January 31, 2025 Friday Reads

In this episode I talk about fiction, nonfiction, poetry & books for kids. Formats include audiobooks, graphic novels & picture books. They are set in northern England, Estonia, Croatia, Iran, Palestine, Honduras & the ancient Mediterranean.

00:00 intro

02:26 Dancers of Damelahamid; Dorothy Grant at the Met

04:17 🇬🇧🇦🇺 The Dam by David Almond and Levi Pinfold; published by Candlewick Studio

06:31 🇺🇸🎧 Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet by Ben Goldfarb; audiobook read by Malcolm Hillgartner; published by HighBridge

10:47 🇮🇪🎧 Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon; audiobook read by the author; published by Books on Tape

15:38 🇭🇷 Petar & Liza by Miroslav Sekulic-Struja; translation from Croatian by Jenna Allen with Ana Šetka; published by Fantagraphics

19:32 🇮🇷🇨🇦 Pistachios in my Pocket by Sareh Farmand; published by At Bay Press

22:58 🇵🇸🇺🇸 Something about Living by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha; published by The University of Akron Press

25:35 🏳️‍🌈🇭🇳🇺🇸🎧 Libertad by Bessie Flores Zaldívar; audiobook read by Spring Inés Peña; published by Listening Library

29:22 American Library Association Media Awards 2025

31:11 🇪🇪 John the Skeleton by Triinu Laan and Marja-Liisa Plats; translated from Estonian by Adam Cullen; published by Yonder

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Other mentions:

Dancers of Damelahamid: https://damelahamid.ca

Katja ‪@PageTurnersWithKatja‬ Top 15 of 2024:    • Top 15 Books of 2024 | My Favourites Acros...  

Ros ‪@scallydandlingaboutthebooks‬ Best Nonfiction of 2024:    • 2024 Nonfiction: my personal top five  

Ben ‪@benreadsgood‬ Best of 2024    • The best books I read in 2024  

Jennie ‪@JennieJohnston‬ Best of 2023    • 2023 Reading Year Wrap Up | Stats & Best R...  

American Library Association Media Awards 2025: https://www.ala.unikron.com/_files/ug...

Dublin Literary Award longlist:
https://dublinliteraryaward.ie/the-li...

Anecdotes by Kathryn Mockler

Skellig by David Almond

Black Dog by Levi Pinfold

Medea by Blandine Le Callet and Nancy Peña; translation from French by Montana Kane

Euripides’ Trojan Women: A Comic by Rosanna Bruno; translation from Greek by Anne Carson

Jon Klassen’s The Skull

Wolf Erlbruch’s Duck, Death and the Tulip