Papercuts

Welcome back to Papercuts, our monthly books podcast hosted by Louisa Kasza, Jenna Todd and Kiran Dass. It's February and our latest episode is packed to the gills. We chat trigger warnings, American Dirt, festivals, movies, poetry and of course, have our usual book reviews and TBR piles. Tune in! Book news AWF Programme is out on the evening of 11th March Ockham Shortlist is out on March 4th. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED LISTEN: Digging into American Dirt pod: From four perspectives. https://www.npr.org/2020/01/29/800964001/digging-into-american-dirt Patti Smith helps Portland bookshop after break in. The 2020 NZ Festival of the Arts starts this week, 21 Feb – 15th March 2020. https://www.festival.nz/https://www.festival.nz/events/writers Writers programme including KD’s session with Booker International Prize Winner Jokha Alharthi https://www.festival.nz/events/all/writing-womens-lives/ and Alharthi and Rijula Das Book reviews KD: Strange Hotel by Eimear McBride, Rest and be thankful by Emma Glass. LK: Separa