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Get your bookworm on with a rotating roster of, um, bookworms. Including Jenna Todd & Kiran Dass from Time Out Bookstore, bringing us a different book to talk about each week. Broadcast from Auckland, New Zealand on Monday mornings after 9am, on 95bFM Breakfast with Mikey Havoc.

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    Loose Reads w/ Jenna: May 26, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025


    Jenna phones in to review the latest from award-winning authour Tina Makereti (Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Rangatahi-Matakore, Pākehā). Makereti's newest work is a collection of essays titled This Compulsion Within Us is introspective and personal, whakarongo mai nei to hear Jenna's whakaaro on this week's recommended read! Thanks to our pals at Time Out Bookstore!

    Loose Reads w/ Suri: May 19, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025


    Suri catches Jonny up on the Auckland Writers' and Readers' Festival.  Thanks to Time Out Bookstore. 

    Loose Reads w/ Jenna: May 12, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025


    Jenna is gearing up for the busiest week in books with the Auckland Book Festival, Ockham Book Awards and reviews the ninth novel from Catherine Chidgey, The Book of Guilt.  Thanks to Time Out Bookstore!

    Loose Reads w/ Suri: May 5, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025


    This week Suri reviews 1985 by Dominic Hoey - a cinematic fiction set in Grey Lynn. Thanks to our friends at Time Out Bookstore!

    Loose Reads w/ George: April 28, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025


    Ex-bFM newsreader George is in the studio with Jonny to review Graydon Carter's recently published memoir When the Going Was Good: An Editor's Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines. The memoir details Carter's illustrous and long-lasting career as a editor at Vanity Fair during the rock'n'roll era of print media. Thanks to our friends at Time Out Bookstore!

    Loose Reads w/ Suri: April 14, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025


    Suri reviews the novella Stag Dance by Torrey Peters, the follow-up publication to Peters' Women's Prize-nominated Detransition, Baby. The novella is a collection of acidicly sharp short stories that trace the 'rough edges' of trans experiences. Suri highly recommends this read so whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to our friends at Time Out Bookstore.

    Loose Reads w/ Jenna: April 7, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025


    Jenna reviews Vincenzo Latronico's International Booker prized nominated novel Perfection. Thanks to our friends at Time Out Bookstore.

    Loose Reads w/ Suri: March 31, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025


    This week Suri discusses The Clay Eaters by Gregory Kan. A haunting read that weaves history and memoir. Thanks to our friends at Time Out Bookstore.

    Loose Reads w/ Jenna: March 24, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025


    Jenna reviews The Antidote by Karen Russell. Set in 1930s Nebraska, the author's latest book delves into collective memory (and forgetting), man-made environmental disaster, and the genocide of the native American nations of the mid-West. Thanks to Time Out Bookstore!

    Loose Reads w/ Suri: March 17, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025


    Suri discusses the new novel Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - thanks to our friends at Time Out Bookstore!

    Loose Reads w/ Jenna: Rāhina March 10, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025


    Loose Reads: Rāhina March 3, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025


    This week's book review on Loose Reads is Suri's take on the debut novel by Nussaibah Younis, Fundamentally - brought to you by Time Out Bookstore.    

    Loose Reads: Rāhina February 24, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025


    Jenna chats about the spooooooky new book from Susan Barker Old Soul.  Thanks to Time Out Bookstore!

    Loose Reads w/ Abby: February 10, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025


    Abby gives you the low down on Star Gazers by Duncan Sarkies, a local read due for release this Thursday! If you're looking for a piece of fun and satirical fiction, Star Gazers is highly recommended. For fans of political intrigue, comedy and alpacas. Thanks to our friends at Time Out! 

    Loose Reads: Rāhina February 03 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025


    Jonny brings you Loose Reads thanks to our friends at Time Out Bookstore.

    Loose Reads w/ Suri: 20 January, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025


    This week on Loose Reads, Suri discusses the reprint of Barbara Kingsolver's 1989 novel Holding The Line. The novel, which kickstarted her writing career, traces the women-led Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983. Whakarongo mai nei!  Thanks to our friends at Time Out Bookstore.

    Loose Reads w/ Jenna: January 13, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025


    The first Loose Reads of 2025! Thanks to our friends at Time Out Bookstore

    Loose Reads w/ Jenna: December 16, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024


    Jenna and Jonny take requests from listeners for book recommendations for Christmas presents and summer reading. Whakarongo mai nei!

    Loose Reads w/ Suri: December 9, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024


    This week Jonny gets some sci-fi fantasy summer reading recommendations from Suri. Including a new comic from the creator of Watchmen Alan Moore, Rebecca Yarros's new book Onyx Storm and more!

    Loose Reads w/ Jenna: December 2, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024


    Jenna chats some of the staff picks from Time Out in time for Christmas - first up is Juice by Australian author Tim Winton. Whakarongo mai nei!

