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Plosive

Join comedians and authors Sara Pascoe and Cariad Lloyd in their Weirdos Book Club - a space for the lonely outsider to feel accepted and appreciated.

 

Assisted by their comedian and writer friends, each week they’ll discuss a book that is special, stimulating and y’know – weird. Welcome to your new book club! 

 

Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!

 

 

Sara’s debut novel Weirdo is published by Faber & Faber and is available to pre-order here.

Cariad’s book You Are Not Alone is published by Bloomsbury and is available to buy here.

Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Twitter @weirdosbookclub and Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub

 

Produced by Plosive. 

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Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club

This week's book guest isYardsticks For Failure by Ivo Graham.

Sara and Cariad are joined by critically acclaimed comedian and friend Ivo Graham.

In this episode they discuss Taskmaster, neurodiversity, friendship grief, the Edinburgh Festival and Potters Bar.

Trigger warning: In this episode we discuss grief and death.

Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!

Yardsticks For Failure by Ivo Graham is available to buy here.

Tickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from sarapascoe.co.uk

Cariad’s children's book Where Did She Go? is available to buy now.

Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and Twitter @weirdosbookclub

 

Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive.

Artwork by Welcome Studio. 

 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yardsticks For Failure by Ivo Graham with Ivo Graham

In part one of these special episodes on writing Sara and Cariad (the readers) talk about their own paths to books, writing and writing processes.

Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!

Tickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from sarapascoe.co.uk

Where Did She Go? by Cariad Lloyd is available to buy here.

Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and Twitter @weirdosbookclub

 

Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive.

Artwork by Welcome Studio. 

 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Readers Talk Writing Part 1

This week's book guest is Men In Love by Irvine Welsh.

Sara and Cariad are joined by the multi-bestselling author of Trainspotting, and cultural icon - Irvine Welsh.

In this episode they discuss success, capitalism, house music and DMT.

Trigger warning: In this episode we discuss drug usage.

Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!

Men In Love by Irvine Welsh is available to buy here.

Tickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from sarapascoe.co.uk

Sara’s debut novel Weirdo is published by Faber & Faber and is available to buy here.

Cariad’s book You Are Not Alone is published by Bloomsbury and is available to buy here.

Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and Twitter @weirdosbookclub

 

Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive.

Artwork by Welcome Studio. 

 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Men In Love by Irvine Welsh with Irvine Welsh

This week's book guest is Where Did She Go? by Cariad Lloyd.

Sara and Cariad are joined by award-winning children's book illustrator and author Nadia Shireen.

In this episode they discuss career changes, illustrators, child development and Daniel Bedingfield.

Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!

Where Did She Go? by Cariad Lloyd is available to buy here.

Tickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from sarapascoe.co.uk

Sara’s debut novel Weirdo is published by Faber & Faber and is available to buy here.

Cariad’s book You Are Not Alone is published by Bloomsbury and is available to buy here.

Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and Twitter @weirdosbookclub

 

Recorded by Ben Williams and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive.

Artwork by Welcome Studio. 

 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Where Did She Go? by Cariad Lloyd with Nadia Shireen

This week's book guest is Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder.

In this episode they discuss Geoffrey Archer (again), war, domestic labour, jokes and geniuses. 

Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!

Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder is available to buy here.

Tickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from sarapascoe.co.uk

Cariad’s children's book Where Did She Go? is available to buy now.

Sara’s debut novel Weirdo is published by Faber & Faber and is available to buy here.

Cariad’s book You Are Not Alone is published by Bloomsbury and is available to buy here.

Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and Twitter @weirdosbookclub

 

Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive.

Artwork by Welcome Studio. 

 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder

This week's book guest is Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth.

Sara and Cariad are joined by award-winning comedian, writer and 1/3 of sketch group Sheeps - Liam Williams.

In this episode they discuss Kafka, addiction, wanking, wanking, wanking and Geoffrey Archer.

Trigger warning: In this episode we discuss racism, racist language and antisemitism.

Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!

Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth is available to buy here.

Tickets to see Liam in Sheeps: A Very Sheeps Christmas – Live in Concert! In the Summer! are available to buy here.

Tickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from sarapascoe.co.uk

Cariad’s children's book Where Did She Go? is available to buy now.

Sara’s debut novel Weirdo is published by Faber & Faber and is available to buy here.

Cariad’s book You Are Not Alone is published by Bloomsbury and is available to buy here.

Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and Twitter @weirdosbookclub

 

Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive.

Artwork by Welcome Studio. 

 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth with Liam Williams

We asked our Weirdos listeners for their summer read suggestions and they delivered! In this episode Sara and Cariad chat about some of the books they're excited to read.

Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!

Tickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from sarapascoe.co.uk

Cariad’s children's book Where Did She Go? is available to buy now.

Sara’s debut novel Weirdo is published by Faber & Faber and is available to buy here.

Cariad’s book You Are Not Alone is published by Bloomsbury and is available to buy here.

Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and Twitter @weirdosbookclub

 

Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive.

Artwork by Welcome Studio. 

 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Summer Reads 2025

This week's book guest is Frankie by Graham Norton.

Sara and Cariad are joined by author, comedian, presenter and National Treasure Graham Norton.

In this episode they discuss cakes, art, London in the 50s, buses, restaurants and pen pals called David.

Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!

Frankie by Graham Norton is available to buy here.

You can find Graham on Instagram @grahnort

Tickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from sarapascoe.co.uk

Cariad’s children's book Where Did She Go? is available to buy now.

Sara’s debut novel Weirdo is published by Faber & Faber and is available to buy here.

Cariad’s book You Are Not Alone is published by Bloomsbury and is available to buy here.

Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and Twitter @weirdosbookclub

 

Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive.

Artwork by Welcome Studio. 

 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Frankie by Graham Norton with Graham Norton

This week's book guest is The New Age of Sexism: How the AI Revolution is Reinventing Misogyny by Laura Bates.

Sara and Cariad are joined by activist, best-selling writer, speaker, journalist and founder of the Everyday Sexism Project Laura Bates.

In this episode they discuss sex dolls, masturbation, AI, Meta and Take That.

Trigger warning: This book and discussion covers a range of non-consensual sex acts, abuse by deep fake technology and pornography.

Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!

The New Age of Sexism by Laura Bates is available to buy here.

You can find Laura on Instagram @laura_bates__

Tickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from sarapascoe.co.uk

Cariad’s children's book Where Did She Go? is available to buy now.

Sara’s debut novel Weirdo is published by Faber & Faber and is available to buy here.

Cariad’s book You Are Not Alone is published by Bloomsbury and is available to buy here.

Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and Twitter @weirdosbookclub

 

Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive.

Artwork by Welcome Studio. 

 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The New Age of Sexism by Laura Bates with Laura Bates

This week's book guest is Slags by Emma Jane Unsworth.

Sara and Cariad are joined by the BAFTA-nominated and BIFA-winning screenwriter and bestselling, award-winning novelist Emma Jane Unsworth. 

In this episode they discuss teachers, diaries, nostalgia, otters and scaring Mark Owen.

Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!

Slags by Emma Jane Unsworth is available to buy here.

You can find her on Instagram @emjaneunsworth

Tickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from sarapascoe.co.uk

Cariad’s children's book Where Did She Go? is available to buy now.

Sara’s debut novel Weirdo is published by Faber & Faber and is available to buy here.

Cariad’s book You Are Not Alone is published by Bloomsbury and is available to buy here.

Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and Twitter @weirdosbookclub

 

Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive.

Artwork by Welcome Studio. 

 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Readers Talk Writing Part 1

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