Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club

This week's book guest is The Cut by Richard Armitage.Sara and Cariad are joined by the award-winning actor and author Richard Armitage himself.In this episode they discuss forensics, cello, bullying, Susan Pascoe and Gary Barlow.Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!Follow Sara &amp; Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclubProduced, recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/">Plosive</a>.Artwork by Welcome Studio.  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week's book guest is The Midnight Train by Matt Haig.Sara and Cariad are joined by the internationally bestselling author himself, Matt Haig.In this episode they discuss steam trains, Sheffield, Ulysses, modernism and Def Leppard.Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!Follow Sara &amp; Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclubProduced by Naomi Parnell.Recorded and edited by Aniya Das for <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/">Plosive</a>.Artwork by Welcome Studio.  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week's book guest is Welcome to Weird Street by Stephen Mangan, illustrated by Anita ManganSara and Cariad are joined by the brilliant actor, comedian, presenter and writer Stephen Mangan.In this episode they discuss Treasure Island, Green Wing, Stephen Fry and farts.Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!Follow Sara &amp; Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclubProduced, recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/">Plosive</a>.Artwork by Welcome Studio.  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week's book guest is Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.Sara and Cariad are joined by comedian, writer, playwright and friend Vanessa Hammick.In this episode they discuss AI, dissertations, Kenneth Branagh, broad strokes, and Emma Stone.Trigger warning: In this episode we discuss sexual assault and child murder.Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!Follow Sara &amp; Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclubProduced, recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/">Plosive</a>.Artwork by Welcome Studio.  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week's book guest is Having Spent Life Seeking by Kae Tempest Sara and Cariad are joined by the incredible spoken word performer, poet, recording artist, novelist and playwright Kae Tempest himself.In this episode they discuss addiction, school, access to reading, seaside towns and lager tops.Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!Having Spent Life Seeking by Kae Tempest is available <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/465343/having-spent-life-seeking-by-tempest-kae/9781787335370">here</a>Follow Sara &amp; Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclubProduced, recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/">Plosive</a>.Artwork by Welcome Studio.  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week's book guest is Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke.Sara and Cariad are joined by international best selling author Caro Claire Burke herself.In this episode they discuss mirrors, Christians, botox, TikTok, feminism and dingos.Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke is available <a href="https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/yesteryear-caro-claire-burke?variant=56162497429883">here</a>Follow Sara &amp; Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclubProduced by Naomi Parnell Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/">Plosive</a>.Artwork by Welcome Studio.  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week's book guest is Middlemarch by George Eliot.In this episode we discuss soap operas, love stories, socialism, Nietzsche and Cariad getting angry.Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!Follow Sara &amp; Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclubProduced by Naomi Parnell Recorded by Naomi Parnell and edited by Aniya Das for <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/">Plosive</a>.Artwork by Welcome Studio.  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week's book guest is Flesh by David Szalay.Sara and Cariad are joined by the two time nominee and current winner of the Booker Prize himself, David Szalay.In this episode they discuss and class, Vienna, masculinity, prizes, money and Soho.Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!Flesh by David Szalay. is available <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/420940/flesh-by-szalay-david/9781529932423">here</a>.Follow Sara &amp; Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclubProduced by Naomi Parnell Recorded and edited by Aniya Das for <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/">Plosive</a>.Artwork by Welcome Studio.  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Sara and Cariad are back with another series of truly excellent, weird and wonderful reads and a host of brilliant guests lined up this series!Welcome back to the book club where you don't even have to have read the book to join in! In this episodeSara and Cariad discuss books they've read in the break, the National Year of Reading, Odysseus and maggots.Thank you for reading with us. We look forward to reading with you (or not) this series!Follow Sara &amp; Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and <a href="https://twitter.com/weirdosbookclub">Twitter</a> @weirdosbookclub Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/">Plosive</a>.Artwork by Welcome Studio.  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Sara and Cariad are back for a fifth series of weird and wonderful reads! Send us your listener suggestions and remember you don't even have to have read the book to join in!Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!For bonus content, access to BTS photos and videos, messages AND to support the pod 💖 sign up to our Patreon at <a href="https://open.acast.com/networks/64b80892afb02500113622a7/shows/64b69e3ec409730011da06ee/episodes/patreon.com/c/weirdosbookclub">patreon.com/c/weirdosbookclub</a>Follow Sara &amp; Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and <a href="https://twitter.com/weirdosbookclub">Twitter</a> @weirdosbookclubProduced by PlosiveArtwork by Welcome Studio Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Your favourite Weirdos will be back with a brand new series next week, but to tide you over until then, we're sharing an episode of our brilliant friends Amy Gledhill and Harriet Kemsley's podcast, Single Ladies In Your Area which - all about dating and relationships in your 30s and beyond. For this episode they're joined by special guest... Jameela Jamil!Amy and Harriet joined us on the Weirdos Book Club podcast to discuss Helen Fielding's iconic Bridget Jones's Diary, you can listen back to that episode <a href="https://pod.link/1699406650/episode/Njc3ODBlMTE1NjliZGI3NWQ2MDdjN2U3?view=apps&amp;sort=popularity">here</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week's book guest is The Meaning of Liff by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd.Sara and Cariad are joined by legendary director, producer and writer, John Lloyd. John is the BAFTA, Emmy and Grammy award-winning creator of such shows as Spitting Image, Not The Nine o'Clock News, Blackadder and QI. In this episode they discuss quizzes, friendship, toilet seats, Sweden and Judi Dench.Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!The Meaning of Liff is 42 by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd is available <a href="https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/douglas-adams/the-meaning-of-liff/9781035051458">here</a>.Follow Sara &amp; Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and <a href="https://twitter.com/weirdosbookclub">Twitter</a> @weirdosbookclubTickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from <a href="https://sarapascoe.co.uk/">sarapascoe.co.uk</a>Cariad's children's book Where Did She Go? is out <a href="https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/cariad-lloyd/where-did-she-go/9781444970944/">here</a> now. Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/">Plosive</a>.Artwork by Welcome Studio.  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

In this week's episode Sara and Cariad peruse the list of David Bowie’s 100 Books to Have Read.Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!Follow Sara &amp; Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and <a href="https://twitter.com/weirdosbookclub">Twitter</a> @weirdosbookclubTickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from <a href="https://sarapascoe.co.uk/">sarapascoe.co.uk</a>Cariad's children's book Lydia Marmalade and the Christmas Wish is out in paperback <a href="https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/cariad-lloyd/lydia-marmalade-and-the-christmas-wish/9781444971491/">here</a> now. Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/">Plosive</a>.Artwork by Welcome Studio.  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week's book guest is Muckle Flugga by Michael Pederson.Sara and Cariad are joined by prize-winning Scottish poet and author, Michael Pederson. Michael is the current Edinburgh Makar and Writer in Residence at The University of Edinburgh, he also co-founded the prize-winning literary collective Neu! Reekie!In this episode they discuss Stephen Fry, rivers, vocabulary, Robert Louis Stevenson, writing retreats, Jack Lowden and Salman Rushdie. Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!Muckle Flugga by Michael Pederson is available <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/muckle-flugga-michael-pedersen/7812104?ean=9780571387724&amp;next=t">here</a>.Follow Sara &amp; Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and <a href="https://twitter.com/weirdosbookclub">Twitter</a> @weirdosbookclubTickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from <a href="https://sarapascoe.co.uk/">sarapascoe.co.uk</a>Cariad's children's book Lydia Marmalade and the Christmas Wish is out in paperback <a href="https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/cariad-lloyd/lydia-marmalade-and-the-christmas-wish/9781444971491/">here</a> now. Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/">Plosive</a>.Artwork by Welcome Studio.  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Happy New Year! This week's Christmas book guest is A Year of Creative Thinking by Jessica Swale.Sara and Cariad are joined by Jessica Swale - Jessica is an Olivier Award-winning playwright, screenwriter and director. She's known for such works as Blue Stockings, Nell Gwynn and the current hit Paddington: The Musical.In this episode they discuss aliens, Paddington, snacks, childhood artistry, chair parties and Gails.Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!A Year of Creative Thinking by Jessica Swale is available <a href="https://www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/a-year-of-creative-thinking">here</a> - Save 25% when you buy direct from publisher Nick Hern Books - enter code WEIRDOSNHB at www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/a-year-of-creative-thinkingFollow Sara &amp; Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and <a href="https://twitter.com/weirdosbookclub">Twitter</a> @weirdosbookclubTickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from <a href="https://sarapascoe.co.uk/">sarapascoe.co.uk</a>Cariad's children's book Lydia Marmalade and the Christmas Wish is out in paperback <a href="https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/cariad-lloyd/lydia-marmalade-and-the-christmas-wish/9781444971491/">here</a> now. Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/">Plosive</a>.Artwork by Welcome Studio.  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week's Christmas book guest is Introducing Mrs Collins by Rachel Parris.Sara and Cariad are joined for a special festive episode by the award winning, BAFTA nominated comedian, writer, improvisor, actor and star of Mock the Week and The Mash Report - Rachel Parris herself.In this episode they discuss the Napoleonic Wars, marriage, Janeites, Hunsford and sex with Mr Collins.Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!Introducing Mrs Collins by Rachel Parris is available <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/introducing-mrs-collins-a-pride-and-prejudice-sequel-telling-the-story-of-what-charlotte-lucas-did-next-rachel-parris/fbad3ec113f56eca?ean=9781399751612&amp;next=t">here</a>.Follow Sara &amp; Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and <a href="https://twitter.com/weirdosbookclub">Twitter</a> @weirdosbookclubTickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from <a href="https://sarapascoe.co.uk/">sarapascoe.co.uk</a>Cariad's children's book Lydia Marmalade and the Christmas Wish is out in paperback <a href="https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/cariad-lloyd/lydia-marmalade-and-the-christmas-wish/9781444971491/">here</a> now. Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/">Plosive</a>.Artwork by Welcome Studio.  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week is a special Christmas Book Conundrums episode.We asked our listeners for their festive book gifting conundrums and tried to come up with some helpful suggestions and inspirations!Thank you for reading with us this Christmas. We like reading with you!Follow Sara &amp; Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and <a href="https://twitter.com/weirdosbookclub">Twitter</a> @weirdosbookclubTickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from <a href="https://sarapascoe.co.uk/">sarapascoe.co.uk</a>Cariad's children's book Lydia Marmalade and the Christmas Wish is out in paperback <a href="https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/cariad-lloyd/lydia-marmalade-and-the-christmas-wish/9781444971491/">here</a> now. Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/">Plosive</a>.Artwork by Welcome Studio.  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week's book guest is My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh.Sara and Cariad are joined by legendary DJ and music producer Jodie Harsh who recently published her own memoir, You Had To Be There: An Odyssey Through Noughties London, One Night at a Time.In this episode they discuss Crossrail, nostalgia, Amy Winehouse, the twelve steps, Soho and the National Lottery.Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh is available <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/my-year-of-rest-and-relaxation-ottessa-moshfegh/978286?ean=9781784707422&amp;next=t&amp;next=t">here</a>.You Had To Be There by Jodie Harsh is available <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/you-had-to-be-there-jodie-harsh/7688901?ean=9780571392414&amp;next=t">here</a>.Follow Sara &amp; Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and <a href="https://twitter.com/weirdosbookclub">Twitter</a> @weirdosbookclubTickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from <a href="https://sarapascoe.co.uk/">sarapascoe.co.uk</a>Cariad's children's book Lydia Marmalade and the Christmas Wish is out in paperback <a href="https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/cariad-lloyd/lydia-marmalade-and-the-christmas-wish/9781444971491/">here</a> now. Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/">Plosive</a>.Artwork by Welcome Studio.  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week's book guest is Father Figure by Emma Forrest.Sara and Cariad are joined by writer and director Emma Forrest. Emma has published five novels and two critically acclaimed memoirs and was named as one of Variety's 'Top 10 Screenwriters to Watch’.In this episode they discuss Watching people from busses, fantasies, ear-worms, obsession and George Michael.Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!Father Figure by Emma Forrest is available <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/father-figure-natalie-portman-s-november-book-club-pick-emma-forrest/16f78c86a82a0733?ean=9781474620598&amp;next=t&amp;next=t">here</a>.Follow Sara &amp; Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and <a href="https://twitter.com/weirdosbookclub">Twitter</a> @weirdosbookclubTickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from <a href="https://sarapascoe.co.uk/">sarapascoe.co.uk</a>Cariad's children's book Lydia Marmalade and the Christmas Wish is out in paperback <a href="https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/cariad-lloyd/lydia-marmalade-and-the-christmas-wish/9781444971491/">here</a> now. Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/">Plosive</a>.Artwork by Welcome Studio.  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week's book guest is White Male Stand-Up by Alan Davies.In a very special episode recorded live at the London Podcast Festival Sara and Cariad are joined by the incredible comedian, writer and actor Alan Davies. Best known for starring in the hit BBC series Jonathan Creek and for his regular appearances as a panellist on QI, they discuss his new memoir White Male Stand-Up.Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!Trigger warning: In this episode we discuss childhood abuse and death.White Male Stand-Up by Alan Davies is available <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/white-male-stand-up-alan-davies/f759ce8e811e7b26?ean=9781800962576&amp;next=t">here</a>.Follow Sara &amp; Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and <a href="https://twitter.com/weirdosbookclub">Twitter</a> @weirdosbookclubTickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from <a href="https://sarapascoe.co.uk/">sarapascoe.co.uk</a>Cariad's children's book Lydia Marmalade and the Christmas Wish is out in paperback <a href="https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/cariad-lloyd/lydia-marmalade-and-the-christmas-wish/9781444971491/">here</a> now. Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/">Plosive</a>.Artwork by Welcome Studio.  