We discuss our January book for our theme “2000 Was How Long Ago?!, we chat about whether it stood the test of time and how it felt reading a childhood favourite years later.Books Mentioned:His Dark Material...

Join us as we chat about the start of the year and reminisce about the 2000s (or as much as we remember of them). We discuss events and books of the year 2000 and onwards, and briefly jump back to 2020 to talk about banana bread....

Join us as we discuss our Winter Of Witches December book club book and our final book of 2024 (we are catching up!). We discuss all things witchy, including additional witchy book recommendations and how we’d love to go for a coffee with Mika ...

Join us to chat about our Nautical November book Lies We Sing To The Sea by Sarah Underwood. We discuss the origin story of the monthly theme, sapphic love stories, and a much used fantasy trope we think really needs to go away.<...

Grab the nearest delicious baked good and join us for a chat about our cosy October book club read. Find out whether the stakes were too low for Jen this time, and why this podcast will now be called Chaos & Cappuccinos.

Join us as we delve into yet another dark academia story, filled with all the intrigue and sinister stuff. But is it like The Secret History?Books Mentioned:Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree

Join us as we talk about all the different ways of being cosy this autumn as well as the different sides of the autumnal spectrum represented by Jen and Mags. Including chatting about tea and the weather (of course), bags of cinnamon rolls, and...

Join us as we reveal some Pride & Prejudice related secrets, discuss our somewhat different feelings about this book and adaptation, and find out why it’s called Pride & Prejudice in the first place.Join in with the

This month we chat about TBRs, how books come to be on our TBRs, some of the ones currently on ours, and how often we actually read the books we intend to read.Books Mentioned:The Cloisters by ...

Join us for a rather extensive life update section, oh and we also talk about our July book Brave New World. Books Mentioned:Project Hail Mary by Andy WeirIdol by Louise O’NeillThe Pairing by Cas...

Join us as we chat about the best, the worst and imagined adaptations we thought existed but actually don’t.And we spontaneously decide to record another bonus episode for our patrons, and we’d really appreciate all your support for the ...

It’s time (hehe) to discuss our Always Will Be time travel love story This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El Mohtar and Max Gladstone. We talk about the parallels between this sci fi queer love story and real relationships, the balance be...

Join us to discuss the first of our two June books as we travel back in time for the Always Have Been portion of our Pride Month theme. We chat about Gwen And Art Are Not In Love by Lex Croucher, queers in time, past and present, and how much o...

Join us as we chat about our July theme Banned Books, lot of banned books, some of the reasons why books have been banned throughout history and how science and scientists were involved.Books Mentioned:The Martian by A...

Join us as we chat about this year’s Science And Fiction book Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz. We discuss the challenges the main character faces in fulfilling her dream to become a surgeon, and draw parallels to real life historical peo...

Join us as we chat about our Pride Month theme, queer books past, present and future, and the importance of reading LGBTQIA+ books and authors.Books Mentioned:The Song Of Achilles by Madeline Miller...

In the latest edition of Scientist Who Reads we chat with Molly about being a scientist on maternity leave and adjusting to new challenges. We learn about environmental DNA and the many amazing things it can do, and of course talk about Molly’s...

Join us as we head to Space! And discuss our April book club book Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. In this episode we chat about our aspirations (or lack thereof) of going to space, attempt to explain time dilation, and of course SPACE MICROBES!...

In the next edition of Scientist Who Reads we finally get to speak to the romance queen aka Dr Helena Henke (She/Her). We spoke to her about expat and academic nomad life, the importance of diversifying our reads and how they can help us unders...

Join us as we try to explain what our May theme really means (it’s very much up to you whether we succeeded), and talk about various other more or less related things.Books Mentioned:Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie Garm...

Join us for a trip to the depths of the ocean with our March book club book Below The Edge Of Darkness by Dr Edith Widder. We chat about our fascination and fear of the deep sea, the similarities and differences between the different fields of ...

In April we’re going to Space! In this episode we discuss whether books set on Earth technically should also fall into this category, our feelings about science fiction, and reminisce about past book club things.Books Menti...

Join us to chat about our February book club read for our Books Squared theme. We discuss dark academia (and what it even is!), colonialism, and the many things this historical fiction can teach us about our world now.

This month we’re reading and chatting about Zoology! In this episode Mags and Jen chat about animal fiction and non-fiction they love or want to read, and we get some info on future themes and past podcast launches. Books Mention...

In our first Scientist Who Reads guest episode we are joined by Dr Alice Hesse who speaks about her journey in STEM, becoming a mum while doing a PhD and being a working mum in STEM. She tells us about her favourite books of the past year, how ...