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The Community Library
by Angourie Rice
Hosted by Angourie Rice, The Community Library is a fortnightly podcast for anyone interested in stories, and how and why we tell them.
Episodes
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7.04 Listening to the Quiet: High Wages by Dorothy Whipple
This week I talk about the 1930 novel High Wages by Dorothy Whipple, the cosmic story of how I found it, and the value of listening to the quiet voice. Persephone Books website High Wages by Dorothy Whipple Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple 20th Century Reading Challenge: 6.20 Future and...
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7.03 Reading Stats 2024
This week, I’m wrapping up my end of year reading episodes by chatting about my 2024 reading statistics. I hope you enjoy! Link to our book, Stuck Up and Stupid by Angourie Rice and Kate Rice // AU, NZ // US, UK, CA Links to my World Challenge, and the 20th Century Reading Challenge More Links...
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7.02 An Honour to Be Nominated
This week on The Community Library, I’m talking about some more favourite reads of 2024 that didn’t quite make it into my Reading Awards episode. Books Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel Don’t You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane The Art Thief by Michael Finkel More Links Mutual Aid…
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7.01 The Community Library Reading Awards 2024
Welcome to the annual Community Library Reading Awards! A completely subjective and biased awards ceremony in which all the prizes go to the books I read and liked best in 2024. The Awards: Biggest Surprise Biggest Accomplishment Most Thought-Provoking Favourite Cover Favourite Speculative…
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6.22 See You Soon
If you've been following the podcast for a while, you'll know that each season of The Community Library is about 19-22 episodes. So, my friends, you might have guessed that this is the last episode in season 6. Join me for a little catch up with what I’ve been reading and watching in the past few...
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6.21 The Comfort of the End of the World
A couple of weeks ago, I accidentally read a post-apocalyptic book and watched a post-apocalyptic movie in the same week, and I decided I needed to talk about them. This episode is about La Jetée (1962), directed by Chris Marker, and I Who Have Never Known Men (1995), written by Jacqueline…
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6.20 Future and Freedom in the 1970s
Last year, I embarked on a challenge to read a book published in every single year of the 20th Century. When I catalogued all the books from the 20th Century I’d already read, I found the 1970s to be the decade from which I had read the least. In this episode, I take you through my journey of...
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6.19 Quarterly Reading Update #1
Since we’re already a quarter of the way into 2024 (!) , it was time for me to sit down with you to talk through my reading stats and highlights from the last 3 months. Visit my website www.angourieslibrary.com for more links and resources. *** Black Lives Matter resources Pay the Rent Greenpeace...
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6.18 Five Years of The Community Library
Five years ago today I released the teaser episode for The Community Library podcast: a creative endeavour inspired by my love of books, reading, and talking about stories. And here we are, five years later! Visit my website www.angourieslibrary.com for more links and resources. *** Black Lives...
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6.17 The Community Library Reading Awards 2023
Welcome to the fifth annual Community Library Reading Awards! A completely subjective and biased awards ceremony in which the prizes go to the books I read and liked in 2023. Tonight there are twelve awards to give out to honour some of my favourite books I read in 2023. I hope you enjoy! Visit…
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6.16 Tier Ranking Christmas Treats with Kalliope
We’re back for your annual Christmas episode! And this year, we’re tier ranking some popular Christmas treats. Listen to find out our most controversial opinions, and let us know your favourite treat on my suggestions page! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! For more links and resources, visit…
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6.15 Reading Challenges: 2023 in Review
As we reach the end of 2023, I’m excited to bring you a short series of episodes in which I look back at my reading year. This first episode is about the reading challenges I completed this year, and the ones I hope to complete next year, too. Did you have any reading challenges you completed in...
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6.14 The Community Library Live!
What you’re about to listen to is a live recording of The Community Library! In this episode, the incredible award-winning YA author Melina Marchetta interviews my mum and me about our novel, Stuck Up and Stupid! Thank you to everyone who came to the live event. Special thanks to Melina Marchetta...
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6.12 Can I Trust My 5 Star Predictions?
Have you ever read a book you loved so much, that you were scared to read another book by the same author for fear that it wouldn’t be as good? For me, that book was Station Eleven, and the author is Emily St. John Mandel. Join me as I read Emily St. John Mandel’s next book The Glass Hotel, in an...
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6.11 Classic Short Cuts: Pride and Prejudice
I’m sure you’ve heard of one of the greatest love stories ever written. About a man and a woman who seemed to despise each other at first, before falling madly in love and living happily ever after. But are you intimidated to pick up the original book? Maybe I can help. In this episode of Classic...
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6.10 Childhood Favourites: Jacqueline Wilson
When I began the childhood favourites series, I knew that Jacqueline Wilson would need her own episode. This week I talk about her work, which ones were my favourites, and why I think she’s such a successful children’s author. Enjoy! Visit my website, www.angourieslibrary.com for more links,...
