The Community Library

This week I talk about the 1930 novel High Wages by Dorothy Whipple, the cosmic story of how I found it, and the value of listening to the quiet voice.   Persephone Books website High Wages by Dorothy Whipple Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple 20th Century Reading Challenge: 6.20 Future and Freedom in the 1970s   More Links Mutual Aid LA  @angourierice / @the_community_library / our book! Cover artwork is by Ashley Ronning

This week, I’m wrapping up my end of year reading episodes by chatting about my 2024 reading statistics. I hope you enjoy! Link to our book, Stuck Up and Stupid by Angourie Rice and Kate Rice // AU, NZ // US, UK, CA Links to my World Challenge, and the 20th Century Reading Challenge More Links Mutual Aid LA The Community Library Reading Awards 2024   @angourierice / @the_community_library / our book! Cover artwork is by Ashley Ronning

This week on The Community Library, I’m talking about some more favourite reads of 2024 that didn’t quite make it into my Reading Awards episode.   Books Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel Don’t You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane The Art Thief by Michael Finkel   More Links Mutual Aid LA The Community Library Reading Awards 2024   @angourierice / @the_community_library / our book! Cover artwork is by Ashley Ronning

Welcome to the annual Community Library Reading Awards! A completely subjective and biased awards ceremony in which all the prizes go to the books I read and liked best in 2024. The Awards: Biggest Surprise Biggest Accomplishment Most Thought-Provoking Favourite Cover Favourite Speculative Fiction Favourite Translated Fiction Favourite Mystery / Thriller Favourite Nonfiction Favourite 2024 Release   The Books: Essays in Love by Alain de Botton, 1993 Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy, 1976 Doppelganger by Naomi Klein, 2023 Siblings by Brigitte Reimann, 1963, translated by Lucy Renner Jones I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman, 1995, translated by Ros Schwartz The House of the Spirits by Isabelle Allende, 1982, translated by Magda Bogin The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji, 1987, translated by Hong-Li Wong West of Eden by Jean Stein, 2017 Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino, 2024   @angourierice / @the_community_library / our book! Cover artwork is by Ashley Ronning

If you've been following the podcast for a while, you'll know that each season of The Community Library is about 19-22 episodes. So, my friends, you might have guessed that this is the last episode in season 6. Join me for a little catch up with what I’ve been reading and watching in the past few weeks, and I’ll see you next season! For more links and resources, visit my website www.angourieslibrary.com You might also like: 6.19 Quarterly Reading Update #1 6.14 The Community Library Live! 6.07 Bookish Q+A 6.05 Mid-Year Book Freakout *** Black Lives Matter resources Pay the Rent Greenpeace Australia Pacific Greenpeace International   @angourierice / @the_community_library / our book! Cover artwork is by Ashley Ronning

A couple of weeks ago, I accidentally read a post-apocalyptic book and watched a post-apocalyptic movie in the same week, and I decided I needed to talk about them. This episode is about La Jetée (1962), directed by Chris Marker, and I Who Have Never Known Men (1995), written by Jacqueline Harpman. I hope you enjoy. Visit www.angourieslibrary.com for more links and resources. Watch La Jetée (1962) I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman   More like this: 6.04 Station Eleven, or 2020 5.19 Sad Hot Girls 5.13 The Snake Pit, 1946 *** Black Lives Matter resources Pay the Rent Greenpeace Australia Pacific Greenpeace International   @angourierice / @the_community_library / our book! Cover artwork is by Ashley Ronning

Last year, I embarked on a challenge to read a book published in every single year of the 20th Century. When I catalogued all the books from the 20th Century I’d already read, I found the 1970s to be the decade from which I had read the least. In this episode, I take you through my journey of reading books published in 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976 and 1978. For more links and resources, visit my website www.angourieslibrary.com Books I read to complete the challenge: 1978: Tirra Lirra by the River by Jessica Anderson 1974: Oreo by Fran Ross 1973: Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown 1976: Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy 1970: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume *** Black Lives Matter resources Pay the Rent Greenpeace Australia Pacific Greenpeace International   @angourierice / @the_community_library / our book! Cover artwork is by Ashley Ronning

Since we’re already a quarter of the way into 2024 (!) , it was time for me to sit down with you to talk through my reading stats and highlights from the last 3 months. Visit my website www.angourieslibrary.com for more links and resources. *** Black Lives Matter resources Pay the Rent Greenpeace Australia Pacific Greenpeace International   @angourierice / @the_community_library / our book! Cover artwork is by Ashley Ronning

Five years ago today I released the teaser episode for The Community Library podcast: a creative endeavour inspired by my love of books, reading, and talking about stories. And here we are, five years later! Visit my website www.angourieslibrary.com for more links and resources. *** Black Lives Matter resources Pay the Rent Greenpeace Australia Pacific Greenpeace International @angourierice / @the_community_library / our book! Cover artwork is by Ashley Ronning

Welcome to the fifth annual Community Library Reading Awards! A completely subjective and biased awards ceremony in which the prizes go to the books I read and liked in 2023. Tonight there are twelve awards to give out to honour some of my favourite books I read in 2023. I hope you enjoy! Visit my website www.angourieslibrary.com for more links, resources, and a full list of all the award winners. *** Black Lives Matter resources Pay the Rent Greenpeace Australia Pacific Greenpeace International   @angourierice / @the_community_library / our book! Cover artwork is by Ashley Ronning Ashley’s Instagram, website, and printing studio website