Tell Me What To Read

The ultimate weekly podcast for book lovers: Tell Me What To Read, hosted by Australian book expert Ben Hunter, shares all the latest book recommendations, reviews, and tea on the hottest new releases! Tell Me What To Read, powered by Booktopia www.booktopia.com.au. Follow @booktopiabooks on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube Follow @booktopia on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. - Tell Me What To Read is recorded on the lands of the Wangal people, and we pay our respects to all elders past and present. - Tell Me What To Read, powered by Booktopia - www.booktopia.com.au. | Follow @booktopiabooks on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube | Follow @booktopia on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn

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Episodes

Tuesday Feb 07, 2023

Kass sits down with hosts of the Good Mourning podcast, Sally Douglas & Imogen Carn, to discuss the process of grieving, sudden loss, signs, and their new book Good Mourning! 
Good Mourning: https://bit.ly/3kTMLnw
WARNING: this podcast contains adult themes and coarse language.
 
EXPLORE BOOKS MENTIONED
It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover | https://bit.ly/3wFM18e
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens | https://bit.ly/3HdPW17
Super Attractor by Gabrielle Bernstein | https://bit.ly/3jeUSea 
Signs by Laura Lynne Jackson | https://bit.ly/3Y7VUYg 
The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller | https://bit.ly/3Hir8F7 
 
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
 
Follow Good Mourning |
Website: https://www.goodmourning.com.au/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodmourningpodcast/ Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/goodmourningpodcast/ Podcast: https://www.goodmourning.com.au/listen-good-mourning-podcast  
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CREDITS 
Guests: Sally Douglas & Imogen Carn
Host: Kassidy Fisher
Producer: Nick Wasiliev
Published on: 7 February 2023
Season: 3
Episode: 3
© 2023 Booktopia

Thursday Feb 02, 2023

Host of the Australian Birth Stories podcast Sophie Walker takes over the show today to chat with Jodi Wilson around their brand new book, The Complete Australian Guide to Pregnancy and Birth!
The Complete Australian Guide to Pregnancy and Birth: https://bit.ly/3Jmu3z8 
WARNING: this podcast contains adult themes.
 
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
 
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Website: https://australianbirthstories.com/ 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/australianbirthstories/ 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Australianbirthstories/ 
Podcast: https://australianbirthstories.com/podcasts/ 
 
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CREDITS 
Guests: Sophie Walker & Jodi Wilson
Producer: Nick Wasiliev
Published on: 2 February 2023
Season: 3
Episode: 2
© 2023 Booktopia

Tuesday Jan 31, 2023

In our first episode of 2023, guest host and author of Rebel Talk Jane Hutcheon sits down with the one and only Mark Manson, author of international bestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, to discuss the new movie adaptation.
The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*ck: https://bit.ly/3XSvmKn
THE SUBTLE ART OF NOT GIVING A F*CK is available on digital now. Visit subtleartmovie.com for more information.
 
WARNING: this podcast contains coarse language and themes.
 
FIND OUR MORE ABOUT THE FILM:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/subtleartmovie/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/SubtleArtMovie/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SubtleArtMovie
 
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
 
Follow Mark Manson |
Website: https://markmanson.net/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@markmansonnet
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markmanson/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Markmansonnet/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmanson/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/iammarkmanson
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0TnW9acNxqeojxXDMbohcA
 
Follow Jane Hutcheon |
Website: https://janehutcheon.com/
Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/jhutcheon
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JaneHutcheonTV/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janehutcheon/
 
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CREDITS 
Guests: Mark Manson
Host: Jane Hutcheon
Producer: Nick Wasiliev, Benita Woodley & Carly Cadogan
Published on: 31 January 2023
Season: 3
Episode: 1
© 2023 Booktopia
 

The Best Books Of 2022

Thursday Dec 08, 2022

Thursday Dec 08, 2022

A year of good reading awaits! As the curtain closes this year, our in-house book experts Amy Evans, Ben Hunter and Shanu Prasad put their minds together to collect our favourite books for 2022, covering fiction, biography, children's books, cookbooks and more.
The Best Books of 2022 Guide: https://bit.ly/3uyLmEJ
 