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6.08 Classic Short Cuts: Frankenstein
Have you ever read a classic? Have you ever wanted to read a classic, but not known where to begin? Have you ever started reading a classic and then given up because it was just too confusing? Welcome to Classic Short Cuts, and today we’re tackling Frankenstein. I’ll tell you all you need to know...
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6.06 Childhood Favourites: 2008
Welcome back to the series in which I revisit favourite books from my childhood. We began in 2007 with Enid Blyton and The Boxcar Children, and today we’re exploring 2008 with Anne of Green Gables and Ballet Shoes. Visit my website www.angourieslibrary.com for more links and resources. You might...
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6.05 Mid-Year Book Freakout
Hello! This week I’m coming to you live and unscripted! Since I last spoke to you I’ve been very busy travelling and also trying to recover from a terrible cold. So I scrapped my essay plans, and instead decided to do a very casual mid-year book freakout episode for you. I hope you enjoy! A x…
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6.04 Station Eleven, or 2020
It took me three years before I felt ready to read a book about a pandemic. After much recommendation, from both during the height of the coronavirus pandemic and afterwards, I read Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. In this episode I talk about how much this book impacted me, in its...
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6.03 Childhood Favourites: 2007
I have been reading for about eighteen years of my life. And I’m curious about what books I loved as a kid, and how they’ve influenced my reading tastes now. Do these books hold up? How do we separate our opinions from feelings of nostalgia? Should we change outdated vocabulary in old books? All...
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6.02 The Literary World of Taylor Swift
With Taylor Swift currently on her epic Eras Tour, I thought it was a great opportunity to revisit Swift’s oeuvre. Today I’m talking about some of my favourite songs on Midnights, how they draw on storytelling tropes, and how Taylor Swift has created her own literary world. I hope you enjoy!…
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5.19 Sad Hot Girls
In past few months, I happened to read three “Sad Hot Girl” books (a phrase which tiktok, of course, created). In this episode, I investigate the Sad Hot Girl genre, what these three books have in common, and how I felt reading them. I hope you enjoy! X For more links and resources, visit my...
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5.18 Los Angeles in Fiction
Four months after first arriving in LA, I have now read five and a half books set here (some on purpose, some by accident). In this episode I talk about how these books have influenced and informed my experience of LA as a city. I hope you enjoy x For more links and resources, you can visit my...
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5.16 A Beginner's Guide to Greek Mythology
Like many old things, the Greek myths might at first seem complicated, dull, or irrelevant, but I promise you, they are far from it. This episode is a guide bya beginner, for beginners, with the aim to share my love of the Greek myths, and hopefully inspire you to discover them, too. A x Prefer…
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5.15 When History Meets Magic
Another bite-sized episode for you folks! A shallow dive (as opposed to a deep dive) into the world of historical fantasy fiction. I take you through a few of my favourite books that combine these two genres, and explore the ways in which they use fantasy to tell a story. The clashing of myth and...
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5.13 The Snake Pit, 1946
Have you ever stumbled upon a book that brought so much more to your life than you first expected? That’s what happened to me with The Snake Pit, a 1946 novel I found in a second-hand bookstore in Vancouver. The book was a sensation when it was published, and was made into an award-winning film...
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5.12 I Watched 7 Old Movies in 7 Days
Welcome back to The Community Library! After a little hiatus, I am back making episodes, beginning with this one all about my adventures watching old movies for a week. I watched seven black and white movies, spanning from 1931 to 1948, and documented my thoughts on each. I watched some classics…
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5.11 The Community Library Reading Awards 2021
The end of another year means another Community Library Reading Awards! In this totally biased and unfair awards ceremony, I give awards to my most thought-provoking book, favourite lockdown read, favourite translated fiction, and more! Consider this a highlights reel of all the books I read this...
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5.10 Tier Ranking Christmas Songs with Kalliope
This year’s extra-special Christmas episode features everyone’s favourite guest, my sister Kalliope! We tier rank fifteen popular Christmas songs for you, because we love Christmas songs and being judgemental. We hope you enjoy! For a full transcription of this episode, plus more links and...
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5.09 Beauty and the Beast: In the Eye of the Beholder
Beauties and Beasts have been falling in love all throughout mythology and folklore, but what makes Disney’s 1991 adaptation such a fan-favourite? In the next instalment of my Disney Fairy Tale series, I take you through the history of the original Beauty and the Beast fairy tale, and compare it...
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5.07 Suddenly I Love Nonfiction?
Who’s afraid of nonfiction? Me. It’s me. I’ve always had trouble with getting through nonfiction, but this past year I’ve actually found myself … choosing to read it? Over fiction? Who is she? So in this very chatty episode, I take you through 10 things I’ve learnt from 10 of my favourite...
