Ranked #1
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
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35mins
Ranked #2
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
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42mins
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Ranked #3
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
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35mins
Ranked #4
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
14 Nov 2019
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48mins
Ranked #5
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
28 Nov 2019
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49mins
Ranked #6
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
10 Oct 2019
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36mins
Ranked #7
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
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48mins
Ranked #8
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
18 Oct 2019
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36mins
Ranked #9
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
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43mins
Ranked #10
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
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1hr 8mins
Ranked #11
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
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6mins
Ranked #12
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
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1hr 12mins
Ranked #13
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
19 Mar 2020
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47mins
Ranked #14
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
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51mins
Ranked #15
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
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57mins