Diving In

By Virginia Seymour and Louise Jones

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Episodes: 80

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Diving In is a conversation you will want to be part of - Louise and Virginia have been best friends since university - they share a passion for story telling and read loads of good books. Make yourself a cup of tea and listen in as they share the books they’ve been loving, and also the films, TV series, podcasts and articles they’ve enjoyed.

Episode Date
73: The Ghost of Charles Dickens sitting on Barbara Kingsolver’s Shoulder
Apr 16, 2024
72: This Is A Bit Embarrassing… (books we’ve never read)
Feb 06, 2024
71: The Next Diving In Book Club – Salt River Road by Molly Schmidt
Jan 19, 2024
70: A Spotlight on Early Australia
Dec 22, 2023
69: It's the very best time of year! It’s new release time and there is a publishing frenzy.
Nov 26, 2023
68. Literary Scandals, Hoaxes and Controversies
Nov 10, 2023
67. It’s that Time of Year Again!
Sep 28, 2023
66. Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo
Aug 18, 2023
65. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Jul 28, 2023
64. Deep and Fragile Connections with a Natural World
Jun 12, 2023
63. Capturing the Zeitgeist with some Fantastic New Releases
May 13, 2023
62. If You’re Going to San Francisco...
Apr 24, 2023
61. This Book is Cancelled!
Mar 24, 2023
60. Walking the Streets of Tokyo with the characters from great fiction set in that city
Feb 12, 2023
59. Books for Younger Readers
Jan 19, 2023
58: Buster - The Best Boy
Dec 08, 2022
57: New Releases by New (to us) Authors
Nov 14, 2022
56: The Diving In podcast girls are back with some new releases!
Oct 30, 2022
55. The Revenge of Cervantes – Book Club Part 2
Aug 30, 2022
54. Tilting at Windmills – Book Club Part 1
Aug 18, 2022
53. Hola nuestras queridas amigas!
Jun 24, 2022
52. Books We've Been Wanting to Read for Ages
May 20, 2022
51. Things That Go Bump in the Night
May 06, 2022
50: A Greek Chorus of Achilles and the Sisterhood
Apr 22, 2022
49: Crime, Betrayal and Secrets in Colder Climes
Apr 07, 2022
48. Trojan Horses - Things Hiding in Plain Sight
Mar 24, 2022
47: Reading Over A Long Hot Summer
Mar 11, 2022
46: Redemption and Dingo Noir
Jan 04, 2022
45: Sleuthing, Heartbreak and Hoarding- a chat about 6 great books.
Dec 21, 2021
44: Our Book Club Pick: The Hero's Quest - Brothers and Stowaways
Dec 07, 2021
43. Women Locked Up (In Prisons Real and Imagined)
Nov 11, 2021
42: New Releases and Literary Coincidences
Oct 28, 2021
41: Hot Off The Press!
Oct 14, 2021
40: Reading Around the World - Books in Translation
Sep 16, 2021
39: Mad About Maggie O'Farrell
Aug 26, 2021
38: Legal Thrillers for Legal Eagles
Aug 12, 2021
37: The Book Swap
Jul 22, 2021
36: Wuthering Heights Book Club
Jun 24, 2021
Swandive 5 - Louise chats with Polly Phillips, author of 'My Best Friend's Murder'
Jun 15, 2021
35: Theme and Fancy Free
Jun 03, 2021
34: We Read Whatever We Wanted
May 20, 2021
33: Classic Sleuths and Modern Detectives
May 06, 2021
32: Everybody Should Be Talking About This
Apr 22, 2021
31: Paris
Apr 08, 2021
30: Growing Up on the Other Side of The Tracks
Mar 25, 2021
29: Bodices and Breathy Sighs
Mar 11, 2021
28: What We Read Over the Break
Feb 25, 2021
27: All That Glitters Is Not Gold - A Deep Dive into Edith Wharton
Dec 20, 2020
26: A Gripping Grab Bag of Recent Reads
Dec 07, 2020
25. Homegrown Heroes - including a Magical Quest and some 'Metropolis Noir'
Nov 18, 2020
Swandive 4 - Louise chats with Cate Sutherland from independent publisher The Fremantle Press
Nov 10, 2020
Swandive 3 - Virginia interviews Hélène Magisson for the release of her new children's book 'Claudette'
Oct 29, 2020
24. Getting Addicted in 2020 (and 'fessing up)
Oct 21, 2020
23: A Love Letter to Italy
Oct 05, 2020
22: Books We Read Over Our Break
Sep 17, 2020
21: Twin Tales
Jul 30, 2020
20: Reading Indigenous Authors
Jul 12, 2020
Swandive 2 - A chat with Australian author Imbi Neeme about her new novel 'The Spill'
Jul 02, 2020
Swandive 1 - Virginia and Louise enjoy a chat with Australian author Suzanne Daniel
Jun 25, 2020
19: Contemporary Australian Books
Jun 15, 2020
18: Girls
Jun 01, 2020
17: Family Scandals and Secrets
May 15, 2020
Duck Dive Two- We Share Your Reading Habits!
May 11, 2020
16: Books that Uplift Us
Apr 27, 2020
Duck Dive One - A Diving In Quiz for Isolation
Apr 15, 2020
15: Reading In Isolation
Apr 07, 2020
14: The Irish Episode with some great storytellers, Sebastian Barry, John Boyne, Anne Enright, Marion Keyes and Niall Williams
Mar 19, 2020
13: Nancy Mitford and her eccentric family
Mar 06, 2020
12: Books We Read Over Summer
Feb 19, 2020
11: Christmas Special - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and Christmas Pudding by Nancy Mitford
Dec 12, 2019
10: More Great British Books - Ian McEwan, Jessie Burton, Dorothy Whipple & James Meek
Nov 28, 2019
09: Some Very British Stories - Tracy Chevalier, Elizabeth Taylor, Nicola Upson and Barbara Pym
Nov 14, 2019
08: Whodunnit - a very criminal episode - Cleeves, Carter, Kevin Barry, Connelly, Sayers and Truss
Nov 07, 2019
07: Taken Captive by Anne Patchett - The Dutch House, The Magician's Assistant, State of Wonder, and other Patchett masterpieces
Oct 31, 2019
06: Manuscripts, Spies and Mother Russia - Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn and Lara Prescott
Oct 24, 2019
05: Land of the Free, Home of the Brave - Jacqueline Woodson, Téa Obreht and Laila Lalami
Oct 18, 2019
04: Sacred Emus and Missing Sisters - Bruce Pascoe, Melissa Lucashenko and Tara June Winch
Oct 10, 2019
03: Rabbits, Rascals, Hideouts and Sleuths - Enid Blyton, Mary Norton and many other great children's authors
Oct 04, 2019
02: Memory and Mysteries - Emma Healey and Sarah Moss
Sep 27, 2019
01: Locked Up in the South - Colson Whitehead and Tayari Jones
Sep 18, 2019