27.02.2024 - Assembly by Natasha Brown Today’s book is author Natasha Brown’s first novel. It caused quite a stir in the literary world when it was published in 2019. The book is set in the late summer of 2019. The blurb on the back cover of the novel...
27.02.2024 - With: Andrew, Bernadette, Sandra Playlist: Joan Baez Music played: 1. ‘Once I had a Sweetheart’ 2. ‘Banks of the Ohio’ 3. ‘Help Me Make it through the Night’ 4. ‘House of the Rising Sun’ 5. ‘With God on our Side’ 6....
23.01.2024 - Texts read and music played 1. Edith Nesbit: New Year Snow 2. Christina Rossetti: In the bleak mid-winter (& music by Gustav Holst) 3. Peter Härtling: Schnee für später/ Snow for later (from An den Ufern meiner Stadt, Späte Gedichte,...
08.01.2024 - Dienstag, den 02. Jänner 2024: The Latecomer by Jean Hanff KorelitzThe book we introduce this month is The Latecomer by Jean Hanff Korelitz, an American novelist, playwright, theatre producer and essayist. Published in 2022, it tells the...
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28.12.2023 - Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud The book we introduce this month is Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud, published in 2020. Ingrid Persaud was born in Trinidad and moved to London at the age of 18. She studied law and pursued an academic career,...
13.11.2023 - Playlist: texts read and music played 1. Lennon (& Co.): Now and Then 2. Beatles: I Saw her Standing There 3. Beatles: Misery 4. Beatles: Please Please me 5. Beatles: There’s a Place 6. Beatles: It Won’t Be Long 7. Beatles: Not a Second...
13.11.2023 - Speziell zur Sendung am Dienstag, den 07. November 2023:On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean VuongThe book we introduce is On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, published in 2019. The author, Ocean Vuong, is a Vietnamese American poet, essayist...
06.11.2023 - Love, Marriage, Weddings Playlist (texts read & music played) 1. Mendelssohn: Wedding March from ‘Ein Sommernachtstraum’ 2. Viviani: Sonata for Trumpet and Organ in C Major, Andante 3. Goethe: ‘This is the true season of...
