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july 2026: favourite books of the year so far
13 Jul 2026
01:02:05
Jenny, Belle and Sarah share their favourite books of the year so far and a few honourable mentions.
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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 fill in this entry form for your chance to win.
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may 2026: wuthering heights v "wuthering heights" book v movie
16 May 2026
01:21:01
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.
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april 2026: welcome back, what we're reading and podcast plans
21 Apr 2026
00:47:48
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 year is shaping up so far. Expect plenty of bookish tangents, honest thoughts, and the usual cosy, conversational vibes as we ease into a new year of the podcast.
We’ll also be sharing more over on our Patreon each month, alongside the main episodes, if you’d like to support the show and get extra content, you can join us here: https://www.patreon.com/c/bookcastclub
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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?
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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.
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#4.7 a laurie gilmore: dream harbour special. dipping our toes into spicy romance
01 Dec 2025
01:06:47
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 by Stephanie Garber
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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 of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K. Dick
Love, Sex and Frankenstein by Caroline Lea
A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock
Movies/TV mentioned:
The Fly (1986)
Tim Burton - The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissor Hands, Frankenweenie
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Belle catches up with fellow Naarm resident and Bookstagrammer, @paulineisreading. They talk bookstagram, ARCs, and some of their favourite Australian authors.
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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 Daisy Johnson
Play Nice by Rachel Harrison
The September House by Carissa Orlando
Itch by Gemma Amor
A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez
Don't Go to Sleep in the Dark by Celia Fremlin
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
NIghtbitch by Rachel Yoder
Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth
Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMere
Mayra by Nicky Gonzalez
Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito
Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman
Movies/TV/Radio mentioned:
The Hotel BBC Radio 4
The Others
The Awakening
The Substance
Monsters: Jeffrey Dahmer, Ed Gein, Eric & Lyle Menendez (TV)
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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 Border by Sarah Hall
She's Always Hungry by Eliza Clark
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfeld
The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi
The Dance Tree by Kiran Milwood Hargrave
Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Forcett
The Fate of Mary Rose by Caroline Blackwood
The Lamb by Lucy Rose
Things mentioned:
Bookcast Club episode #102 - The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge
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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 Patel
Pop Scars by ANTHONY Kavanagh (not Andrew!)
LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien (Andy Serkis Audiobook)
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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.
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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?
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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?
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#3.8 the problems with jane eyre // discussing wide sargasso sea
17 Jun 2025
00:43:50
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.
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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.
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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?
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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 What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher. Let us know what you would have recommended based on these titles.
P.S. If you can think of a catchier title, please help!
Books mentioned:
The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Otessa Moshfegh
Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth
Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Vianne by Joanne Harris
I Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O'Farrell
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
Watching Women & GIrls by Danielle Pender
What She's Having: Stories of Women & Food by Dear Damsels
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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?
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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?
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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 Ainsley Hogarth
The Hotel by Daisy Johnson
The Sandcastle by Iris Murdoch
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jaqueline Harpman
How to Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
In Memorial by Alice Winn
Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang
Love in Colour by Bolu Babalola
Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis
Nesting by Roisin O’Donell
If Only by Vigdis Hijorth
Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
Talking to the Dead by Helen Dunmore
Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher
Everyone in this Room will Someday be Dead by Emily Austin
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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!
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#2.9 sophie mackintosh: cursed bread, the water cure, & blue ticket
09 Dec 2024
00:43:07
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?
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Sarah invites her friend Cobby onto the podcast this week! They chat through most of the books on the Booker shortlist, including the winner, Orbital by Samantha Harvey. They share their thoughts on the books they've read on the shortlist and talk about the best Ralph Fiennes film to lift your mood.
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Belle and Jenny chat all things spooooooky in this weeks episode. Belle is on a mission to read a really scary book (spoiler - we're struggling to find one!) We share our spookiest book recs along with some (not all that spooky) movie recommendations.
We'd love to know the scariest book you've ever, drop us a comment over on Instagram.
Books mentioned
We Solve Murder by Richard Osmond
Children of Paradise by Camilla Grudova
Our Wives Under the Sea and Salt Slow by Julia Armfield
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
Verity by Colleen Hoover
The Whistling by Rebecca Netley
Thin Air and Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
Sharp Objects andThe Grown Up by Gillian Flynn
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Dark Tales andThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Things We Lost in the Fire by Marianna Enriquez
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
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Millie from @saltonshine joins Jenny to chat all things cosy reading. We share some of our favourite cosy reads and movies and also chat recent and current reads. Jenny completely forgot to talk about Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree, even though her notes were right in front of her, so stick that on your TBR too.
