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#153: Do We Care If Writers Exaggerate? and When The Cranes Fly South vs Only About Love

Sunday, August 16, 2026 • Duration

Liars, Lisa Ridzen, and Debbi Voisey – welcome to episdoe 153! In the first half, we talk about our expectations of truth in the non-fiction we read, inspired by the hoo-ha over The Salt Path. In the second half, we compare When

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#152: Novels about women’s home life vs work life, and The Professor’s House by Willa Cather vs The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout

Tuesday, July 28, 2026 • Duration

Elizabeth Strout, Willa Cather, and women’s lives – welcome to episode 152! In the first half, Rachel and Simon discuss whether we prefer reading novels about women’s professional lives or their home lives. In the second half, we compare two

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#151: A Q&A special! (part 2)

Thursday, July 2, 2026 • Duration

Thanks again for all your questions for our special Q&A episode of Tea or Books? It took longer than planned, but here is part 2… Do get in touch at teaorbooks[at]gmail.com with suggestions and questions for future episodes!

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#150: A Q&A special! (part 1)

Monday, May 25, 2026 • Duration

Thank you so much for all your questions for episode 150 of ‘Tea or Books?’! Because we had so many questions, we’re doing it over two episodes – so today’s is the first half. Watch out for part 2, next

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#149: Do We Like Campus Novels? and Two Books By Muriel Spark

Thursday, April 16, 2026 • Duration

Muriel Spark and campus novels – welcome to episode 149! In the first half of this episode, we answer Lisa’s question: do we like campus novels? In the second half, we compare two novels by Muriel Spark. Not necessarily the

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#148: Is There A Right Time To Read A Book? and The Dutch House vs The Party

Monday, March 30, 2026 • Duration

Ann Patchett, Tessa Hadley, and finding the right time to read a book – welcome to episode 149! In the first half, we answer the question: is there a right time for each particular book? In the second half, we

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#147: Quality vs Quantity and Two Books About Artists

Saturday, February 28, 2026 • Duration

Douglas Bruton, Carolyn Trant, and quality vs quantity – welcome to episode 147 or Tea or Books?! In the first half, we discuss quality vs quantity in our reading goals (inspired by this Guardian article). In the second half, we

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#146: Our Top 10 Books of 2025

Saturday, January 17, 2026 • Duration

Our favourite reads of the year! Welcome to episode 146. We turn the whole episode over to our run-down of our ten favourite books from a year in reading. As has become a tradition, we will then choose one book

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#145: Younger vs Older Authors and Rhine Journey vs Fenny

Tuesday, December 16, 2025 • Duration

Ann Schlee! Lettice Cooper! Authors! Welcome to episode 145 of Tea or Books? In the first half of this episode, we discuss whether we prefer younger authors or older authors (thank you Lindsey for the suggestion!) In the second half,

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#144: Simple vs Ornate Style, and Sylvia Plath vs Janet Malcolm

Tuesday, November 25, 2025 • Duration

Sylvia Plath, Janet Malcolm and our thoughts on writing style – welcome to episode 144! In the first half of this episode, we discuss whether we prefer writing style to be ornate or simple. In the second half, we compare

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