Ep. 61 | Australia and Surrounding Archipelago

For March, Jaclyn and Kendra, with special guest Winnie Loo, talk about women writers from Australia and the surrounding archipelago! Use code READINGWOMEN15 to get 15% off your purchase in our Reading Women Store.

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Things Mentioned

• The Stella Prize

Books Mentioned

• Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman (Small beer Press)

  • Q&A with Claire G. Coleman

• Her Father’s Daughter by Alice Pung (Black Inc.)

• Beautiful Revolutionary by Laura Elizabeth Woollett (Scribe)

• Can You Tolerate This? by Ashleigh Young (Riverhead)

  • Ali Smith’s Lecture on Katherine Mansfield and Virginia Woolf

Guest Picks

• Eat First, Talk Later by Beth Yahp (Random House Australia)

• The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster by Sarah Krasnostein (St. Martin’s)

Currently Reading

• How Long ‘Til Black Future Month by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)

• Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli (Knopf)

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About Our Guest

Winnie Loo is a 28-year old Malaysian digital wordsmith by day with a love for anything related to dogs, books, coffee, and food. She can be found on Instagram at @thelitmalaysian.

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Music by Isaac Greene