The Weekend Booktopian - 16th April 2020 (feat. Nick from Rakuten Kobo)

Welcome to The Weekend Booktopian, our weekly podcast to kick off your weekend! Our team will give you the low down on all things book news related, and turn you on to the books that we are reading right now! For our thirty-ninth episode Nick hosts Mark, Arthur and special guest Nick from Rakuten Kobo as we discuss the 2021 ABIA Shortlist. We then give you our latest round of book recommendations, before another episode of Book Fight! Books Mentioned in this podcast: Tomasz Jedrowski - Swimming in the Dark: https://bit.ly/3afcDlD Gabriela Houston - The Second Bell: https://bit.ly/2Q6oko0 Ron Chernow - Alexander Hamilton: https://bit.ly/3x1crQH Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter - Hamilton: https://bit.ly/2PYNPHZ Iain M. Banks - The Culture Series: https://bit.ly/3mRdb6i Robert Harris - Dictator (Cicero Trilogy 3) - Read by David Rintoul: https://bit.ly/3v0ONSV Robert Harris - Lustrum (Cicero Trilogy 2) - Read by Oliver Ford Davies: https://bit.ly/3aeHdfn Robert Harris - Imperium (Cicero Trilogy 1) - Read by Oliver Ford Davies: https://bit.ly/3toDovH Host: Nick Wasiliev Guests: Nick Coveney, Mark Harding & Arthur Malkoun Producer: Nick Wasiliev