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Diving In

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 yours... Read more

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07: Taken Captive by Anne Patchett - The Dutch House, The Magician's Assistant, State of Wonder, and other Patchett masterpieces

07: Taken Captive by Anne Patchett - The Dutch House, The Magician's Assistant, State of Wonder, and other Patchett masterpieces

Virginia and Louise devote an entire episode to the wonderful writing of American novelist Ann Patchett. They discuss he... Read more

31 Oct 2019

35mins

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08: Whodunnit - a very criminal episode - Cleeves, Carter, Kevin Barry, Connelly, Sayers and Truss

08: Whodunnit - a very criminal episode - Cleeves, Carter, Kevin Barry, Connelly, Sayers and Truss

Murderinos Louise and Virginia discuss several crime novels, from cosy drawing room dramas to gritty Scandi noir police ... Read more

7 Nov 2019

42mins

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06: Manuscripts, Spies and Mother Russia - Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn and Lara Prescott

06: Manuscripts, Spies and Mother Russia - Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn and Lara Prescott

Virginia and Louise journey to Russia minus the vodka and discuss a new best-seller set in the Cold War and a stolen man... Read more

24 Oct 2019

35mins

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09: Some Very British Stories - Tracy Chevalier, Elizabeth Taylor, Nicola Upson and Barbara Pym

09: Some Very British Stories - Tracy Chevalier, Elizabeth Taylor, Nicola Upson and Barbara Pym

Louise and Virginia discuss a number of British books and authors and a few other things they’ve been diving into. Em... Read more

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10: More Great British Books - Ian McEwan, Jessie Burton, Dorothy Whipple & James Meek

10: More Great British Books - Ian McEwan, Jessie Burton, Dorothy Whipple & James Meek

Louise and Virginia have a great conversation about four excellent British novels, The Cockroach by Ian McEwan, The Conf... Read more

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04: Sacred Emus and Missing Sisters - Bruce Pascoe, Melissa Lucashenko and Tara June Winch

04: Sacred Emus and Missing Sisters - Bruce Pascoe, Melissa Lucashenko and Tara June Winch

Louise and Virginia discuss several recent books written by Australian Indigenous writers. Louise talks about two excell... Read more

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11: Christmas Special - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and Christmas Pudding by Nancy Mitford

11: Christmas Special - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and Christmas Pudding by Nancy Mitford

Louise and Virginia discuss books set at Christmas, books to give as gifts, their favourite books of 2019 and a few othe... Read more

12 Dec 2019

48mins

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05: Land of the Free, Home of the Brave - Jacqueline Woodson, Téa Obreht and Laila Lalami

05: Land of the Free, Home of the Brave - Jacqueline Woodson, Téa Obreht and Laila Lalami

Louise and Virginia catch up after Louise has been on holiday in New York. Louise has a great New York update, and the c... Read more

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03: Rabbits, Rascals, Hideouts and Sleuths - Enid Blyton, Mary Norton and many other great children's authors

03: Rabbits, Rascals, Hideouts and Sleuths - Enid Blyton, Mary Norton and many other great children's authors

Virginia and Louise reminisce about the books that were read to them as small children, and the books they read to thems... Read more

4 Oct 2019

43mins

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16: Books that Uplift Us

16: Books that Uplift Us

Louise and Virginia dive into the books they like to read to be uplifted or comforted. As predicted, they reach for quit... Read more

27 Apr 2020

1hr 8mins

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Duck Dive One - A Diving In Quiz for Isolation

Duck Dive One - A Diving In Quiz for Isolation

In this first mini-episode Louise asks you some questions about your reading habits.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInsta... Read more

15 Apr 2020

6mins

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15: Reading In Isolation

15: Reading In Isolation

Louise and Virginia discuss the strange new world we find ourselves in and are surprised by their responses to the situa... Read more

7 Apr 2020

1hr 12mins

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14: The Irish Episode with some great storytellers, Sebastian Barry, John Boyne, Anne Enright, Marion Keyes and Niall Williams

14: The Irish Episode with some great storytellers, Sebastian Barry, John Boyne, Anne Enright, Marion Keyes and Niall Williams

Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @virginia_readsLouise’s Instagram @louis... Read more

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13: Nancy Mitford and her eccentric family

13: Nancy Mitford and her eccentric family

Louise and Virginia discuss three of Nancy Mitford’s Radlett family novels as well as the novel that caused a rift in th... Read more

6 Mar 2020

51mins

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12: Books We Read Over Summer

12: Books We Read Over Summer

Louise and Virginia discuss Such A Fun Age, The Giver of Stars, Bruny and Long Bright River and the controversy surround... Read more

19 Feb 2020

57mins

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