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Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club

Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club

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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

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  • The New Age of Sexism by Laura Bates with Laura Bates
    Jun 12 2025

    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.

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    50 mins
  • Slags by Emma Jane Unsworth with Emma Jane Unsworth
    Jun 5 2025

    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.

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    46 mins
  • What We've Been Reading
    May 29 2025

    Sara and Cariad are back for series three with even more weird and wonderful books!


    They're kicking off the series with this special episode to discuss what they've been reading in the break.


    You can find out about all the books they're going to be discussing this series on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub


    And remember! You don't even have to read the book to be in the book club!


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

    Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive.

    Artwork by Welcome Studio.

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

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    51 mins
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