In episode 2 we get deep into Julie Koh’s brilliant collection of satirical short stories, Portable Curiosities! Published in 2016, Portable Curiosities is described as: …
Tome & Tome Again Podcast: Portable Curiosities by Julie Koh

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In episode 2 we get deep into Julie Koh’s brilliant collection of satirical short stories, Portable Curiosities! Published in 2016, Portable Curiosities is described as: …
Tome & Tome Again podcast brings together Jemimah Brewster (book reviewer for ArtsHub, The AU Review, and Aurealis Magazine) and Jess Gately (freelance publishing professional) …
In early 2024, my good friend Jess and I launched a podcast called Tome & Tome Again! Tome & Tome Again (aka ToTA) is about re-reading …
Joel McKay’s collection of short stories It Came From the Trees is an interestingmixture of horror, action and monster adventure tales. A sinister airline threatens …
An aesthetically pleasing cosy fantasy about discovering your powers and finding community. Lucy Jane Wood’s debut novel Rewitched is the story of Belladonna Blackthorn, a soon-to-be 30-year-old …
What Moves the Dead is a novella by T Kingfisher, a re-imagining of the Gothicclassic The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan …
Christian White’s The Ledge is a thriller-mystery about revisiting the past and not liking what you find there. Set in the fictional Victorian mountain town of West …
A Sorceress Comes to Call is another brilliant novel from T Kingfisher that explores the human consequences of fairy tale ideas that we take for granted. …
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst is a sweet, cosy fantasy story about letting people in, building community, and making a home for oneself. Kiela has lived and …
Courtney Smyth’s debut novel The Undetectables is a good idea.It offers disability representation, with a protagonist who lives with fibromyalgia. There’s also LGBTQIA+ representation in …