69: It's the very best time of year! It’s new release time and there is a publishing frenzy.

Virginia and Louise dive into four new releases some of them from our favourite authors!  

They also encourage everyone to get their hands on Salt River Road by Molly Schmidt for a bookclub deep dive episode coming up.  

Books  

The Fraud, Zadie Smyth, 2023, Hamish Hamilton Penguin  

Normal Rules Don’t Apply, Kate Atkinson, 2023, Penguin Random House  

Tom Lake, Ann Patchett, 2023, Harper Collins  

Pearl, Sian Hughes, 2023 UQP  

London’s Number One Dog-Walking Agency: A Memoir, Kate MacDougall, 2021 William Morrow  

Salt River Road, Molly Schmidt, 2023 Fremantle Press  

Streaming  

Welcome to Wrexham, Disney  

Podcasts  

The Whistleblowers, ABC Background Briefing