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5.06 Anatomy of a 90s Literary Teen Movie Adaptation
I’ve seen Clueless so many times I can almost recite it by heart. 10 Things I Hate About You is my comfort movie, and I watched She’s the Man for my English Lit unit instead of reading the actual play, Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. But what makes these teen flix based on classic lit so special?…
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5.05 Quarterly Reading Stats #3
How many books did I read in the last three months? How many of them were translated? How many did I get from the library? All these questions answered AND MORE in this episode. As is tradition here on the podcast, every three months I take you through the stats of everything I read that quarter,...
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5.04 10 Lessons I've Learnt from Making This Podcast
I launched The Community Library two and a half years ago, and in that whole time I’ve never celebrated a single anniversary. Now is as good a time as any, right? Today I’m reflecting on 10 lessons I’ve learnt through creating The Community Library podcast. I hope you enjoy x Visit my website,...
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5.03 Sleeping Beauty: Waking From the Dream
This week I’m reviving an old series on the podcast and talking about everyone’s favourite finger-pricking princess: Sleeping Beauty. Once upon a time, a year ago, to be exact, at the height of Melbourne’s strict lockdown, I started a fairy tale series on the podcast in which I analysed and...
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5.01 Why You Should Be Critical of the Things You Love
Welcome to season 5 of The Community Library! I’m your host, Angourie Rice, and I am so delighted to see returning listeners, and overjoyed to see new listeners, too! This episode is exactly what it says on the tin: a few reasons why I think it’s important to be critical of the media you love. I...
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4.20 Quarterly Reading Stats #2
After a brief hiatus, I am back with a very late quarterly reading stats episode! In this episode I talk you through my reading stats from the past three months, plus I highlight three favourite reads! 4.10 Quarterly Reading Stats #1 Visit my website, Angourie's Library, for more links and...
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4.19 Green Light: Gatsby and Lorde
Lorde’s song Green Light is not about the infamous green light featured in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel The Great Gatsby … So then why do so many people think it is? In this week’s audio essay, I analyse and compare the green lights in both Green Light and The Great Gatsby. I try to…
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4.17 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Our May book club discussion is here! This month our pick was the 1961 novella The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark. I hope you enjoy! Visit my website, Angourie's Library, for more links and resources. Black Lives Matter resources Pay the Rent My Instagram, Goodreads and StoryGraph The...
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4.16 Why I Stopped Rating Books
At the start of 2021, I stopped giving books a star rating. Why? Listen to find out! Our May book club pick is The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark. This 1961 modern classic novella is about the eccentric teacher, Miss Jean Brodie, and the six pupils she takes under her wing. I’ll be...
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4.15 Jane Austen - Author Spotlight #2
Don’t know where to start with Jane Austen? You’ve come to the right place! Welcome to the second instalment of a new series on The Community Library: Author Spotlight! This week I’m talking about one of the most influential authors in the English language: Jane Austen. I’ll give you a simple...
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4.13 Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space by Amanda Leduc
April’s book club pick was the nonfiction book Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability and Making Space by Amanda Leduc. In this episode I discuss my thoughts on the book, and summarise some of its key ideas and concepts. I hope you enjoy! Our May book club pick is The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by...
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4.11 Elizabeth Acevedo - Author Spotlight #1
Don’t know where to start with an acclaimed author? Welcome to the first of a new series on The Community Library: Author Spotlight! This first episode is about YA contemporary author Elizabeth Acevedo. I talk about her career as an author, give you a rundown of all three of her novels, plus I...
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4.10 Quarterly Reading Stats #1
How has the first quarter of the year gone for you? Mine has definitely had its ups and downs, but I’m glad to be spending some time with my family for the Easter long weekend. In this episode I chat you through some of my reading statistics, and three of my favourite books I read in the last…
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4.9 Persepolis with Maija
Our book club discussion is finally here! My friend Maija and I discuss the YA graphic novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi – the art style, the coming-of-age storyline, and our different experiences with graphic novels. I hope you enjoy! For a full transcription of the episode, visit my website...
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4.8 Read with Me: Graphic Novels
Never have I ever … read a graphic novel. Well, that’s not technically true. I read a few when I was a kid, but on the whole I am very unknowledgeable about the world of graphic novels. And because this topic has come highly requested by the listeners, this week I did a graphic novel marathon and...
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4.7 "But That's the Point"
Why do I hate the phrase “But that’s the point?” In this short essay-style episode, I unpack the anatomy of this phrase, its use, and why it should forever be banned. Not to be dramatic. CONTENT WARNING: In this episode I discuss violence against women and domestic abuse. For a full transcription...
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4.5 Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson: Review and Discussion
What did you all think of February’s book club pick, Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson? I loved it – such a powerful story about music, fame and power. I also talk about some of the discussion topics you suggested on Instagram! Our book club pick for March is Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (vol. 1…
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4.4 What do Shakespeare and Taylor Swift Have in Common?
What’s a 400-year-old poem got to do with a 2012 breakup song? Well, more than you might think … This week I critically analyse and compare Shakespeare’s Sonnet 35 and Taylor Swift’s I Knew You Were Trouble. I discuss iambic pentameter, double standards, and the importance of analysing our pop...
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