based on Ephron’s...

Break out your bunsen burner - it's science time in the Hope Book Club! In this episode Katrina Roe and Natasha Moore review: - 'Lost and Wanted' by Nell Freudenberger. - Randall Munroe's 'What If?' - 'Can't Beat the Chemistry' by Kat Colmer * 'Lost and Wanted':  Poetry and science come together in this novel about a renowned physicist who has to confront the supernatural. Helen Clapp doesn't beli...

It’s the Booker Prize edition of the Hope Book Club, also known as the Hubba Bubba edition, the mozzarella edition or the downward dog edition because it is going to stretch you.  Natasha Moore and Katrina Roe have picked out their favourite Booker Prize winners ahead of the 2019 annoucement: Milkman by Anna Burns (2018) Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (2017) Narrow Road to the Deep North...

In this episode Natasha Moore and Katrina Roe have picked out some cracking fiction for you: * 'Big Stone Gap' by Adriana Trigiani, * 'The Young Lion' by Blanche D’Apulget, and * 'The Lost Man' by Jane Harper 'Big Stone Gap' by Adriana Trigiani is a heart-warming small town story set around the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia – it’s also a New York Times bestseller, that’s been made into a movie....

It’s the crime fiction edition! Natasha and Katrina sink their teeth into "The Three Evangelists" by Fred Vargas, Dorothy Sayers' "Lord Peter Wimsey" series, and "The Ruin" by Dervla McTiernan - AND they reveal which long-term book series they have stuck with for years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this non-fiction episode of the Hope Book Club, Katrina Roe and Natasha Moore discuss Dear Farenheit 451, Fierce Conversations, and The Land Before Avocado. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From quirky Professor Don Tilman to Stephen King's teenage misfit Carrie, and quirky authors themselves, this episode covers a few of literature's odd-bods. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode Katrina Roe and Natasha Moore discusses Liane Moriarty’s new bestseller, Nine Perfect Strangers, Bridge of Clay, by Marcus Zusak, All the Light You Cannot See by Anthony Doerr and The Signature of All Things. by Elizabeth Gilbert. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this summer episode, Katrina Roe and Natasha Moore holiday on a book lover’s paradise - exploring books that will fill those long summer days with joy and wonder. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of the Hope Book Club, Katrina Roe and Natasha Moore travel the world from North Carolina, to the Camino in Spain, to Australia's outback. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of The Hope Book Club Katrina Roe and Natasha Moore discuss the latest book releases from; Eleanor Oliphant is … See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of the Hope Book Club, we look at three books tackling sex and relationships from very different angles. The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty, On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan and Out of the Cages, by Penny Jaye. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.