Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club
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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This week's book guest is The New Age of Sexism: How the AI Revolution is Reinventing Misogyny by Laura Bates. Sara and Cariad are joined by activist, best-selling writer, speaker, journalist and founder of the Everyday Sexism Project Laura Bates. In this episode they discuss sex dolls, masturbation, AI, Meta and Take
This week's book guest is Slags by Emma Jane Unsworth. Sara and Cariad are joined by the BAFTA-nominated and BIFA-winning screenwriter and bestselling, award-winning novelist Emma Jane Unsworth. In this episode they discuss teachers, diaries, nostalgia, otters and scaring Mark Owen. Thank you for reading with us. We li
Sara and Cariad are back for series three with even more weird and wonderful books! They're kicking off the series with this special episode to discuss what they've been reading in the break. You can find out about all the books they're going to be discussing this series on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub And
New series starts Thursday 29th May 2025. Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you! Tickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from sarapascoe.co.uk Sara’s debut novel Weirdo is published by Faber & Faber and is available to buy here. Cariad’s book You Are Not Alone is publish
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
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
