The Weekend Booktopian - 20th August 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 fifty-seventh episode Olivia hosts Mark, Joel and Zia as we discuss the CBCA Winners, the new book from Marian Keyes, and more. We then give you our latest round of book recommendations, before another edition of Book Fight! WARNING: Mild coarse language Julia Busuttil Nishimura's YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/2UCadsW Sian Redgrave’s Homemade Focaccia With Leeks, Ricotta and Honey: https://bit.ly/3k4n2ou Bonobo - Black Sands (Spotify): https://spoti.fi/380W8sa The CBCA Books of the Year: https://bit.ly/3svQt6C Producer's Note: due our team being in isolation, the sound quality in this podcast is more variable. Books Mentioned in this podcast: Carlo M. Cipolla - The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity: https://bit.ly/3z7otJ5 Ewa Ramsey - The Morbids: https://bit.ly/3fBTbAt Trent Dalton - All Our Shimmering Skies: http://bit.ly/2uktlys Trent Dalton - Love Stories: https://bit.ly/3dMGOT2 Avi Loeb - Extraterrestrial: https://bit.ly/3Dcp8LZ Ross Coulthart - In Plain Sight: https://bit.ly/3jfEZQx Stephen King - Billy Summers: https://bit.ly/3Ck2C3l Host: Olivia Fricot Guests: Mark Harding, Zia Keirouz & Joel Naoum Producer: Nick Wasiliev