    Loose Reads w/ Suri: October 25, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2024


    Jonny chats to Suri about the book recommendation of the week. The latest book from Ta-Nehisi Coates titled The Message. The book contains three interweaving essays that investigate how fictional and factual narrations distort and expose our realities.

    Loose Reads w/ Jenna: November 18, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2024


    Jenna reviews Samantha Harvey's sixth book and winner of the Booker Prize 2024 Orbit. Whakarongo mai nei!

    Loose Reads w/ Suri: November 11, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024


    Suri reviews Blue Ruin by Hari Kunzru. 

    Loose Reads w/ Jenna: November 4, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024


    On Loose Reads this week, Jenna recommends a summer read and potential Christmas present, The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden. This novel also happens to be nominated for the 2024 Booker Prize! Whakarongo mai nei~

    Loose Reads w/ Jenna: October 21, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024


    Jenna phones in from Time Out in Maungawhai to talk about New Zealand author Damien Wilkins' new book Delirious. Whakarongo mai nei!

    Loose Reads w/ Suri: October 14, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024


    Suri from Time Out Bookstore talks to us about A Sunny Place for Shady People from Argentinian writer Mariana Enríquez. This is Enríquez's first short story collection since The Dangers of Smoking in Bed was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize. The stories in this most recent collection weave the occult, ghosts, love, queer counterculture and Argentina's turbulent and brutal past. 

    Loose Reads w/ Jenna: October 7, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024


    Jenna from Time Out Bookstore talks to us about the new book from Becky Manawatu called Kataraina - it's an intense read and follows on from Aue, whilst taking a different stylistic tack.  This Saturday is also Aotearoa New Zealand Bookshop Day and it's happening all across local bookstores in Tāmaki Makaurau in 12th October 2024!

    Loose Reads w/ Suri: September 30, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024


    Suri chats to Aneeka about the new novel from 2018 Booker Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk titled The Empusiam - a centenarian response to Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain. For lovers of folkloric horror with a touch of comedy, and feminist parables.Whakarongo mai nei! 

    Loose Reads w/ Abby: 23 September, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024


    Abby chats to Jonny about the new book from Airana Ngarewa (Ngāti Ruanui, Nga Rauru, Ngāruahine). Ngāti Pātea/Pātea Boys is a bilingual book in reo Māori and English about a group of boys growing up in Pātea and is a fantastic resource for those on their reo Māori journey - perfect for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori.  Thanks to Time Out Bookstore!

    Loose Reads w/ Suri: 16 September, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024


    Suri from Time Out joins Jonny to chat about a brand new book - Help Wanted by Adelle Waldman. A workplace satire set in a dystopian alternate reality, it follows the underling employees of an Amazon-type workplace and the daily minutae that dictate the experience of the working class strata.

    Loose Reads w/ Abby: 9 September, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024


    Abby from Time Out brings up Brat by Gabriel Smith! Autofiction, ghost stories, not like anything you've ever read before.

    Loose Reads w/ Suri: 2 September, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024


    Suri from Time Out joins Jonny for Loose Reads today! Suri reviews Alphabetical Diaries by Sheila Heti, an experimental take on the memoir format. In Alphabetical Diaries, Heti alphabetically orders 10 years worth of journalled sentences (with the aid of an Excel spreadsheet). The book is the product of a decade of editing, so that only Heti's favourite sentences remained. Whilst some letters contain many entries, others such as Q only contain one. It's a blend of literary criticism and a peep into an author's most intimate thoughts. 

    Loose Reads w/ Jenna: August 26, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2024


    Jenna from Time Out Bookstore chats about the new book from Megan Dunn - The Mermaid Memoirs.

    Loose Reads w/ Suri: August 22, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024


    Suri from Time Out Bookstore visits the studio to chat about Blackouts by Justin Torres!

    Loose Reads w/ Jenna: August 12, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024


    Jenna reviews The Survivors by Steve Braunias. Thanks Time Out Bookstore!

    Loose Reads w/ Suri: August 5, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2024


    Suri from Time Out Bookstore reviews Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner.

    Loose Reads w/ Jenna: July 29, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024


    Jenna from Time Out Bookstore visits the bFM studio to review Behind you is the sea by Susan Muaddi Darraj.

    Loose Reads w/ Suri: July 22, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2024


    Suri reviews Hisham Matar's My Friends on Loose Reads. Whakarongo mai nei!

    Loose Reads w/ Jenna: July 15, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2024


    Jenna reviews All That We Know by Shilo Kino on Loose Reads. Whakarongo mai nei!

    Loose Reads w/ Suri: July 8, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2024


    Suri reviews The Mark by Frid Isberg on Loose Reads. Whakarongo mai nei!

    Loose Reads w/ Jenna: July 1, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024


    Jenna reviews Caledonian Road by Andrew O'Hagan on Loose Reads. Whakarongo mai nei!

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    Loose Reads w/ Suri: June 24, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2024


    Jenna and Suri come in and Suri reviews Performance from David Coventry.

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