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week Sara and Cariad are joined for a very special episode all about audiobooks by the queen of audio narration - BAFTA nominated and Olivier award winning actress, Juliet Stevenson. In this episode they discuss Elizabeth Gaskell, kids books, bully directors, José Saramago, acting and Geordie accents.The Speakies British Audio Awards take place on the 24th November at the Royal Opera House.We’ve partnered with the Best Audiobook: Fiction category. There are some brilliant audiobooks nominated in that category including Intermezzo by Sally Rooney, read by Éanna Hardwicke. Why not go back and listen to our episode on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/intermezzo-by-sally-rooney-with-aisling-bea/id1699406650?i=1000681706195">Intermezzo</a> where we talked to the brilliant Aisling Bea. Juliet is also nominated for the Best Audiobook: Non-Fiction category for her brilliant narration of Persian Pictures by Gertrude Bell.Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!Follow Sara &amp; Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and <a href="https://twitter.com/weirdosbookclub">Twitter</a> @weirdosbookclubTickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from <a href="https://sarapascoe.co.uk/">sarapascoe.co.uk</a>Cariad's children's book Lydia Marmalade and the Christmas Wish is out in paperback <a href="https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/cariad-lloyd/lydia-marmalade-and-the-christmas-wish/9781444971491/">here</a> now. Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/">Plosive</a>.Artwork by Welcome Studio.  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week's book guest is By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart.In this episode Sara and Cariad discuss romance, T. S. Eliot, obsessive love and sniffing glue.Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!Trigger warning: In this episode we discuss people who have taken their own lives.By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart is available <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/by-grand-central-station-i-sat-down-and-wept-elizabeth-smart/142278?ean=9780586090398&amp;next=t">here</a>.Follow Sara &amp; Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and <a href="https://twitter.com/weirdosbookclub">Twitter</a> @weirdosbookclubTickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from <a href="https://sarapascoe.co.uk/">sarapascoe.co.uk</a>Cariad's children's book Lydia Marmalade and the Christmas Wish is out in paperback <a href="https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/cariad-lloyd/lydia-marmalade-and-the-christmas-wish/9781444971491/">here</a> now. Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/">Plosive</a>.Artwork by Welcome Studio.  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week's book guest is A Truce That Is Not Peace by Miriam Toews.Sara and Cariad are joined by Miriam Toews the internationally acclaimed and award-winning author of such works as A Complicated Kindness, Fight Night, All My Puny Sorrows and Women Talking on which the Oscar-winning film was based.In this episode they discuss writing conferences, death, comedy and a skunk.Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!Trigger warning: In this episode we discuss death by suicide.A Truce That Is Not Peace by Miriam Toews is available <a href="https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/a-truce-that-is-not-peace-miriam-toews?variant=53522977489275">here</a>.Follow Sara &amp; Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and <a href="https://twitter.com/weirdosbookclub">Twitter</a> @weirdosbookclubTickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from <a href="https://sarapascoe.co.uk/">sarapascoe.co.uk</a>Cariad's children's book Lydia Marmalade and the Christmas Wish is out in paperback <a href="https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/cariad-lloyd/lydia-marmalade-and-the-christmas-wish/9781444971491/">here</a> now. Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/">Plosive</a>.Artwork by Welcome Studio.  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week's book guest is A Complicated Woman by Rebecca Lucy Taylor aka Self Esteem.Sara and Cariad are joined by Rebecca Lucy Taylor aka award-winning singer Self Esteem to discuss her debut book.In this episode they discuss creativity, surviving capitalism, success, burnout and Blackadder.Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!Trigger warning: In this episode we discuss fertility.A Complicated Woman by Rebecca Lucy Taylor aka Self Esteem is available <a href="https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/rebecca-lucy-taylor/a-complicated-woman/9781914240652/">here</a>.Follow Sara &amp; Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and <a href="https://twitter.com/weirdosbookclub">Twitter</a> @weirdosbookclubTickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from <a href="https://sarapascoe.co.uk/">sarapascoe.co.uk</a>Cariad's children's book Lydia Marmalade and the Christmas Wish is out in paperback <a href="https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/cariad-lloyd/lydia-marmalade-and-the-christmas-wish/9781444971491/">here</a> now. Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/">Plosive</a>.Artwork by Welcome Studio.  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Sara and Cariad are back with another series of weird and wonderful reads!In this episode they welcome you back in to discuss what they've been reading, pencil cases, what's coming up this series, Cariad has some exciting literary news and we want your listener suggestions.Remember, you don't even have to have read the books to join in!Thank you for reading with us. We look forward to reading with you (or not) this series!Follow Sara &amp; Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and <a href="https://twitter.com/weirdosbookclub">Twitter</a> @weirdosbookclubTickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from <a href="https://sarapascoe.co.uk/">sarapascoe.co.uk</a>Cariad's children's book Lydia Marmalade and the Christmas Wish is out in paperback <a href="https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/cariad-lloyd/lydia-marmalade-and-the-christmas-wish/9781444971491/">here</a> now. Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/">Plosive</a>.Artwork by Welcome Studio.  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.