The Weekend Booktopian - 2nd July 2021

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 fiftieth episode Olivia hosts Sarah, Shanu and Cassandra as they discuss the latest round of book prize announcements, the dates of the upcoming Booker Prize and the announcement of the Good Omens adaptation. We then give you our latest round of book recommendations, before another edition of Book Fight! Books Mentioned in this podcast: Nina Schick - Deep Fakes and the Infocalypse: https://bit.ly/2SCtsRY Clem Bastow - Late Bloomer: https://bit.ly/3w8zFD8 Kay Kerr - Please Don't Hug Me: https://bit.ly/3cDdg7B Dorothy L Sayers - Strong Poison: https://bit.ly/3AfTCuW Kerri Maniscalco - Kingdom of the Wicked: https://bit.ly/3x98v07 Mehreen Faruqi - Too Migrant, Too Muslim, Too Loud: https://bit.ly/2SEUrMV Brigid Kemmerer - Defy the Night: https://bit.ly/3hmCLhd Mike Rothschild - The Storm Is Upon Us: https://bit.ly/3AfUcsC Liane Moriarty - Apples Never Fall: https://bit.ly/3iYDkOA Remy Lai - Pawcasso: https://bit.ly/3hl5oLT Bri Lee - Who Gets To Be Smart: https://bit.ly/3y49Feh Christian O'Connell - No One Listens to Your Dad's Show: https://bit.ly/3AizJDh Amani Haydar - The Mother Wound: https://bit.ly/2SH5sgI Sarah Winman - Still Life: https://bit.ly/30zOdOH Tia Williams - Seven Days In June: https://bit.ly/2SCuDAS Charlotte McConaghy - Once There Were Wolves: https://bit.ly/2Rgf4xF Host: Olivia Fricot Guests: Sarah McDuling, Shanu Prasad & Cassandra Sharp Producer: Nick Wasiliev