The Bookcast Club

Jenny, Belle and Sarah try to predict the winner of this year's Women's Prize for Fiction. We share our thoughts on each of the shortlisted books and give you our favourites and winning predictions. We've got this episode out ahead of time for once, so will we be right? We also want to give away a Bookcast Club exclusive hoodie to one lucky listener. Listen to April's episode for the answer and fi...

We welcome friend of the pod Cobby this month to discuss the classic book Wuthering Heights and how it compares to the 2026 movie "Wuthering Heights" by Emerald Fennell. Are we team Heathcliff or Martin Clunes? We also want to give away a Bookcast Club exclusive hoodie to one lucky listener. Listen to April's episode for the answer and fill in this entry form for your chance to win. Get in touch I...

In our very first episode of the year, Jenny, Belle and Sarah are back and we’re kicking things off with a big update! We’re moving away from seasons and switching to a monthly episode format, and in this episode we chat through why the change felt right for us (and hopefully for you too). Alongside that, it’s a proper catch-up - what we’ve been reading, what we’ve been loving, and how our reading...

Jenny and Sarah chat about their favourite reads of 2025, along with some great recommendations from listeners What have your standout reads of 2025 been? Are any of these on your TBR? Books mentioned: Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakam A Room Above a Shop by Anthony Shapland The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden The G...

Sarah and Jenny discuss the recent release of Wicked: For Good and how it compares to the book. The book is dark and complex, a strong contrast to the book. They discuss what they loved and hated about the film, and what was gained or lost in the translation from Gregory Maguire's Wicked . Have you read the book and/or seen the film? What did you think? Get in touch Instagram  |  TikTok...

This is our LIVE recording of our Patreon Book Club, so apologies for sound gremlins. We discuss The Lamb by Lucy Rose with our Patreons. If you would like to join us next time you can sign up here for as little as £2 a month. Books mentioned: Things We Say in the Dark by Kirsty Logan Folk by Zoe Gilbert Earthlings by Sayaka Murata Get in touch Instagram  |  TikTok  |  Substack...

Who'd have believed it!? A Laurie Gilmore, Dream Harbour special. Millie joins Jenny to discuss the Dream Harbour series as well as the rise in spicy romance. Books mentioned: Book Lovers by Emily Henry The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandana You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi The Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden Once Upon a Broken Heart Series b...

Today Jenny and her sister Katie take on the epic challenge of comparing the Mary Shelley classic, Frankenstein with Guillermo Del Toro's new movie. We answer all the important questions - did the creature have a brain? Who the f*ck is Catherine? Mia Goth is British!? And what was the milk count? Books mentioned: Poor Things by Alasdair Grey Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova Do Androids Dream o...

Belle catches up with fellow Naarm resident and Bookstagrammer, @paulineisreading. They talk bookstagram, ARCs, and some of their favourite Australian authors. Books mentioned: coming soon! Get in touch Instagram  |  TikTok  |  Substack  |  Patreon  |  Ko-fi  |  Email | YouTube Support The Bookcast Club You can support the podcast on  Patreon...

One of our favourite episodes of the year - spooky reads! Belle and Jenny share their latest horror reads, spooky TBRs, quick fire horror genres and tv/movie recs. It's a bumper ep, packed full of horror recs. Happy Halloween! Books mentioned: Hungerstone by Kat Dunn The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell House of Splinters by Laura Purcell Children of Paradise by Camilla Grudova The Hotel by Dais...

Sarah and Belle get together to talk about about cosy reads. They discuss what kinds of books they read more in Autumn and Winter, and share what they've been reading and watching lately. Books mentioned: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh Helle & Death by Oskar Jensen The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood The Wolf...

We welcome Sarah from Your True Shelf to the pod today to discuss reading challenges and, specifically, #HRCYED - The Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever do, Jenny and Sarah take the opportunity to discuss their recent/current reads and TBR's for the challenge. Books mentioned: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin It Was Always You by Emma Cooper The Things We Lost by Jyoti Pate...

We're back! Welcome to season 4 of The Bookcast Club. In this episode we share what we've been doing and reading over the last few months as well as teasing what's to come in this upcoming season. Books mentioned : Confessions by Catherine Airey All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot The Dutch House by Ann Patchett I'm Glad my Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy Rapture by Emily Maguire A Psalm f...

