Books & Chat: Short Book Reviews & Literary Discussions
By Christina Young - Books and Chat | Short Book Reviews & Literary Discussions
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Thoughtful chats for readers who love good stories. Books & Chat from Gloucester Book Club brings you 10‑minute reviews and personal reflections, plus 30‑minute book club conversations with members and local authors. Follow on Spotify or Apple Podcasts and never miss a chapter.
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Three Days in June - Anne Tyler & The Party - Tessa Hadley
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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Bitesize episode - Broken Country - Clare Leslie Hall
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May 15, 2026 |
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Bitesize episode - Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller
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Feb 21, 2026 |
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Bitesize: Top 3 Books of 2025
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Jan 25, 2026 |
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Women’s Prize for Fiction Winner Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
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Dec 27, 2025 |
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Bitesize episode - A Review of Intermezzo by Sally Rooney and Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck
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Dec 07, 2025 |
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Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Bitesize Episode: Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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The Bitesize Book Review - The Book Club by CJ Cooper
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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The Bitesize Book Review: Maurice and Maralyn by Sophie Elmhirst
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May 16, 2025 |
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Mayflies by Andrew O’Hagan
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May 01, 2025 |
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The Bitesize Book Review: We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Go As A River by Shelley Read
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Christopher Bland Prize winner The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
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Jan 25, 2025 |
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Gloucester Book Club’s Top 3 Books of 2024
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Jan 05, 2025 |
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In Memoriam by Alice Winn
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Any Human Heart by William Boyd
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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A Chat with Rachel Sargeant author of the Gloucestershire Crime Series
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Hard By a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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The Dust That Falls From Dreams by Louis de Bernieres
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May 31, 2024 |
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Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
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May 01, 2024 |
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The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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Heaven My Home by Attica Locke
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Top 4 books from 2023
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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‘Twas the Night Before Christmas by Kate Nivison
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Ticket for a Carol Concert by Audrey Burton
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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French Braid by Anne Tyler
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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A Visitor by Holly Crawford from Spooky Ambiguous
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Prohibido El Paso by Patrick Booth - a short story for Halloween 🎃👻💀
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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The Five - Hallie Rubenhold. How do I know if this book is for me - just listen in!
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Stoner by John Williams
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Best of Friends by Kamila Shamsie
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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Flamingo by Rachel Elliott
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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Gloucester Book Club’s top 3 novels of 2022
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Lessons by Ian McEwan
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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Small Mercies - a Christmas short story by Kate Atkinson
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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The Girl who Killed Santa Claus by Val McDermid. Narrated by Christina Young
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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A Sweet Obscurity by Patrick Gale
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Mirror Mirror by Michael Bartlett read by Christina Young
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Oct 29, 2022 |
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For Halloween 🎃🧛Blood Moon by Amaris Chase
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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In conversation with Christine Jordan, author of her debut crime novel ‘Misper’
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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A Halloween spooky story! 🎃👻. The Strange Tale of the Hobnail Boots by Margaret Royall
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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Violeta by Isabel Allende
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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Lean Fall Stand by Jon McGregor
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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The British Book Awards Book of the Year Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens - podcast updated July 2022
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Jul 02, 2022 |
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Magpie Lane by Lucy Atkins
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson
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May 28, 2022 |
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Still Life by Sarah Winman
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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Booker Prize Winner 2021 The Promise by Damon Galgut
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
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Dec 30, 2021 |
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The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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A Colourful Country Escape with author Anita Faulkner
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Nov 13, 2021 |
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Winner of the Glass Bell best novel award 2017 (UK) The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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An Extra Pair of Hands by Kate Mosse
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Women’s Prize for Fiction winner Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Costa Book Awards Best Novel Normal People by Sally Rooney
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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Amazon’s Best Novel of 2017 Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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Aspen Words Literary Prize winner The Beekeeper of Aleppo By Christy Lefteri
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May 25, 2021 |
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Women’s Prize for Fiction winner An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
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May 11, 2021 |
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Booker Prize winner Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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Relax in Book Lounge
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Apr 12, 2021 |