Join Amanda and Joseph as they go through the looking glass into the fascinating (and anxiety inducing) world of artificial intelligence - and recommending some fiction and non-fiction picks about Large Language Models, bots, and the machines learning to live like us. Plus, as always they'll be chatting about what they've been reading recently and what they hope to pick up next. 

Bookish News

Lambda Literary Awards @lambdaliterary

Nova Scotia House by Charlie Porter 

Black Panther Woman by Mary Frances Phillips @maryfrancisphillips 

The Lilac People by Milo Todd @todd_milo

Virago Modern Classics @viragopress

Frost In May by Antonia White 

Peking Picnic by Ann Bridge

Recent Reads

The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout @lizstroutauthor

Soft Core by Brittany Newell @frottage_industry

Good Girl by Aria Aber @aria.aber

The Spare Room by Helen Garner

How to End a Story by Helen Garner

Small Rain by Garth Greenwell @ggreenwell

The Ghost in the Manuscript

Olga Tokarczuk @tokarczuk_olga

Martin Scorcese @martinscorcese

Kane Parsons @kanepixels

Josh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy

Field Work as a Sex Object by Meena Kandasamy @k.a.n.d.a.s.a.m.y

The New Age of Sexism by Laura Bates @laura_bates_

Meditations for the Anxious Mind @meditationsfortheanxiousmind

How to Talk to AI (and How Not To) by Jamie Bartlett @jamiejbartlett

Annie Bot by Sierra Greer @sierra_greer_writer

Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan

The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow

What We’re Reading Next

Whistler by Ann Patchett @annpatchett

Curious Readers is mixed by the incredibly talented James Whiting @fishislandstudio

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