EXPLORE BOOKS MENTIONED
Lune by Kate Reid | https://bit.ly/3UuSxsD
The Boy from Boomerang Crescent by Eddie Betts | https://bit.ly/3ipkYu8
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid | https://bit.ly/3XOBOTe
Exiles by Jane Harper | https://bit.ly/3BjOFn9
The Tilt by Chris Hammer | https://bit.ly/3VAQBiH
Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivenor | https://bit.ly/3OLNeTG
Wake by Shelley Burr | https://bit.ly/3XBEnbg
Arent & Pyke by Arent & Pyke, Juliette Arent, Sarah-Jane Pyke | https://bit.ly/3WuKU7g
Unnecessary Drama by Nina Kenwood | https://bit.ly/3HclLcd
Back On Country by Ellie Laing, Adam Goodes, David Hardy (Illustrator) | https://bit.ly/3UBh5zt
Brickman's Big Book of Better Builds by Ryan McNaught | https://bit.ly/3HdnI8g
Tenderheart by Hetty Lui McKinnon | https://bit.ly/3Y6c5G0
Ten Steps to Nanette by Hannah Gadsby | https://bit.ly/3utFEUn
The Ninth Life Of A Diamond Miner by Grace Tame | https://bit.ly/3F8l6WG
Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention by Johann Hari | https://bit.ly/3FySW8L
Sheilas by Eliza Reilly | https://bit.ly/3BgMVuI
The Space Between the Stars by Indira Naidoo | https://bit.ly/3HhJ30j
Not Now, Not Ever by Julia Gillard | https://bit.ly/3UFvWsR
Candy House by Jennifer Egan | https://bit.ly/3iDsdyF
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell | https://bit.ly/3Y6cEQ8
The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy | https://bit.ly/3UCs63C
Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy | https://bit.ly/3W0OncH
Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson | https://bit.ly/3utEFnt
Marshmallow by Victoria Hannan | https://bit.ly/3F5oBNz
The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding by Holly Ringland | https://bit.ly/3FgeoxY
Sunbathing by Isobel Beech | https://bit.ly/3VVjZQW
Eat Weeds by Diego Bonetto | https://bit.ly/3USBRuV
Style by Natalie Walton | https://bit.ly/3VFqPu7
Dreaming the Land by Marie Geissler | https://bit.ly/3Y3UQFp
Audrey Hepburn by Megan Hess | https://bit.ly/3FwZq7P
 
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CREDITS 
Guests: Amy Evans, Ben Hunter & Shanu Prasad
Producer: Nick Wasiliev
Published on: 8 December 2022
Season: 2
Episode: 89
© 2022 Booktopia

Tuesday Dec 06, 2022

Join us for a special live podcast at BestxLess Miranda, recorded on 2nd December 2022! Nicole Reaney sits down with children's authors Matt Stanton, Sarah Ayoub & Kate Mayes to discuss their books, how they celebrate Christmas, and more!
Booktopia Christmas Gift Guide: https://bit.ly/3t4NFid
Join the Best&Less Friends Club for exclusive deals on apparel, kidswear and more: www.bestandless.com.au
 
EXPLORE BOOKS MENTIONED
The Christmas Bum Book by Kate Mayes, Andrew Joyner (Illustrator) | https://bit.ly/3urLvK1
Funny Kid Catastrophe: Funny Kid: Book 11 by Matt Stanton | https://bit.ly/3iG4y0D
Nice and Slow by Sarah Ayoub, Mimi Purnell (Illustrator) | https://bit.ly/3PaPKDq
 
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
 
Follow Best&Less |
Website: https://www.bestandless.com.au/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bestandless/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bestandless
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/best&less/
 
Follow Matt Stanton |
Website: https://www.mattstanton.net/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsmattstantonhere/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN_X2r0FCEVpW6VLIKYbO_Q
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MattStantonAuthor/
 
Follow Sarah Ayoub |
Website: https://sarahayoub.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bysarahayoub/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bysarahayoub/
 
Follow Kate Mayes
Author Bio: https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/kate-mayes-2015543024223
 
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CREDITS 
Guests: Matt Stanton, Sarah Ayoub & Kate Mayes
Host: Nicole Reaney
Producer: Nick Wasiliev, Matt Broughall, Adam Freedman, Hannah Armstrong, Celeste Morales & Beth Lewis
Published on: 6 December 2022
Season: 2
Episode: 88
© 2022 Booktopia

