Page-turners for language lovers: our favourite books about language & travel

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English - April 04, 2022 07:14 - 36 minutes - 50 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
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Need a recommendation for something new to read?

In this episode, we chat about our favourite books about language, travel or both (and a few books that we’re planning to read soon)! From novels that whisk you away to another place where you find yourself surrounded by new sounds and experiences, to non-fiction reads about how language is changing and where it has come from, let us tell you a bit about the language- and travel-related reads that have inspired, enlightened and delighted us over the last few years.

You’ll find links to all the books we mention in the show notes below.

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Episode Links

Because Internet: Understanding how language is changing by Gretchen McCulloch

Ep #039 - Enthusiastic about linguistics: A chat with Gretchen & Lauren from Lingthusiasm

The Grape Series by Laura Bradbury

Almost French by Sarah Turnbull

All Good Things by Sarah Turnbull

Lingo and Babel by Gaston Dorren

Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China by Fuchsia Dunlop

Dreaming in Chinese... and Discovering What Makes a Billion People Tick by Deborah Fallows

Mother Tongue: The Story Of The English Language by Bill Bryson