Sarah, Belle, and Jenny gather today to bring you the second of a two-part episode discussion the 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction Shortlist. Today, they discuss their thoughts on Fundamentally by Nassaibah Younis, The Persians by Sanam Mahloudji, and The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden. Are you reading the Women's Prize shortlist this year? Get in touch Instagram  |  TikTok  | ...

Sarah, Belle, and Jenny gather today to bring you the first of a two-part episode disucssing the 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction Shortlist. Today, they discuss their thoughts on Good Girl by Aria Aber and All Fours by Amanda July, with a sort of half-discussion about Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout. Are you reading the Women's Prize shortlist this year? Get in touch Instagram  |  T...

We welcome back the delightful Shawn Mooney from the Youtube channel Shawn Breathes Books. He and Sarah discuss Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea , which was published in 1966 as a response to Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre . They chat about the book's origins, its role and relationship with the canon, and how they feel about it in isolation plus as a conversational piece with Jane Eyre . Things mentione...

Belle and Sarah chat through the wonderful back catalogue of Irish writer Claire Keegan, a Bookcast Club fave. If you have any suggestions for future author spotlights please let us know by contacting us on Instagram or email . Books mentioned : Antarctica Foster Small Things Like These So Late in the Day Walk the Blue Fields Things mentioned: Claire Keegan on ABC Podcast Get in touch Instagram &n...

Sarah catches up with former cohost of the Bookcast Club, the fabulous Chris. They chat all things Women's Prize, grief memoirs, and other stuff they've been reading. Will Sarah ever read ACOTAR, or will she just continue to mention it? Also mentioned: Episode #87 - Books about Grief and Death Get in touch Instagram  |  TikTok  |  Voice message  |  Substack  |&nb...

Cannot think of a better title! Big thank you to Patreon supporter Millie for coming on the pod with Jenny to share some recommendations. Jenny's choice was Grady Hendrix's My Best Friend's Exorcism and Millie's choice was Briefly, A Delicious Life by Nell Stephens - but what were our bookish pairings? We also did some recommendations for listeners based on Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers and Wh...

In this episode, Sarah welcomes Cobby back to the podcast! They dive into The Talented Mr. Ripley , comparing Patricia Highsmith’s chilling 1955 novel with Anthony Minghella’s 1999 film adaptation. How does the psychological tension of the book translate to the screen? What changes in character, tone, and setting shift our understanding of Tom Ripley?  We hope you enjoy the episode! Get in to...

It's a non-fiction special! Sarah and Jenny dive into non-fiction, we chat The Women's Prize for Non Fiction and share some of our recent fave reads. Books mentioned : Autocracy Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World by Anne Applebaum Code Dependant: Living in the Shadow of AI by Madhumita Murgia The Wager by David Grann See What You Made Me Do by Jess Hill From Here to the Great Unknown by...

Sarah and Jenny journey beyond the yellow brick road to compare Gregory Maguire’s novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West with its recent film adaptation. They discuss how the film reinterprets key characters, themes, and the moral grey areas of Oz. Have you seen the film/read the book? What did you think of the adaptation? Get in touch Instagram  |  TikTok &nbsp...

Welcome to a new season of The Bookcast Club. Jenny, Belle and Sarah battle time zones to bring you their recent and current reads, plans for the season ahead, YOUR recent 5 star bangers and just the general chaos we like to bless your ears with. Welcome back, we've missed you! Books mentioned: Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton The Party by Tessa Hadley Strange Flowers by Donal Ryan Normal Women by Ain...

Belle, Sarah, and Jenny get together to round out the year! They chat through their best books of the year and share their thoughts. This is the final episode of the season; we will be back early next year for Season 3! Let us know if you enjoy the episode, and what you thought of the books! Books mentioned: Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth Vladimir by Julia May Jonas Our Wives Under the Sea by Juli...

In the second last episode of the season, Sarah and Belle get together to discuss all three of Sophie Mackintosh's novels: The Water Cure, Blue Ticket, and Cursed Bread . Have you read any of her novels? What did you think? Get in touch Instagram  |  TikTok  |  Substack  |  Patreon  |  Ko-fi Support The Bookcast Club You can support the podcast on  Patr...