Thursday Dec 01, 2022

Stumped for what to get for Christmas? Our in-house book lovers Amy Evans, Ben Hunter and Shanu Prasad sit down for a special episode to help you find the perfect Christmas present for 2022!
Christmas Gift Guide: https://bit.ly/3t4NFid
 
EXPLORE BOOKS MENTIONED
The Boy from Boomerang Crescent by Eddie Betts | https://bit.ly/3ipkYu8
The Price Paid by Tim Paine | https://bit.ly/3OLhwGm
Murder In Williamstown by Kerry Greenwood | https://bit.ly/3DMAvfR
Desert Star by Michael Connelly | https://bit.ly/3Fwl390
Arent & Pyke by Arent & Pyke, Juliette Arent, Sarah-Jane Pyke | https://bit.ly/3WuKU7g
Day's End by Garry Disher | https://bit.ly/3y3Rvux
Tonight's Dinner 2 by Adam Liaw | https://bit.ly/3SV0pCl
Lune by Kate Reid | https://bit.ly/3UuSxsD
What's for Dessert by Claire Saffitz | https://bit.ly/3TSqMKv
First, Cream the Butter and Sugar by Emelia Jackson | https://bit.ly/3NojUSv
The Battle of Long Tan by Peter FitzSimons | https://bit.ly/3Be0kEi
The Prison Healer Limited Collector's Edition by Lynette Noni | https://bit.ly/3SDgahf
Nowhere to Hide by Tom Boyd | https://bit.ly/3VCeNRF
RecipeTin Eats: Dinner by Nagi Maehashi | https://bit.ly/3VB7ycL
The Food Saver's A-Z by Alex Elliott-Howery, Jaimee Edwards | https://bit.ly/3AY5wLP
Exiles by Jane Harper | https://bit.ly/3BjOFn9
The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman | https://bit.ly/3FfaeqY
The Tilt by Chris Hammer | https://bit.ly/3VAQBiH
Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivenor | https://bit.ly/3OLNeTG
Wake by Shelley Burr | https://bit.ly/3XBEnbg
The Torrent by Dinuka McKenzie | https://bit.ly/3OOWK8L
The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill | https://bit.ly/3VB7YQn
Bake My Day by Katherine Sabbath | https://bit.ly/3u9cABF
Book Lovers by Emily Henry | https://bit.ly/3uc6jVB
Colleen Hoover Collection | https://bit.ly/3ATrbVB
The Heartstopper Yearbook by Alice Oseman | https://bit.ly/3Vl285Z
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid | https://bit.ly/3XOBOTe
Chloe Catwalk by Lou Stoppard | https://bit.ly/3B1luoG
Bush Life by Beauty in the Bush Collective | https://bit.ly/3VnbyxF
Super Bloom by Jac Semmler | https://bit.ly/3Vl9t5D
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles | https://bit.ly/3AVOIoY
The Guy Who Decides by Jimmy Rees | https://bit.ly/3ispacl
Sleep Through the Night (Teeny Tiny Stevies) by Byll Stephen, Beth Stephen, Teeny Tiny Stevies, Simon Howe (Illustrator) | https://bit.ly/3AUerhs
Husband Material by Alexis Hall | https://bit.ly/3EUFb2i
 
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CREDITS 
Guests: Amy Evans, Ben Hunter & Shanu Prasad
Producer: Nick Wasiliev
Published on: 1 December 2022
Season: 2
Episode: 87
© 2022 Booktopia

Wednesday Nov 30, 2022

In today's episode, Georgie Tunny hosts Rob Mills as they discuss his new book, Putting On A Show.
Putting On A Show by Rob Mills | https://bit.ly/3Fdm6tJ
 
EXPLORE BOOKS MENTIONED
The Happiest Man On Earth by Eddie Jaku | https://bit.ly/3ASN8UQ
Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta | https://bit.ly/3ioUSrd
Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton | https://bit.ly/3ERyo9G
 
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
 
Follow Rob Mills |
Website: https://www.robmills.net.au/
Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/RobMillsyMills/
Facebook: https://www.instagram.com/robmillsymills/
Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/millsyrob
 
