S1E1: Welcome to The Slow Readers Society

Episode 1: Welcome to The Slow Readers SocietyWelcome to the very first episode of The Slow Readers Society Podcast! This is a cosy, community-led book podcast where readers write in, share their reading lives, and receive thoughtful, personalised book recommendations.In this first episode, I’m introducing the podcast, what The Slow Readers Society stands for, and welcoming in the very first applicants to the society. We hear from three readers with very different reading lives and tastes, and together we explore the kinds of books that might suit them best.If you’ve ever felt like you read too slowly, too messily, too moodily, or just not quite the “right” way, this is for you.In this episodeI introduce The Slow Readers Society PodcastWe talk about what it means to build a softer, slower, more joyful reading lifeI read the first three applications to join the societyI recommend books for each new member based on their reading taste and personalityFollow meInstagram: @thekennystoryTikTok: @thekennystoryBooks mentionedBooks already loved by this week’s applicantsI Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline HarpmanRed Rising by Pierce BrownShuggie Bain by Douglas StuartHeart Lamp by Banu MushtaqMartyr! by Kaveh AkbarMother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati RoyHeart the Lover by Lily KingTalking at Night by Claire DaverleyThe Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran DesaiThe Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienGoodnight Mister Tom by Michelle MagorianHarry Potter by J.K. RowlingRecommended in this episodePiranesi by Susanna ClarkeStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelThe Wall by Marlen HaushoferBrotherless Night by V. V. GaneshananthanHamnet by Maggie O’FarrellCirce by Madeline MillerStill Life by Sarah WinmanThe Offing by Benjamin MyersBabel by R. F. KuangJoin The Slow Readers SocietyIf you’d like to apply to join The Slow Readers Society and be featured in a future episode, drop me your application on Instagram or TikTok!Thank you for being here for the very first meeting of The Slow Readers Society. Get full access to The Slow Readers Society at thekennystory.substack.com/subscribe