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Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club

Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club

Written by: Plosive
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Join comedians and authors Sara Pascoe and Cariad Lloyd in their Weirdos Book Club - a space for the lonely outsider to feel accepted and appreciated.

Assisted by their comedian and writer friends, each week they’ll discuss a book that is special, stimulating and y’know – weird. Welcome to your new book club!

Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!

Sara’s debut novel Weirdo is published by Faber & Faber and is available to pre-order here.

Cariad’s book You Are Not Alone is published by Bloomsbury and is available to buy here.


Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Twitter @weirdosbookclub and Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub

Produced by Plosive.

Artwork by Welcome Studio.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!


    Having Spent Life Seeking by Kae Tempest is available here


    Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub


    Produced, recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive.

    Artwork by Welcome Studio.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    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 here


    Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub


    Produced by Naomi Parnell

    Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive.

    Artwork by Welcome Studio.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    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 & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub


    Produced by Naomi Parnell

    Recorded by Naomi Parnell and edited by Aniya Das for Plosive.

    Artwork by Welcome Studio.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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