Books mentioned
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
The Gloaming by Kirsty Logan
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
The Pumpkin Spice Cafe by Laurie Gilmore
Absolutely and Forever by Rose Tremain
Cackle by Rachel Harrison
The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic by Breanne Randall
Diary of a Provincial Lady by E. M. Delafield
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Clune
Talking As Fast As I Can by Lauren Graham
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
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It's the first book club of the season! Belle and Sarah chat about the Booker shortlisted book The Bee Sting by Paul Murray. Join in the conversation over on our Instagram.
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We're back! It's season 2 and we're excited! In this episode we welcome Belle to the podcast as an official co-host. We chat about our plans for the season ahead, what we're reading, new releases we're excited for and loads more. Let us know what you think and come say hi over on Instagram.
Books mentioned
Woo Woo by Ella Baxter
New Animal by Ella Baxter
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
The Woodland at Midwinter by Susannah Clarke
Motherhood by Sheila Heti
Splinters by Leslie Jamison
Pumpkin Spice Cafe by Laurie Gilmore (not self published!)
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Hello friends! Sarah is joined by delightful friend-of-the-podcast Belle today for a discussion about the second half of the Stella Prize 2024 shortlist. They discuss their feelings about Abandon Every Hope, Praiseworthy, and Feast, as well as some recent reads.
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Sarah from Your True Shelf is back to chat Women's Prize with Jenny. We discuss each of the shortlisted books and predict our winner, but did we get it right?
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Hello friends! Sarah is joined by delightful friend-of-the-podcast Belle today. They discuss the Stella shortlist and review the first half of the six-book list, which they both think is stellar (I'll see myself out).
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Just to confuse you all we have another Sarah on the pod this week! Sarah from the BookTube channel Your True Shelf joins Jenny to chat recent 5 star reads. We also discuss the influence of social media on our reading. We couldn't sound more millenial if we tried. From our memoir choices to our references to dial up, you can probably guess our ages down to the year we were born :D
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The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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This week Sarah and Chris discuss the novels of one of their favourite authors, Hannah Kent. Hannah Kent is an Australian writer who has published three novels to date: Burial Rites, The Good People, and Devotion.
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This week we welcome back author and friend of the pod Abigail Mann. Jenny and Abi chat 'unlikeable female characters' as well as sharing their current reads. Who is your favourite unlikeable female character in literature?
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Chris and Jenny chat about Daniel Mason's The North Woods. A book that proves hard to summarise but we both loved. A short story collection of sorts that spans decades and shares the history of a little house, its strange and wonderful inhabitants, in woodland in New England. If you've read it, join in with our discussion in the comments, we'd love to know your thoughts.
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We're finally back! It's been a long 4 months, but here it is, episode 1 season 1! Jenny, Chris and Sarah dust off their mics and discuss how their reading is going, goals for the year ahead and what's coming up in the coming season. We've missed you!
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It's a chatty one today. Sarah and Jenny chat recent reads, reading plans and some 'big news'. We're excited about the changes we've got planned and hope you will be too. We'll share some more info and insights in our Substack soon. But for now, have a good one and we'll see you in 2024.
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This is Halloween! Jenny, Chris, and Sarah get together to discuss The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and The Monkey's Paw by W. W. Jacobs.
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It's the perfect time of year to hunker down and chat Gilmore Girls. Chris and Jenny welcome Kristine from the Gilmore Book Club to the pod to tell us all about the Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge, chat Gilmore Girls and have a book club. We chose The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides off Rory's list.
We hope you love the episode and if you decide to take on the challenge do download the reading list from Kristine's website and follow her on social media. She is @gilmorebookclub on Instagram and TikTok.
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It's officially spooky season so Jenny is joined by Holly from the That's What We Read podcast to chat all things haunted houses. If you would like the uncut spooky ghost story version, sign up for a free trial of our Patreon today.
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It's our 100th episode! Chris, Sarah, and Jen get together to chat about what they've recently been reading, and discuss Yaa Gyasi's debut novel, Homegoing. They have also all read her second novel, Transcendent Kingdom, so they also discuss how those two books compare. No spoilers for either book!
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Chris and Jenny chat upcoming book to movie/tv adaptations in today's episode as well as the usual current and recent reads. Join our Patreon for an extended version of the episode (all Oppenheimer chat).
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Sarah and Chris discuss this year's Booker Longlist and their progress with it at this early stage. They also discuss what they've been reading recently and what they've read in the past year fantasy-wise.
PS: Unbelievably, what Sarah was saying was true - in 1977, the chair of judges, Philip Larkin, threatened to jump out of a window if Paul Scott’s Staying On didn’t win the Booker!
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