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.
It's the last episode of the series and we're sending you off in style once again with some brilliant summer read recommendations. Sara and Cariad are joined by bookseller and author Katie Clapham and her wonderful book Receipts from the Bookshop , inspired by her independent bookshop Storytellers, Inc. She shares her hot tips with us for a summer of reading. Thank you for reading with us this series. We like reading with you! Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub Produced, recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive . Assistant Producer is Amy Townsend-Lowcock for Plosive. Artwork by Welcome Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week's book guest is People Pleaser by Bryony Gordon. Sara and Cariad are joined by the wonderful journalist, author, broadcaster and podcaster Bryony Gordon. In this episode they discuss therapy, family, quavers, bodies, football and running in your pants. Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you! Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub Produced, recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive . Assistant Producer is Amy Townsend-Lowcock for Plosive. Artwork by Welcome Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week's book guest is Queenie is Working on It by Candice Carty-Williams. Sara and Cariad are joined by the award-winning author and showrunner, Candice Carty-Williams. In this episode they discuss fertility, skincare, self-care, hen dos and hot TFL staff. Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you! Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub Produced, recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive . Assistant Producer is Amy Townsend-Lowcock for Plosive. Artwork by Welcome Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week's book guest is Heart the Lover by Lily King. Sara and Cariad are joined by the incredible, award-winning author Lily King. In this episode they discuss writing by hand, notebooks, The Great Gatsby, first love, teachers, Mr Polis and Desmond Morris. Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you! Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub Produced, recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive . Assistant Producer is Amy Townsend-Lowcock for Plosive. Artwork by Welcome Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week's book guest is The Others by Sheena Kalayil. In this episode we discuss communism, sex scenes, Mozambique, and the Stasi. Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you! Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub Produced, recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive . Assistant Producer is Amy Townsend-Lowcock for Plosive. Artwork by Welcome Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week's book guest is My Cantopop Nights: A Memoir by Emma-Lee Moss aka Emmy the Great. Sara and Cariad are joined by the multi-award-winning author and musician Emma-Lee Moss aka Emmy the Great. In this episode they discuss motherhood, shedding, hair cuts, colonisation, therapy, and Björk. Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you! Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub Produced, recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive . Assistant Producer is Amy Townsend-Lowcock for Plosive. Artwork by Welcome Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week's book guest is My Phantoms by Gwendoline Riley. In this episode we discuss Ferrante fever, Albert Camus in hot pants, mothers and Jackie Weaver. Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you! Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub Produced by Naomi Parnell Recorded by Naomi Parnell and edited by Aniya Das for Plosive . Artwork by Welcome Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week's book guest is Land by Maggie O'Farrell Sara and Cariad are joined by the multi-award-winning author Maggie O'Farrell. In this episode they discuss Ireland, inappropriate sitcoms, writing, desks, geography, and Moomins . Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you! Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub Produced, recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive . Artwork by Welcome Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week's book guest is The Cut by Richard Armitage. Sara and Cariad are joined by the award-winning actor and author Richard Armitage himself. In this episode they discuss forensics, cello, bullying, Susan Pascoe and Gary Barlow. Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you! Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub Produced, recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive . Artwork by Welcome Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week's book guest is The Midnight Train by Matt Haig. Sara and Cariad are joined by the internationally bestselling author himself, Matt Haig. In this episode they discuss steam trains, Sheffield, Ulysses, modernism and Def Leppard. Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you! Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub Produced by Naomi Parnell. Recorded and edited by Aniya Das for Plosive . Artwork by Welcome Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week's book guest is Welcome to Weird Street by Stephen Mangan, illustrated by Anita Mangan Sara and Cariad are joined by the brilliant actor, comedian, presenter and writer Stephen Mangan. In this episode they discuss Treasure Island, Green Wing , Stephen Fry and farts. Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you! Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub Produced, recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive . Artwork by Welcome Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week's book guest is Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Sara and Cariad are joined by comedian, writer, playwright and friend Vanessa Hammick. In this episode they discuss AI, dissertations, Kenneth Branagh, broad strokes, and Emma Stone. Trigger warning: In this episode we discuss sexual assault and child murder. Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you! Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub Produced, recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive . Artwork by Welcome Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week's book guest is Having Spent Life Seeking by Kae Tempest Sara and Cariad are joined by the incredible spoken word performer, poet, recording artist, novelist and playwright Kae Tempest himself. In this episode they discuss addiction, school, access to reading, seaside towns and lager tops. Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you! Having Spent Life Seeking by Kae Tempest is available here Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub Produced, recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive . Artwork by Welcome Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week's book guest is Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke. Sara and Cariad are joined by international best selling author Caro Claire Burke herself. In this episode they discuss mirrors, Christians, botox, TikTok, feminism and dingos. Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you! Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke is available here Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub Produced by Naomi Parnell Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive . Artwork by Welcome Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week's book guest is Middlemarch by George Eliot. In this episode we discuss soap operas, love stories, socialism, Nietzsche and Cariad getting angry. Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you! Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub Produced by Naomi Parnell Recorded by Naomi Parnell and edited by Aniya Das for Plosive . Artwork by Welcome Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week's book guest is Flesh by David Szalay. Sara and Cariad are joined by the two time nominee and current winner of the Booker Prize himself, David Szalay. In this episode they discuss and class, Vienna, masculinity, prizes, money and Soho. Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you! Flesh by David Szalay. is available here . Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub Produced by Naomi Parnell Recorded and edited by Aniya Das for Plosive . Artwork by Welcome Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sara and Cariad are back with another series of truly excellent, weird and wonderful reads and a host of brilliant guests lined up this series! Welcome back to the book club where you don't even have to have read the book to join in! In this episodeSara and Cariad discuss books they've read in the break, the National Year of Reading, Odysseus and maggots. Thank you for reading with us. We look forward to reading with you (or not) this series! Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and Twitter @weirdosbookclub Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive . Artwork by Welcome Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sara and Cariad are back for a fifth series of weird and wonderful reads! Send us your listener suggestions and remember you don't even have to have read the book to join in! Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you! For bonus content, access to BTS photos and videos, messages AND to support the pod 💖 sign up to our Patreon at patreon.com/c/weirdosbookclub Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and Twitter @weirdosbookclub Produced by Plosive Artwork by Welcome Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Your favourite Weirdos will be back with a brand new series next week, but to tide you over until then, we're sharing an episode of our brilliant friends Amy Gledhill and Harriet Kemsley's podcast, Single Ladies In Your Area which - all about dating and relationships in your 30s and beyond. For this episode they're joined by special guest... Jameela Jamil! Amy and Harriet joined us on the Weirdos Book Club podcast to discuss Helen Fielding's iconic Bridget Jones's Diary, you can listen back to that episode here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week's book guest is The Meaning of Liff by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd. Sara and Cariad are joined by legendary director, producer and writer, John Lloyd. John is the BAFTA, Emmy and Grammy award-winning creator of such shows as Spitting Image, Not The Nine o'Clock News, Blackadder and QI. In this episode they discuss quizzes, friendship, toilet seats, Sweden and Judi Dench. Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you! The Meaning of Liff is 42 by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd is available here . Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and Twitter @weirdosbookclub Tickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from sarapascoe.co.uk Cariad's children's book Where Did She Go? is out here now. Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive . Artwork by Welcome Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