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/georgie_tunny/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/georgie_tunny
 
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CREDITS
Guests: Rob Mills
Host: Georgie Tunny
Producer: Nick Wasiliev
Published on: 30 November 2022
Season: 2
Episode: 86
© 2022 Booktopia

Tuesday Nov 29, 2022

In today's episode, Emerald Moon hosts Tom Ballard as they discuss his new book, I, Millennial.
I, Millennial by Tom Ballard | https://bit.ly/3gDKF9A
 
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
Follow Tom Ballard |
Website: https://tomballard.com.au/
Podcast: https://tomballard.com.au/podcast/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tomcballard/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomballardaustralia/
Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/tomcballard
 
Follow Emerald Moon |
Podcast - Serious Danger: https://linktr.ee/SeriousDanger
Twitter: https://twitter.com/emeraldxmoon
 
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CREDITS
Guests: Tom Ballard
Host: Emerald Moon
Producer: Hannah Armstrong & Nick Wasiliev
Published on: 29 November 2022
Season: 2
Episode: 85
© 2022 Booktopia

Friday Nov 25, 2022

In today's episode, we chat with one of the most recognisable faces on Australian television, Osher Günsberg, host of The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Australia Idol, The Masked Singer and more!
WARNING: contains coarse language
Back, After The Break by Osher Günsberg | https://bit.ly/3gDKF9A
 
EXPLORE BOOKS MENTIONED
Factfulness by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Ronnlund | https://bit.ly/3gDZB7E
Humankind by Rutger Bregman | https://bit.ly/3AGF49j
The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Emma Carey | https://bit.ly/3tSQeEm
Patting the Shark by Tim Baker | https://bit.ly/3Vm4X6d
Ray Bradbury Collection | https://bit.ly/3XvUebc
Isaac Asimov Collection | https://bit.ly/3V71c52
Philip K. Dick Collection | https://bit.ly/3TX3eU0
The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster | https://bit.ly/3EAG2oJ
Deep Survival by Laurence Gonzales | https://bit.ly/3AFN7TU
Jeremy Rifkin Collection | https://bit.ly/3EY0mSr
21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari | https://bit.ly/3VoIHJ3
Life and Death Decisions by Dr Lachlan McIver | https://bit.ly/3XwDj8s
The Molecule of More by Daniel Z. Lieberman, Michael E. Long | https://bit.ly/3XuoAuJ
Oliver Jeffers Collection | https://bit.ly/3idoCaw
 
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
Follow Osher Günsberg |
Website: https://oshergunsberg.com/
Podcast - Better Than Yesterday: https://play.acast.com/s/the-osher-gunsberg-podcast
Podcast - DadPod: https://play.acast.com/s/dadpod/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/osher_gunsberg/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oshergunsberglive/
Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/oshergunsberg
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CREDITS
Guests: Osher Günsberg
Host: Nick Wasiliev
Producer: Nick Wasiliev
Published on: 25 November 2022
Season: 2
Episode: 84
© 2022 Booktopia

Wednesday Nov 23, 2022

In today's episode, The Conversation's Lee Constable sits down with Michael Hopkin and Carissa Lee to talk about their collection of essays that got the world talking, Reckoning with Power and Privilege!
 
EXPLORE BOOKS MENTIONED
Reckoning with Power and Privilege by The Conversation, Michael Hopkin (Editor) | https://bit.ly/3GA3bdC
 
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
Follow The Conversation |
Website: https://theconversation.com/au
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-conversation-media-group/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theconversationau/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ConversationEDU
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ConversationEDU
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ConversationEDU
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theconversationau
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Check out our Editorial | https://bit.ly/3myzL1U
Twitter | https://twitter.com/booktopia
Facebook Group | https://www.facebook.com/groups/booktopiatellmewhattoread
 
CREDITS
Guests: Michael Hopkin & Carissa Lee
Host: Lee Constable
Producer: Hannah Armstrong & Nick Wasiliev
Published on: 23 November 2022
Season: 2
Episode: 83
© 2022 Booktopia

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Booktopia has been voted Australia’s Favourite Bookshop and Australia’s Best Online Bookshop. We love books, especially Australian ones.

New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday.

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