23:48

Oromay by Baalu Girma is finally available in an English translation. Should you read it?

29:15

Kicking off the year with some cracking novels and a poetry collection we all need to read

22:01

February reading plans: novels from Ethiopia and Japan, starting on BookTube Prize fiction and more

14:15

2024: my best poetry and plays read in the year and the last and most obscure of my 2024 favourites

29:45

2024 new novels: a personal top 20 of contemporary fiction I read this past year

22:05

2024: the best ten classic and backlist novels I read this past year

12:02

2024 Nonfiction: my personal top five

18:09

Five year thank you and 2025 plans #readingtheglobefiction2025

29:18

Wrapping up December: new novels, classics, crime and reflecting on old-fashioned attitudes

11:07

The Ministry of Time: a mix of sci-fi, romance, historical fiction, political thriller but it works!

04:10

The Wood in Midwinter by Susanna Clarke - a mini-review of a mini-book

13:09

Quiet but deep (and that's not just the snowdrifts) - The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller

21:33

November: a mixed bag of fiction with real hits and a couple of near misses

22:05

Celebrating Nonfiction November

21:02

December reading plans and going a bit seasonal for once #christiesmissingreadathon2024

09:00

Gliff by Ali Smith - a new novel by a favourite author. Does it live up to expectations?

27:37

Do read Han Kang! Where to start with the new Nobel prizewinner's books in English translation

20:18

Victober 2024 wrapped! #victober

19:40

Reading the Globe in 2025 announcement #ReadingTheGlobeFiction2025

29:24

Who were the Victorian women working in theatre? What plays did they write? #victober

14:11

What's the most ridiculous plot twist ever? And why do Victorian writers love a coincidence?

25:33

The colourful life of Dion Boucicault #victober

29:13

A September of super shorter reads

20:53

Oscar Wilde's plays: the famous, the infamous and the forgotten #victober

28:10

BookTube Prize fiction final - how I cast my votes and why #booktubeprize

21:04

Happy Victober and here's my TBR #victober

09:58

Mammoth by Eva Baltasar: a short and happy review #shortyseptember

13:58

The Echoes: new from Australian author Evie Wyld #shortyseptember #strayaseptember

20:22

Three superb novels by women in translation: Ti Amo, Ru and The Twilight Zone #shortyseptember

22:31

August's reading joys: new novels, opinionated nonfiction, women in translation and a true epic

18:40

Victober 2024 announcement #victober

12:59

As I Lay Dying: a chat with Steve at the end of Faulkner in August

19:43

A September TBR with a Shorty pile of possibilities

21:56

Small Joys, Elvin James Mensah

14:25

Lost Love Songs make for a winning book

23:08

Delightful historical fiction - The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst #montgomeryhurst

23:21

July's reading delights, Austen and otherwise

15:05

August's pile of possibilities - WIT and Phenomenal Women

35:09

Tough choices in the BookTube Prize semi finals #booktubeprize

16:43

Which are the authors I have read all of or think I should?

27:48

Ros and Tilly celebrate Jane Austen's comic brilliance #janeaustenjuly

29:22

A mid year reading celebration, with a nod to the mid year freak out book tag

25:26

You Dreamed of Empires - Ros and Tilly disagree about this new novel

37:15

June is packed with books - better use the time stamps. But first a moment about Alice

06:23

As I Lay Dying #faulknerinaugust announcement

23:40

Did we love Brotherless Night? Tilly and Ros on the Women's Prize and Carol Shields Prize winner

17:54

A July TBR, mostly #janeaustenjuly of course

23:24

A Marvellous May packed with new fiction, golden oldies, fresh poetry and tremendous nonfiction

12:48

The Library Book Tag #librarybooktag

13:57

Hagstone, Sinéad Gleeson: exciting new fiction but did I love it?

16:14

I've been feasting on South American fiction: Crooked Plow, Of Cattle and Men, Not a River & more

25:35

People April: Tilly and Ros sharing our highlights

26:07

A pile of plans for May inspired by annoyingly inviting BookTube reading events

17:07

Five favourite autobiographical poems #peopleapril #poetryreadathon2024

13:57

Is autofiction a crime? The case for and against.

16:25

Western Lane: Tilly and Ros enthusing about Chetna Maroo's #womensprize longlisted novel

23:15

This or That? A book tag for People April ORIGINAL version #peopleapril

28:08

March wrap up - some brilliant books and a broken arm

10:47

What a stunner! The Night Alphabet by Joelle Taylor

16:52

Tilly and Ros discuss Strong Female Character by Fern Brady #peopleapril