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73: The Ghost of Charles Dickens sitting on Barbara Kingsolver’s Shoulder

Tuesday, April 16, 2024 • Duration 01:00:34

Virginia and Louise do a deep dive into Barbara Kingsolver’s Pullitzer Prize winning and compelling novel Demon Copperhead and talk all things Charles Dickens as well as adding some shameful new entries to the infamous Ick Register.

Books

Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens, 1838

Hard Times, by Charles Dickens, 1854

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, 2023

More Deep Dives

Emma, by Jane Austen

Television

Emma, mini series, 2009

Slow Horses, series 1-3 Apple TV+

One Day, Netflix 2023

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72: This Is A Bit Embarrassing… (books we’ve never read)

Tuesday, February 6, 2024 • Duration 52:24

Louise and Virginia thought it might be fun to do an episode on books that they feel a bit embarrassed to have never read (until now). There were a lot of books to choose from, but they discuss four in this conversation.

During this chat they also create an Ick Register for authors who use words that give the ick, so that readers can be warned in advance (kind of like a trigger warning, but more basic).

Books

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin

Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Television Shows

Scrublands - Stan

Boy Swallows Universe – Netflix

Podcasts

The Children of Rutherford County – Serial

The Queen’s Reading Room

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63. Capturing the Zeitgeist with some Fantastic New Releases

Saturday, May 13, 2023 • Duration 47:32

Virginia and Louise are excited to share some must-read new releases including compelling stories about activist guerilla gardeners, true crime podcasters, writers rooms, surveillance and murder as well as the pitfalls and power dynamics of modern relationships, social media, dating apps and late night sketch TV.

Books

I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkah, 2023, Flint Publishing

Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton, 2023, Granta Publishing

Search History by Amy Taylor, 2023, Allen and Unwin

Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld, 2023, Penguin Random House

Streaming

Succession HBO

Netflix

The Diplomat

Line of Duty

Podcasts

Mel’s Electric Adventures

KicPod, Keep It Cleaner Podcast

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62. If You’re Going to San Francisco...

Monday, April 24, 2023 • Duration 51:10

Louise and Virginia jet off to San Francisco in the episode, where they discuss the origins of the City and County, and why it became the home and haven for people wanting to discard façades and identities they may have held in their home towns. They also discuss the original gold rush and the modern tech gold rush and the impact these have had on the city, as well as the serialisation of novels and they way this can shape the overall architecture of a novel. They also revisit the issue of Nazism and the presence of monsters living in plain sight among us.

Books

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett, 1941

Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin, 1978

Daughter of Fortune by Isabelle Allende, 1998

Mr Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan, 2012

Days Without End by Sebastian Barry, 2016

Television

Clarkson’s Farm – Prime

My Mother and Other Strangers, BBC, ABC iView

Blog

Literary Hub by Megan Abbott

https://lithub.com/megan-abbott-on-the-difference-between-hardboiled-and-noir/

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61. This Book is Cancelled!

Friday, March 24, 2023 • Duration 01:10:07

Louise and Virginia do a deep dive into the very contentious topic of Cancel Culture and the trend of cancelling books and authors. They also touch on the subject of banning books (and indeed burning books), which always have the opposite effect of that sought. Virginia and Lou both have very strong opinions on the subject and it’s such an interesting conversation. They also discuss a few great non-bookish things they’ve been diving into of late.

Books

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne, 2006, Doubleday

All the Bright Places by John Boyne, 2022, Doubleday

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, 1969

Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D H Lawrence, 1928.

The Trial of Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Edited by CH Rolphe

TV Shows

Vardy v Rooney-Binge

Murder on the Homefront – Netflix

Significant Others – ABC iView

Nolly – Foxtel

Podcast

The Banned Books Podcast

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60. Walking the Streets of Tokyo with the characters from great fiction set in that city

Sunday, February 12, 2023 • Duration 01:06:40

Louise and Virginia have been immersed in some armchair travel to Tokyo, which has made them both very keen to travel there. These four books are great to read if you have a trip to Japan on your horizon or your bucket list. They also discuss some fabulous TV series to get streaming, a podcast, and they’ve both had very different recent experiences meeting Yotam Ottolenghi (although both evenings were great fun).

Books

Death in Tokyo by Keigo Higashino, translated by Giles Murray. Published by St Martin’s Publishing Group

The Book of Tokyo – A City in Short Fiction, edited by Michael Emmerich, Jim Hinks and Masashi Matsuie.

Tokyo Redux by David Peace. Faber 2021

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata and translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori

Streaming TV series

Vardy v Rooney – Foxtel

Happy Valley – Binge

Bump – ABC

Podcast

The Mel Robbins Podcast

Yotam Ottolenghi – Test Kitchen

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59. Books for Younger Readers

Thursday, January 19, 2023 • Duration 52:29

From soccer teams, eerie forests, dysfunctional families and loyal companions, Louise and Virginia ventured back into the world of books for younger readers.

Books

A Walk in the Dark by Jane Godwin – Lothian Hachette

Football Fever by Kristin Darell - Penguin

Take Me with You When You Go by David Levithan and Jennifer Niven – Penguin 2022

Runt by Craig Silvey – Allen and Unwin 2022, Illustrated by Sara Acton

Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell by Tobias Madden – Penguin 2022

Podcasts

Maintenance Phase – Debunking junk science behind health fads

The Daily – George Santos

Streaming Shows

Emily in Paris

Yellowstone

Colin from Accounts

Slow Horses

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58: Buster - The Best Boy

Episode 58

Thursday, December 8, 2022 • Duration 54:23

Louise lost her beautiful Lagotto dog Buster, two months ago, and so today Virginia and Louise want to dedicate this episode to him and to celebrate the wonder and loyalty that is a dog. In this conversation they discuss four lovely dog-related books as well as a few other things they’ve been diving into lately.

Books

Dog Stories – Everyman’s Pocket Classics

Ava’s Apartment by Jonathan Lethem

The Emissary by Ray Bradbury

Dog Days by Ericka Waller

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

Murder Most Royal by SJ Bennett

Podcast

The Crown : The Official Podcast with Edith Bowman

TV Series

The Sandhamn Murders (SBS Australia)

Instagram accounts

@jennybloomfield

@catherine.rayner

Streaming

Shetland Series 6 and 7

Julia - with Sarah Lancashire

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57: New Releases by New (to us) Authors

Monday, November 14, 2022 • Duration 39:58

Louise and Virginia have been reading some books by debut writers as well as a charming re-release from the 1960s. These are all great books which they enjoyed enormously. They also discuss a few other non-bookish things they’ve been diving into.

Books

A Helping Hand by Celia Dale

Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivenor

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn

TV

Marriage with Nicola Walker and Sean Bean

Annika with Nicola Walker

BBC Radio

Annika Stranded

Podcast

Off Air with Jane Garvey and Fi Glover

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56: The Diving In podcast girls are back with some new releases!

Sunday, October 30, 2022 • Duration 49:53

After a long break Virginia and Louise are excited to be back in their makeshift cushion studios to discuss some new releases by authors they absolutely love……. as well as some other popular culture they have been diving in to.

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

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O' Farrell 2022, Hachette

Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson, 2022, Penguin Books

The Rising Tide by Ann Cleeves 2022, Pan Macmillan

Exiles by Jane Harper, 2022, Pan Macmillan

Television

Louise recommends This England and DI Ray

Virginia recommends Sherwood and Savage River

Movies

Virginia recommends See How They Run

Podcast

Louise recommends Empire with Anita Anand and William Dalrymple

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