Eric Karl Anderson | Reading Wrap Up / March 2024 @EricKarlAnderson | Uploaded April 2024 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
A chat about the book prize nominees and older novels that I read in the past month as well as some fun bookish outings. Click ‘Show More’ for info.

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A short video on The Nero Book Awards: youtube.com/shorts/VayZC0_nrME


Books discussed & purchase links:

Hangman by Maya Binyam
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781911590774

Close to Home by Michael Magee
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241996409

My Friends by Hisham Matar
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241409480

The Return by Hisham Matar
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241966280

A Flat Place by Noreen Masud
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241994337

A Trace of Sun by Pam Williams
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781915643353

How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780008491284

Thunderclap by Laura Cumming
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781784744526

Reading Turgenev by William Trevor
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780141044613

Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781844083213

Matrescence by Lucy Jones
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241513484

Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571375578


My full reviews of some of these books:

Hangman by Maya Binyam
lonesomereader.com/blog/2024/4/9/hangman-by-maya-binyam

My Friends by Hisham Matar
youtube.com/watch?v=XPwu3keS-UI

Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy
youtube.com/watch?v=WX3LQbtq19M

A Flat Place by Noreen Masud
youtube.com/watch?v=I0pILGxmjXo


Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:56 Meeting David Mitchell
4:21 Nero Book Awards ceremony
5:38 Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year ceremony
7:36 Hangman
13:43 Close to Home
16:04 My Friends
19:39 The Return
21:09 A Flat Place
24:35 A Trace of Sun
27:10 How to Say Babylon
30:18 Thunderclap
33:50 Reading Turgenev
35:50 Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont
38:10 Matrescence
44:12 Soldier Sailor
47:04 Conclusion

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