EPISODE THIRTY FIVE: What's Really Good?

Better Than the Movie: A Podcast About Books

English - October 27, 2015 05:00 - 67.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
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This week we're talking what makes a book good to us. Feel free to talk back via email ([email protected]) or Google voice (210-816-2886) to let us know what draws you in! Articles discussed in news section: Marlon James Wins the Man Booker Prize! http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34527496 Marlon James recommends 5 Jamaican Novels http://lithub.com/marlon-james-five-jamaican-novels-you-should-read/ Kirkus Award winners http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/15/yanagihara-coates-and-muoz-ryan-win-kirkus-prizes/?ribbon-ad-idx=7&rref=books&module=Ribbon&version=origin&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Books&pgtype=article Angela Flournoy nom or 2015 National Book Award http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2015.html#.ViVXvFUViko PW Annual Salary Survey http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/68405-publishing-industry-salary-survey-2015-a-younger-workforce-still-predominantly-white.html

This week we're talking what makes a book good to us. Feel free to talk back via email ([email protected]) or Google voice (210-816-2886) to let us know what draws you in!

Articles discussed in news section:

Marlon James Wins the Man Booker Prize!

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34527496

Marlon James recommends 5 Jamaican Novels

http://lithub.com/marlon-james-five-jamaican-novels-you-should-read/

Kirkus Award winners

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/15/yanagihara-coates-and-muoz-ryan-win-kirkus-prizes/?ribbon-ad-idx=7&rref=books&module=Ribbon&version=origin&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Books&pgtype=article

Angela Flournoy nom or 2015 National Book Award

http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2015.html#.ViVXvFUViko

PW Annual Salary Survey

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/68405-publishing-industry-salary-survey-2015-a-younger-workforce-still-predominantly-white.html