Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club

Updated: 13 Mar 2025 • 80 episodes
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Join comedians and authors Sara Pascoe and Cariad Lloyd in their Weirdos Book Club - a space for the lonely outsider to feel accepted and appreciated.   Assisted by their comedian and writer friends, each week they’ll discuss a book that is special, stimulating and y’know – weird. Welcome to your new book club!    Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!     Sara’s debut novel Weirdo is published by Faber & Faber and is available to pre-order here. Cariad’s book You Are Not Alone is published by Bloomsbury and is available to buy here. Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Twitter @weirdosbookclub and Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub   Produced by Plosive.   Artwork by Welcome Studio.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The last book guest of this series is Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Sara and Cariad discuss bad boyfriends, marijuana, the female body, motherhood, grief and Brecht. We'll be back soon! Thank you for reading with us this series. We like reading with you! Trigger warning: This book covers an array of topics w

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Golden Age by Wang Xiaobo

This week's book guest is Golden Age by Wang Xiaobo. In this episode Sara and Cariad discuss revolutions, little monks, ball breaking, girlfriends, poetry, translation and hidden ovaries. Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you! Trigger warning: In this episode we discuss suicide. Golden Age by Wang Xia

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This week's book guest is Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis. Sara and Cariad are joined by Dr Nussaibah Younis is an expert on the politics, foreign policy and economy of contemporary Iraq. For several years she advised the Iraqi government on proposed programmes to de-radicalise women affiliated with ISIS, she has a P

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This week's book guest is My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante. In this episode Sara and Cariad discuss school, communism, slimy dads, scary dads, writing as freedom and when names are quite similar. Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you! Trigger warning: In this episode we mention sexual assault. My

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This week's book guest is Nuclear Family by Kate Davies. Sara and Cariad are joined by novelist, screenwriter and children’s author Kate Davies. Her novel In at the Deep End won the Polari Prize and she was shortlisted for the Bollinger Wodehouse Everyman Prize for Comic Fiction. In this episode they discuss fiction an

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This week's book guest is Rosewater by Liv Little. Sara and Cariad are joined by writer, journalist and founder of gal-dem - Liv Little. In this episode they discuss strap-ons, friendship, rollerblading, debt, friendship, camming and John Legend. Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you! Rosewater by Liv

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